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August enews: Mainers commemorating Hiroshima_Nagasaki

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Created: 01 August 2021

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

Jul 10, 2022

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…

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24 Hour Peacewave!

Jun 23, 2022

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…

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Emergency Action For Yemen

Jun 21, 2022

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…

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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…

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Immediate Action Needed for Afghanistan Today: Write Pres. Biden

Dec 20, 2021

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…

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Starving Afghanistan? call Rep. Pingree and Golden

Dec 09, 2021

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.…

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Cynthia Howard: 2021 PeaceWorker Award!

Nov 19, 2021

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…

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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.…

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Suzanne Hedrick: 2021 PeaceWorker Award!

Nov 02, 2021

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…

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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…

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Sept. 3 Professor Douglas Allen Dialogue on Nonviolence

Aug 24, 2021

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…

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Petition_Stop Excluding Military Pollution from Climate Agreements

Aug 18, 2021

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…

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August enews: Mainers commemorating Hiroshima_Nagasaki

Aug 01, 2021

https://mailchi.mp/feaa13faf9c4/mainers-commemorating-hiroshima_nagasaki-2021

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The Atom: A Love Affair Streaming with Peace Action Maine

Jul 14, 2021

Register for the screening HERE

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German Chancellor Merkel: Mainers: #TRIPSwaiver !

Jul 08, 2021

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…

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Our July 2021 Mailchimp Newsletter

Jul 01, 2021

https://mailchi.mp/bbc5c5e0a35a/how-will-you-be-celebrating-independence-day

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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

Mar 22, 2021

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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For Peace, End U.S.-South Korea Military Exercises

Mar 02, 2021

https://truthout.org/articles/for-peace-with-north-korea-biden-must-end-the-us-south-korea-military-exercises/Our friend Hyun Lee has invited us to join the Global Rally and Petition from Feb 24-March 10 to suspend the annual US-South Korea War…

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For Peace in Korea, No More War Drills!

Feb 03, 2021

Webinar: For Peace in Korea, No More War Drills!Date: Thursday, February 18, 2021 @ 8pm ET l 5pm PTRegistration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j9nn-Z2RTUOHPIXPzmH7RwSpeakers (and location of flier for this program) Wooksik Cheong,…

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New Report Shows How a Peace-First Approach Can Resolve the Security Crisis on the Korean Peninsula

Feb 02, 2021

https://koreapeacenow.org/new-report-shows-how-a-peace-first-approach-can-resolve-the-security-crisis-on-the-korean-peninsula“A peace agreement is the most realistic and effective way to solve one of the United States’ most intractable foreign…

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No on Haines for Director of National Intelligence!

Jan 04, 2021

Maine Peace Activists: Tell King & Collins: No on Haines! As a Maine peace activist, you can send a powerful message to Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), who BOTH serve on the Senate Intelligence Committee, slated to hold…

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#ReclaimArmisticeDay Maine VfP

Nov 11, 2020

Armistice Day was born and was designated as “a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated."https://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/armistice-day

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