Against the backdrop of a failing war with Iran and fast-approaching U.S. midterm elections, with Trump’s approval ratings falling into record lows, we look at how democracy requires active civic part...

Despite running on a campaign platform of “no new wars,” the Trump administration has recently begun a war in Iran and requested a Pentagon budget of $1.5 trillion—about a 50% increase over the curren...

President Trump’s threats of genocide and further war crimes against Iran are monstrous. Millions of lives across Iran and the Middle East are under extreme, direct threat thanks to the inhumanity of ...

For Immediate Release PORTLAND, OR – Let us be clear. This bombing is an illegal act of war that risks dragging the United States into another endless, catastrophic conflict. It doesn't make us safer;...

We grieve the murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis. Their deaths are well-documented evidence of the cruelty of this political moment. In the first few weeks of 2026, sev...

For Immediate Release: January 7, 2026 PORTLAND, OR – The War Prevention Initiative condemns the U.S. military attack on Venezuela and the violent abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flore...

As we reflect on the genocidal violence enacted on Palestinians in Gaza over the past two years, and now the Pentagon’s heinous bombing campaign against Venezuelan boatmen, it becomes evident that rac...

In conjunction with New York Climate Week, the focus for this month’s round-up is environmental peacebuilding and climate security. When one considers the scale of violence, harm, and exploitation emb...

Context Israel’s war on Gaza continues at a relentless pace since the temporary ceasefire in early 2025, while violence and repression have also sharply intensified across the West Bank. The violence ...

Following the presidential elections in November 2024, the second Trump administration moved swiftly to embed its MAGA agenda into the core operations of the U.S. government. The vicious targeting of ...