Council for a Livable World

Political action to reduce nuclear threats

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No First Use and other smart policies that limit nuclear risks

If the United States uses nuclear weapons first, a nuclear-armed adversary is likely to retaliate against us or our allies with nuclear weapons. Keeping the threat of nuclear first use on the table is an outdated and dangerous policy. A No First Use policy just makes sense.

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Twin threats: nuclear weapons and climate change

There are two serious threats to all life on earth: climate change and nuclear war. Both are existential. Both are preventable. But only one can destroy the world in 30 minutes.

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Political action to reduce nuclear threats, since 1962

Manhattan Project nuclear physicist Leo Szilard founded Council for a Livable World in 1962 to deliver “the sweet voice of reason” about nuclear weapons to Congress, the White House, and the American public.

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A nonpartisan nonprofit promoting policies to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons, and to minimize the risk of war through lobbying and by helping elect and support Members of Congress who share our goals.

Candidates

Meet the Congressional candidates who support smart nuclear arms control and non-proliferation policies.

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Legislation

Learn what bills we're supporting, what various legislation would mean for national security, and where it all stands in Congress.

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Take Action

Nuclear weapons policy can seem intimidating, but you are not powerless to make this world safer from nuclear threats.

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History

Founded in 1962, we have decades of experience in shaping Congress and nuclear policy, and have helped elect 400 members.

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A note on losing a major funder for our sister organization

By John Tierney Perhaps you are aware of the subject of the recent article, ‘A big blow: Washington’s arms controllers brace for loss of their biggest backer‘ by Bryan Bender in POLITICO. As I was re-reading it this morning, I knew I needed to tell you, our Council for a Livable World supporters, about the impact […]

Priscilla Johnson McMillan: A Life Well Lived 

By John Isaacs  Some of the words that best characterize the life of Priscilla Johnson McMillan, who died July 7, 2021, are indomitable, always curious for more knowledge, gentle in her contacts with other people and a life very well lived. In her 92 years, she was a witness to so much history, from the […]

71 groups urge Congress to cut funding for a new nuclear sea-launched cruise missile

Council for a Livable World coordinated writing a letter signed by more than 70 national and grassroots organizations calling on House lawmakers to cancel the new nuclear sea-launched cruise missile and its associated warhead this year. June 29, 2021 Dear Members of the House Appropriations Committee, The United States does not need a new nuclear […]

Biden Defense Request Compared to Previous Annual Budgets

By Daniel Wirls, Professor of Politics, UC Santa Cruz Board Member, Council for a Livable World The Biden National Defense budget presented to Congress in late January 2021 is a modest increase from the previous year but among the highest in the last 70 years in constant dollars adjusted for inflation – despite the effective end to the forever wars […]

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