A Pacifist organization promotes the
pacifist principle of renouncing war and violence for political ends. They are distinguished from organizations concerned only with removing
nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission or atomic bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear weapon), producing a nuclear exp ...
s from war, though those organization may call for suspension of hostilities as well. Other organizations include those that deal with other concerns, but have a strong pacifist element.
Pacifist organizations:
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American Friends Service Committee
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Anglican Pacifist Fellowship
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Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
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Buddhist Peace Fellowship
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Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
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Centre for Nonviolent Action
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Christian Peacemaker Teams
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Community Peacemaker Teams
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ECOPEACE Party
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Evangelical People's Party (Netherlands)
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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. They are linked by affiliation to the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR). ...
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Fellowship Party
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Japan Socialist Party
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Mennonites
Mennonites are a group of Anabaptism, Anabaptist Christianity, Christian communities tracing their roots to the epoch of the Radical Reformation. The name ''Mennonites'' is derived from the cleric Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland, part of ...
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New Socialist Party of Japan
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No-Conscription Fellowship
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Nonviolence International
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Nonviolent Peaceforce
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No More War Movement
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Pacifist Socialist Party
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Peace Brigades International
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Peace commission
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Peace News
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Peace Party (UK)
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Peace Pledge Union
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Peace Society
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React, Include, Recycle
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Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
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Social Democratic Party (Japan)
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Syrian Nonviolence Movement
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The Eco-pacifist Greens
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Unity (Swedish political party)
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War Resisters' International
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War Resisters League
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
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Women's Peace Union
"Nuclear pacifist" organizations:
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CND
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Pugwash
Organizations that cite pacifism as an aim:
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Greenpeace
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by a group of Environmental movement, environmental activists. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its biod ...
See also
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Anarcho-pacifism
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Antimilitarism
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Anti-war movement
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Catholic peace traditions
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Christian pacifism
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Christian Peace Conference
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Counter-recruitment
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Jewish Peace Fellowship
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Modern-war pacifism
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Mother's Day Proclamation
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Nonviolence
Nonviolence is the personal practice of not causing harm to others under any condition. It may come from the belief that hurting people, animals and/or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and it may refer to a general philosoph ...
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Nonviolent resistance
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Pacifism in Islam
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Peace churches
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Peace journalism
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Soldiers are murderers
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World March for Peace and Nonviolence
External links
Nonviolence.orgPacifist Party of America (Political Party)Peace Pledge Union
Peace organizations
Pacifism
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