Hidden Battlesis an intimate and powerful documentary about what it means to kill another human being during war, as told by five men and women who have pulled the trigger. We present it on Memorial Day, a day of remembrance … more
Annual Peace Luncheon: May 19!
Join us as we celebrate the local peace community’s work over the past year at our annual luncheon on Saturday, May 19! Prolific author and amazing activist David Swanson is this year’s featured speaker. In addition, the awesome MoCo Peace … more
We Defeated War and War Profiteers On April 15!
We did some fabulous street theatre April 15 in downtown Silver Spring! If you came, you saw the Capitol giving out our money to War and a Fat Cat War Profiteer. You saw tax payers try to give money instead … more
We Object to Proposed MoCo Grant to Lockheed Martin!
A couple of years ago, we organized testimony to the Montgomery County Council in opposition to a law proposed by County Executive Ike Leggett that would have exempted guests staying at Lockheed Martin’s luxury hotel from paying the County hotel … more
You Can Still Help Courageous Afghan Women!
On April 14, we sponsored a discussion, slide show, and craft sale to support the Afghan Women’s Fund. Fahima Vorgetts, chair of the Board of the Afghan Women’s Fund, talked about her latest trip to Afghanistan and the grass-roots women’s … more
Will you urge your Representative in Congress to help end the war by co-sponsoring H. 780?
US’s Posture on Iran is misleading and aggressive A preemptive US or Israeli attack on Iran would be wrong, ILLEGAL and unacceptable Feb. 10, 2012 Dear Representatives and Senators, We are alarmed at the increasingly misleading and aggressive rhetoric employed … more
PAM writes Congress: a preemptive attack on Iran would be wrong, illegal and unacceptable
US’s Posture on Iran is misleading and aggressive A preemptive US or Israeli attack on Iran would be wrong, ILLEGAL and unacceptable Feb. 10, 2012 Dear Representatives and Senators, We are alarmed at the increasingly misleading and aggressive rhetoric employed … more
Peace Action Montgomery, Annual Report, 2011
Read our annual report of our activities in 2011. http://peaceactionmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ann_rpt_2011.pdf
The Montgomery County Council Resolution on Defense Spending
You can read the full text of the Montgomery County Council resolution calling on Congress to cut defense spending here. (http://peaceactionmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/final-council-res.doc). This was the resolution that was shot down after a lobbying campaign by Lockheed Martin. Here is some of … more
Some of the Things We Accomplished in October
Through our coalition, Fund Our Communities, Bring the War Dollars Home, we held Town Halls in Silver Spring and Baltimore, focused on cutting military spending and funding our communities–over 500 people attended these, showing the strong support in our community … more