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[edit] Current Campaigns

I think it's vital that we look at what Peace Action is doing now with regard to nuclear weapons and the war in Iraq. I took the last pice from 'History' to introduce these new campaigns.

[edit] Merge SANE into Peace Action

In an effort to improve both the Peace Action article and the SANE article, we might as well merge the two articles together, as SANE is a predecessor organization to Peace Action. Thus instead of having two so-so articles, we can have one larger and more complete article, though it will still need considerable cleanup. Schuminweb 05:33, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merged, but still needs work

The SANE article and the Peace Action article are now one, but I believe that the newly combined article still needs a lot of work. As such, I left the cleanup tag in place. As far as I can tell, this article mostly needs a section (currently stubbed) about the history of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. Anything else that can be contributed to it would be great as well. Schuminweb 03:03, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "SANE" stands for...

SANE was not an acronym, and never stood for "Scientists Against Nuclear Energy", and in fact the organization never has had a position on nuclear energy. The name came from Erich Fromm's book The Sane Society ISBN 11993-6561-0.

Other popular mistaken guesses about SANE being an acronym include:

  • Students Against Nuclear Energy
  • Students Against Nearly Everything
  • Scientists/Students Against Nuclear... (people often trailed off and couldn't figure out what the "E" stood for after they learned that we didn't take a position on nuclear power.

I know this because my first job out of college in 1986 was as a canvasser for SANE and I am currently co-chair of the national board of directors of Peace Action. BCorr|Брайен 01:28, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History/Timeline

I find the two headlines somewhat redundant. Any thoughts on scaling down or combining the two sections? Perhaps more paragraph form can be used instead of a list of events. Barkeep 13:36, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree with you. They should be merged. The "timeline" should be converted to paragraphs and put under the "history" section. SchuminWeb (Talk) 15:54, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
I converted the timeline to paragraphs. I eliminated info that dealt with subjects Peace Action only had an interest in, but lacked their participation and involvement. Some paragraphs and the like may require more organization. Barkeep 16:14, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Great job! I like what I see. SchuminWeb (Talk) 20:53, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting Publications Section

I have deleted the recently added Publications section because it consisted of a miscellaneous selection of books mostly not specifically related to Peace Action. The three items that did relate to Peace Action duplicated books listed in the References section. This list of books may be more appropriate for the article on the Peace Movement. Dwalls 16:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. SchuminWeb (Talk) 18:17, 15 October 2007 (UTC)