RESOLUTION 2024-01: To Head Off the Imminent Threat of Nuclear War, We Must End US Wars Altogether

Convention Discussion & Straw Vote: Passed 

Approve: 74

Disapprove: 0

Abstain: 7


WHEREAS the United States is actively engaged in multiple wars of choice, while preparing other such wars; and

WHEREAS, in particular, the US is engaged in a proxy war against Russia in Ukraine; is actively supporting Israel’s genocidal war in Palestine; and is preparing for war against China and North Korea; and

WHEREAS, the US, Russia, Israel, China and North Korea are all nuclear-armed nations; and

WHEREAS many experts believe the world is closer to nuclear war than at any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis; and

WHEREAS the pursuit of aggressive military policies in an era of nuclear proliferation threatens all life on Earth, while emitting massive amounts of CO2, blocking international climate mitigation, and stealing resources from vital human needs.;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Veterans For Peace calls on the US government to: 

Submitted by the Nuclear Abolition Working Group, the China Working Group and the Korea Peace Campaign

 

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