Nuclear weapon organizations Nuclear weapon organizations In British politics, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has been at the forefront of the peace movement in the United Kingdom and claims to be Europe's largest single-issue peace campaign. ...more on Wikipedia about "Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament"
The Committee for Non-Violent Action, formed in 1957 to resist the US Government's program of nuclear weapons testing, was one of the first organisations to employ nonviolent direct action to protest against the nuclear arms race. ...more on Wikipedia about "Committee for Non-Violent Action"
The Don't Make a Wave Committee was formed in October 1969 in Vancouver, Canada to protest and attempt to halt underground nuclear testing by the United States in the National Wildlife refuge at Amchitka in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The name of the committee was reputed to have come from a placard which said Don't Make a Wave. It's Your Fault if Our Fault Goes. A 1969 demonstration of 10,000 people blocked a major US-Canadian border crossing, protesting that the tests may trigger a tidal wave similar to one generated by an earthquake in 1964 which struck the west coast of North America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Don't Make a Wave Committee"
Greenpeace is an international environmental organisation founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greenpeace"
Peace Action is a peace organization formed through the merger of The Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy (SANE) and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign (also known as "The Freeze"). It has mobilized for peace and nuclear disarmament since 1957. As of 2004, Peace Action is focusing on preventing the deployment of nuclear weapons in space, weapons sales to countries abusing human rights, and promoting a new U.S. foreign policy based on common security and peaceful resolution to international conflicts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peace Action"
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is a non-profit advocacy organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Some of the policies that the UCS endorses include controls on pollution, reduction of nuclear weapons, a ban on weapons in space, federal regulation of some biotechnologies, the protection of endangered species and action against global warming. The Union also encourages research on renewable energy, low-pollution vehicles, and sustainable agriculture. The Union does not oppose the use of nuclear energy, but is a proponent of strict safety guidelines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Union of Concerned Scientists"
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