A Pacifist organisation promotes the pacifist principle of renouncing war and violence for political ends. They are distinguished from organizations concerned only with removing nuclear weapons from war, though those organization may call for suspension of hostilities as well. Other organisations include those that deal with other concerns, but have a strong pacifist element.
Pacifist organisations:
- Anglican Pacifist Fellowship
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
- Christian Peacemaker Teams
- Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Mennonites
- Peace Brigades International
- Peace Pledge Union
- Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Soka University of America
- War Resisters' International
- War Resisters League
"Nuclear pacifist" organisations :
- CND
- Pugwash
Organisations that cite pacifism as an aim :
- Greenpeace
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