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==Definition==

==Definition==

*1:  one who makes [[peace]] especially by [[reconciling]] parties at variance  

*1:  one who makes [[peace]] especially by [[reconciling]] parties at variance  

==Description==

==Description==

'''Peacemakers''', was an American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacifist pacifist] [[organization]]. The name of the group was taken from a section of the [[Bible]], the Beatitudes or [[Sermon on the Mount]]: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called [[children of God]].”

'''Peacemakers''', was an American [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacifist pacifist] [[organization]]. The name of the group was taken from a section of the [[Bible]], the Beatitudes or [[Sermon on the Mount]]: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called [[children of God]].”

The [[group]] was founded following a conference on “More Disciplined and Revolutionary Pacifist Activity” in Chicago in July, 1948 to advocate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_resistance nonviolent resistance] in the service of peace, particularly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription draft] resistance and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_resistance tax resistance]. The group’s members vowed:

The [[group]] was founded following a conference on “More Disciplined and Revolutionary Pacifist Activity” in Chicago in July, 1948 to advocate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_resistance nonviolent resistance] in the service of peace, particularly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription draft] resistance and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_resistance tax resistance]. The group’s members vowed:

<blockquote>to refuse to serve in the armed forces in either peace or war; (2) to refuse to make or transport weapons of war; (3) to refuse to be conscripted or to register; (4) to consider to refuse to pay taxes for war purposes — a position already adopted by some; (5) to spread the idea of peacemaking and to develop non-violent methods of opposing war through various forms of non-cooperation and to advocate unilateral disarmament and economic democracy.</blockquote>

<blockquote>to refuse to serve in the armed forces in either peace or war; (2) to refuse to make or transport weapons of war; (3) to refuse to be conscripted or to register; (4) to consider to refuse to pay taxes for war purposes — a position already adopted by some; (5) to spread the idea of peacemaking and to develop non-violent methods of opposing war through various forms of non-cooperation and to advocate unilateral disarmament and economic democracy.</blockquote>

The group was organized largely by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Bromley Ernest] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Bromley Marion Bromley] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_Nelson Juanita] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Nelson Wally Nelson]. Among the organization’s other founders were A.J. Muste, Dwight Macdonald, Ralph T. Templin, Roy Kepler, Cecil Hinshaw, Milton Mayer, Bayard Rustin and Horace Champney. Many members came from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_Nonviolent_Revolution Committee for Nonviolent Revolution], which had been formed two years before.

The group was organized largely by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Bromley Ernest] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Bromley Marion Bromley] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_Nelson Juanita] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Nelson Wally Nelson]. Among the organization’s other founders were A.J. Muste, Dwight Macdonald, Ralph T. Templin, Roy Kepler, Cecil Hinshaw, Milton Mayer, Bayard Rustin and Horace Champney. Many members came from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_Nonviolent_Revolution Committee for Nonviolent Revolution], which had been formed two years before.

The “Tax Refusal Committee” of Peacemakers is credited for founding the modern American war tax resistance [[movement]]. Peacemakers published the first guide to war tax resistance in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963 1963].

The “Tax Refusal Committee” of Peacemakers is credited for founding the modern American war tax resistance [[movement]]. Peacemakers published the first guide to war tax resistance in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963 1963].

Peacemakers differed from other pacifist and nonviolent resistance [[organizations]] in its emphasis on small-scale, local, "cell"-based organization and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional communities]. It had no national office, paid staff, or membership list. Some member groups organized funds to aid war resisters and people in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement civil rights movement] who had suffered reprisals.

Peacemakers differed from other pacifist and nonviolent resistance [[organizations]] in its emphasis on small-scale, local, "cell"-based organization and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional communities]. It had no national office, paid staff, or membership list. Some member groups organized funds to aid war resisters and people in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement civil rights movement] who had suffered reprisals.

==See also==

==See also==

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_peace_activists List of peace activists]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_peace_activists List of peace activists]

[[Category: Political Science]]

[[Category: Political Science]]