WASHINGTON — Representatives of The Peace in Ukraine Coalition were on Capitol Hill and congressional home district offices on Wednesday, May 24th, delivering a petition advertised in The Hill that urges Biden, Putin, and Zelensky to support peace talks and a ceasefire in Ukraine. Peace activists shared a copy of…

As the Pentagon steps up its war games in the Asia Pacific, Defense News reports the US Army has a logistical problem with waging a future war against China: too much equipment to haul from “fort to port”–and too many ports in the Pacific, from which a cyber-space advanced adversary…

On Saturday, March 18th, the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, thousands of anti-war demonstrators marched on the White House to say “Fund People’s Needs, Not the War Machine” in opposition to US military funding of the war in Ukraine. The day of protest and education was organized…

Progressive Democrats Welcome a Primary Challenge to Biden in 2024 With President Biden’s approval ratings hovering at 40% and the US chasing endless war in Ukraine, Progressive Democrats of America’s foreign policy team, which I co-chair with Jim Carpenter of Milwaukee, welcomes a primary challenge from a peace candidate in…

To end the war in Ukraine, peace champions must win the war of ideas. This requires tackling two often-repeated claims that serve as obstacles to a diplomatic agreement between Ukraine and Russia. The first problematic claim is that the war was unprovoked; the second that Ukraine can achieve a decisive…

Resolution: Support a Mutual Ceasefire in Ukraine WHEREAS, President Biden has expressed urgent and grave concerns about the continued war in Ukraine, noting we have not been closer to nuclear Armageddon since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis because Russian President Vladamir Putin’s veiled threats to launch tactical or short range…

UCSB, Sever Ties with the War Machine Once the local epicenter of draft resistance and anti-Vietnam war protests, the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) now increasingly partners with the Pentagon, the world’s largest institutional emitter of greenhouse gasses. Academics research the production of soldiers who can survive on…

Reduce Pentagon Carbon Emissions The dog days of summer are upon us — and the record high temperatures killing hundreds in the Pacific Northwest and bringing 118 degree heat to Siberia serve as a harbinger of even hotter, more dangerous days unless…

Our Democratic congressional delegation can either rubber stamp a dangerous escalation of the nuclear arms race that pushes us to the brink of world annihilation or in the interest of human survival reject President Biden’s suggested appropriation of billions of dollars for nuclear rearmament. To date, few have questioned President…