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How is it that the Radical Right can work itself into such a lather over Obamacare but seems content to allow the free-spending Pentagon to continue dispensing hundreds of billions of dollars each and every year without ever having to meet an audit?  They don’t have the faintest clue as to where all that money […]

 Tuesday, Oct. 8th - National Teach-In on Syria & US Policy in the Region 6:30 to 7:30 pm EST Live Streaming at  http://www.busboysandpoets.com/videos/live-streaming The civil war continues in Syria. Although a threat of a US. missile attack against Syria was averted, the raging civil war continues. The massive outpouring of anti-war sentiment from the people in every corner […]

The Island Now Thursday, September 26, 2013 By Bill San Antonio As the executive director of Peace Action, the nation’s largest grassroots disarmament organization, Kevin Martin said Tuesday he has seen firsthand the militarization of the United States’ foreign policy in the last decade. But in his lecture at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation entitled “Endless […]

Tuesday, Oct. 8th National Teach-In on Syria & US Policy in the Region 6:30 to 7:30 pm EST Live Streaming at http://www.busboysandpoets.com/videos/live-streaming With developments unfolding rapidly, it is still uncertain how things will play out in Syria. A few weeks ago our nation was on the brink of yet another deadly military mistake. At the […]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/09/24/remarks-president-obama-address-united-nations-general-assembly  United Nations New York, New York 10:10 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen:  Each year we come together to reaffirm the founding vision of this institution.  For most of recorded history, individual aspirations were subject to the whims of tyrants and empires.  Divisions of race and […]

  UN chief urges world leaders to answer demands of their people for dignity, development http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45950&Cr=General+Debate&Cr1=#.UkHLHWQ4U6F 24 September 2013 – Declaring that “leadership makes the difference,” United NationsSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged heads of State and Government gathered in New York to “hear the call of history” and, through hard work, commitment and integrity, answer the just demands […]

Who will be at the United Nations (UN) this week? President Obama, Iranian President Rouhani and Peace Action!  Why? This week the UN General Assembly convenes its annual meeting and the first ever General Assembly sponsored High Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament will be held. The UN is the most important international institution which brings […]

Syria, Iran, and a more peaceful, democratic foreign policy For the past few months, Peace Action has helped convene an ad hoc national coalition that successfully stopped a U.S. attack on Syria, at least for now. While this was quite a victory, much remains to be done. There is a chance congressional warmongers may try […]

    !. UN Chemical  Weapons report: http://www.un.org/disarmament/content/slideshow/Secretary_General_Report_of_CW_Investigation.pdf 2. UN Secretary-General’s remarks to the Security Council on the report of the United Nations Missions to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=7083  

An oped from  the FOX  website by Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer (ret.) is a former senior intelligence officer. He is the Director of External Communications for the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CADS) and Senior Advisor on the Congressional Task Force on National and Homeland Security. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/09/09/sun-tzu-would-be-very-unhappy-with-obama-plans-for-syria-strike/#ixzz2f4T4uKOT Sun Tzu:  “Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” […]

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin’s Senate Floor Speech Opposing Military Involvement in Syria Tuesday, September 10, 2013   M. President: I have come to the floor today to stand up and speak to the important debate we are having about the most sobering issue I face, as a Senator, as a Wisconsinite, as an American- the […]

President Barack Obama is clearly trying to get out of the corner he has painted himself into regarding Syria. The bottom line of the president’s speech on Syria tonight is he doesn’t have the votes for war, even in the Senate which was thought to be more pro-war, so he is backing off. He’s asked […]

67 Questions from the Progressive Caucus to President    Yesterday (Monday, September 9th), the Congressional Progressive Caucus sent the White House a list of 67 questions as a follow-up to the conference call CPC members had with the White House last week and their subsequent consultation with constituents and experts. The questions cover a wide range of […]

…at the Institute for Policy Studies here in D.C., she has been a key ally working with Peace Action in building a coalition to stop a U.S. attack on Syria and offer better alternatives. Institute for Policy Studies www.ips-dc.org     WHY WE SHOULDN’T ATTACK SYRIA Talking Points by Phyllis Bennis 9 September 2013   […]

From our partners at Win Without War http://www.winwithoutwar.org/blog/entry/faith-statements/ “Even in Syria, there are alternatives to war. The only road to peace is dialogue; war will not take us anywhere. I have seen thousands of civilian victims of the violence. We are in need of someone who brings us hope for peace, not a new charge […]

The Washington Post On Faith Blog entry By Susan Thisthlethwaite using the practices of Just Peace to offer alternatives to military strikes:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/wp/2013/09/06/10-things-we-can-do-right-now-about-syria-instead-of-bombing/

Good segment on opposition to a U.S. military attack on Syria, and alternative options, on Rachel Maddow last night. Peace Action is mentioned at about 4:50 into the clip. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26315908/#52933514

With another apparent use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government against the rebels that has killed civilians, the White House seems poised to take military action in Syria.  Call the White House comment line now at 202-456-1111 and say: “I oppose military intervention and military support in Syria.  I support massive efforts for a […]

On Saturday, August 24, Peace Action will join the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs, Justice and Freedom. You can march with us and the National Nurses United and Progressive Democrats of America. We will gather at  9:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 24 at the Albert Einstein Memorial (corner of 22nd St. […]

Published on Common Dreams  8/21/13 http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/21-3 By Judith Le Blanc After Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic and heroic 1967 “Beyond Vietnam” speech, where he opposed the U.S. war in Southeast Asia, he received a barrage of criticism from editorial boards, donors and even other civil rights leaders. Ralph Bunche (who in 1950 became the […]