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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.

Recent Issues

Peace Action Alert on proposed US weapons transfer to Israel

Sep 18, 2024

Expect a Joint Resolution of Disapproval (likely during the lame duck session) to oppose the proposed massive weapons transfers to Israel, see the policy memo on the JRD process and the specific weapons systems from our colleagues at the Institute…

Senator Bernie Sanders Resolution: ACT NOW-ceasefire and accountability

Jan 12, 2024

National Peace Action: Act Now ! On the day after Christmas, Senator Bernie Sanders introduced S. Res. 504, a resolution that would investigate Israel’s indiscriminate bombing campaign in Gaza. Since then, it's been reported that about one in every…

2023 PeaceWorker Award to Peter Morgan Peace Action Maine

Dec 15, 2023

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Peter Morgan receives PAM's 2023 PeaceWorker Award from past Peace Action Maine President (right) Stan Scott at November Portland Media Center event. The award, a polished walnut plaque with etched brass, reads: This award recognizes and celebrates…

Peace Action Call for de-escalation and a ceasefire

Oct 15, 2023

So many of us in the Peace Action family have been touched by the harrowing violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories. From all of us at Peace Action, we are thinking of you. We work toward a peaceful world where all are free from…

Yemen War Powers Resolution: Ask your Senators to vote YES Today!

Dec 09, 2022

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Urge our Senators to vote YES!!The United States continues to support the Saudi-led war on Yemen. Senators Leahy, Warren, and Sanders introduced a new War Powers Resolution in the Senate to force an end to US support for the war. Tell your Senators…

No Famine On Yemen

Nov 26, 2022

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US is complicit in the Humanitarian Crisis that is Yemen. Time to end this war and negotiate for peace! We picketed this Thanksgiving weekend to highlight the tragedy of the US feasting as Yemen faces famine and continue to call for more co-sponsors…

Vote FOR Nuclear Abolition and AGAINST more $$ for the Pentagon

Jul 10, 2022

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Update: WASHINGTON, July 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), on Thursday introduced a joint resolution in the Senate to direct the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized…

24 Hour Peacewave!

Jun 23, 2022

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24 Hour Peace Wave: No to Militarization – Yes to Cooperation Start: Saturday, June 25, 2022 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00) End: Sunday, June 26, 2022 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00) This is a virtual…

Emergency Action For Yemen

Jun 21, 2022

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Thursday June 23, 2022 06:30 PM EDTRegister HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kde6prz4pEtBmBflheDnDxYwH25HERaGs Peace Action is excited to co-host a Yemen Week of Action which will takes place this week. Grassroots activists across…

DIPLOMACY AND DE-ESCALATION, NOT FURTHER MILITARIZATION for Ukraine

Feb 23, 2022

Urgent: New Release! The Peace Action statement on the crisis in Ukraine Here is the Link to the Emergency Call this Saturday Feb. 26 at NOON ET: Peace Action condemns the deployment of Russian troops into the Donbas and calls for all parties to…

Immediate Action Needed for Afghanistan Today: Write Pres. Biden

Dec 20, 2021

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Write President Biden:https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/"I support the Member of Congress letters Reps Jayapal and Malinowski spearheaded urging you, President Biden, to unfreeze Afghanistan's $9.5 billion in U.S. banks and to use your influence to…

Starving Afghanistan? call Rep. Pingree and Golden

Dec 09, 2021

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The danger of mass starvation in Afghanistan this winter--including one million children under the age of 5--gets worse by the day. In fact, it is likely that far more Afghans will die of starvation this winter than died in the entire 20-year war.…

Cynthia Howard: 2021 PeaceWorker Award!

Nov 19, 2021

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Peace Action Maine awards two PeaceWorkers each year in recognition of persons or organizations that are forces for peace in Maine and inspirations to us all. Covid19 might limit in-person acknowledgment and appreciation, but share congratulations…

Bring No First Use to the Floor!

Nov 18, 2021

Sign this No First Use Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer HERE. November 15, 2021 Speaker Nancy PelosiUnited States House of Representatives1236 Longworth House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515 Majority Leader Charles E.…

Suzanne Hedrick: 2021 PeaceWorker Award!

Nov 02, 2021

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Peace Action Maine awards two PeaceWorkers each year in recognition of persons or organizations that are forces for peace in Maine and inspirations to us all. Covid19 might limit in-person acknowledgment and appreciation, but share congratulations…

Maine Climate Activists Protest Polluters: Navy Blue Angels

Aug 25, 2021

https://www.peaceactionme.org/images/pdf/ClimateActivistsProtestBlueAngels.pdfPRESS CONTACT: Sam Pfeifle 207-749-0298, sam@westgraycreative.comClimate Activists To Protest Blue Angels Performance, Sept. 4“The climate crisis means we must reckon with…

Sept. 3 Professor Douglas Allen Dialogue on Nonviolence

Aug 24, 2021

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Please find attached the zoom link along with the posters of the International Conference on Revisiting Gandhian Perspectives on Development: Reflections on Culture, Society and Politics, scheduled on the 3rd and 4th of September, 2021. Kindly refer…

Petition_Stop Excluding Military Pollution from Climate Agreements

Aug 18, 2021

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Stop Excluding Military Pollution from Climate Agreements We encourage groups and individuals to organize events to advance this message on or about the International Day of Peace during Climate Week, September 21, 2021, as well as on or about the…

August enews: Mainers commemorating Hiroshima_Nagasaki

Aug 01, 2021

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The Atom: A Love Affair Streaming with Peace Action Maine

Jul 14, 2021

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Register for the screening HERE

German Chancellor Merkel: Mainers: #TRIPSwaiver !

Jul 08, 2021

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Protest Timed with German Chancellor Merkel’s Visit to the United States; Germany Is Blocking Global Policy Change Needed to Increase Vaccine ProductionGermany is one of the last holdouts against a global agreement to temporarily waive intellectual…

Biden Requests Billions for Nukes

Jun 02, 2021

https://armscontrolcenter.org/fiscal-year-2022-defense-budget-request-briefing-book/“Last Friday, the Biden administration released its Fiscal Year 2022 budget request, totaling $753 billion for national defense spending, including $43.2 billion for…

Rally Friday May 21 NOON downtown Portland Maine

May 19, 2021

TIME TO STAND UP BY SHOWING UP Friends, Rallies have been happening all over the planet in support of Palestinians and in protest against Israel's brutal attack which has killed over 200, 40% of whom are women and children! Our Rally: This Friday,…

Call Biden Today!: Maine Voices For Palestinian Rights

May 18, 2021

From Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights: http://www.mvprights.org/index.html Dear Friends, As civilian casualties mount in Gaza, the self-professed "Catholic Zionist" Joe Biden proclaims "Israel's right to defend itself." Willful blindness to the…

6 Yr Anniversary: Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, time to end American support!

Mar 22, 2021

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This week marks 6 years since the Saudi-led coalition, backed by the US, UK, France, Canada, and Italy, intervened in Yemen, leading to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.Despite the rhetoric, nothing has changed in Yemen. The U.S. is complicit…

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