A
peace movement is a
social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular
war (or all wars), minimize inter-human violence in a particular place or type of situation, including ban guns, and often linked to the goal of achieving
world peace. Means to achieve these ends include advocacy of
pacifism,
non-violent resistance,
diplomacy,
boycotts,
peace camps,
moral purchasing, supporting
anti-war political candidates, legislation to remove the profit from government contracts to the
Military–industrial complex, banning guns, creating
open government and
transparency tools,
direct democracy, supporting
Whistleblowers who expose
War-Crimes or conspiracies to create wars,
demonstrations, and national
political lobbying groups to create legislation. The political cooperative is an example of an organization that seeks to merge all peace movement organizations and green organizations, which may have some diverse goals, but all of whom have the common goal of peace and humane sustainability. A concern of some
peace activists is the challenge of attaining peace when those that oppose it often use violence as their means of communication and empowerment.