peace movement
Organized opposition to war
A peace movement is an organized effort to end war or prevent military conflict, often through protests, advocacy, and political pressure.
The term typically refers to antiwar activism during specific conflicts: the peace movement during Vietnam, the nuclear freeze movement of the 1980s.
Peace movements may pursue broad disarmament or oppose particular wars.
Principled rejection of force
- antiwarOpposed to armed conflict
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- conscientious objectorOne refusing military service morally
- pacifistAnti-violence believer
demilitarization · ahimsa · dove · quaker · neutrality · war resistance · diplomacy · reconciliation
Protest by remaining seated
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- blockadeSealing off a place
die-in · noncooperation · resistance · banner · placard · chant · megaphone · strike
Public display of opinion
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- advocacyPleading for a cause
lobbying · coalition · march · petition · rally · civil disobedience · boycott · awareness
Wholeness through cohesion
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
alliance · coalition · cooperation · support · community · togetherness · camaraderie · internationalism
nonviolence
Principled rejection of force
- antiwarOpposed to armed conflict
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- conscientious objectorOne refusing military service morally
pacifist · demilitarization · ahimsa · dove · quaker · neutrality · war resistance · diplomacy · reconciliation · mediation
sit-in
Protest by remaining seated
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
- occupationOne's regular paid work
blockade · die-in · noncooperation · resistance · banner · placard · chant · megaphone · strike · disruption
demonstration
Public display of opinion
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- organizingSystematically putting in order
advocacy · lobbying · coalition · march · petition · rally · civil disobedience · boycott · awareness · volunteerism
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
fellowship · alliance · coalition · cooperation · support · community · togetherness · camaraderie · internationalism · mutual aid
- peacedove, dove release, olive branch, white flag, treaty
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, mediate, pacifying, negotiate
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- social movementswomen's liberation, abolition, feminism, disability rights, LGBT rights
- 70s ActivismBlack Power, boycotts, Cesar Chavez, consciousness raising, Earth Day
- collective actionunite, join forces, team up, mobilization, protest
peace movementwar hawks
Pro-conflict faction members
militarism · military-industrial complex · war party · jingoism · hawkishness
peace movementarmed struggle
Violent political conflict
guerrilla movement · terrorism · violent extremism · paramilitary groups
peace, peaceful, moved, movement, moves, peaceable, pacify, peacefully, mover