OUR COALITION
Right now is the closest the world has been to a nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis, over sixty years ago.
Very few members of the House and Senate have risen to the occasion by speaking out and working for measures to de-escalate tensions between nuclear powers. Nor have many of them devoted serious effort to reviving negotiations for nuclear-weapons treaties and disarmament measures.
That’s why it’s so important that people across the country demand that their elected leaders take a stand and work to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
Defuse Nuclear War is a coalition of more than 200 organizations and organizers dedicated to reducing the risk of nuclear war.
Since June 2022, the coalition has organized more than 150 in-person actions across the United States and numerous online events with hundreds of attendees. Our coalition emphasizes diplomacy, disarmament, and the reinstatement of key treaties.
Learn about some of our policy goals here.
Our coalition efforts
View PICTURES from our coalition efforts HERE.
October 16, 2022, Defuse Nuclear War marked 60 years since the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
On February 24, 2023, Defuse Nuclear War held events all over the United States demanding diplomacy in place of military escalation in Ukraine.
Check out coverage of our events: ABC and NBC affiliates in Madison, Wisconsin; ABC and NBC affiliates and The Missourian in Columbia, Missouri; and Boston 25 in Boston, Massachusetts.
During the week of April 24-30, 2023, the coalition celebrated Daniel Ellsberg Week.
The efforts to mark Daniel Ellsberg Week generated city proclamations, articles, op-eds, videos, and a puncture or two in the bubble of media groupthink that passes for journalism. Seeking “to honor peacemaking and whistleblowing,” the cities of Albuquerque, NM, and San Francisco and Berkeley, CA, issued proclamations designating April 24-30 as Daniel Ellsberg Week to honor the renowned Pentagon Papers whistleblower. Additionally, The Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence presented Ellsberg with their annual award.
Coalition efforts resulted in dozens of events nationwide during the Defuse Nuclear War Week of Action September 24-30, 2023
the Defuse Nuclear War Coalition organized dozens of nationwide protests, vigils, and demonstrations — for diplomacy with Russia and Ukraine; disarming ICBMs; and reinstating ABM, INF and Open Skies treaties. Our week of action was covered in Common Dreams and local media across the country.
During the week of January 8-14, 2024, the Defuse Nuclear War coalition organized for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Groups rallied, vigiled, dropped banners, held signs at busy intersections, and passed out flyers to educate communities on the connections between the crisis in Gaza and nuclear weapons.
Our Coalition
Agape Community
American Committee for US-Russia Accord
Amistad Catholic Worker
Appalachian Peace Education Center (APEC)
Backbone Campaign
Baltimore, Md., Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter Veterans for Peace
BanKillerDrones.org
Basel Peace Office
Beyond Nuclear
Blue America
Brandywine Peace Community
Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security
Cape Downwinders
Casa Baltimore Limay
Center on Conscience and War
Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Chicago Area Peace Action
Cleveland Peace Action
Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA)
Code Pink Osaka
CODEPINK
CODEPINK Golden Gate Chapter
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
Dallas Peace and Justice Center
Demand Progress
Earth Care
Environmentalists Against War
Family Mediation Center, Inc.
Feel The Bern San Fernando Valley Democratic Club
FINESTE
Food Not Bombs
Global Exchange
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
Hawai’i Peace and Justice
Helena Service for Peace and Justice
Historians for Peace and Democracy
Interfaith Peace Working Group
Ithaca Catholic Workers
Just Foreign Policy
Just World Educational
L.I. Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
LEPOCO Peace Center (Lehigh-Pocono Committee of Concern)
MA Peace Action
Malu Malu Aina Center for Nonviolent Education & Action
Metta Center for Nonviolence
Michigan Stop The Nuclear Bombs Campaign
National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
No More Bombs
North Carolina Peace Action
North Carolina Physicians for Social Responsibility
North Texas Peace Advocates
Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
NuclearBan.US
Nukewatch
Ohio Nuclear Free Network
Parallax Perspectives
Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
Pax Christi New York State
Pax Christi USA
Peace Action
Peace Action Maine
Peace Action of San Mateo County
Peace Action WI
Peace Education Center
Peace Fresno
Peace, Justice, Sustainability, NOW!
People for Bernie
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Physicians for Social Responsibility, AZ Chapter
Progressive Democrats of America
Proposition One Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Future
PSR Arizona
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
RootsAction.org
Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin
San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility
San Jose Peace and Justice Center
Show Up! America
Snake River Alliance
SolidarityINFOService
Southern Anti-Racism Network
The Greater Lansing Area Peace Education Center
The Nuclear Resister
Tom Neilson Music
Triple Justice
United for Peace and Justice
Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Veterans for Peace
Veterans For Peace – NYC Chapter 34
Veterans For Peace Chapter 113 Hawaii
Veterans For Peace Jon Miles Chapter 13
Veterans For Peace Linus Pauling Chapter 132
Veterans for Peace Madison Wisconsin CH 25
Veterans For Peace Santa Fe Chapter
Veterans For Peace, Climate Crisis and Militarism Project
Veterans for Peace, the Hector Black Chapter
Western States Legal Foundation
Women Against Military Madness
Women Transforming Our Nuclear Legacy
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom US section
World BEYOND War
Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation
Youth Fusion
Agape Community
American Committee for US-Russia Accord
Amistad Catholic Worker
Appalachian Peace Education Center (APEC)
Backbone Campaign
Baltimore, Md., Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter Veterans for Peace
BanKillerDrones.org
Basel Peace Office
Beyond Nuclear
Blue America
Brandywine Peace Community
Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security
Cape Downwinders
Casa Baltimore Limay
Center on Conscience and War
Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Chicago Area Peace Action
Cleveland Peace Action
Code Pink Osaka
CODEPINK
CODEPINK Golden Gate Chapter
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
Dallas Peace and Justice Center
Demand Progress
Earth Care
Environmentalists Against War
Family Mediation Center, Inc.
Feel The Bern San Fernando Valley Democratic Club
FINESTE
Food Not Bombs
Global Exchange
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
Hawai’i Peace and Justice
Historians for Peace and Democracy
Interfaith Peace Working Group
Ithaca Catholic Workers
Just Foreign Policy
Just World Educational
L.I. Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
LEPOCO Peace Center (Lehigh-Pocono Committee of Concern)
MA Peace Action
Malu Malu Aina Center for Nonviolent Education & Action
Metta Center for Nonviolence
Michigan Stop The Nuclear Bombs Campaign
National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
No More Bombs
North Carolina Physicians for Social Responsibility
North Texas Peace Advocates
Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
NuclearBan.US
Nukewatch
Ohio Nuclear Free Network
Parallax Perspectives
Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
Pax Christi New York State
Pax Christi USA
Peace Action
Peace Action Maine
Peace Action of San Mateo County
Peace Action WI
Peace Education Center
Peace Fresno
People for Bernie
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Physicians for Social Responsibility, AZ Chapter
Progressive Democrats of America
Proposition One Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Future
PSR Arizona
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
RootsAction.org
Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin
San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility
San Jose Peace and Justice Center
Show Up! America
Snake River Alliance
SolidarityINFOService
Southern Anti-Racism Network
The Greater Lansing Area Peace Education Center
The Nuclear Resister
Tom Neilson Music
Triple Justice
United for Peace and Justice
Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Veterans for Peace
Veterans For Peace – NYC Chapter 34
Veterans For Peace Chapter 113 Hawaii
Veterans For Peace Jon Miles Chapter 13
Veterans For Peace Linus Pauling Chapter 132
Veterans for Peace Madison Wisconsin CH 25
Veterans For Peace Santa Fe Chapter
Veterans For Peace, Climate Crisis and Militarism Project
Veterans for Peace, the Hector Black Chapter
Western States Legal Foundation
Women Against Military Madness
Women Transforming Our Nuclear Legacy
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom US section
World BEYOND War
Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation
Youth Fusion
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