ussfBelow is a list of strategies and website that came out of the USSF Workshop, "A War Economy or an Economy of Peace?" organized by WILPF, Bite the Bullet: War Profiteering Education & Action Network and the WRL. A significant part of the discussion focused on the nuclear weapons complex.

Strategies to dismantle the war economy

  1. Counter-Corp Recruitment
  2. Divestment
  3. Self-Governance (Who Decides?)
  4. Faith Based/Moral
  5. Expose the ties & consequences
  6. Challenging notion of “National Security”
  7. Borrow strategies from successful movements (Environmental Justice, Animal Rights, AIDS Activist…)
  8. Wreak Economic Damage/Lower Opportunity Costs
  9. Language – Choose great names to split consciousness
  10. Visibility
  11. Local initiatives – nuclear free zones, etc. Mayors for peace.
  12. Leverage Consumer Power (Girlcotts, Boycotts)
  13. Union campaigns
  14. Nonviolent Direct Action
  15. Support Reaching Critical Will (www.reachingcriticalwill.org)
  16. Illuminate costs of militarism; show positive vision – Economic Conversion
  17. Creative Resistance
  18. Coordinated Days of Action (E.g. August 6-9 (No Nukes, No Wars…))
  19. Iraq War Moratorium – every third Friday, escalating
  20. Global Marshall Plan (see Network of Spiritual Progressives)
  21. Advertising (E.g. Portland WILPF radio ad)
  22. Encourage antiwar activists to focus on profiteers
  23. Join the BtB network
  24. Link to other movements (e.g. Immigrants Rights, Climate Justice (see nowarnowarming.org))

Websites to check out:

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