Current Action Opportunities
For a guide on all the ways you can help, check out our online action center! Below are some of the most pressing actions for you to take.
Ask Your Representative to Support Early Withdrawal from Afghanistan
We applaud the Secretary of Defense’s February 1 announcement that the United States will end combat operations in Afghanistan in 2013. Given that U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan was supposed to end in 2014, this announcement speeds up withdrawal, and as reported by the New York Times, it is “a major milestone toward ending a decade of war in Afghanistan.” [...]
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Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) has introduced the Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures (SANE) Act, H.R. 3974, to reduce nuclear weapons spending.
It’s time for us to cut excessive, out of control and frankly insane spending on nuclear weapons. As Congressman Markey says, “America’s nuclear weapons budget is locked in a Cold War time machine.” [...]
Tell Congress to Cut Military Spending
There are some in Congress who want to keep us from bringing military spending under control. Don’t let them do it! Under last year’s deficit deal, military and domestic programs are supposed to be cut equally over the next ten years. So far, the Pentagon has barely been nicked. The Defense Department put out its budget plans for the next five years showing the Pentagon budget shrinking modestly for one year and then growing again. Meanwhile domestic programs needed to strengthen our struggling economy have suffered massive cuts [...]
Mr. President, Put It in Writing
Right now, we have a unique opportunity to move closer to a safer world free of nuclear weapons. Over the next few months, President Obama will write new guidance that will lead to the latest nuclear war plan and new requirements for the size and structure of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It could be the President’s last major opportunity to shift U.S. reliance on nuclear weapons [...]
Show the world we’re not broke!
With all this talk about our staggering national debt, it’s easy to feel down about the economic future of the United States. Some politicians make it sound like we’re broke and we just have to consent to deep spending cuts. Yet we’re spending record levels on the military, so clearly we can find money to [...]
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