Read about our policy goals here.
Very few decision makers in the U.S. government have demonstrated an independent commitment to reducing tensions among nuclear weapons states and setting the world back on the path toward eliminating the nuclear threat. Meanwhile, key treaties and agreements have abandoned and haphazard, destructive military action has all but replaced diplomacy.
That’s why we work with people across the country, from all walks of life, to give them the tools they need to demand that our elected leaders take a stand and work to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
Since the beginning of the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, Defuse Nuclear War has held teach-ins and other educational events aimed at combatting the misinformation used to justify these attacks. Defuse Nuclear War members participate in protests and advocacy events to pressure our congressional representatives to assert their authority to determine whether the U.S. goes to war. We also do media outreach to push back against false narratives and elevate grassroots and Iranian perspectives.
Coalition members regularly hold vigils and protests in response to test launches of U.S. ICBMs from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. These tests are an overt demonstration of the U.S. willingness to use its nuclear weapons, a dangerous and counterproductive step when wars involving nuclear-armed countries are fast becoming a new norm. Aimed at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the missile tests reinforce dynamics of colonial exploitation that have damaged the health and livelihood of Marshallese communities for many decades. Defuse Nuclear War activists aim to call attention to these recurring visible demonstrations of U.S. nuclear weapons, which are carefully timed and planned to avoid public scrutiny.
January 8-14, 2024 was Defuse Nuclear War’s week of action for a ceasefire in Gaza. Groups rallied, held vigils, dropped banners, held public protests, and passed out flyers to educate their communities on the connections between the crisis in Gaza and nuclear weapons.
On February 24, 2023, Defuse Nuclear War held events all over the United States demanding diplomacy in place of military escalation in Ukraine. Coalition efforts resulted in dozens of events nationwide during the Defuse Nuclear War Week of Action September 24-30, 2023. The coalition organized dozens of nationwide protests, vigils, and demonstrations calling for restoring the groundwork for diplomacy with Russia and Ukraine; disarming ICBMs; and reinstating ABM, INF and Open Skies treaties. Our weeks of action were covered in Common Dreams and local media across the country.
Defuse Nuclear War regularly presents work by coalition members to a broad audience to increase its impact; recently, on May 14, 2026, we held an online screening and panel discussion for Vahid Razavi’s Forever Peace Now!, a documentary highlighting the role of the tech industry in the U.S. war machine.
Beginning April 24-30, 2023, the coalition marked the passing of Daniel Ellsberg with Daniel Ellsberg Week. Members organized city proclamations, articles, op-eds, and videos commemorating Ellsberg’s life of brave action in the service of the public good. Seeking “to honor peacemaking and whistleblowing,” the cities of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and San Francisco and Berkeley, California, issued proclamations designating April 24-30 as Daniel Ellsberg Week to honor the renowned Pentagon Papers whistleblower.
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
