Peace SitesAntiwar.com is devoted to the cause of non-interventionism and is read by libertarians, pacifists, leftists, "greens," and independents alike, as well as many on the Right who agree with our opposition to imperialism.
CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education and other life-affirming activities.
Fellowship of Reconciliation seeks to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and justice. We are an interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change. We educate, train, build coalitions, and engage in nonviolent and compassionate actions locally, nationally, and globally.
Nobel Peace Center The Nobel Peace Center is a center where you can experience and learn about the various Peace Prize Laureates and their activities as well as the remarkable history of Alfred Nobel. In addition, it will serve as voice and meeting place where exhibits, discussions and reflections related to war, peace and conflict resolution is in focus.
Oregon Peace Works educates and activates people to work for peace, justice and environmental protection.
PDX Peace PDX Peace is a coalition of organizations and individuals in the greater Portland, Oregon area building a movement for peace and justice. Our immediate and vital goal is ending the war in Iraq and bringing US troops home. We are committed to US policies based on democratic principles, human rights, and nonviolent resolution of conflict
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PDX Peace Coalition The PDX Peace coalition is organizing a series of "Withdrawal Wednesdays" in front of our Senators and Representatives offices to demand that they stop funding the war.
Peace Action As the nation's largest grassroots peace group we get results: from the 1963 treaty to ban above ground nuclear testing, to the 1996 signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, from ending the war in Vietnam, to blocking weapons sales to human rights abusing countries, and eliminating funding for new nuclear weapons, Peace Action and its 100,000 members have been, and continue to be, at the forefront of the international movement for peace.
Peace and Justice Works [PJW], formerly known as Portland Peaceworks, is an Oregon non- profit corporation whose main purpose is to educate the general public on important issues including but not limited to: peace, justice, the environment, and human rights.
The Hague Appeal for Peace is an international network of organizations and individuals dedicated to the abolition of war and making peace a human right. The Global Campaign for Peace Education was launched at the Hague Appeal for Peace conference in May 1999. After the conference, Hague Appeal for Peace took the responsibility of coordinating the Campaign.
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent nonpartisan national institution established and funded by Congress. Our mission is to help prevent, manage, and resolve international conflicts by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by our direct involvement in peacebuilding efforts around the world.
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915 during World War I, with Jane Addams as its first president. WILPF works to achieve through peaceful means world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those political, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom, and justice for all.
United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 1300 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building.
Veterans For Peace is a national organization founded in 1985. It is structured around a national office in Saint Louis, MO and comprised of members across the country organized in chapters or as at-large members. There is an annual convention in August for members from across the nation. Members receive periodic VFP publications.
Waging Peace The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation initiates and supports worldwide efforts to abolish nuclear weapons, to strengthen international law and institutions, and to inspire and empower a new generation of peace leaders.
Witness for Peace is a politically independent, grassroots organization. We are people committed to nonviolence and led by faith and conscience. Our mission is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing US policies and corporate practices which contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean. We stand with people who seek justice Items of InterestBuilding the Beloved Community Dr. King’s Beloved Community is a global vision, in which all people can share in the wealth of the earth.
King on War and Peace Various quotes from Martin Luther King on the subject of war and peace. |
Faith SitesBelievers Against the War Believers Against the War are a growing group of evangelicals who believe that Christian witness includes standing up for peace. They have a regular witness over I 205 near Sunnyside and have been hosting meetings and lectures increasingly frequently. w.BelieversAgainstTheWar.org.
Buddhist Peace Fellowship Our open-hearted engagement with the world is expressed through expanding programs in the United States and Asia. Through BPF, Buddhists of many different traditions are developing individual and group responses to socially conditioned suffering.
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Our mission: bringing together Oregon’s diverse faith community in service to God and Creation.
Jewish Voice for Peace Through grassroots organizing, education, advocacy, and media, Jewish Voice for Peace works to achieve a lasting peace that recognizes the rights of both Israelis and Palestinians for security and self-determination. Join us in our efforts to promote a U.S. foreign policy based on peace, democracy, human rights, and respect for international law.
Lutheran Peace Fellowship is a community of Lutherans across the US and around the globe, responding to the Gospel call to be peacemakers and justice seekers. Founded in 1941, LPF strives to empower Lutherans in their peacemaking activities by providing a wide range of expertise, encouragement, and resources.
Pace e Bene Pace e Bene’s mission is to develop the spirituality and practice of active nonviolence as a way of living and being and as a process for cultural transformation. Formed by a small group of Franciscans and others in 1989, Pace e Bene is a growing community representing a diversity of spiritual traditions and cultural backgrounds that networks with nonviolence
Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict - Quaker Friends Committee on National Legislation
The American Friends Service Committee carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. Founded by Quakers in 1917 to provide conscientious objectors with an opportunity to aid civilian war victims, AFSC's work attracts the support and partnership of people of many races, religions, and cultures.
The World Conference of Religions for Peace is the largest international coalition of representatives from the world's great religions who are dedicated to achieving peace. ArticlesA Call To Action: Are You Practicing Nonviolence? "We need a new heroic ideal: the brave, truthful, nonviolent individual who is in the service of humanity, resists injustice and exploitation, and leads by appealing to our ideals and our spirit".
Bonhoeffer’s Message: No Compromise With Evil by Steve Argo, February 4, 2006. Seekers of peace and social justice should take note of today's 100th birthday celebration of the life of German theologian and Nazi resister Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Building Bigger Nuclear Weapons Will Make Us Even Less Secure by George Monbiot, January 24, 2006. Without any public debate, these new missiles give others an excuse to flout the non-proliferation treaty.
From Chaos to Conscience to Peace Conscientious Objectors Must be Aggressive Advocates for Peace. By MONICA BENDERMAN CounterPunch, October 15 / 16, 2005.
How to Think About War and Peace By JAMES PETRAS published November 24, 2005 in CounterPunch
King’s Acceptance Speech the Nobel Peace Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1964
Peace as a Civil Right Speech given by Dennis Kucinich on the impending war in Iraq.
Pope John Paul II calls War a Defeat for Humanity: Neoconservative Iraq Just War Theories Rejected
The Casualties of the War in Vietnam Martin Luther King, Jr., 25 February 1967, Los Angeles, Calif.
The Emerging Superpower of Peace The Pre-emptive Power of the Anti-War Movement
by HARVEY WASSERMAN, CounterPunch, March 15, 2003.
The United Nations-Tool for Peace or Tool for War? CounterPunch, February 28, 2003, By KARIMA BENNOUME
What I Heard about Iraq in 2005 by Eliot Weinberger
Women for Peace Published on Tuesday, April 30, 2002 in the Portland (ME) Press Herald. Brunswick woman member of group founded in 1915. by Victoria Mares-Hershey
“Peace on Earth” Means “No More War” Published on Saturday, December 24, 2005 on CommonDreams.org by John Dear |