"Those who love peace must learn to organize
as effectively as those who love war."
- Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

National Teach-in on Iraq, Preemptive War and Democracy

May 31 - Washington, DC

Speakers Include:
Arundhati Roy, Author/Activist via satellite Cynthia McKinney, Former Congresswoman from Georgia
Edward Said, Professor at Columbia University
Gene Bruskin, US Labor Against the War and the AFL-CIO
Howard Zinn, via satellite
Hussein Ibish, Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee
Kathy Kelly, Voices in the Wilderness via satellite
Michael Klare, Hampshire College and author of Resource Wars
Miles Solay, Not in Our Name
Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies
Rania Masri, Southern Peace Research and Education Center
Ralph Nader

May 31
1:00pm to 5:00pm.

at the National City Christian Church in Washington, DC 5 Thomas Circle, NW (3 blocks North of the McPherson Square Blue/ Orange line Metro)

Free and Open to the Public!

The World Says No To War More than 100,000 people jammed the streets of New York City on Saturday, February 15 - part of the largest international anti-war protest in history. Congratulations! In the photograph on the left, courtesy of Lourdes Delgado, peaceful protesters swarmed the main hall of Grand Central Station as they made their way to the protest at the United Nations. An International Rebuff to Bush Meanwhile, Peace Action used Sunday, the 16th to restock and prepare for our new campaign targeted at a New American Foreign Policy.

King Day Anti-War Protest A Success

16 anti-war demonstrators were arrested in front the US Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square during a January 16th commemoration of Martin Luther King Junior's birthday. The multi-generational event featured a peaceful procession and civil disobedience led by grandparents concerned over the drafting of our youth for war and called for a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi crisis. Other participants shared excerpts from Doctor King's impassioned speeches against militarism. The photograph on the left comes courtesy of Diane Greene Lent.

Check Out Our Campus Network

Initiated in 1995, the Student Peace Action Network (SPAN) is a grassroots peace and justice organization working from campuses across the United States.

SPAN organizes for an end to physical, social, and economic violence caused by U.S. militarism at home and abroad.

SPAN campaigns for nuclear abolition, disarmament, an end to weapons trafficking and opposes the complex webs of corporate and military power that perpetuate racism, damage the environment, deprive people of basic needs, and violate human rights.

War is not inevitable. Push for practical alternatives.

National Day of Action to Prevent the War Against Iraq

The December 10 protest was a success! 99 protesters, including Daniel Ellsberg, were arrested in front of the United Nations as they called for a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi crisis.

The photo on the left is from a December 10 protest in Washington, DC.

Check out the Reuters coverage of the protests

Please Welcome Our Newest Chapter

In response to the Bush doctrine of unilateral pre-emptive and open-ended war, residents of Staten Island organized and formed our newest chapter, Peace Action of Staten Island. They wasted no time in organizing several events and corralled several dozen peace lovin' patriotic Staten Islanders down to massive march for peace on October 26th in Washington, DC. We're happy to have em on board. Please stop by and pay a visit.

Peace Action of New York State
475 Riverside Drive
New York, New York 10115
212.870.2304