WE HAVE THE MONEY — IF ONLY WE DIDN'T WASTE IT ON THE DEFENSE BUDGET
By Chalmers Johnson
Tom Dispatch
September 29, 2008

There has been much moaning, air-sucking, and outrage about the $700 billion that the U.S. government is thinking of throwing away on rich New York bankers...
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NUCLEAR BAN? START WITH U.S.
By Lawrence S. Wittner
Times Union
August 3, 2008

The world's nine nuclear powers continue to cling to some 27,000 nuclear weapons, almost all of them more deadly than that first atomic bomb...
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A DEVIL'S BARGAIN
By Carolyn Eisenberg
truthout.org
July 3, 2008

Carolyn Eisenberg argues that with Congress granting $162 billion to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
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PREPARING THE BATTLEFIELD
The Bush Administration Steps Up its Secret Moves Against Iran

By Seymour M. Hersh
The New Yorker
July 4, 2008

Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation...
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SENATE COMMITTEE: BUSH KNEW IRAQ STATEMENTS WERE UNTRUE
McClatchy Washington Bureau
June 5, 2008

WASHINGTON — A long-awaited Senate Select Intelligence Committee report made public Thursday concludes that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney made public statements...
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ANTI-WAR TACTICS
By Samantha Marshall
www.crainsnewyork.com
May 17, 2008

Hosting a potluck dinner on Staten Island and endorsing congressional candidate Steve Harrison, a Democrat...
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PEACE GROUP SUES BUSH ADMINISTRATION, CHARGING IRAQ WAR IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By Michael Booth
New Jersey Law Journal
May 14, 2008

An anti-war activist group sued President Bush in U.S. District Court in Newark on Tuesday, seeking a declaratory judgment that the war in Iraq is illegal...
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THE $3 TRILLION WAR
By Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes
Vanity Fair
March 12, 2008

After wildly lowballing the cost of the Iraq conflict at a mere $50 to $60 billion, the Bush administration has been concealing...
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PUSHING MISSILE DEFENSE IN EUROPE
By Joanne Landy and Thomas Harrison
Foreign Policy in Focus www.fpif.org
Editor: John Feffer
February 22, 2008

With the occupation of Iraq soon to enter its sixth year and the looming possibility of war against Iran...
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HOW HIGH THE TOLL BEFORE THE WAR ENDS?
By Dr. Arnold Matlin
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
February 11, 2008

Two articles in a recent edition of The New England Journal of Medicine should make every American think about the effects of the U.S. war in Iraq...
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TOWARD A NUCLEAR-FREE WORLD
By George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn
Wall Street Journal
January 15, 2008

The accelerating spread of nuclear weapons, nuclear know-how and nuclear material has brought us to a nuclear tipping point...
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A WORLD FREE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
By George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn
Wall Street Journal
January 4, 2007

Nuclear weapons today present tremendous dangers, but also an historic opportunity...
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STUDY: BUSH, AIDES MADE 935 FALSE STATEMENTS IN RUN-UP TO WAR
January 24, 2008
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush and his top aides publicly made 935 false statements...
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PRE-EMPTIVE NUCLEAR STRIKE A KEY OPTION, NATO TOLD
by Ian Traynor
The Guardian/UK
January 22, 2008

The west must be ready to resort to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to try to halt...
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BOTHERSOME INTEL ON IRAN
By Michael Hirsh
Newsweek
January 12, 2008

A senior Administration official says President Bush "all but disowned" the Iran National Intelligence Estimate...
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IRAQ: THE PEOPLE'S REPORT (from UFPJ, written by Erik Leaver, Phyllis Bennis, Saif Rahman)
Just in time to counter the rosy perspective of General Surge and Ambassador Occupation. —a report that reflects the people's perspective. People's Report
Contact Congress
New York State has four new representatives - all of whom are tepidly to adamantly against the war. This brings New York State's total up to 18 congress people mostly against the war, 3 who are on the fence and 8 who support it. Peace Action of New York State is organizing a huge campaign to coordinate visits in all of New York's 29 districts to turn election time anti-war rhetoric into results. We also need to monitor work on nuclear proliferation, Iran, and cooperation with the world community to eliminate torture and small arms sales to human rights abusing countries. Contact the 110th Congress

Info sheets on each congressperson and their stance on Iraq:
1 Tim Bishop 12 Nydia Velazquez 23 John McHugh
2 Steve Israel 13 Vito Fossella 24 Michael Arcuri
3 Peter King 14 Carolyn Maloney 25 Jim Walsh
4 Carolyn McCarthy 15 Charles Rangel 26 Thomas Reynolds
5 Gary Ackerman 16 Jose Serrano 27 Brian Higgins
6 Gregory Meeks 17 Eliot Engel 28 Louise Slaughter
7 Joseph Crowly 18 Nita Lowey 29 Randy Kuhl
8 Jerrold Nadler 19 John Hall
9 Anthony Weiner 20 Kristin Gillibrand
10 Ed Towns 21 Michael McNulty Senator Clinton
11 Yvette Clark 22 Maurice Hinchey Senator Schumer
Iraq War
Exiting Iraq: How? - 5 Steps to Success The question is no longer whether to get out of Iraq, but how. Peace Action and the Progressive Democrats of America have come up with a workable plan based on five simple steps that the US government can take to end the quagmire.
DOWNLOAD THE 5-STEP PDF
IRAQ WAR FACT SHEET 3/17/07
OUT OF IRAQ BILL GUIDE
OUT OF IRAQ FULL FLYER
Iran
Sign the petition. NO WAR WITH IRAN! We need to stop this war before it starts. The No War in Iran Petition is an initial step, with more to follow. Please sign the petition, and pass it on to your friends and colleagues. We need to start raising our voices now - while there is still an opportunity for them to be heard. Iranbodycount's geopolitical map of Iran.
NEW IRAN FACTSHEET
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
www.ananuclear.org
NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION FACT SHEET