Posts Tagged ‘ Mayors for Peace ’

Mayors for Peace Call for Early Adoption of Nuclear Abolition Treaty

August 28, 2017

MAYORS FOR PEACE - “We call on the cities around the world to unite in cross-border cooperation to pave the way towards the abolition of nuclear weapons.” This call made by the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to the establishment of “Mayors for Peace.” Since then, we have appealed for the establishment of...

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Building New “Nonviolent Cities”

March 29, 2016
Building New “Nonviolent Cities”

JOHN DEAR - If Carbondale, Illinois can seek to become a nonviolent city, any city can seek to become a nonviolent city. This is an idea whose time has come. This is an organizing strategy that should be tried around the nation and the world. The only way it can happen is through bottom-up,...

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U.S. Mayors Call for Good Faith U.S. Participation in Nuclear Disarmament Forums

July 12, 2014

JACKIE CABASSO, Mayors for Peace contact - The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), the non-partisan association of America’s big cities, on June 23, 2014 unanimously adopted a sweeping new resolution Calling for Constructive Good Faith U.S. Participation in International Nuclear Disarmament Forums at its 82nd annual meeting in Dallas, Texas. According to USCM President...

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U.S. Conference of Mayors Adopts Strong New Mayors for Peace Resolution

June 23, 2012
U.S. Conference of Mayors Adopts Strong New Mayors for Peace Resolution

JACKIE CABASSO - At the close of its 80th annual meeting in Orlando Florida, on June 16, 2012, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) unanimously adopted a strong, comprehensive, new Mayors for Peace resolution: "Calling for U.S. Leadership in Global Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and Redirection of Nuclear Weapons Spending to Meet the Urgent...

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Posted in Big Picture, June 2012, What's Happening In the Movement | 1 Comment »