Peace Action
Founded in 1957, Peace Action, the United States' largest peace and disarmament organization with over 100,000 members and nearly 100 chapters in 34 states, works to achieve the abolition of nuclear weapons, promote government spending priorities that support human needs and encourage real security through international cooperation and human rights.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Friday, March 05, 2021 Time to Repeal, Not Replace War Authorizations Peace Action Executive Director Jon Rainwater released the following statement regarding reports that President Biden seeks a Congressional debate on the 2001 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs). “This is welcome news, and will allow Congress to step up and take its rightful... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, February 04, 2021 Biden-Harris End Support of Yemen War; NGOs Demand End to All Arms Sales and Increased Humanitarian Aid Ahead of the Biden-Harris announcement to end U.S. support for the Saudi/UAE-led war on Yemen, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the following statement: “It’s about time that the U.S. end all complicity in the Saudi/UAE-led war on Yemen... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, February 03, 2021 U.S. and Russia Extension of Nuclear Weapons Treaty Makes Everyone Safer; What About the Exploding Nuclear Weapons Budget? In response to the Biden-Harris administration and Russia's official extension of the New START treaty by five years today, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, which helped assure Senate ratification, released the following statement: “After the... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, January 21, 2021 Extending Nuclear Weapons Treaty Makes Everyone Safer; What About the Exploding Nuclear Weapons Budget? In response to the Biden-Harris administration’s announcement of extending the New START treaty by five years, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, which helped assure Senate ratification, released the following statement: “After years of Trump... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, July 22, 2020 Nearly Half Senate Dems Vote to Move Pentagon Funds to Poor In response to today’s Senate vote against an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to transfer 10% of the Pentagon budget to help poor U.S. communities, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the following statement: “Nearly... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, July 21, 2020 House Fails to Cut Pentagon Bloat In response to today’s failed House vote on an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to reduce the Pentagon budget by 10%, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the following statement: “More representatives voted today for the... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, July 02, 2020 The Senate Failed to End the Afghanistan War, Again In response to the Senate vote against debating to end the Afghanistan war, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, who spent time in Afghanistan, released the following statement: “American voters agree we must end endless wars. After nearly 19 years,... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Progressives: Covid Increase, Pentagon Decrease In response to today's House letter from progressives asking House Armed Services Committee (HASC) leadership to decrease Pentagon spending and fund coronavirus mitigation, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the following statement: “Co-... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, May 07, 2020 Peace Action: Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help In response to the veto by President Trump yesterday of a bill (S.J.Res.68) to reclaim congressional war powers in regards to Iran and the anticipated failure today of the Senate override vote, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, April 23, 2020 Civil Society Groups Urge Immediate Sanctions Relief and Legal Reform Today, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, 70 organizations representing humanitarian, research, peacebuilding, faith-based, human rights, and other civil society groups with over 40 million supporters sent a letter to President Trump, Secretary Mnuchin, and Secretary Pompeo urging the... Read more |