JOB POSTING: Part-time Organizer for Peace Team at west side Cleveland high school, $15/hr, 20hrs/month - details
TAKE ACTION: Nuclear weapons will be eliminated one step at a time and here's the next step - Tell Senators Brown and Voinovich to support the new START treaty
On June 7, 2010, Afghanistan became the longest war in US history

CODEPINK crashes the Tea Party, finds some allies on foreign policy - Medea Benjamin, Alternet
Our Taxes are Off to War — 2010 - As he does each year, Cleveland Peace Action's Randy Schutt dissects the Federal Budget. And in these hard times, military spending is once again the sacred cow. Read him in Daily Kos
Where do your tax dollars go? Read National Priorities Project's analysis for Tax Day 2010
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Working for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty - read more
Congress rejected, on March 10, Rep. Dennis Kucinich's resolution calling for Congress to use War Powers Act to force Afghanistan debate. Thanks to 65 Congresspeople who supported the resolution. Unfortunately, Kucinich was the only one from Ohio.
Thanks again to Dennis for inspiring us at Cleveland Peace Action's Annual Membership Meeting on February 16th!
Jewish Perspectives on Israel-Palestine Situation: Panel discussion, Dec. 14, in Beachwood featured Debra Hirshberg, Michael Greenberg, Cynthia Dettelback (Moderator), Brian Amkraut and Martin Plax - details in upcoming Peace Action Newsletter (January 2009) and in Cleveland Jewish News
Another Perspective: What Do Palestinians Think? Although the December 14 program did not include Palestinian or Arab perspectives, Brit Tzedek v’Shalom recently posted a very interesting interview with Amjad Atallah, Co-Director of the Middle East Task Force of the New America Foundation, which addresses many potential Israeli or Jewish concerns about what most Palestinians think about a future possible resolution of the conflict with Israel. Read interview here
US House of Representatives has voted 344-36 for a resolution to reject the UN's Goldstone Report. Shame on Northern Ohio Reps. Fudge, La Tourette, Ryan, and Sutton for turning their backs on human rights violations and war crimes in Gaza. Thanks to Rep. Kucinich for voting against the resolution.
Read what the US media ignores - what the Pentagon is up to in the long term - 9/23/08: US generals planning for resource wars - Irish Times
Sexual Violence Epidemic in the Military: US servicewomen are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire - read more

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Nuclear Weapons
Monday, July 26, 2010
START ratification within reach, if Democrats and Republicans can trust each other - Washington Post
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Military Spending
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Cut the Federal deficit? We need "deficits doves" - Amy Goodman, TruthDig
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Iran News
Monday, May 17, 2010
Iran to ship uranium to Turkey in nuclear deal - Washington Post
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Iraq News
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Obama’s First Real Test in Iraq - Common Dreams
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