Peacemakers

This article is about the U.S. pacifist organization. For the general topic, see peace maker. For other uses, see Peacemaker.
FormationJuly 1948; 76 years ago (1948-07)
TypePacifist organisation, Nonprofit, NGO
Purposeworld peace
Location
  • United States
Key people

Peacemakers was an American pacifist organization founded following a conference on "More Disciplined and Revolutionary Pacifist Activity" in Chicago in July 1948.[1] Ernest and Marion Bromley and Juanita and Wally Nelson largely organized the group.[2] The group’s organizational structure adopted a multidivisional organizational structure with a loose hierarchy, prioritizing local committees including but not limited to the Tax Refusal and Military Draft Refusal Committee.[3]

  1. ^ Mollin, Marian B. Actions louder than words: gender and political activism in the American radical pacifist movement, 1942–1972. OCLC 45611576.
  2. ^ The Power of the people : active nonviolence in the United States. Robert Cooney, Helen Michalowski, Marty Jezer (Updated and enl. ed.). Philadelphia, Pa.: New Society. 1987. ISBN 0-86571-089-9. OCLC 15247988.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ We won't pay!: a tax resistance reader. David M. Gross. [United States]: Picket Line Press. 2008. pp. 446–447. ISBN 978-1-4348-9825-8. OCLC 232538141.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)