Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

An Arms Embargo on Israel is Not a Radical Idea — It’s the Law

by Youana Tchoukleva, published on Mondoweiss, August 31, 2024 As Israel launches its largest military assault in the West Bank in twenty years, I cannot stop thinking about the people I met in the occupied territory. I think of the mother in Jenin who was on the phone with her two sons seconds before their house was burned in an[…]

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Ceasefire Fasters Call on U.S. Attorney for Massachusets to Enforce Leahy Law

CONTACTS: Nick Mottern – (914) 806-6179 – Rev. Dr. Peter Kakos – – (email only) CEASEFIRE FASTERS CALL ON U.S. ATTORNEY FOR MASSACHUSETTS TO ENFORCE LEAHY LAW Three members of the peace community in Western Massachusetts who have been fasting for two weeks to stop the slaughter of Palestinians, today called on Joshua Levy, Acting U.S. Attorney for[…]

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Stop Illegal Weapons Transfers to Israel – Enforce the Leahy Law!

Call to Action from Nick Mottern and Kathy Kelly, November 22, 2023 Due to the horrific events in Gaza, we call on all United States citizens to engage in nonviolent action to blockade weapons manufacturers violating the Leahy Law  (Section 362 of Title 10 of the U.S. Code) which prohibits the U.S. Government from using funds for assistance to units of foreign security forces where there[…]

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