Peace Action
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Peace Action is a peace organization whose focus is on preventing the deployment of nuclear weapons in space, thwarting weapons sales to countries with human rights violations, and promoting a new United States foreign policy based on common security and peaceful resolution to international conflicts.
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Formation | November 1957; 66 years ago (1957-11) (as SANE) |
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Founders | Lenore Marshall Norman Cousins |
Type | Nonprofit |
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Executive Director | Jon Rainwater[1] |
President | Kevin Martin |
Website | PeaceAction.org |
Peace Action believes that every person has the right to live without the threat of nuclear weapons, that war is not a suitable response to conflict, and that the United States has the resources to both protect and provide for its citizens.[2] Peace Action has over 100,000 members who belong to over 70 autonomous affiliate and chapter organizations.[3]
The name "Peace Action" was adopted in 1993 by SANE / FREEZE, which had been formed in 1987 by the merger of the Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign (also known as "The Freeze").