War

–Kevin Martin, executive director, Peace Action This is something that has been rattling around my brain for a while, but recent conversations with Phyllis Bennis, Judith LeBlanc, Joseph [...]

Wisconsin, Washington & Egypt: what does it mean for the peace movement? By Judith Le Blanc Huge battles are going on in Madison and many state capitols over cuts in social services and the [...]

If you care about peace, disarmament, just budget priorities, and promoting nonviolent social and political change in the world, here is a terrific resource for you from longtime Cleveland Peace [...]

Yesterday marked the eighth anniversary of the massive February 15, 2003 demonstrations against the (at the time) impending US war on Iraq. An estimated 12 million people marched around the [...]

Today there are a number of opportunities to directly engage with the Obama administration on a range of issues. It is an opportunity to raise  our concerns: 1) Making real cuts in military [...]

Obama referenced “new threats and challenges” to our national security? What are they? Do they justify spending as much on the military as the rest of the world combined? Iraq – [...]

Couldn’t agree more with the Prez about the importance of teachers, but class sizes are rising and teachers being let go all over the country. The federal budget spends just 3% of [...]

About $120 Billion. Just sayin’. And some Republicans are talking about ending the war, leading to hopes of a Left-Right coalition coming together to push President Obama to accelerate U.S. [...]

Reading the Washington Post every day is one of the least favorite (self-imposed) tasks of my wonderful job. The paper used to be thought of as liberal, but that was eons ago, at this point it [...]

As a parent of two teenagers, I cannot imagine the excruciating pain of losing a child in war. Of course, this is the daily reality for far too many parents in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and far [...]