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Sample Tax Trade-off Information Sheet
You can go to the National Priorities Project and choose your own district or city and run the numbers – you can choose which department to trade off with… for our purposes you should choose the Department of Defense. Taxpayers … read more…
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Tagged anti-war, budget, Congress, cost of war, economic, economy, funds, Lobby day, military, move the money, New Priorities Network, New York State, nuclear energy, nuclear power, nuclear weapons, peace, Peace Action New York State, priorities, tax tradeoff, taxes, United States, war
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New Priorities Lobby Day “Asks”
Main point: We need new priorities in government spending that favor our communities and human needs over wars, nuclear weapons, and militarism. Remember: tell your representative your chapter is part of a national Peace Action organization that has been around … read more…
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Tagged budget, CMRR, CMRR-NF, Congress, cost of war, economy, funds, Lobby day, LRPB, military, move the money, MOX, New Priorities Network, NNSA, nuclear weapons, obama, Peace Action New York State, SSBN(X), United States
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Background to lobby day “asks”
- The U.S. is decreasing the number of its deployed nuclear weapons while increasing money for nuclear weapons-related programs – a total of over $600 billion has been pledged over 10 years! It is clear that something is wrong with … read more…
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Tagged budget, cost of war, economy, funds, Lobby day, move the money, New Priorities Network, nuclear weapons, obama, Peace Action New York State, priorities, United States
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Fact Sheet: The SANE Act
Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) introduced the Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures (SANE) Act in the House in February 2012. As of May 2, 2012, the SANE Act has 46 co-sponsors, including 7 from New York State (Bishop, Clarke, Hinchey, … read more…
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Tagged budget, Congress, cost of war, economy, funds, military, move the money, New Priorities, New Priorities Network, NNSA, nuclear weapons, obama, petition, priorities, security, United States
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National PA Board Member Larry Wittner Interview
Watch National PA Board member and author Larry Wittner’s interview about resistance to nuclear weapons on The Autograph! (broadcast on Press TV – April 5, 2012)
Posted in Video Blog
Tagged Activism, Activist, Anti-nuclear, anti-war, cost of war, Larry Wittner, nuclear power, nuclear testing, nuclear weapons, peace, video
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Peace Action NATO Counter Summit in Chicago: May 18-19
Peace Action National is on the organizing committee for an amazing event: Help Build a NATO-Free Future: Counter Summit for Peace and Economic Justice, Chicago, May 18 – 19 Read the International Call to Retire NATO! While NATO meets in … read more…
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Tagged anti-war, conference, cost of war, economic, economy, judith leblanc, military, move the money, NATO, New Priorities Network, occupy wall street, ows, peace, peace action, priorities, protest, troops, United States, war
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2 Nuclear Weapons Reports Released by Reaching Critical Will
Our friends at Reaching Critical Will have been busy – in the past two weeks they have released two new reports related to nuclear weapons: Assuring Destruction Forever: nuclear weapons modernization around the world AND 2010 NPT Action Plan Monitoring … read more…
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Tagged China, France, India, Israel, modernization, New START, North Korea, NPT, NPT PrepCom, NPT Review Conference, nuclear testing, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons modernization, Pakistan, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States
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Jonathan Schell on Iran and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
Please read this thoughtful and insightful article by Jonathan Schell about Iran’s nuclear program, military and diplomatic options, and the future of the nuclear nonproliferation regime. An excellent analysis and clear explanation of what is at stake in the near … read more…
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Tagged anti-war, Iran, military, Nonproliferation, Nonproliferation Regime, NPT, nuclear energy, nuclear power, nuclear weapons, obama, peace, security, United Nations, United States, war
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Know Drones Tour comes to Brooklyn: April 12-14
The 2012 Know Drones Tour, a public education campaign focusing on legal, ethical and civil liberties concerns raised by the surge in drone warfare and drone surveillance, begins in Brooklyn, New York on Thursday, April 12, 2012 with sidewalk displays … read more…
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Tagged anti-war, budget, Drone, Drones, military, obama, Peace Action New York State, Reaper Drone, security, troops, war
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Petition: Close FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant!
PANYS is one of the founding members of the coalition group Alliance for a Green Economy, or AGREE, started in Syracuse, New York. The FitzPatrick nuclear power plant is just outside of Syracuse in Scriba, NY, and is the exact … read more…
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Tagged Energy, Fukushima, nuclear energy, nuclear power, petition, radiation
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