American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - "is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice." Ann Arbor [Michigan] Area Committee for Peace - " was formed shortly after September 11, 2001, to promote peaceful solutions to international conflicts and to protect civil rights and civil liberties. " The Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation - "was formed to further the cause of peace, and to assist in the pursuit of freedom and justice. It sought to identify and counter the causes of violence, and to identify and oppose the obstacles to worldwide community. It was designed to promote research into disarmament, wars and threats of war, and to publish the results. It has consistently laboured to carry on the work of its founder in a spirit of fidelity to the standards of reason and tolerance which he did so much to advance. Accordingly, it has always struggled for freedom of thought and opinion, and for non-exploitative forms of human association." Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF) - "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." Butterfly Gardeners Association: Musicians & Fine Artists for World Peace California Peace Action - "works to reduce the threat posed by nuclear weapons, end US arms sales to human rights-abusing governments, cut excessive military spending, and promote international cooperation. We are California's largest peace organization, with 35,000 members and offices in Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara ,and Berkeley as well as local grassroots chapters. We are the state affiliate of National Peace Action." Campaign against the Arms Trade (CATT) (UK) - "campaigns to end to the international arms trade and the UK's role in it as one of the world's leading arms exporters as well as the re-orientation of the economy from military to civil production." Campaign for a More Democratic United Nations Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) (UK) - "campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and to create genuine security for future generations." The Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace (Okotoks, Alberta) Center for Conflict Studies/Zentrum für Konfliktforschung (University of Marburg) The Center for Defense Information (Washington, DC) -- Liberal think tank run by ex-military officers. Lots of good incisive information about the bloated military budget, etc. Center for International Policy (Washington DC) Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence (Santa Monica, California) The Center for War/Peace Studies (New York) - "a non-profit, tax-exempt U.S. organization incorporated in 1977, is a "think tank" located in the United Nations backyard. The central objective of the CW/PS is to establish an international political and legal system that will make possible the abolition of war." Center on Conscience & War - National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO) - "To Defend and Extend the Rights of Conscientious Objectors to War and Violence" Christian Peacemaker Teams - "reducing violence by getting in the way" Christian Peacemaker Teams UK Civil Disobedience (UK) - "CivilDisobedience.org.uk is a resource for people who want to make their voice heard using non-violent direct action in the honorable tradition of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, the Diggers, the Levellers, CND and others." Coalition for World Peace (Los Angeles) Coalition of Women for Peace Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COATS) -- "is a national network of individuals and organizations in Canada that began in late 1988 to organize opposition to ARMX '89, which was the country's largest weapons bazaar. COAT has continued to expose and oppose Canada's role in the international arms trade, particularly where there is trade to governments which are engaged in war or which violate human rights. Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD) (San Diego, California) - "is an anti-militarism organization that also challenges the institution of the military, its effect on society, its budget, its role abroad and at home, and the racism, sexism and homophobia that are inherent in the armed forces and Selective Service System. COMD activities include community education, direct action and youth outreach. Individuals sharing our goals are invited to become COMD activists and supporters." Conflict Resolution Network (UK) - "is hosted and run by Aik Saath Conflict Resolution Group. The organisation is a peer-led charity that does conflict resolution work with young people in Slough and its surrounding areas." Conscience Canada - Conscientious Objection to Military Taxation: Alternative Service for Our Taxes The Consensus Network Home Page/Food Not Bombs Publishing (Takoma Park, Maryland) Contemporary Conflicts in Africa Controcorrente (Italy) Council for a Livable World, the Council for a Livable World Education Fund and PeacePAC - "are arms control groups committed to ridding the world of weapons of mass destruction and eliminating wasteful military spending." Covert Action Quarterly Delaware County [Pennsylvania] Pledge of Resistance Department of Peace Directory of Peace Groups in Canada Educating for Peace (Canada) Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Arms Sales Monitoring Project Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Intelligence Reform Project Fellowship of Reconciliation (Nyack, New York) - "Since 1915, The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) has carried on programs and educational projects concerned with domestic and international peace and justice, nonviolent alternatives to conflict, and the rights of conscience. A Nonviolent, Interfaith, tax exempt organization, The FOR promotes nonviolence and has members from many religious and ethnic traditions. It is a part of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), which has affiliates in over 40 countries." For Mother Earth: International Campaign for Disarmament, Ecology and Human Rights (Ghent, Belgium) Foreign Policy Watchdog (Milwaukee Pledge of Resistance) Fort Wayne [Indiana] Peace Action Friends for a Nonviolent World (St. Paul - Minneapolis) - "Through education, through example, and through experiences in non-violent living, Friends for a Non-Violent World works to build a world where all people can speak truth to power, practice alternatives to violence, gain strength from community, and act in a spirit of cooperation to work for peace and justice." Grandmothers for Peace International Hague Appeal for Peace - "is an international network of peace and justice organizations dedicated to sowing the seeds for the abolition of war through the implementation of the Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice for the 21st Century (UN Ref A/54/98), a set of 50 recommendations developed at the Hague Appeal for Peace Conference in 1999, the largest international peace conference in history. We are focused on promoting a Global Campaign for Peace Education dedicated to the integration of peace education into curricula and communities worldwide as a means of reducing violence and preventing war." Information War Institute for Space and Security Studies (Melbourne Beach, Florida) The Institute for War and Peace Reporting -- Careful. Financed by George Soros. Intelligence Online Interfaith Communities United for Justice & Peace (ICUJP) International Court of Justice International Peace Bureau - "is the world´s oldest and most comprehensive international peace federation, bringing together people working for peace in many different sectors: not only pacifists but also women´s, youth, labour, religious and professional bodies." International Peace Pilgrimage for a Nuclear Free Future Jewish Peace Fellowship (Nyack, New York) - "Members of the Jewish Peace Fellowship are a diverse group of people, religious and secular Jews from all our traditions and all branches of Judaism. All believe deeply that Jewish ideals and experience provide inspiration for a nonviolent way of life." JustWarTheory.com - "is a free, non-profit, annotated aid to research and instruction in theoretical and empirical studies of war and peace." Mark Shepard's Nonviolence Page The Markland Group: For the Integrity of Disarmament Treaties (Ancaster, Ontario) Military Spending Working Group - "Formed in mid-1994, the Military Spending Working Group (MSWG) is a coalition of two dozen research and advocacy organizations seeking to educate members of the public, news media, and government about the possibility and desirability of reducing excess military spending globally." M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence (South Memphis, Tennessee) Monterey Bay [California] Educators Against War - "For an informed opposition to war, to empire, & to all other forms of institutionalized violence & injustice – as public policy, as practice, as livelihood, & as habit of mind." National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund - "a national non-profit orgnization located in Washington, D.C., advocates for US federal legislation enabling conscientious objectors to war to have their federal income taxes directed to a special fund which could be used for non-military purposes only. This fund would be called the Peace Tax Fund and the bill we seek to pass is called the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act." Musicians' Alliance for Peace (MAP) National Commission for Economic Conversion & Disarmament (Washington DC) National Youth and Militarism Program (AFSC) NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security - "the principal service organization for Non-Governmental Organizations (research institutes, activist/advocacy groups, volunteer organizations, professional associations) involved with disarmament in the United Nations context." Nobel Peace Prize Internet Archive Nonviolence International (Washington, DC) Nonviolent Peaceforce Canada - "s a member organization of Nonviolent Peaceforce. Nonviolent Peaceforce is an international initiative to establish a standing "peace army", ready to respond to requests to provide nonviolent international presence where that will help reduce violence and allow local people striving to achieve peace and justice to continue their important work." The Nonviolence Web: A Guide to the Contemporary Peace Movement The Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia (Seattle, Washington) - "is a Seattle-based organization which uses nonviolent action to create political and social change. NACC acts to interrupt and transform militarism and other forms of violence, and to build a society based upon community, economic justice, environmental awareness, personal empowerment, and feminist, queer-positive, and anti-racist principles. NACC uses creative nonviolent direct action, war tax resistance, public education and coalition-building towards these ends, creating community and developing empowerment and conflict-resolution skills in the process." Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: Waging Peace Worldwide (Santa Barbara, California) The Objector: Home of the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors Pacific Center for Violence Prevention Pax Christi International Pax Christi USA Peace Action Peace Action New Mexico Peace @nd Security World Wide Web Metapage Peace and Human Dignity Calendar Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) (Evergreen University) - "a new organization resulting from the merger of the Consortium on Peace Research, Education & Development (COPRED) and the Peace Studies association (PSA). We are a non-profit membership-based organization dedicated to bringing together academics, K-12 teachers and grassroots activists to explore alternatives to violence and share visions and strategies for social justice and social change. PJSA also serves as the professional association for scholars in the field of peace and conflict resolution studies." Peace and Security Resource Guide (Canada Defense Services) Peace Brigades International Peace Brigades International (PBI) Canada (Toronto) Peace Coalition of Monterey County [California] Peace News Peace-Related Events Peace Tree and Food Not Bombs Peace Corps Web Site Peace Movement Aotearoa (New Zealand) Peace People (Northern Ireland) PeaceUK.net PeaceFile.Org PeaceWeb: A Quaker Home Page for Peace (Ottawa) Peacewire: End the Arms Race People For Peace: Peace Through Compassion & Tolerance Physicians for Global Survival (Canada) Physicians for Peace Plowshare Peace & Justice Center (Roanoke, Virginia) Project Plowshares Home Page - " is an ecumenical agency of the Canadian Council of Churches established in 1976 to implement the churches' call to be peacemakers and to work for a world in which justice will flourish and peace abound. The mandate given to Project Ploughshares is to work with churches and related organizations, as well as governments and non-governmental organizations, in Canada and abroad, to identify, develop, and advance approaches that build peace and prevent war, and promote the peaceful resolution of political conflict." Propaganda and Psychological Warfare Resource Page Project on Defense Alternatives Public International Law Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs -- "The purpose of the Pugwash Conferences is to bring together, from around the world, influential scholars and public figures concerned with reducing the danger of armed conflict and seeking cooperative solutions for global problems." Resource Center for Nonviolence: The Peace & Justice Center for the Santa Cruz California Region Robin's Directory of College and University Peace Studies Programs Sacramento [California] Area Peace Action Saferworld (London) - "is an independent foreign affairs think tank working to identify, develop and publicise more effective approaches to preventing armed conflict. Saferworld has two research programmes: Arms and Security and Conflict Prevention." Science for Peace - " is a charitable Canadian-based organization of natural scientists, engineers, social scientists, scholars in the humanities and lay people throughout the world. It brings together professors, graduate students and first degree students who are concerned about peace, justice and making an environmentally sustainable future." Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) Seattle Draft and Military Counseling Center - "The purpose of the Seattle Draft and Military Counselling Center is to provide accurate, comprehensive, and objective information of Selective Service and Military law, regulations, and administrative procedure to anyone in need of this service, and to assist them in applying this information to their own situation and goals." Siegfried Sassoon: War Poems Sister Cities International (SCI) - "is a citizen diplomacy network creating and strengthening partnerships between U.S. and international communities to increase global cooperation at the local level. SCI works to promote cultural understanding, social development and economic growth, and as a national membership organization officially certifies links between U.S. communities and those abroad to ensure their sustained commitment and success in this mission. The SCI network represents more than 2,100 communities in 121 countries around the world and is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization." Social Watch (Montevideo, Uruguay) - "is an international NGO watchdog network monitoring poverty eradication and gender equality." Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War - "Puget Sound coalition of organizations and neighborhood groups using nonviolent methods to stop the war in Iraq." Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Space Policy Project - Special Weapons Monitor (Federation of American Scientists) Student Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) Network (UK) - "has been set up to build CND in the student movement and to engage students in campaigns against the biggest threat to humanity — nuclear weapons." Student Peace Action Network Swarthmore College Peace Collection Takoma {Washington] Women in Black The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (Lund, Sweden) Trident Plowshares - "is a campaign to disarm the UK Trident nuclear weapons system in a non-violent, open, peaceful and fully accountable manner." UNESCO's Culture of Peace Project United Nations U.N. High Commission on Refugees U.N. Peacekeeping Operations Bibliography United States Institute of Peace Vandenberg Peace Legal Defense Fu Vermont American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Vermont Walk to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Veterans for Peace (VFP) - "is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational and humanitarian organization dedicated to the abolishment of war. VFP was founded in 1985 by ex-service members committed to sharing the horrors they experienced. We know the consequences of American foreign policy because once, at a time in our lives, so many of us carried it out. We find it sad that war seems so delightful, so often, to those that have no knowledge of it. We will proudly, and patriotically, continue to denounce war despite whatever misguided sense of euphoria supports it. Wage Peace!" Volunteers for Peace International Workcamps War Resisters Leaguen (WRL) (New York) War & Peace Foundation Women against Military Madness (WAMM) (Minneapolis) - "is a nonviolent feminist organization that works in solidarity with others to create a system of social equality, self-determination and justice through education and empowerment of women. WAMM's purpose is to dismantle systems of militarism and global oppression." Women United for Peace Women in Black Australia Women in Black - Belgrade and Colombia Women in Black Canberra, Australia Women in Black - Los Angeles Women in Black - New York Women in Black - Victoria, British Columbia Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) The World Wide Web Department of Peace: Where People Make Peace Happen - "functions as an "autonomous and self-organizing" Department of Peace, with Peace as it's organizing principle, and designed to help facilitate and organize the Peace efforts of individuals and organizations nationally and internationally. This Website is inspired by the vision of Dennis Kucinich and his Department of Peace Legislation."