June 12 Disarmament Coalition
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The June 12 Disarmament Coalition was created in October 1981 as the Campaign for the Special Session on Disarmament and operated from the New York offices of the Mobilization for Survival.[1]
About
The purpose of the group is to organize a mass disarmament rally in New York to apply pressure on the U.S. government, particularly with President Reagan slated to personally attend the meeting, for disarmament concessions.[1]
Members
As at March, 1982, the following people and groups were members of the Coalition:[1]
- Cora Weiss, Riverside Church Disarmament Program
- Communist Party USA
- U.S. Peace Council
- Women's International League for Peace & Freedom
- Women Strike for Peace
- American Friends Service Committee
- Fellowship of Reconciliation
- War Resisters League
