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Maine Climate Activists Protest Polluters: Navy Blue Angels

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Climate Activists To Protest Blue Angels Performance, Sept. 4
“The climate crisis means we must reckon with the effects of militarism”
BRUNSWICK: Statewide peace and environmental groups will gather at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station, Sept. 4, to protest the performance being given by the Blue Angels and raise awareness of the massive carbon footprint created by the U.S. military and its contribution to the climate crisis. 

Recent Issues

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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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