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Costs of War Speaker and New Data
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Peace Action Maine honored Professor Crawford with a 2019 Peace Maker award. She spoke at our Fall Gathering and shared new data on the Costs of War.
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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…
Our July 2021 Mailchimp Newsletter
Jul 01, 2021
https://mailchi.mp/bbc5c5e0a35a/how-will-you-be-celebrating-independence-day
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
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
#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
Moving the money from the Pentagon to Health Care
Oct 31, 2020
Lee and Pocan, who both sit on the House Appropriations Committee, are spearheading a new Defense Spending Reduction Caucus to build "critical mass" among lawmakers to cut defense spending and redirect the money toward domestic priorities, a…
Estimate for nukes jumps $10 billion
Oct 20, 2020
Estimate of new nukes increases $10 BILLION from 4 years ago https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/10/19/estimate-of-new-nuclear-missiles- to-replace-minuteman-3-arsenal-increases-to-958b/
START treaty- importance of extending START!
Oct 06, 2020
Just four months before the New START treaty is set to expire, the latest set of so-called aggregate data published by the State Department shows the treaty is working and that both countries – despite tense military and political rhetoric – are…
Militarization: At home and abroad
Sep 18, 2020
CostsofWar has a new paper about the militarization of the homeland. (For more information to Maine's…
Costs of War: 37 million Displaced due to US GWOT
Sep 08, 2020
Original Paper from the Costs of War Project: https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2020/Displacement_Vine%20et%20al_Costs%20of%20War%202020%2009%2008.pdfFrom The New York Times:At Least 37 Million People Have Been Displaced by…
Calling for 10 % cut in bloated Pentagon Budget- NDAA 2021
Jul 19, 2020
ALERT TO OUR MEMBERS!Right now, Congress is deliberating the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), legislation that specifies the annual budget and expenditures of the U.S. Department of Defense, a proposal for $740 billion dollars. As usual,…
Korean War: 70 years today. Show support tonight at 8 pm
Jun 24, 2020
Korea: The Unknown War WebinarWe invite our members to KoreaPeaceNow! event-in solidarity. https://koreapeacenow.org/events/ On the 70th anniversary of what is officially known as the start of the Korean War, preeminent Korea historian Bruce Cumings…
On Iran: Call for US Sanctions to be lifted: COVID-19 humanitarian crisis
Mar 25, 2020
Peace Action Maine has emailed and tweeted to @SenAngusKing, @SenSusanCollins, @chelliepingree and @RepGolden asking for them to sign the letter below. New sanctions in the midst of a pandemic reach a new level on inhumanity. NYT Corona Crisis is…
Sally Breen: Peace Supper Talk 2011
Mar 24, 2020
PEACE SUPPER TALK (purchase Sally's autobiography from BlurbBooks) By Sally BreenWoodfords Congregational ChurchMay 7, 2011 (shared by Sally July 17, 2014, email)Come out on stage and put on my cowboy hat and my apron: Howdy y’all. My name is Sally…
Peace Action Press Release: Iran War Powers
Mar 11, 2020
Peace Action: Congress Sends Bipartisan Bill to Trump Rebuking Iran War Washington, D.C. — March 11, 2020 — In response to the House passing the bipartisan bill — S.J.Res.68 — that would thwart President Trump from going to war with Iran and end any…
Maine's delegation votes to reclaim congressional war powers
Mar 11, 2020
As you may recall, in mid-February the Senate passed a War Powers Resolution to block Trump from unilaterally starting a war with Iran. Stopping an unconstitutional war with Iran is absolutely imperative. This afternoon, March 11, S.J.Res.68 was…
Block War With Iran: Maine Federal Delegation!
Jan 14, 2020
Peace Action statement on Senate passage of War Powers Act. Thank Senator Collins and King for voting Yea on S.J. Res 68 as amended today! Will there be enough votes to override a veto ? This is the Congressional Switchboard number: 202-224-3121. ME…
Where do our Maine US Reps stand on Iran?
Jan 09, 2020
Representative Pingree is a co-sponsor of Rep. Ro Khanna’s bill to defund an unauthorized war with Iran (H.R.5543)She also co-sponsors Rep. Barbara Lee’s bill to repeal the 2002 AUMF (H.R.2456.) HConRes83 recently passed in the House. We tweeted…
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