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title: "Anti-nuclear movement"
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chunk: 6/15
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-nuclear_movement"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T06:58:01.848947+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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=== International organizations ===
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European Nuclear Disarmament, which held annual conventions in the 1980s involving thousands of anti-nuclear weapons activists mostly from Western Europe but also from Eastern Europe, the United States, and Australia.
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Friends of the Earth International, a network of environmental organizations in 77 countries. Since 2014, however, Friends of the Earth (UK) has softened its stance; the fierce opposition against nuclear reactors has shifted into a more pragmatic opposition, which still opposes the construction of new nuclear (fission) reactors, but doesn't campaign against closing down the existing ones anymore.
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Global Zero, an international non-partisan group of 300 world leaders dedicated to achieving the elimination of nuclear weapons.
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Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, an international partnership of 83 nations.
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Greenpeace International, a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 41 countries and headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
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International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility
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International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which had affiliates in 41 nations in 1985, representing 135,000 physicians; IPPNW was awarded the UNESCO Peace Education Prize in 1984 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985.
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Nuclear Information and Resource Service
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OPANAL
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Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, a global network of over 700 parliamentarians from more than 75 countries working to prevent nuclear proliferation
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Pax Christi International, a Catholic group which took a "sharply anti-nuclear stand"
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Ploughshares Fund
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Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
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Socialist International, the world body of social democratic parties
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Sōka Gakkai, a peace-oriented Buddhist organisation, which held anti-nuclear exhibitions in Japanese cities during the late 1970s, and gathered 10 million signatures on petitions calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons
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United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
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World Disarmament Campaign
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World Information Service on Energy, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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World Union for Protection of Life
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=== Other groups ===
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National and local anti-nuclear groups are listed at Anti-nuclear groups in the United States and List of anti-nuclear groups.
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=== Symbols ===
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== Activities ==
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=== Large protests === |