From Peace Action (http://www.peace-action.org/): Recently our friends at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved their iconic Doomsday Clock ahead to 90 seconds before midnight, the closest it’s ever come to a symbolic global catastrophe. This is due in part … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The new majority in the House of Representatives wants to cut spending down to FY2022 levels, but what it really means is they’re planning on exempting the Pentagon from cuts and instead cutting … Continued
From the Coalition for Peace Action (http://www.peacecoalition.org/): Zaporizhzhia, the largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine, and in all of Europe, could become the site of a large-scale nuclear catastrophe given rising tensions and continued shelling. We don’t really know all … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/13/people-over-pentagon-proposal-would-take-100-billion-pentagon-fund-social-programs The Lee-Pocan bill disproves the claim that there’s not money to feed the hungry, care for the sick, cut child poverty, or protect the planet,” said one proponent. JESSICA CORBETT June 13, 2022 Progressive advocacy groups across the … Continued
From Peace Action (http://www.peace-action.org/): The Senate recently voted on two non-binding measures that unfortunately showed soft support for efforts to revive the Iran anti-nuclear agreement (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA) by the Biden Administration and European allies. … Continued
From Peace Action (http://www.peace-action.org/): The Iran deal was the result of years of painstaking negotiations and is one of the strongest and most significant nuclear nonproliferation arrangements in history. With this deal, we peacefully eliminated the threat of a nuclear-armed … Continued
Posted at https://www.pcusa.org/news/2022/1/24/call-prayer-peaceful-solution-between-ukraine-and/ As people of the Christian faith, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has been in partnership with churches in both Ukraine and Russia over the last 30 years – and with churches in the former Soviet Union for many … Continued
We encourage all our members, partners and friends to read this press release from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe announcing a press conference for tomorrow, Tuesday, January 11th, where Archbishop John C. Wester will discuss his pastoral letter, “Living in … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): As Congress is debating a series of economic stimulus packages to address the health and economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, we must ensure they make fact-based decisions to put money in the … Continued
From Churches for Middle East Peace (https://cmep.org/): Last week’s assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani, the military commander of Iran’s Quds Force, has significantly increased tensions with Iran, opening up the very real possibility of war. A war with Iran … Continued