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List of pacifist organisations

Index List of pacifist organisations

A Pacifist organization promotes the pacifist principle of renouncing war and violence for political ends. [1]

16 relations: Anglican Pacifist Fellowship, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, Christian Peacemaker Teams, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Greenpeace, Mennonites, Nuclear weapon, Pacifism, Peace Brigades International, Peace Pledge Union, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Quakers, Soka University of America, War Resisters League, War Resisters' International.

Anglican Pacifist Fellowship

The Anglican Pacifist Fellowship (APF) is a body of people within the Anglican Communion who reject war as a means of solving international disputes, and believe that peace and justice should be sought through non-violent means.

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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors

The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) was a United States nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people avoid or resist military conscription or seek discharge after voluntary enlistment.

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Christian Peacemaker Teams

Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) is an international organization set up to support teams of peace workers in conflict areas around the world.

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Fellowship of Reconciliation

The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FoR or FOR) is the name used by a number of religious nonviolent organizations, particularly in English-speaking countries.

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Greenpeace

Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 39 countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Mennonites

The Mennonites are members of certain Christian groups belonging to the church communities of Anabaptist denominations named after Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland (which today is a province of the Netherlands).

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).

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Pacifism

Pacifism is opposition to war, militarism, or violence.

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Peace Brigades International

Peace Brigades International (PBI) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1981 which "protects human rights and promotes non-violent transformation of conflicts".

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Peace Pledge Union

The Peace Pledge Union (PPU) is a British pacifist non-governmental organisation.

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Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs is an international organization that brings together scholars and public figures to work toward reducing the danger of armed conflict and to seek solutions to global security threats.

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Quakers

Quakers (or Friends) are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements formally known as the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church.

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Soka University of America

Soka University of America (SUA) is a four-year liberal arts university located in Aliso Viejo, California, the United States.

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War Resisters League

The War Resisters League (WRL) is the oldest secular pacifist organization in the United States.

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War Resisters' International

War Resisters' International (WRI) is an international anti-war organization with members and affiliates in over thirty countries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pacifist_organisations

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