Peace activist

A peace activist is a political activist who advocates for a peaceful resolution of political disputes. Peace activists are part of the peace movement. Dr. Lawrence S. Wittner questioned the role played by peace activists in preventing wars in a paper where he stated that "rather than peace activism putting an end to war, war puts an end to peace activism". The Cold War threat of nuclear proliferation was a strong inspiration to many peace activi... more
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