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Peace Action

• Meet Karen Carter Peterson, our peace candidate from Louisiana April 13, 2021
  Last November, many of us engaged in the elections in a more intensive way than ever before. Peace Action also ramped up its electoral work, supporting dozens of pro-peace candidates. Through our combined grassroots power, we were not only able to oust the disastrous Trump administration, but also facilitate a Senate flip with key support […]
• Stop the new Nuclear Weapons Money Pit Missile, the “Ground Based Deterrent System” March 17, 2021
  The U.S. is in the early stages of developing a new nuclear weapons system, an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) dubbed the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent or GBSD but more accurately described as the Money Pit Missile. Its initial price tag is $100 billion, with a lifetime cost of well over twice that. The GBSD is designed […]
• Peace Action Endorses Peterson and Turner March 10, 2021
  It really does sometimes feel like election season never ends, and that certainly holds true in the coming months. We’ve identified two critical special elections where we have a chance to continue to grow the number of progressive, pro-peace champions in Congress. First up is the race for Louisiana’s second district, vacated when the previous […]
• Trump’s trial and war powers February 10, 2021
  Trump’s Conviction, and Our Convictions of Democracy By Kevin Martin I don’t know about you, by my Trump-induced Attention Deficit Disorder is dissipating, and wow does it feel good! As our country faces multiple crises and an overstuffed to-do list for the Biden Administration and new Congress, reasonable people might disagree on the necessity of […]
• Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons January 21, 2021
  Today, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) officially enters into force, making nuclear weapons officially illegal under international law. The treaty bans the development, testing, production, manufacture, acquisition, possession or stockpiling, transfer, control or receipt, use or threat to use, stationing, or deployment of any nuclear weapon. This marks a huge victory […]
• Trump’s Assault on Justice Continues with Blackwater Massacre Pardons December 30, 2020
  The recent presidential pardons of  Dustin L. Heard, Evan S. Liberty, Nicholas A. Slatten and Paul A. Slough once again demonstrate Trump’s flagrant disregard for human rights. The Blackwater pardons share their nativist worldview with President Trump’s pardon of a former U.S. Border Control agent convicted of assaulting compliant suspects at the border and violating […]
• Warnock For Congress November 20, 2020
  Peace Action Endorses Rev. Raphael Warnock Sign up to phonebank for Rev. Warnock Donate to Rev. Raphael Warnock While the presidential race is thankfully over, control of the Senate remains at stake, and will comedown to the results of a special election this January in Georgia. The Senate has been a graveyard for pro-peace legislation […]