Peace Action Blog - Tag: afghanistan

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 […]

IPB AWARDS MACBRIDE PEACE PRIZE 2013 TO US WHISTLEBLOWER BRADLEY MANNING Note: Peace Action is a longtime member of the International Peace Bureau and strongly concurs with this award’s much deserved honoring of Bradley Manning. 19 July 2013 Geneva   The International Peace Bureau is delighted to announce that this year’s Sean MacBride Peace Prize is to […]

Published on Thursday, July 18, 2013 by Common Dreams Wouldn’t It Just Be Easier to Change Our Foreign Policy? by Kevin Martin A passenger removes their shoes before passing through the passenger security checkpoint at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 8 on Oct. 22, 2010 in New York City. (Michael Nagle/Getty) I hate having to take […]

The news that the Obama Administration is considering a “zero option” – leaving no troops behind in Afghanistan after the end of 2014 – got some coverage last week but not a lot. I wrote a letter to the editor to the New York Times based on its article on this issue. It didn’t get […]

The following came out of our mid-year staff retreat, comments or questions are most welcome! Priorities and Opportunities for Peace Action/Peace Action Education Fund program, organizing, advocacy and political work for the second half of 2013 -Move the Money/ Cut Pentagon Spending Campaign: Planning is underway to do the next round of Move the Money […]

The Post argued that U.S. security interests require a “more robust . . . intervention” in the Syrian civil war ["No time for half-measures," editorial, June 15]. A better case can be made for avoiding the fray altogether.   Sending medium-size and heavy weapons into Syria, with or without the establishment of a no-fly zone, […]

Peace Action was one of the few organizations to oppose the invasion of Afghanistan and we have been working ever since to end America’s longest war. Last week, the House of Representatives took a big step in bringing all troops home.  While considering the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the House passed an amendment that […]

Please click here for results of NDAA. Amendments should be debated in the order listed below, though some will not be debated and voted “en bloc” (a bunch of amendments voted in one vote together that will pass).  Also, because of some members schedules they might debate out of order.  The only other votes scheduled […]