''SANE redirects here. For other uses of the acronym SANE, see SANE_(disambiguation).''
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'''Peace Action''' is a Peace organization formed through the merger of '''The Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy (SANE)''' and the '''Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign''' (also known as "The Freeze"). It has mobilized for peace and nuclear disarmament since 1957. As of 2004, Peace Action is focusing on preventing the deployment of nuclear weapons in space, weapons sales to countries abusing Human_rights, and promoting a new U.S. foreign policy based on common security and peaceful resolution to international conflicts.
Peace Action believes that every person has the right to live without the threat of nuclear weapons, that war is not a suitable response to conflict, and that the United States has the resources to both protect and provide for its citizens. http://www.peace-action.org/abt/abtpa.html
== SANE ==
SANE was founded in 1957 by Coretta_Scott_King, Albert_Schweitzer, Dr. Benjamin Spock and others in response to the Nuclear_arms_race and the Eisenhower administration's policies on the production and testing of Nuclear_weapons, with the aim of alerting Americans to the threat of nuclear weapons. A full-page advertisement placed in the ''New_York_Times'' in November 1957 prompted a nationwide response, and by 1958, the membership of the organization had grown to 25,000. SANE was formally incorporated in July of that year.
The organisation worked for nuclear disarmament through its programs of public education and political lobbying, with the majority of the work in these areas carried out by volunteer members of SANE's local chapters.
In 1960, SANE was named during Senate Committee hearings investigating "Communist Infiltration in the Nuclear Test Ban Movement", leading the organization to expel members of the Communist_Party, amid much controversy.
SANE also organized opposition to the Vietnam_War, endorsing Eugene_McCarthy as the Democratic presidential candidate in 1968 and leading the effort to secure the passage of the War_Powers_Resolution.
During the 1980s, SANE expanded its work to oppose U.S. military intervention in El_Salvador and to end U.S. military aid to the Contras in Nicaragua.
SANE merged with the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign in 1987 to form SANE/Freeze. The organization was one of the main U.S. opponents of the Gulf_War in 1991. Under the leadership of William_Sloane_Coffin, the merged organization changed its name to Peace_Action in 1993.
== Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign ==
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==See also==
* Nuclear_weapons
* Committee_for_Non-Violent_Action
==External links==
* Peace Action official site
* Records of Sane Inc., Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Category:Nuclear_weapon_organizations
Category:Pacifism