Military Spending Position Statement
Figure 1: U.S. Military Spending vs. Other Countries, In Rank Order, FY 2009 Source: Data from Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation What We Want A 25% reduction in military spending, with the...
View ArticleInvite us to present The Militarization of America: At What Cost?
All over the county, Peace Action Montgomery has been hosting teach-ins and discussions about military spending in the U.S. These discussions are the beginning of an exciting new conversation that’s...
View ArticleA WIN FOR PEACE! Lockheed Martin Tax Break Fails
From Progressive Democrats of America: David Takes on Goliath Lockheed Martin By Jean Athey September 30, 2010, Montgomery County, MD Lockheed Martin’s corporate headquarters is located in Montgomery...
View ArticleMaryland Responds to the Debt Deal: No Deal, No Way!
“I haven’t given up on the American people, but I have given up on the Democrats,” my friend told me last week. A life-long Democrat and an active participant in several legislative campaigns in...
View ArticleThe 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)....
View ArticleWe 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...
View ArticleWar and the Military Budget: Implications for Women
You are invited to a forum, sponsored by the Montgomery County chapter of the National Organization for Women When: Monday, April 15, 7 – 9 p.m. Where: Rockville Public Library, 21 Maryland Ave.,...
View ArticleDon’t Miss: Provocative Discussion with National Expert, June 11
William Hartung Tuesday, June 11, 7 p.m. Silver Spring Civic Building Enthralling and explosive, William Hartung’s book Prophets of War is an expose of America’s largest military contractor,...
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