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- From the Screen to the Nobel Committee: DISARM/End Wars Committee Calls for True Peace and an End to Nuclear Weapons"A House of Dynamite" Film Highlights the Dangers of Nuclear Weapons "A House of Dynamite," the gripping new thriller directed by Academy Award-winner Kathryn Bigelow, explores the potential consequences if our political and military leaders were suddenly alerted to an intercontinental ballistic mi… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeWars and Militarism
- White House Peace Vigil, ANA Fall Meeting, and Move the Money Campaign: DISARM/End Wars Committee UpdatesOn Sept. 19, 2025, the Washington Post published an article titled "The White House Peace Vigil, after standing for decades, is dismantled." Written by Marissa Lang, the article stated: "...The peace vigil was dismantled nearly two weeks after President Donald Trump ordered: 'Take it down. Take it … DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeWars and MilitarismProtests
- WILPF Branches Across US Commemorate 80th Anniversary of Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiWILPF AZ Tucson Branch: Two Tucson Events Commemorate Bombing of Hiroshima Gloria McMillan WILPF Tucson AZ Branch Full House Commemorates the 80th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing in Tucson Our Tucson WILPF branch, in collaboration with the Unitarian Church of Tucson, hosted an event on Sunday, … DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeUpdatesHistoryWars and Militarism
- Eighty Years Later: The World Remembers Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Vows NEVER AGAINThirteen WILPF Branches Commemorate 80th Anniversary of Atomic Bombings Thirteen branches of WILPF US held events to commemorate the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. One of these branches, the California Peninsula/Palo Alto branch, organized a public presentation titled "NEVER AGA… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeHistoryWars and Militarism
- DISARM/End Wars Committee Updates: Trinity Teach-in, Resources for Atomic Bombs Commemorations, and MoreJuly 16: Online Teach-in About the Trinity Atomic Bomb Test Almost everyone believes that the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, was the very first nuclear weapon to be detonated, but it was not. The first nuclear explosion occurred with the Trinity bomb, which the US d… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeWars and MilitarismPeace
- DISARM/End Wars Committee Updates: Using Neutral Countries to End Conflicts, PEP Grants, and MoreJoin Us June 10: NATO and Neutrality Lecture The WILPF DISARM Committee and the Jane Addams Branch invite you to an online lecture by the well-known neutrality speaker Pascal Lottaz. Lottaz is a professor at Kyoto University, Graduate School of Law, and has made a complete case about NATO's overste… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeUpdatesWars and MilitarismPeace
- WILPF says “NO!” to NATO and “No War with Iran!”WILPF Says NO to NATO WILPF US and its DISARM/End Wars Committee are supporters of the NO to NATO campaign led by the Global Women United Against NATO group. This group is making a video collage of photos of women holding "NO TO NATO" or "NO NATO" signs. It will release the video at their counter-s… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeIranWars and MilitarismPeaceProtests
- Say “NO!” to NATO: Send Your Photos for GWUAN’s Photo Montage by May 15Peace activists have held NATO counter summits in response to NATO’s summits in several countries over the years. However, when the NATO Summit took place in Vilnius/Lithuania in 2023, there were no plans for a counter summit, partly because there are no longer groups active in peace issues in the … DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeUpdatesWars and Militarism
- End Nuclear Weapons: Spread the Word about HR-1888!On March 5, 2025, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced her "Warheads to Windmills" bill for the 17th time as HR-1888, with eight immediate cosponsors. Follow updates about the bill. In a press release, Ms. Norton wrote: 'Today, I introduce the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeClimate ChangeWars and MilitarismPeacePolitics and Legislation
- WILPF Delegates Attend U.N. Meeting on Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsTwenty-one members of WILPF from seven countries attended the Third Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (3MSP to TPNW) at the United Nations in New York City from March 3 to 7. Eight members of WILPF US' DISARM committee were at the event. They attended … DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeWars and MilitarismPeacePolitics and Legislation
- Protesters Witness Vandenberg ICBM Test Launch, Plus Other Actions To TakeFor several decades, WILPF members and other anti-nuclear weapons activists have been demonstrating at the Vandenberg Space Force Base on the coast of central California during the test launches of ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles). WILPF member MacGregor Eddy and others organized the prote… DISARM/End Wars Issue Committee
- Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal and What We Can Do NextWar Crimes Tribunal Issues Its Judgements One might ask: Are tribunals legal, meaning do they have the force of the rule of law? Remember the famous Bertrand Russell War Crimes Tribunal (1964-7) during the Vietnam War? Tribunal members then unanimously found the United States "guilty on all charges… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeWars and MilitarismHuman Rights
- ORGANIZE! ORGANIZE! ORGANIZE! Says the DISARM CommitteeWhile we are unhappy with the results of the general election, let’s not let that lead to inaction. We must continue organizing events, collaborating with sister peace organizations, and pressuring Congress to reduce the massive military budget. “I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars,… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeUpdatesWars and MilitarismPeace
- WILPF Members Pressure Nuclear Weapon Manufacturers and Fossil Fuel Companies—Cost of US support for Israel since October 7, 2023WILPF members and other organizations demonstrate against nuclear weapons companies and big oil. A small number of very large companies profit from fossil fuels and nuclear weapons, and they spend millions on lobbying, elections, and propaganda to maintain their control over Congress and the White… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeUpdatesWars and MilitarismPeace
- Israel Aggression and the Threat of Nuclear WarOn the 27th of June 2024, an article in Al Jazeera warned that tensions between the Lebanese groups Hezbollah and Israel would be increasing. By then, it was the 11th month of the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas. Today, it is almost one year since the start of this war and it is estimated that 40,… Middle East Peace & Justice ActionDISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeUpdatesIsraelGazaPeacePalestineSyriaStrikes
