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JOB POSTING:   Part-time Organizer for Peace Team at west side Cleveland high school, $15/hr, 20hrs/month - details

Peace Action President Francis Chiappa speaks on remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki - read

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

Did they vote for peace? View 2009 Congressional Scorecard  

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.

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