Current Action Items
We need to build and revitalize a broad and robust Anti-War movement if we want to see policy wins on nuclear weapons. Take action via the policy advocacy opportunities below.
Urge the US to follow the leadership of the 50+ countries who are party to the TPNW!
All of the nuclear-weapons states must join the rest of the world in the effort to ban the bomb. The United States has not ratified the treaty. Instead, the US Congress is investing 1.7 trillion over the next 30 years to rebuild and expand the US nuclear arsenal.
No one knows the stakes better than nuclear frontline communities. Here in WA, there are communities that have/are at high risk of experiencing nuclear violence that we must prioritize political and social support for going forward…
Add your name to the Hibakusha Appeal
The hibakusha appeal is a petition created by a group of hibakusha, the survivors of the nuclear bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The petition calls for the elimination of nuclear weapons. This year, on the 75th anniversary of the bombings, supporting this international petition is a main ask of Japanese groups for the United States.
Urge your Senator and Representative to Co-Sponsor the No First Use Act
Tell your members of Congress to reduce the threat of nuclear war by co-sponsoring the No First Use Act (S. 272, H.R. 921) introduced by Rep. Adam Smith and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Or, thank Rep. Adam Smith for introducing this bill and for for his leadership as the House Armed Services Committee Chair on nuclear weapons who introduced this bill.
Protect our remaining Nuclear Arms Treaties
Donald Trump’s decision to “terminate” the INF Treaty with Russia that helped end the Cold War is dangerous and counterproductive. Take action now to save the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), which caps our two countries strategic nuclear arsenals to no more than 1,550 deployed warheads and 700 bombers and missiles.
New START is scheduled to expire in 2021 unless Trump and Putin agree to extend it by five years. The New START Policy Act of 2018 (S. 3169) calls on the President to extend New START as long as Russia remains in compliance. If we fail to extend New START, an even more dangerous phase in U.S.-Russian relations is just over the horizon.