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Council for a Livable World

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Council for a Livable World is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization dedicated to reducing the danger of nuclear weapons and increasing national security. Its mission is to advocate for progressive national security policies and help elect congressional candidates who support then. [1] The Council was founded in 1962 by eminent nuclear physicist Leo Szilard and other scientists who worked in the pioneer days of atomic weapons. Its sister organization, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, provides detailed research to members of Congress and their staffs in order to give them the tools to make informed policy decisions on arms control and national security. Both organizations believe that the United States cannot effectively address the security challenges of the 21st century through Cold War era alarmist policies and seek out non-military solutions to international conflicts. Since 2008 the Council has tracked arms control and election developments on its blog, The Chain Reaction[1].

The Center's executive director, John Isaacs, for decades has been a leader of arms control advocacy and research in Washington, D.C. and served as a foreign service officer in Vietnam.

The Hans Bethe Center is located on Capitol Hill, in Washington D.C. and houses the Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms control and Non-proliferation.

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[edit] Policy Influence

Along with its sister organization, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, the Council has been at the forefront of U.S. arms control and national security policy for nearly half a century.

  • Ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention and Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Conventional Forces in Europe, and Strategic Arms Reduction (START) treaty
  • Establishing a U.S. nuclear testing moratorium in 1992
  • Banning biological weapons and terminating chemical weapons programs
  • Terminating
  • Limiting the deployment of the MX missile and B-2 bomber
  • Blocking deployment of National Missile Defense by the Clinton administration
  • Eliminating funding for the nuclear "Bunker Buster" and "Reliable Replacement Warhead," two new generations of nuclear weapons

[edit] Methods

Pioneer nuclear physicists Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard sign a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 forecasting the development of nuclear weapons.


The Council uses many tools to monitor and influence arms control legislation in the U.S. Congress:

  • Legislation - The Council helps initiate and draft national security legislation, monitors appropriate committees, arranges for expert witnesses for important hearings, and keeps accurate head counts before votes are taken.
  • Lobbying - Council national security experts work to shape pending legislation in Congress and the Administration. Many Council supporters have joined the Grassroots Network to lobby Members of Congress personally on key votes.
  • Seminars - Council board members and other knowledgeable authorities outside of government provide valuable technical, scientific, and tactical information to Members of Congress and their staffs.
  • Public Information - To inform the public, political figures, and news media, the Council publishes fact sheets on weapons of mass destruction, nuclear nonproliferation and other national security issues; distributes voting records of senators and representatives on national security issues; has extensive email lists to distribute articles, analysis and other information and maintains an extensive website.
  • Joint Actions - The Council works closely with other arms control and national security groups to track major legislation, build coalitions to work with Congress, and keep the public informed about key national security issues.

[edit] The Council for a Livable World Candidate Fund

Every election cycle, the Council endorses congressional candidates, either incumbents or challengers, who are -- or show promise to be -- arms control advocates and who support the Council's outlook on national security issues. Since its inception, the Council has helped elect 118 U.S. arms control candidates to the Senate and 199 candidates to the House of Representatives. Council supporters, now over 40,000 strong, provide more funds to opponents of the arms race than any other arms control organization in America: over $1.1 million in 2008.

Candidates seeking endorsements are required to answer rigorous questionnaires on issues and to defend their positions in interviews. The nonpartisan Council does not get involved in every race: it chooses races where the differences between candidates on arms control issues are clear-cut, prefers to concentrate on smaller states and primary elections, where campaign dollars go farther, and recommends candidates in close races where Council dollars can be crucial and when candidates have true financial need. The Council endorses candidates for the House of Representatives through PeacePAC. The Council endorsed both President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in their first runs for U.S. Senate seats.

100% of funds donated to candidates through the Council go directly to the candidates' campaigns.

[edit] 2008 U.S. Senate Winning Endorsements

[edit] 2008 U.S. House of Representatives Endorsements

[edit] 2010 Endorsees

[edit] Father Robert F. Drinan National Peace and Human Rights Award

In 1970, Father Robert F. Drinan became the first Roman Catholic priest to be elected to the United States Congress. He served five terms as a congressman before an edict by Pope John Paul II forced him to choose between politics and his faith.

Since 2006, Council for a Livable World and its research center and sister organization, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, present the Father Robert F. Drinan National Peace and Human Rights Award to individuals who exemplify the late Father Drinan's commitment to peace and human justice. The award broadly focuses on U.S. politics, political science, physical science, biology, peace studies, and peace and human rights activism.

[edit] 2009 Honorees

[edit] 2008 Honorees

[edit] 2007 Honoree

[edit] 2006 Honoree

[edit] Voting Records

The Council is one of the only progressive national security organizations that produces voting records on every member of Congress based on issues such as nuclear weapons, non-proliferation, missile defense, the war in Iraq, and U.S. relations with Iran. Because it is one of the only national security groups to produce comprehensive voting records, they are cited frequently by other groups, blogs and political candidates. The Council has maintained voting records since 1980. [All voting records can be found on its website.]http://livableworld.org/scorecards/votes/

[edit] Board of Directors

[edit] Officers

  • Gary Hart, Chairman of the Board
  • Gary Collins, President
  • John Isaacs, Executive Director
  • Jerome Grossman, Chairman Emeritus
  • Ivo Spalatin, Secretary-Treasurer

[edit] Board

Council board member General John H. Johns (right), Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation board member General Robert G. Gard (left) and President Barack Obama (opposite).
  • Timothy Brennan, Attorney
  • Paul Castleman, Business Executive
  • David Cohen, Experience Corps
  • Alice Day, Sociologist
  • Dudley Herschbach
  • Dr. John H. Johns, Brigadier General, USA (Ret.)
  • Colonel Richard L. Klass, Colonel, USAF (Ret.)
  • Priscilla Johnson McMillan, Harvard University
  • Matthew Meselson, Harvard University
  • Robert K. Musil, Scholar in Residence, American University
  • Gene Pokorny, Consultant
  • Patricia Schroeder, PeacePAC Chair
  • Mark Sternman, Economic Analyst
  • Lorin Walker, Business Executive
  • Dr. James Walsh, MIT
  • Edith B. Wilkie, Congressional Specialist
  • Jules Zacher, Attorney

[edit] National Advisory Board

  • James Arnold, University of California, San Diego
  • Aron Bernstein, MIT
  • Julian Bond, Writer and Lecturer
  • Thomas Downey, Former U.S. Representative
  • Roger Fisher, Harvard University
  • Margaret Gage, Proteus Fund
  • Andrew Grossman, Political Organizer
  • Prof. Philip Schrag, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Sarah Sewall, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
  • Herbert York, University of California, San Diego

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://us.oneworld.net/contact/company/view/8726 Council for a Livable World Profile Page on Oneworld.net

[edit] External links

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