Campaigns

Abolish Nuclear Weapons

"Will the Nuclear Powers Ever Be Willing to Forgo Their Nuclear Weapons?" -- Lawrence S. Wittner, The Asia-Pacific Journal, February 15, 2021 Abstract: This article examines the reluctance of nuclear-armed nations to divest themselves of their nuclear weapons. After the U.S. government produced and used nuclear weapons to obliterate Japanese cities in 1945, a nuclear arms race ensued among a limited number of… + Read More

Ceasefire NJ

Click here for a flyer about Ceasefire NJ and our successes! Op-Ed: To prevent gun violence, we must encourage safe storage -- Michael Anestis, NJ Spotlight News, April 6, 2021 When policymakers consider how to tackle gun violence, their attention often focuses on addressing who can acquire firearms. An exclusive focus on managing future sales, however, overlooks the fact that the United States already houses more… + Read More

Diplomacy Not War

US, South Korean and International Civil Society Organizations Call for the Suspension of US-ROK Combined Military Exercises 387 US, South Korean, and International Organizations Urge Biden Administration to Suspend US-South Korea Joint Military Exercises On 1/27/21, a statement endorsed by 110 U.S., 197 South Korean, and 80 international civil society organizations was sent to the Biden administration urging the… + Read More

Interfaith Network on Drone Warfare

A project of the Peace Action Education FundIn cooperation with the Interfaith Working Group on Drone Warfare The Interfaith Network on Drone Warfare has its own website! Please click here to be redirected to www.interfaithdronenetwork.org. + Read More

No Wars, No Warming

Click here to download a flyer on our No Wars, No Warming campaignClick here for a fact sheet on the connection between nuclear weapons and the climate crisis Climate Catastrophe Letter to the Editor, September 3, 2021 Published in the September 8, 2021 edition of Town Topics Dear Editor, Until recently, instead of referring to benign sounding “climate change,” I had been using “climate crisis.” However, the two… + Read More

Peace Economy

“We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together…you can't really get rid of one without getting rid of the other.” -Rev. Dr. King, 1967"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 Opinion: To… + Read More

STATEMENT BY THE REV. ROBERT MOORE, LEADER OF CEASEFIRE NJ, ON THE NOT GUILTY VIRDICT IN KENOSHA, WI

For immediate release: November 19, 2021 I just learned that Kyle Rittenhouse, the armed teenager who shot three people, two fatally, at a demonstration for racial justice in Kenosha last year was found not guilty on all counts. This verdict of not guilty is a horrifying miscarriage of justice and an indictment of our broken criminal justice system. A white teenager got his hands on a semi-automatic rifle, showed up… + Read More