military budget

by Kevin Martin, Executive Director Updated from a previous blog post When I first heard a report of President Obama’s decision to remove only 5,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan this year (which [...]

I’ve received a lot of email alerts this past week and they’ve all been about the same thing: stopping cuts in vital programs such as Social Security, Medicare, funding for day-care [...]

Busy, busy time these days for Peace Action and our colleagues, here are a few updates of interest. Our brave sisters and brothers on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla have faced threats to their lives [...]

I made notes on President Obama’s “war lite” speech the other night, intending to rebut many of his points, but it’s too easy, and also not really what I want to convey. [...]

Building a grassroots movement for peace and justice: Peace Action’s Long-Range Strategic Plan, 2011-2016 Summary and Overview   Our Vision   Peace Action is a grassroots-based national [...]

Let’s Give Congress Something to Talk About By Judith Le Blanc The Congress is debating the federal budget   It is time to tell Congress what we want. The Senate is writing next [...]

By Judith Le Blanc The Congress is debating the federal budget It is time to tell Congress what we want. The Senate is writing next year’s budget now. To cast your vote take the Peace [...]

“Nobody wants to give up the gains that have been won at such hard cost. And nobody wants to give our allies an excuse to run for the exits.” Defense Secretary Robert Gates The image of our NATO [...]

Terrific op-ed published last Friday, written by Paul Olson, Peace Action member and President Emeritus of Nebraskans for Peace, which signed up as a Peace Action affiliate earlier this year. [...]

Check out my letter to the editor on military spending in today’s Washington Post, and then consider this request from a wonderful young man who is a powerful brother in the Peace Action [...]