nonviolence

You can’t evict the 99%. Agnes from Community Voices Heard, an East Harlem based organization of low-income people, working to improve the lives of the community said,  “Don’t [...]

The following is excerpted from recent speeches I gave at the Nebraskans for Peace annual conference in Lincoln, NE and the Chicago Area Peace Action annual dinner in Wilmette, IL. Move the [...]

We’ve written on this blog before about this struggle to stop constuction of a missile defense base on Jeju Island, South Korea, as well as the fight against U.S. military bases on Okinawa. [...]

With Sunday’s 10th anniversary of the tragedy of 9/11, many colleagues have written trenchant essays about that awful day and its aftermath, and the era of endless war that has ensued. I [...]

Peace Action is not an explicitly pacifist organization as some colleagues are, on the other hand I don’t believe we’ve ever supported any US war or use of force in our 54 year [...]

Thanks to the hard work of national Peace Action board member (and University of Hawai’i Human Rights Law Center founder) Joshua Cooper, Peace Action got some serious airtime (an hour and a [...]

As the U.S. Empire declines, more indefensible and inexplicable pieces of the war machine are exposed and opposed by peace-mongers around the world. Two in the news today, both for their [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

By coincidence, I was with Al at two of the three actions he was arrested at mentioned in the City Council resolution. Al Fishman Presente! – Long-time Peace Activist and Socialist Memorial [...]