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Take Action! WAND's history of actions
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This page provides a look at the actions WAND members and friends have taken over the past year. Most of these actions are no longer happening, but we invite you to browse our issues.

Call today! India deal undermines U.S. nonproliferation policies
Time is short on this, so please call your Representative and Senators about the India nuclear trade pact.
Call the Capitol switchboard at 202/225-3121 and ask for your Representative and your Senators. You should leave this message:
Please oppose the India nuclear trade deal.

Protect Women's Rights around the World
It's time for the U.S. to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
Click here
to take action.

Don't spark a new nuclear arms race.
Congress will make the decision this year on whether the U.S. moves forward in building new nuclear weapons. Contact Congress now.
Is that a missile in your pocket? Support real diplomacy with Iran, instead of military threats (2/08)
We don't need to use military force every time we don't like the answer from another country...
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Enough. Iraq should teach us not to wage another war on Iran.
Allow Congressional oversight of administration's plans for Iran

Urge your Representative to sign a letter requesting a series of hearings regarding Iran to the chairs of the relevant committees.

No More Hiroshimas! No More Nagasakis!
Stop the plan to build new nuclear weapons.
The House eliminated funding for the reliable replacement warhead (RRW) for FY 2008. Sen. Feinstein has introduced S.1914, a bill which stops funding the RRW until a new nuclear policy and posture review are completed. Urge your Senators to support the bill.

No more cluster bombs! Monday, November 5: National Day to Call the Senate to ban use/export
Cluster bombs kill and harm civilians -- over 98% victims are civilians. This is inhumane and unnecessary.
November 5: Call: 1-800-352-1897
Urge your Senators to cosponsor S.594 (the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act).

No more money for missile defense
Deny funds to this overpriced, misplaced, malfunctioning weapons system.
Missile defense is the single most costly weapons system in the Pentagon budget and is one of the least justifiable military programs. The Administration proposed nearly $11 billion for missile defense for FY08| Take action .

5/25: Oh, well... Congress approves war funding without withdrawal timelines
We need an exit strategy, not a blank check.
You can still tell Congress what you think of this endless war... They're sure gonna have to vote on it again sometime.
Write a letter to the editor
Send an email to Congress

The WAND legislative agenda for 2007
Our priorities on Capitol Hill for the coming year. For example, how about alternatives to war? Less for the Pentagon, more for human beings? Preventing nuclear terrorism?
Seems fairly obvious to me...

WAND is part of a coalition of groups working every day to move Congress to do something already about the war. Please explore the site.

Diplomacy, not war, with Iran
Tell Congress: Let’s do all we can to avoid military action against Iran

Send a message to your Representative and Senators today.

No new nuclear bomb plant!
No new nuclear arms race!
If you thought the U.S. was done making new nuclear weapons, think again.
Then get in touch with Congress to say: don't start a new nuclear arms race.

Tax Day! Do you know where your tax dollars are going?
When I put that whopping check in the mail on April 15, I like to think of... small children getting free lunch at school... young men rebuilding houses for poor people on the Gulf Coast... health services for our veterans... But that's NOT where most of my money goes.
This year, why not do something about it?

Take action right now! Thanks.

War as the last option: Diplomacy before invasion of Iran
Tell your elected officials that the U.S. should engage in real diplomacy and begin direct talks with the Iranian government over its nuclear program. We must exhaust all diplomatic options before considering use of military force.

$100 billion for a weapons system that does not work.
Doesn't that seem like enough, already? Not to the administration: they want over $11 billion for the next fiscal year. This time, let's say NO. Click here to send an email.

It's just not good to put weapons in space.
But still, the administration wants to go there.
The time to stop it is now. Members of Congress will be making vital decisions in the next week. Tell them: Don't fund testing a system designed to attack a satellite. Click here to send an email.

Our last best chance at preventing nuclear terrorism.
A stunning docudrama tells the story. This is your chance to tell your friends.
Order a free copy of the movie and host a house party.
Read our action alert: click here.

Never forget: Mark the 60th anniversary of Hiroshima, Nagasaki this August
Sixty years ago, the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is imperative that we never forget what this meant, and that we do everything we can to make sure it never happens again. WAND invites you to participate in marking this anniversary. Click here for more.

Check out the WAND Activists' Toolkit
It's true that the federal government looks intimidating from the outside. But it's also true that it all belongs to you.
So you need to take the plunge and take action.
We've put together some tips to help you get sta
rted.

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