No More Victims Milwaukee
No More Victims Provide Medical Care to a Child Injured by a U.S. Drone Strike May 7, 2013 A coalition of dedicated solidarity activists in Milwaukee is being built, including health care professionals, attorneys, and peace activists, who are actively developing a project in Milwaukee to provide medical care to a child injured by a US […]
10 things you didn’t know about Rosa Parks
Upcoming Milwaukee Tribute to Rosa Parks! More info here. The tribute features guest presenter Jeanne Theoharis, author of The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks. Read her article below. 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Rosa Parks Article re-posted from the Huffington Post here. (from The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis) 1. Parks had been thrown […]
Defeated Opposition Causes Violence in Venezuela
Defeated Opposition Causes Violence in Venezuela by Mike Helbick, Program Director, Peace Action Wisconsin (4/15/13 — updated 4/16) UPDATES found on Telesur (Spanish) UPDATE: 7 dead, 61 injured in Venzeula as right-wing attacks on public institutions spread (as of 4/16). Upon losing Sunday’s election, Venezuelan opposition candidate Capriles refused to recognize the official results and has called […]
Tax Day and the Pentagon
Tax Day and the Pentagon Originally published on Sunday, April 14, 2013 by Common Dreams by Kevin Martin, Executive Director, National Peace Action This month, as budget and policy issues in Washington muddle along inconclusively as usual, grassroots peace activists are busy organizing, educating, protesting and lobbying. Last weekend, Historians Against the War hosted an ambitious, illuminating […]
Haters gonna hate: Rory Carroll’s Venezuela on NPR
Haters gonna hate: Rory Carroll’s Venezuela on NPR Originally posted on Al Jazeera here. By Mark Weisbrot NPR interviewed Guardianreporter Rory Carroll on Wednesday about Venezuela, producing an extremely one-sided, misleading report. First, Carroll tells NPR that “Venezuela is a country of extremes — and extreme inequality”. He might have noted that Venezuela has the least unequal distribution of income in […]
Research Report: Walker’s Medicaid Plan Will Force Veterans from BadgerCare
Thank you to Kevin Kane of Citizen Action of Wisconsin for the following research report: For Immediate Release–March 29, 2013 Contact: Kevin Kane, kevin.kane@citizenactionwi.org (414–550‑8280) Research Report: Walker’s Medicaid Plan Will Force Veterans from BadgerCare STATEWIDE – Just released data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute reveal that Governor Walker’s plan to reject billions […]
Sustained public debate is needed Drone strikes (MJS 3/28/13)
Sustained public debate is needed Drone strikes Originally printed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3/28/13 After years of slumber, Congress is finally starting to wake up to its responsibilities to question the legality, the wisdom and the morality of the administration’s officially and absurdly “secret war” using drone strikes to try to kill alleged members […]
Peace Action & Allies Weigh in on Paul Ryan and the GOP’s Budget Priorities
Peace Action Wisconsin and Allies Expose Paul “1%” Ryan and the GOP’s Budgetary Priorities Click here for video of Peace Action Operations Director Becky Cooper, exposing Paul Ryan’s budget of Pentagon waste! Peace Action Wisconsin gathered with allies from Citizen Action WI, Progressive Democrats of America, and concerned citizens and veterans to share the real-life consequences […]
How Sequestration Affects Women & Children
How Sequestration Affects Women & Children Information compiled by Jenn Silva WISCONSIN: Education: Wisconsin will lose approximately $8.5 million in funding for primary and secondary education, putting around 120 teacher and aide jobs at risk. In addition about 10,000 fewer students would be served and approximately 50 fewer schools would receive funding. Education for Children […]
Peace Action Op-ed in the Journal Sentinel: Cuts threaten Milwaukee, our economy
Cuts threaten Milwaukee, our economy Originally published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 7, 2013 This year alone, Milwaukee taxpayers will contribute $695 million to the U.S. Department of Defense. That would be enough to provide Milwaukee with 10,700 elementary school teachers, 10,500 police officers or medical care for 96,400 veterans. Instead, Milwaukee’s hard-earned tax dollars […]
JCRC wants to know about even ‘minor’ anti-Semitism: report it here!
JCRC wants to know about even ‘minor’ anti-Semitism: report it here! Originally published in the Jewish Chronicle, March, 2013 One or more high school students throw some coins on the floor. When another kid picks them up, the throwers sneer and say to that kid, “You’re such a Jew.” Is this an anti-Semitic incident? It appears likely. But […]
Milwaukee’s “Pull the Pork” protest in pictures:
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Thank you all for coming out in the snow! We’re fiiiiiiiiiiiiired up! Video of Program Director Mike Helbick telling Congress how it should be here.
Obama isn’t ending the war
Obama isn’t ending the war Originally appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/16/13 President Barack Obama stated, “Tonight, I can announce that over the next year another 34,000 American troops will come home from Afghanistan … and by the end of next year, our war in Afghanistan will be over” in his State of the […]
Obama’s vision for domestic prosperity will only become reality through reducing Pentagon spending
Obama’s vision for domestic prosperity will only become reality through reducing Pentagon spending by Mike Helbick (originally appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/15/13) President Barack Obama laid out a very ambitious plan in his State of the Union address (“Obama lays out ambitious agenda,” Feb. 12). Obama said he will create 15 “manufacturing hubs,” […]
Minimum Returns: The Economic Impacts of Pentagon Spending
Minimum Returns: The Economic Impacts of Pentagon Spending Feb. 7, 2013 (See original posting here.) By William D. Hartung, Natalie Peterson Download the pdf versoin of the report here. Over the past two years, Pentagon contractors have financed a series of studies that have made exaggerated claims about the economic impacts of reductions in Pentagon spending. […]
U.S. plans to add drone base in West Africa
U.S. plans to add drone base in West Africa By Craig Whitlock, Published: January 28 (Original posting here.) The U.S. military is planning a new drone base in Africa that would expand its surveillance of al-Qaeda fighters and other militants in northern Mali, a development that would escalate American involvement in a fast-spreading conflict. Two Obama administration officials said military […]
US Arms Sales to Asia Set to Boom on Pacific ‘Pivot’
US Arms Sales to Asia Set to Boom on Pacific ‘Pivot’ Original posting here. U.S. sales of warplanes, anti-missile systems and other costly weapons to China’s and North Korea’s neighbors appear set for significant growth amid regional security jitters. Strengthening treaty allies and other security partners is central to the White House’s “pivot” toward a […]
Seven Actions Obama Should Take On Cuba Now
Seven Actions Obama Should Take On Cuba Now Peter Kornbluh, January 24, 2013 (Originally posted on The Nation here.) In US foreign relations with hostile states, President Obama declared in his inauguration speech this week, “engagement can more durably lift suspicion and fear.” With his reelection behind him–in which he garnered more Cuban-American votes in Florida than […]
Gun Violence Reading Resource
Peace Action Wisconsin supports a sensible gun policy NOW! Browse the articles below and arm yourself to win the gun policy debate. The Pentagon’s Unholy Alliance: How Chuck Hagel could single-handedly do more to advance gun control than almost anyone else. Obama announces 23 executive actions, asks Congress to pass gun laws: President Obama’s 23 executive […]
Pentagon cuts still on the table
Take Time to Celebrate: $1 Trillion in Pentagon Cuts Still on the Table By Jim Cason on 01/08/2013 @ 08:40 AM; originally posted here. Congress did something extraordinary at the beginning of this year. Despite intense pressure from military contractors and billions of dollars spent by defense lobbyists, our elected officials left in place deep cuts in Pentagon […]
Generals: Get real and cut Pentagon spending
Generals: Get real and cut Pentagon spending By Robert G. Gard and John Johns, Special to CNN Read original posting here. Editor’s note: Lt. Gen. Robert Gard is the chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former executive assistant to two secretaries of defense. Brig. Gen. John Johns […]
UN Development Goals Could Be Met With a Few Percent of Military Spending
UN Development Goals Could Be Met With a Few Percent of Military Spending By davidswanson - Originally posted on 10 December 2012, here. Here’s a useful new report from the International Peace Bureau. Globally, the report finds, spending on war preparations is higher than ever as an absolute amount and as a percentage of public spending (if not as a […]
Bashar al-Assad, Syria, and the truth about chemical weapons
By Robert Frisk, 12/8/12 Original article found here. Bashar al-Assad, Syria, and the truth about chemical weapons Bashar’s father Hafez al-Assad was brutal but never used chemical arms. And do you know which was the first army to use gas in the Middle East? The bigger the lie the more people will believe it. We all […]
Sign the petition to honor Milwaukee’s Mildred Fish-Harnack!
Sign the petition to honor Milwaukee’s Mildred Fish-Harnack! The celebration of Milwaukee history and local heroes & heroines is important. Please print this petition (download here), sign, share, and mail to the address included below. Let’s ensure that Mildred Fish-Harnack will always be remembered! Watch the official trailer of Wisconsin’s Nazi Resistance: The Mildred Fish-Harnack […]
Scott Walker’s Plan To Eliminate Same-Day Voter Registration Opposed By Wisconsin Poll Workers
Scott Walker’s Plan To Eliminate Same-Day Voter Registration Opposed By Wisconsin Poll Workers From the Huffington Post Posted: 11/30/2012 7:37 am EST Updated: 11/30/2012 9:52 am EST WASHINGTON — Wisconsin poll workers are speaking out against Gov. Scott Walker’s ® proposal to eliminate same-day voting registration in the state, despite his argument that it would lighten the burden on […]
Normalize relations with Cuba
Normalize relations with Cuba As appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dec. 6, 2012: The Journal Sentinel’s recent report on the decision of a former United States government contract agent to sue the U.S. government over his continued imprisonment in Cuba highlights the challenge and opportunity that President Barack Obama has to turn around over 50 […]
Shift U.S. Spending Priorities; Save State Jobs
Nov. 2, 2012: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel On Oct. 25, Oshkosh Corp. announced that 450 employees will find themselves without jobs in January. While the national debate rages over economic recovery and job production, hundreds of Wisconsin families are left in uncertainty, with unemployment and hardship waiting to greet them in the new year. Oshkosh Corp. has […]
Peace Action’s “Move the Money” Resolution unanimously adopted!
Victory! On September 25, Milwaukee’s Common Council unanimously adopted Peace Action’s “Move the Money” resolution! This resolution calls for a redirection of military spending to our needs here at home. Read Peace Action’s media releasehere: Move the Money Milwaukee Resolution Statement Read the resolution itself here: Move the Money Resolution. ****************************************************************************************************** Help your city adopt […]
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The environmental community has its own (good) reasons for complaints against Scott Walker. The Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters is very engaged in the recall, with lawn signs opposing Walker throughout the state and a robust collection of “Failure Files” online outlining Walker’s anti-environment policies.
