Call to Protest Warship Christening: 1 month before COP26!

How the Pentagon Fuels Climate Crisis

Oct 20, 2021

Join our Zoom Oct 30 Sat. 8 PM Register HERE Sign the petition that will be hand delivered to Glasgow!How the Pentagon Fuels Climate We're now all too familiar with the impacts of our changing climate: extreme weather events, wildfires and floods, crop failures, and climate anxiety. But we may not be so familiar with the…

Call to Protest Warship Christening: 1 month before COP26!

Oct 01, 2021

SATURDAY OCT 2, 10-12 amUpdate from Lisa Savage: "I just learned that the next BIW warship "christening" is this Saturday Oct 2 (came out in the news last night). We are planning to gather for nonviolent protest at 10am (South Gate, on Washington St. in Bath) and hear from some speakers. Participants are asked to mask and…

Maine and the Military Industrial Complex

Sep 30, 2021

What an eye-opening program: the recorded program is HERE from Monday Sept. 6.Christian's Maine-Specific slides from his talk are located HERE.Christian Sorensen shared his research with us about General Dynamics and the US war industry here in Maine. His written answers to our questions are HERE.Christian Sorensen is a…

Blue Angels Air Show Protest Sat. Sept. 4

Sep 29, 2021

Photo Credit: Ellen Davidson On Saturday, Sept. 4, Maine Natural Guard organized a protest at the Main Gate of the prior Brunswick Naval Air Station (BNAS). Peace Action Maine is one of several groups that co-sponsored and helped publicize the protest- distanced and masked event! Here is the poster for the event (follow…

Lessons of Afghanistan

Aug 26, 2021

Lessons of Afghanistan What lessons should the United States learn from its debacle in Afghanistan? Cole Harrison suggested seven of them in an August 18 article. End our military involvement; engage with the Taliban and pay reparations; support regional diplomacy; clean house in Washington; end other U.S. military…

Hiroshima & Nagasaki Commemoration on the Green, Brunswick, Maine

Aug 09, 2021

The #NuclearBan Banner was in Brunswick Friday Aug. 6 to commemorate the infamous day when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. We were there with other groups to recognize the milestone Treaty on the Prohibition on Nuclear Weapons, to ask the President and the Senate to sign and ratify this treaty, and to share…

#PeaceWave2021: Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration 76 years

Aug 05, 2021

This year, as part of our commemoration of Hiroshima/Nagasaki, From Hiroshima to Fukushima, and during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, we screen a documentary that explores the Legacy of the Nuclear Industry. Answering Gensuikin's call for #PeaceWave 2021, the screening is available Aug. 2 - Aug 9. PAM sponsors your "free…

Climate Crisis and US Militarism - What's the Connection?

Jul 27, 2021

An event presented by Janet Weil* and facilitated by Pat Taub** Climate Crisis and US Militarism: We're now all too familiar with the impacts of our changing climate: extreme weather events, wildfires and floods, crop failures, and climate anxiety. But we may not be so familiar with the contribution of the U.S. military -…

General Dynamics on Kennebec River, Maine

Jul 04, 2021

As part of our Nuclear Abolition & #PeaceForClimate Campaigns Peace Action Maine has hosted an ICAN_US speaker and now shares ICAN's new report on spending-which includes stats for the General Dynamics corporation.(p.32)Bath Iron Works(pictured) is owned by General Dynamics.-The next christening of a warship built there…

Central America's Forgotten History

Jun 27, 2021

June 29 Tuesday. Peace Action Maine has learned of this discussion about a must-read book for those of us in the U.S . By an author we should all be following! Hope you can join the Solidarity Collective who will be hosting a discussion with Aviva Chomsky about her new book Central America’s Forgotten History: Revolutions,…

Impact of 20-year American War in Afghanistan, a discussion

Jun 25, 2021

Wed. June 30. President Biden says that he is winding down the U.S. role in Afghanistan and that all the troops will be home from America’s longest war by Sept. 11. It’s time for a reckoning. What did the war do to the people of Afghanistan? What was its impact on Americans—soldiers, contractors, and those at home? Can we…

Tax Day 2021 Spring Awakening Rally Maine US

Jun 15, 2021

Thank you to all of the friends who were able to join us for this year's TAX DAY event. If you were not able to attend, we have processed the first hour of the program HERE.

2021 Annual Virtual Spring Renewal Gathering and business meeting

Jun 15, 2021

Please join our 2021 Spring Renewal Gathering "Peace AND Justice". Saturday May 22 Miss the program? We have the recorded footage of each excellent speaker! 10:45-11:00am: Welcome, Slide Show. Program theme is: Peace AND Justice (a quote from Jim Anderson!) 11:00-11:20am: Vincent Intondi, Recording HERE, Author “African…

Peace Action Maine's Mission:
We are a voice of education and a center for people committed to disarmament and creative responses to conflict.

Peace Action Maine's Mission:
We are a voice of education and a center for people committed to disarmament and creative responses to conflict.