The energy last night was contagious as cheers echoed throughout the bar where Peace Action West staff gathered to watch the election results come in. Last night was a rejection of the dangerous path Mitt Romney would have taken us down with his ignorance and posturing on foreign […]
With Peace Action West and the Peace Education Fund’s help, Retired Major General Roger R Blunt’s anti-nuclear OpEd ran in 13 newspapers around the country last week. In it, he told of his experience of witnessing the Cuban Missile Crisis 50 years ago this week, and argued for […]
Jon just had an OpEd go up on The Hill — one of Capitol Hill’s leading papers, and widely read among policymakers. It’s great timing, given next week’s presidential debate, which will focus on foreign policy. When voters mark their ballots on November 6th, there will be 68,000 […]
Retaliation against US personnel overseas. $8-a-gallon gas. A spreading Middle East War. An Iranian regime driven to pursue a nuclear weapon. Experts recognize all of these as likely consequences of a military attack on Iran. Most people of sound mind are not gunning for a military confrontation with […]
It was surprising enough to hear this week that Republican C.W. Bill Young of Florida made a u-turn and called for an immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan. But Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Republican foreign policy leader, former presidential candidate, and hawk extraordinaire takes the cake. “I think all options […]
Presidential candidates are terrified of looking weak on security — especially in the final weeks before an election. And anti-Iran hawks are doing everything they can to exploit this window in their drive for a dangerous confrontation. We need to fight back. Take action now to tell the […]
Democrats are typically known for running scared from foreign policy, especially in a hotly contested election. In 2012, however, it was Mitt Romney who held back on global affairs in his convention speech, while Barack Obama had a bit more to say. In the midst of a heated […]
When we asked our supporters which peace issue you most want the presidential candidates to address at the upcoming GOP and Democratic national conventions, close to 50 percent chose military spending. Now that you’ve helped us choose, will you click here to send our question to the Obama […]
Thanks to you, the White House got a clear message about the need to rid the world of nuclear weapons. On May 7, 2012, members of the Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World coordinating committee presented our petition with 50,000 signatures that you helped collect to Ben […]
After a month of painstaking negotiations on a treaty to stem the flow of deadly conventional weapons, the Arms Trade Treaty is put off indefinitely. In a move that Amnesty International labeled “stunning cowardice,” the US and other countries pushed for more time for negotiations beyond the July […]
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