Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Peace Action: Past, Present, and Future

For the past 50 years Peace Action has worked to bring the voice of grassroots activists to our representatives and to the nation at large. We have carried on in our mission always looking past current administrations, policies, and political climates to focus on the bigger picture: making peace and justice a priority. Our new book, available on our website, highlights those efforts through some of the most pivotal changes to our country.

Peace Action: Past, Present, and Future is a collection of lively essays written by prominent leaders and supporters of Peace Action and its two important predecessors—the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign.

Editors Glen H. Stassen and Lawrence S. Witter survey a half-century of the work in the peace movement by three of the largest and most influential peace organizations in American history with a forward by Representative Barbara Lee.

This is a story about you, the American activist, working within our network to make amazing changes in this country. Over the years we have become the largest network working for peace in the nation – making this book, truly, a catalogue of peaceful actions in our time.

We’d like to hear your reflections on Peace Action, its past present and future. Tell us on our blog, were you there when:

  • As the Vietnam War began to escalate, SANE organized a march on Washington in November of 1965 drawing 35,000. Three days after the march, Vice-president Hubert Humphrey met with SANE leaders Dr. Spock, Sanford Gottlieb, and Homer Jack "to openly, responsibly, and frankly discuss their proposals" to end the war.
  • After the end of the Vietnam War, SANE lobbied to have Congress end the bombing of Cambodia, and helped lead a successful effort to pass the War Powers Act.
  • Throughout the Gulf War, the organization coordinated anti-war marches in Washington, DC, helping to mobilize 500,000 protesters.
  • Peace Action launched Peace Voter '96, the organization's largest nationally-coordinated campaign since the mid-1980s. Over one million Peace Voter Guides were distributed for the November elections.
  • Following the devastating terrorist attacks of September 11, Peace Action responded to the war on terrorism and the bombing of Afghanistan with a call for justice, not war.

Peace Action: Past present and Future is on sale now at the Peace Action website for $15.00+ shipping and handling.


Sincerely,

Peter Deccy
Peace Action

P.S. Events surrounding the book release and our anniversary are forth coming -- including one about our upcoming gala October 22nd in New York!

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