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UFPJ Nuclear Disarmament Campaign


Global disarmament starts at home:
It is time to disarm America!

No War on Iran! No Nukes!

"The US government demands that other nations not possess nuclear weapons. Meanwhile it is arming itself...In truth there are no good or bad nuclear weapons. If we do not give up such double standards, we will have even more nuclear power. We are at a turning point now. The five nuclear powers must send a clear message to the world: we, too, disarm. Either we take the risk emanating from proliferation seriously or we have to live with the consequences. So far, we'd rather act like a fire brigade. Today Iraq, tomorrow North Korea, the day after, Iran. And after that?"

Director-General of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, responsible for verifying nuclear non-proliferation, August 2003.


Why a Disarmament Working Group?

The world is destined to find itself in a state of perpetual war so long as the United States maintains its bloated nuclear arsenal. Nuclear disarmament must become a core issue on the global peace movement's agenda.

This working group is dedicated to building visible public support in the United States for sweeping measures to eliminate nuclear weapons in the U.S. as well as worldwide.

Towards this end, this working group focuses on Education, Advocacy and Outreach, Street Actions, and Coordinated Civil Society Presence at International Disarmament Forums.

In June 2003, the first national conference of United for Peace and Justice adopted disarmament as one of its top priorities. The proposal for this working group explains why:

The Bush administration continues to demand disarmament from other nations, while expanding U.S. programs designing and building weapons of mass destruction. As part of its broader effort to achieve global military dominance, the U.S. is working to make its enormous nuclear arsenal more usable in warfare. The continued possession of thousands of nuclear weapons by the existing nuclear weapons states, together with the U.S. policy of preventive war and its push to modernize its nuclear arsenal, provide arguments for other countries to develop nuclear weapons of their own.

Nuclear weapons threaten everyone's security. They remain the most dangerous of all weapons, the only ones that can destroy civilization in a day. We need to redefine security in human and ecological rather than military terms: food, shelter, clean air and water, jobs, healthcare and education. This kind of security is universal.

The U.S. continues to design and develop the ultimate weapons of terror. We must mobilize now, or risk the U.S. using nuclear weapons in one of its "wars on terror." Global disarmament starts at home; it is time to disarm America.

"Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race which no one can win to a positive contest to harness man's creative genius for the purpose of making peace and prosperity a reality for all of the nations of the world. In short, we must shift the arms race into a "peace race." -- Martin Luther King Jr., 1964 Nobel Lecture


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Nuclear Disarmament Resources


UFPJ Calls for Nuclear Disarmament
As part of its broader effort to achieve global military dominance, the Bush administration is increasing U.S. nuclear weapons development and production activities and expanding the role of nuclear weapons in its “national security” policy, while at the same time demanding nuclear disarmament from other nations. This re-legitimization of nuclear weapons by the world's first nuclear weapons state and the likely result, nuclear proliferation, pose perhaps the gravest threat to international security.

U.S. Abolitionist Statement on Democracy, Power, and Nuclear Weapons
In early August this year, three important anniversaries coincide: the 40th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act on August 3, and the 60th anniversaries of the 1945 US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9. Ensuring our basic voting and civil rights is at the heart of keeping our democracy alive and healthy. A vibrant democracy with open public debate is essential to keep US power in check. Given that US power is directly expressed and projected through its possession and threat to use nuclear weapons, the links between democracy, power and nuclear weapons becomes clear. In February 1999, US nuclear abolitionists drafted the following statement to address these crucial links. The change in the US administration, and its adoption of preemptive policies on war and nuclear weapons makes this statement even more pertinent today than when it was written.



Demand No Nukes, No Wars, No Profiteers!
August 2nd, 2007

No Nukes! No Wars! Nagasaki Anniversary Caps National Days of Action -- Aug. 6-9, 2006
August 22nd, 2006

CALL TO ACTION: Stop Bechtel! Stand Up Against War Profiteers!
July 6th, 2006

Tell Congress and the UN Security Council: Don't Attack Iran!
April 19th, 2006
United for Peace and Justice calls upon the U.S. Congress and the United Nations Security Council to oppose military action against Iran, uphold the law, support diplomatic solutions to the crisis, and put an end to U.S. nuclear hypocrisy.

Tell Bush and Cheney: Don't Attack Iran!
April 14th, 2006
United for Peace and Justice opposes any military action against Iran, as well as covert action and sanctions. We reject the doctrine of "preventive war." All diplomatic solutions must be pursued.

Organizing Resources for August 6-9
Resources to aid your organizing efforts for August 6-9 events, including downloadable images, power point presentation, CD, and Hibakusa testimonies.
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