In order to facilitate organized, determined, and principled opposition to the wars, people have often founded anti-war organizations. These groups range from temporary coalitions which address one war or pending war, to more permanent structured organizations which work to end the concept of war and the factors which lead to large-scale destructive conflicts. The overwhelming majority do so in a nonviolent manner and can be considered track II diplomacy. The following list of anti-war organizations highlights past and present anti-war groups from around the world.
International Beyond War Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Cluster Munition Coalition Community Peacemaker Teams Dartmouth Conferences Hands Off the People of Iran Institute for Economics & Peace †International Campaign Against Aggression on Iraq International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons International Campaign to Ban Landmines International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons International Committee for Robot Arms Control International Fellowship of Reconciliation International Peace Bureau International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War †Mondpaca Esperantista Movado World Peace Esperanto Movement Nobel Women's Initiative organized by female Nobel Peace Prize winners Nonviolent Peaceforce Peace One Day Peace Brigades International Peace Pledge Union Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs Service Civil International Students for Justice in Palestine The Non-Violence Project War Resisters' International Women's International League for Peace and Freedom World Constitution and Parliament Association †World Constitution Coordinating Committee World March for Peace and Nonviolence World Beyond War World Peace Council †World Congress of Intellectuals for Peace
Africa Anti-War Coalition Committee on South African War Resistance †End Conscription Campaign Koeberg Alert
Asia Alliance for Middle East Peace †Beheiren - Japan
Iran
National Council for Peace
Israel and Palestine
A Land for All - Israel B’Tselem - Israel Breaking the Silence - Israel Coalition of Women for Peace Combatants for Peace - Israel Gush Shalom - Israel The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace Machsom Watch - Israel Mesarvot - Israel Minds of Peace - Israel and Palestine Ometz LeSarev Parents Circle - Israel and Palestine Partners for Progressive Israel - Israel Peace Now - Israel Peres Center for Peace - Israel Religious Peace Initiative - Israel Standing Together - Israel The People's Voice - Israel Women in Black Women of the Sun - Palestine Woman Wage Peace - Israel Yesh Din - Israel and Palestine Yesh Gvul - Israel Youth Against Dictatorship - Israel
Central America
Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress (spanish: Fundación Arias para la Paz y el Progreso Humano) - Costa Rica
Europe Czech National Social Party – Austria-Hungary, main anti-militarist party during the World War in 1914–1918 †Dansk Fredsforening, Danske Kvinders Fredskæde – Denmark †International League of Peace †League of Peace and Freedom †Soviet Peace Committee – state-controlled organization during the Soviet Union †Stop the War Committee – opposed the Second Boer war
Germany
German Peace Society
France Movement for a Non-violent Alternative (in French) †Peace Through Law Association Union pacifiste de France (in French) †Groupe d'action et de résistance à la militarisation (in French) †Mouvement pour le désarmement, la paix et la liberté (in French)
Italy
Society for Pace and International Justice (italian: Società per la pace e la giustizia internazionale)
Belgium
VOS - Vlaamse Vredesvereniging – Flemish Peace Association, created in the trenches of Flanders during the Great War
Norway
Norwegian Peace Association (Norwegian: Norges Fredslag)
Sweden
Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society
United Kingdom Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament †Committee of 100 †Direct Action Committee International Voluntary Service Military Families Against the War †No-Conscription Fellowship Peace Pledge Union †Peace Society Stop the War Coalition †Spies for Peace
North America
United States
About Face (formerly Iraq Veterans Against the War) †America First Committee – opposed American entry into the Second World War †American League Against War and Fascism †American Peace Mobilization †American Peace Society †American Writers Against the Vietnam War A.N.S.W.E.R. (also known as International ANSWER and ANSWER Coalition) Another Mother For Peace Anti-War Committee Antiwar.com †Buffalo Nine Campus Antiwar Network Committee for Non-Violent Action (later merged with the War Resisters League) †Committee for Nonviolent Revolution Center on Conscience & War (formerly known as NISBCO) †Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism Council for a Livable World Council for the National Interest Code Pink: Women for Peace Common Dreams †Direct Action to Stop the War Friends Committee on National Legislation Gay Liberation Network GI Rights Network Gold Star Families for Peace Grandmothers for Peace Iraq Peace Action Coalition LewRockwell.com Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives Military Families Speak Out opposed to war in Iraq Mennonite Central Committee †Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund †National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam †National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee †New York Peace Society – first peace society in U.S., opposed 19th and 20th century wars †No Conscription League †Not in Our Name †Orange County Student Alliance Peace Action Peace Alliance Peace and Freedom Party †People's Coalition for Peace and Justice †People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace – anti-World War I group Port Militarization Resistance Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft RESIST Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity †Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows †Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam Students for a Democratic Society (2006 organization) The World Can't Wait Troops Out Now Coalition United for Peace and Justice Veterans for Peace †Vietnam Day Committee Vietnam Veterans Against the War War Resisters League Win Without War †Women's Peace Party †Women's Peace Society †Women's Peace Union Writers Against the War on Gaza †Youth International Party (Yippies)
Canada †American Deserters Committee †Canadian Peace Alliance Canadian Peace Congress †Ceasefire Canada Nova Scotia Voice of Women War Resisters Support Campaign
Mexico
Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (spanish: Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad)
Oceania Peace Action Wellington Stop the War Coalition
Religious
Christian American Friends Service Committee Anglican Pacifist Fellowship Catholic Association for International Peace Catholic Worker Movement Christian Peace Conference Episcopal Peace Fellowship Fellowship of Reconciliation Friends Committee on National Legislation Lutheran Peace Fellowship Mennonite Central Committee Methodist Peace Fellowship Order of Maximilian – anti-Vietnam war organization Pax Christi Pentecostals & Charismatics for Peace & Justice Presbyterian Peace Fellowship
Buddhist Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Jewish
Jewish Voice for Peace
See also
List of peace activists Anti-nuclear organizations Anti-war movement Direct action Gandhi Peace Award Gandhi Peace Prize GI Coffeehouses GI Underground Press Global Peace Index Nobel Peace Prize laureates Non-interventionism Nonviolence Nonviolent resistance Nuclear disarmament Pacifism Parliament Square Peace Campaign Peace Peace churches Resistance movement White House Peace Vigil World peace
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