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	<description>Founded in 1957 Peace Action is the largest grassroots peace orgnization in the U.S.</description>
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		<title>Afghanistan Victory!  Results of House National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Amendments</title>
		<link>http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/afghanistan-victory-results-of-house-national-defense-authorization-act-ndaa-amendments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paulkawikamartin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peace Action was one of the few organizations to oppose the invasion of Afghanistan and we have been working ever since to end America&#8217;s longest war. Last week, the House of Representatives took a big step in bringing all troops home.  While considering the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the House passed an amendment that [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=827582&#038;post=3806&#038;subd=peaceblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Results of House National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Amendments</title>
		<link>http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/peace-action-positions-on-national-defense-authorization-act-ndaa-amendments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paulkawikamartin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please click here for results of NDAA. Amendments should be debated in the order listed below, though some will not be debated and voted &#8220;en bloc&#8221; (a bunch of amendments voted in one vote together that will pass).  Also, because of some members schedules they might debate out of order.  The only other votes scheduled [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=827582&#038;post=3789&#038;subd=peaceblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Help End Wasteful Pentagon Spending to Fund Jobs &amp; Community Services</title>
		<link>http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/help-end-wasteful-pentagon-spending-to-fund-jobs-community-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today and tomorrow the House of Representatives will decide to write an over  $600 billion check to the Pentagon, while sequester cuts to community programs go on every week in our communities. Seventy-five thousand public workers have been laid off so far this year alone. While our communities lack money for vital services, should growing [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=827582&#038;post=3779&#038;subd=peaceblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Action Alert: Call Congress and Demand Cuts to Pentagon Pork!</title>
		<link>http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/action-alert-call-congress-and-demand-cuts-to-pentagon-pork/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KevinMartin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the next few days the House of Representatives will vote on Pentagon funding. Some of our friends in Congress will offer amendments to cut overflowing Pentagon coffers. While our communities lack money for vital services, should shoveling more of our tax dollars to the wasteful, reckless Pentagon really be our nation’s priority?” Make a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=827582&#038;post=3777&#038;subd=peaceblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>US Conference of Mayors Resolution: ask your mayor to sign on</title>
		<link>http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/us-conference-of-mayors-resolution-ask-your-mayor-to-sign-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith LeBlanc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Move the Money Organizing Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; ASK YOUR MAYOR TO CO-SPONSOR A BOLD NEW RESOLUTION,CALLING FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP IN GLOBAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND REDIRECTION OF MILITARY SPENDING TO DOMESTIC NEEDS”! The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), the nonpartisan association of U.S. cities with populations over 30,000, will be considering this resolution at its June 21 – 22annual meeting [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=827582&#038;post=3741&#038;subd=peaceblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two Local Events in the DC area featuring Jeremy Scahill and Bill Hartung</title>
		<link>http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/two-local-events-in-the-dc-area-featuring-jeremy-scahill-and-bill-hartung/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KevinMartin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hope you can attend both these upcoming events &#8220;Dirty Wars&#8221; Opens in D.C. Weekend of June 7-9 &#8220;Dirty Wars&#8221;, the new film featuring Jeremy Scahill, is playing every day at 12 noon, 2:30pm, 5:00pm, 7:30pm, and 9:55pm at Landmark&#8217;s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St NW, Washington, DC You can buy tickets now at [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=827582&#038;post=3735&#038;subd=peaceblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Action Alert: Sign our petition to the president on Syria &#8211; Escalate the Talk, Not the War</title>
		<link>http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/action-alert-sign-our-petition-to-the-president-on-syria-escalate-the-talk-not-the-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 19:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KevinMartin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we sent you an action alert urging support for our campaign to Escalate the Talk, Not the War, in Syria. We were grateful to get a strong response, and many other peace organizations are also working on this issue; together, our efforts are sorely needed to counteract calls in the media and by [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=827582&#038;post=3733&#038;subd=peaceblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CT Passes Bill: to transition to a sustainable peace economy</title>
		<link>http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/ct-passes-bill-to-transition-to-a-sustainable-peace-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Judith Le Blanc &#8211; Field Director, Peace Action Congrats to the US Peace Council, the New Haven Peace Commission, No Nukes No War, the CT AFL-CIO and International Association of Machinists on the passage of the bill for a state commission on converting defense work to green jobs. There is a push being made now to insure [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=827582&#038;post=3721&#038;subd=peaceblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take Action: Tell the President, &#8220;Escalate the Talk, Not the War, in Syria.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/take-action-tell-the-president-escalate-the-talk-not-the-war-in-syria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KevinMartin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite calls to the contrary from unsuccessful presidential candidate John McCain and other “when your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail” know-nothing war-mongers, who apparently thought the disastrous Iraq and Afghanistan wars were just ducky, the Obama Administration has so far held off on a military escalation in Syria. Of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=827582&#038;post=3719&#038;subd=peaceblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Organizing Peace Action in High Schools: Start with the PTA!</title>
		<link>http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/organizing-peace-action-in-high-schools-start-with-the-pta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Sally Jones &#8211; Peace Action of Staten Island I was invited to speak about Peace Action at the Curtis High School Parent Teachers Association (PTA) meeting on May 14th by the co-chair of the PTA.  I had 15 minutes.  There were about 20-25 parents &#38; teachers there.  I thought it was a great [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=827582&#038;post=3713&#038;subd=peaceblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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