About Peace Action
At Peace Action, we believe that war
is not a suitable response to conflict, that
every person has the right to live without the threat from nuclear
weapons and that
America has the resources and responsibility to both protect and provide for its
citizens.
What we do at Peace Action…
We are the nation's largest
grassroots peace network, with chapters and affiliates in 30 states.
We organize our grassroots network to place pressure on Congress
and the Administration through write-in campaigns, internet actions,
citizen lobbying and direct action. Through a close relationship
with progressive members of Congress, we play a key role in devising
strategies to move forward peace legislation, and, as a leading
member of United for Peace and Justice and the Win Without War
coalition, we lend our expertise and large network to achieving
common goals.
Peace
Voter Campaign
Citizen Movement
Given the right tools, ordinary people can change the world.
At Peace Action, we recognize that real change comes from the bottom up and we are committed to educating and organizing at the grassroots level. Together, we have the power to change the world.
Peace
Action is Dedicated to
Advancing a Progressive Platform in U.S. Policy
For 50 years Peace Action has worked for an environment where all are free from violence and war. We understand that long-standing global conflicts require long-term solutions, and that US foreign policy has a lasting effect on the world. We are working to promote a new US foreign policy that is based on peaceful support for human rights and democracy, eliminating the threat of weapons of mass destruction, and cooperation with the world community. We organize against pre-emptive war, and call for a full withdrawal of American troops, bases and contractors from Iraq.
There are still over 30,000 nuclear weapons in the world. The US and Russia still have thousands of nuclear weapons on hair trigger alert ready to launch in minutes. While the Cold War may have ended, the nuclear threat has not. The only way to ensure that nuclear weapons will never be used - whether purposefully, or accidentally - is global abolition. The U.S. must lead the way to a safer world by taking our weapons off hair trigger alert, halting our research and development of new nuclear weapons and disarming and demilitarizing our warhead stockpile of over 10,000 nuclear warheads. We can reduce the threat to the world posed by nuclear weapons, but we must start by getting rid of our own weapons of mass destruction.
As the Pentagon s budget soars to over half a trillion dollars annually, 17% of American children live in poverty. Basic infrastructure is crumbling, school are using outdated textbooks, and millions of Americans are without basic health insurance.
We have choices. For what the US has spent
so far on the War in Iraq, either 48,801,253 children could have
attended a year of Head Start, or we could have built 3,317,543
additional housing units for low-income people, or hired 6,385,283
additional public school teachers for one year, or provided 17,861,650
students four-year scholarships at public universities (according
to the National Priorities Project). We believe that these are priorities
that should come before war.
This is the Peace Action website.
You may be looking for the Peace Action Education Fund.
The work of Peace Action and the Peace Action Education Fund is made possible thanks to the generous support of our members and the following foundations:
The Paul & Edith Babson Foundation * The Bydale Foundation * Colombe Foundation * Janelia Foundation * The HKH Foundation * The New World Foundation * Peace Development Fund * Ploughshares Fund * Iraq Peace Fund, Underdog Fund, Tides Foundation * The Scherman Foundation, Inc. * Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis * Unitarian Universalist Funding Program * Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation * Sisters of Loretto * Dominican Sisters of Springfield Illinois * Working Assets Long Distance
Take Action
Ask Obama to work for a nuclear free world
Host an Afghanistan house party
Sign the better plan to bring peace to Afghanistan
Collect signatures to shift military spending
Join the Pacific Freeze Campaign
Help Prevent Accidental War with Iran
Help Bring The Guard Home - It's The Law!
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