President's Message

leadership and social change: making a difference in the world
by David Krieger

The three most important qualities in achieving success for an individual leader are vision, commitment and persistence.  A leader must have a vision – a goal or set of goals to be obtained.  A leader must be committed to achieving this vision.  And a leader must be prepared, if necessary, for a long-term struggle.  Think of the Dalai Lama, who repeatedly advises, “Never give up!”  That is the spirit of every strong leader.

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US leadership for a nuclear weapons-free world: an appeal to the next president


*NEW* Appeal to the Next President Goes Global
*NUEVO* La Apelación para el próximo Presidente se hará a nivel mundial

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has launched an Appeal to the next President of the United States calling for US leadership for a nuclear weapons-free world. The Appeal will be delivered to the White House on January 20, 2009 when a new President is inaugurated.

The Appeal reads in part, “I call upon the next President of the United States to make a world free of nuclear weapons an urgent priority and to assure US leadership to realize this goal.”

You can also download the Appeal to collect printed signatures.

English: Color version. Black and white version.

Español Versión en color. Versión en blanco y negro.

nuclear weapons and the human future


Our new DVD, Nuclear Weapons and the Human Future, outlines the Foundation's case against nuclear weapons. Click the image to the right to preview it.

Click here to order your FREE* copy of the DVD today.

Click here to download supporting materials to stimulate discussion after watching the video.

think outside the bomb:
washington, dc - april 12, 2008



"Unlike those who came before, my 'post-Cold War Generation' was not exposed to a strong public outcry for the abolition of nuclear weapons. We also did not experience the nuclear arms race first hand. We did not live with the fear of duck and cover drills, nuclear testing, the Cuban missile crisis, and an unprecedented nuclear arms build up."

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• The Non-Proliferation Treaty and Human Survival by David Krieger
• A Treaty to Abolish Nuclear Weapons by Lawrence S. Wittner
• Judge Weeramantry Receives NAPF Lifetime Achievement Award by David Krieger
• The World Tipping Points by Bianca Jagger
• The International Renewable Energy Agency by Bianca Jagger
• "Rapid Withdrawal Is the Only Solution" by William E. Odom
• Martin Luther King's Legacy of Peace by David Krieger
• Accountability for the Iraq War by David Krieger
• Possibilities for a Nuclear-Free World by Lawrence S. Wittner and Jayantha Dhanapala
• Risk and Nuclear Weapons by Martin E. Hellman
• StratCom Rules! The Next War Will Start in Nebraska by Tim Rinne
• A World Free of Nuclear Weapons: An Interview With Sam Nunn by Daryl G. Kimball and Miles A. Pomper
• Why Today's Peace Activists Should Not Be Discouraged: An Example from 1958 by Lawrence Wittner
• Diverse Coalition Launches Campaign to Stop US Nuclear Deal with India