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April 9, 2019

Council Joins Organizations Across Political Spectrum to Decry Increasing Pentagon Spending Caps

Council for a Livable World was proud to join 13 other organizations in urging Members of Congress to vote “no” on H.R. 2021. The full text of the letter follows: April 8, 2019 We are writing as a coalition of groups on the left and the right to urge Members of Congress to vote “no” […]

Posted in: Blog, Legislative Analysis, Press Releases

March 13, 2019

Council joins 41 organizations in signing letter urging repeal of 2001 AUMF

The Council for a Livable World is proud to sign a letter to House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel and Ranking Member Michael McCaul, expressing support for H.R. 1274 repealing the Authorization of Use of Military Force. The bill is intended to spark discussion on “endless wars.” The bill, proposed by Rep. Barbara Lee, […]

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March 11, 2019

Executive Director John Tierney: Trump Budget is ‘Shameful’

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (MARCH 11 ,2019 — WASHINGTON) Council for a Livable World Executive Director labeled President Trump’s new Fiscal Year 2020 military budget request of $750 billion outrageously high and unambiguously based on politics rather than military need.  The new request is a $34 billion increase from the total enacted in Fiscal Year 2019.  Council […]

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July 31, 2018

On the Passing of Ron Dellums

Executive Director John Tierney released the following statement following news of the passing of former Congressman Ron Dellums, a Council endorsee and lifelong activist. “Ron Dellums was a champion for all progressive values, and I am lucky to have worked with him, if only briefly. When he began his congressional career in 1971, the Marine […]

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March 26, 2018

Statement from CLW Executive Director John Tierney on the passing of Paul Castleman

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our beloved and much respected colleague, Paul Castleman, a longtime Council for a Livable World board member.  We will sorely miss his sound judgment, passion for Council for a Livable World issues, good humor and intellect.  He loved to lobby on arms control issues with former […]

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