Category Archives: Front Page

Peace Action is dedicated to promoting the non-violent resolution of conflict, the abolition of nuclear weapons, halting the global spread of conventional arms, building a human rights culture and supporting human needs instead of militarism.

Monday, May 14: Join the PANYS State-wide Lobby Day – fund human needs, not nuclear weapons!

On Monday, May 14 PANYS is sponsoring a state-wide lobby day, asking our Congressional representatives to change federal spending priorities to fund human needs and our communities, not nuclear weapons or wars. Please contact your local chapter to get involved! … read more…

Posted on May 10, 2012 by admin
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Author Event: Larry Wittner – Working for Peace and Justice

Please join Peace Action Manhattan and Peace Action New York State as we welcome Peace Action National Board member and Upper Hudson Peace Action activist Larry Wittner to NYC! Larry Wittner: Working for Peace and Justice – Memoirs of an … read more…

Posted on May 4, 2012 by admin
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U.S. commits to Afghanistan through 2024

Yesterday President Obama made a surprise trip to Afghanistan and signed an agreement with the Afghan government reaffirming that U.S. combat troops would be withdrawn by the end of 2014 but also committing a U.S. presence in Afghanistan through 2024. … read more…

Posted on May 2, 2012 by admin
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Money for Our Communities, Not Nuclear Weapons: State-wide Lobby Day for New Priorities – May 14!

PANYS is coordinating a state-wide lobby day on Monday, May 14 with our 15 chapters to ask our representatives to cut the bloated nuclear weapons budget and fund our communities instead. If you are interested in joining one of our … read more…

Posted on April 10, 2012 by admin
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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…

Posted on April 5, 2012 by staff
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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…

Posted on April 1, 2012 by staff
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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…

Posted on March 31, 2012 by staff
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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…

Posted on March 30, 2012 by staff
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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…

Posted on March 30, 2012 by staff
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PANYS SANE Act petition on AlterNet!

AlterNet has just published a feature online about the PANYS SANE Act petition and will be sending it out to 140,000 people who receive their newsletter! Thanks to Fund Board Treasurer Don Shaffer and PANYS Field Organizer and Program Assistant … read more…

Posted on March 29, 2012 by staff
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