2020 CAMPAIGNPLANS

End Middle East Wars

Pentagon Budget Promote Diplomacy with North Korea

Peace Voter 2020

Promote in Israel/Palestine

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2020 Draft Campaign Plans Table of Contents

2. End Middle East Wars

6. Pentagon Budget

10. Nuclear Disarmament

16. Promote Diplomacy with North Korea

20. Peace Voter 2020

25. Promote Peace in Israel/Palestine

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End Middle East Wars

Strategic Background:

This year should see demands for an end to US wars and military deployments in the Middle East dramatically increase, especially as a campaign issue for presidential and congressional candidates. The year starting with a near-war with Iran certainly grabbed everyone’s attention, and grassroots mobilization against a new war was very impressive. Iraq was in the spotlight as well, and we should look to capitalize on that, to demand complete withdrawal of US forces from both Iraq and . The publication of the Afghanistan papers provides a hook for pushing for withdrawal there, and members of Congress may use that to put pressure on the administration for a full withdrawal. The war and humanitarian crisis in Yemen continues, Syria could well flare up again, and all of these issues raise concerns over congressional vs. executive war powers. Attempts to repeal the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs should continue to garner support and momentum. The National Defense Authorization Act was the locus of a lot of legislative and grassroots energy on ending/preventing Middle East wars including with Iran and Yemen. Given that the fruits of much of that effort ended up getting stripped out of the final NDAA bill, it is unclear what role the NDAA debate will play in pushing an anti-war agenda. We will need to look for and help create opportunities for progress on all of these issues.

Campaign Goals:

This is a targeted list of the core goals that we are seeking to accomplish through Peace Action’s campaign activities. This is not a policy description of all of the political goals we support which would be much more detailed and can be found in communications and talking points by Peace Action and affiliates.

● End U.S. military support and arms sales to the Saudi-led military coalition waging war in Yemen. ● End U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. ● End U.S. military operations in Syria and Iraq. ● Active and sustained U.S. participation in diplomatic and humanitarian efforts to end conflicts in Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen. ● Prevent war with Iran, and block harmful administration policies that increase the risk of war with Iran including by exerting war powers, blocking funds for military action, and ending harmful sanctions on Iran. ● Block legislation or administration actions making it more difficult to reenter the Iran nuclear agreement. Return to the Iran nuclear deal.

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● Repeal of the 2001 and 2002 AUMF. ● Prevent escalation of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen (increases in U.S. troops, arm/train programs, arms sales and transfer within the region, no-fly zone, safe zones, bombing, drones). Though not in the Middle East, monitor other regions like Africa where the U.S. is projecting kinetic force.

Campaign Outputs:

The outputs are demonstrable real-world events that lead to the campaign goals. In a chain of causality, outputs are things that other political and policy actors do outside of our efforts that can cause the goals to be accomplished. And prior to that in the chain, our activities [which will ​ be mainly in the quarterly activities plan] cause the campaign outputs. ​ ​

1. Pass or increase cosponsors on a. Yemen - legislation of amendments to NDAA to stop US-support for the Saudi-led war b. Legislation (or amendments) to create transparency around civilian casualties. c. Legislation to block specific arms sales to any members of the Saudi-led military coalition. d. Legislation that would end or accelerate an end to U.S. military operations in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. e. Legislation reinforcing congressional war powers in regards to Iran. f. Legislation to repeal or sunset the 2001 and 2002 AUMF. 2. Statements and/or letters from Members of Congress a. Congressional statements in the media and on the floor on all of the above legislation. b. Calling for full withdrawals from Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, and for an end to the U.S. role in the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. c. Supporting the repeal or sunsetting of the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs. d. Pushing for solutions that address the root causes of violent extremism through a full spectrum of smart, nonviolent measures that focus on development and diplomacy. The full spectrum of tools should be used, including: grassroots peacebuilding, support for civil society, legal, international diplomatic, financial, economic, political, public diplomacy, technological, domestic policies, and law enforcement. 3. 2020 presidential and congressional candidates speak out a. In support of the Iran agreement or general diplomacy with Iran, and in opposition to war b. In support of withdrawing from current wars

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c. In support of congressional war powers 4. Increased salience of Yemen issue through a bump in media coverage and greater grassroots campaigning both within and beyond the 5. Congressional debate on war powers 6. Defeat and/or improve any new AUMF

End Middle East Wars

Activities Plan Type of Priority Activities

Direct Lobbying Asking for co-sponsorship and/or statements supporting all of the legislative outputs Periodic contact between affiliate policy staff or top volunteer leadership and Congressional policy staff in DC to determine positions and encourage good votes and leadership Shared intelligence about targets and where members of Congress are at and what their statements have been (e.g. googledocs).

Grassroots Advocacy Sustained network-wide series of e-action alerts to maximize calls and emails Targeted protests or vigils outside district offices of MoCs

Targeted protests of arms manufacturers

Encouraging divestment from arms manufacturers Produce materials for grassroots outreach

Earned Media Op-eds on Yemen's humanitarian crisis, U.S. role, implications for AUMF debate, etc. Op-eds targeting key members of Congress in opinion leader outlets in their states or districts

Press statements in response to escalations, or

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significant positive steps Press releases on anniversaries of U.S. involvement in wars

Social and Distributed Media Infographics and Memes including on human costs and how war hasn’t worked Develop clear, creative #hashtags to maximize reach on Twitter Affiliates/national sharing online resources (e.g. sample tweets to original content) and becoming an echo chamber for each other.

Tweet at electeds tools, Thunderclap

Coalition Building Cultivate validators (i.e. veterans) and mobilize/promote them through grass tops and media strategies Maintain participation with refugee aid groups and groups in coalition on refugee and aid issues Bring all peace groups together who are working on Iran, Yemen, etc; coordinate their activities and create joint framework for local groups to engage. Engage with other national groups’ initiatives, e.g. CodePink divestment campaign, ANSWER rally a week, UNAC Sanctions week in March

Peace Voter 2020 Endorsement and other forms of support of pro-peace candidates

Bird-dogging, voter education and mobilization Candidate questionnaires, public statements, candidate forums

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Pentagon Budget

Strategic Background:

The Pentagon budget for 2020 received another huge increase and now sits at $738 billion. Yet after the Pentagon failed its second successive financial audit, it’s clearer than ever that the ​ Department of Defense is unable (and possibly unwilling) to account for where the staggering amounts of its funds are going.

The long-entrenched Congressional/Military/Media/Industrial complex combined with some Democrats concerned about looking “weak on defense,” continues to push the enormous momentum of escalated Pentagon spending. Also, despite a laudable mobilization by the grassroots around using the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as a vehicle for progressive change, the amendments were stripped from the final resolution in conference.

Nonetheless, this year may provide opportunities to push back and build the coalitions needed to win in the long term because:

● The 2020 Presidential Primaries & Elections ● The mid-term election results lead to increased size of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and likely greater support for the People’s Budget. ● Two of two overwhelmingly failed Pentagon audits ● Members of Congress in both parties may not accept such high levels of spending on nuclear weapons. ● Many Americans are fighting for affordable housing, reliable public transit, quality public education, affordable health care, job creation, and environmental protection. All of these groups are potential allies as their programs are being sacrificed to fund the Pentagon budget. ● The media attention and grassroots energy around the green new deal provides an opportunity to tie the in the cost of Pentagon spending and the need to reduce that budget. ● Americans, for the most part, oppose more wars and support diplomatic efforts. ● There is more activity in divestment campaigns targeting war profiteers ● House oversight

Besides the challenges listed above, this year will provide other hurdles such as:

● The broken appropriations and budgeting process may likely only get worse

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● Progressives will continue to be focused on other big issues like the climate crisis, immigration, health care, etc. ● Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee

Campaign Goals:

This is a targeted list of the core goals that we are seeking to accomplish through Peace Action’s campaign activities. This is not a policy description of all of the political goals we support which would be much more detailed and can be found in communications and talking points by Peace Action and affiliates.

Intermediate-term goals: ● Reduce the topline Pentagon budget in the 2021 budget process ● Reduce or eliminate the Pentagon Slush Fund, aka the Overseas Contingency Operations Budget (OCO) ● Continue to support the Pentagon Audit ● Reduce funding for weapons systems our coalition is focusing on (i.e. Space Force, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), “missile defense”, nuclear weapons) ● Increase State Department budget for diplomatic and humanitarian tools

Long-term goals: ● Cut the Pentagon Budget by $200 billion

Campaign Outputs:

The outputs are demonstrable real-world events that lead to the campaign goals. In a chain of causality, outputs are things that other political and policy actors do outside of our efforts that can cause the goals to be accomplished. And prior to that in the chain, our activities cause the ​ ​ ​ campaign outputs.

1. People’s Budget (proposed by Congressional Progressive Caucus) a. Influence the People’s Budget policies on Pentagon spending. Specific proposals might include: i. Line item cuts to Pentagon budget ii. Cuts to nuclear weapons modernization funding b. Increased vote total in Congress 2. Support alternative budgets by NGOs, e.g. Poor People’s Campaign, Unified Security Budget, National Security Defense Task Force 3. Influence and support other alternative congressional budgets as appropriate

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4. Members of Congress (Champions) on Senate/House Appropriations and Authorization committees who write op-eds and make policy speeches/statements 5. More Republicans become budget hawks and make public statements, support legislation related to goals. 6. Members of Congress railing against the Pentagon budget as too much of an increase at release and throughout the year. 7. Presidential and Congressional candidates bring a debate on the Pentagon budget into the media spotlight 8. Wall of op-eds (or other media) by experts and MoCs speaking out against increases 9. Build a public perception of Pentagon contractors as “war profiteers” and make it harder for them to engage in the more egregious work. 10. Local initiatives, resolutions

Pentagon Budget

Activity Plan Type of Priority Activities

Direct Lobbying

Lobbying on possible NDAA amendments Lobbying on possible budget processes around the People's Budget Working with CPC leaders to improve Pentagon spending proposals in the People's Budget Sending talking points and policy briefings to congressional staff

Earned Media

Press work in response to the president's budget

Press work supporting the People's Budget

Educational Work Develop literature directed at broader constituencies, along lines of Build Bridges Not Bombs, Healthcare not Warfare, etc. More specifically identify how $$ saved by cancelling Trillion $ nuclear weapons upgrade could release tax dollars. Can also be tied into People’s Budget

Develop literature about the costs of war and spotlighting the massive Pentagon audit failure

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Grassroots Organizing Local gatherings to organize and show support for Pentagon budget cuts, for example, organizing or participating in GDAMS events

Coalition building Working with broader progressive coalition groups to include planks on military spending in their work Highlight Pentagon Budget cuts as funding source for Green New Deal, Medicare for All, Tuition-Free College and other key progressive agenda items. Partner with green, health care, and education groups to bring out this focus Identify key national groups to build alliances with. These could include Coalition on Human Needs; climate/environmental groups; nurses (National Nurses Union) and hospital workers (1199), teachers (National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers) and Service Workers (SEIU)

Peace Voter Electoral Work

Bird-dog Candidates Encourage candidates to make statements and promote good statements on social media

Provide candidate voter guides

Endorse pro-peace and diplomacy candidates

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Nuclear Disarmament

Strategic Background:

1 The plan to spend roughly $1.7 trillion on new nuclear weapons systems, creating new and destabilizing capabilities for our nuclear arsenal, and effectively launching a new between the U.S., Russia, and China, is one of the greatest threats to global safety — but it brings with it a silver lining of a political opportunity. The $1.7 trillion size of the program, which robs money from social programs, allows us to form alliances with social movements that represent millions of Americans, to build the political muscle needed to cut nuclear weapons appropriations and ultimately push for nuclear weapons abolition.

With a Democratic House (and allies placed into leadership on key committees), there is a real opportunity to block and/or reduce much of the Trump nuclear weapons agenda and influence 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls.

Donald Trump ran on a platform of improving relations with Russia, but he’s also said that increased nuclear weapons escalation and spending is a priority for him. He’s also indicated his disdain for international treaties. With Donald Trump having access to the nuclear codes many Americans may be more receptive to concerns about the threat of nuclear weapons. Both voters and experts are very concerned about nuclear weapons in Trump’s hands and we should aim to exploit that.

Partially because of concerns about Trump’s “finger on the nuclear button” a number of groups in the /disarmament community are looking at making changing nuclear posture and command and control -- specifically promoting a No First Use declaratory policy for the United States.

The long-entrenched weapons cabal does have weaknesses or potential weaknesses that our campaign should seek to highlight:

● The exorbitant costs - if American taxpayers knew that more than half of federal discretionary spending goes towards the military, they would be more receptive to the need for closer scrutiny. ● Many Americans are fighting for affordable housing, reliable public transit, quality public education, affordable health care, and environmental protection. All of these

1 The Congressional Budget Office estimates the cost of the whole program at $1.2 Trillion in current dollars which comes to $1.7 when adjusted for inflation. https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/reports/53211-nuclearforces.pdf

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groups are potential allies if they understand their programs are being sacrificed to fund the Pentagon budget. But if we fail to block spending increases in the next four to eight years, some of those increases and weapons systems will become “done deals” difficult to issue). At the same time we must play the best inside game we can to stop the most egregious proposals and accomplish our shorter term policy goals. And of course mobilizing our constituency for the inside game can be part of building our constituency.

2020 also offers several unique opportunities - the election of course, the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, and the every five years NPT Review Conference at the UN in New York.

Campaign Goals:

This is a targeted list of the core goals that we are seeking to accomplish through Peace Action’s campaign activities. This is not a policy description of all of the political goals we support which would be much more detailed and can be found in communications and talking points by Peace Action and affiliates.

● Progress on Command and Control of Nuclear Weapons (e.g. end hair trigger alert status, no first use) ● Cut Nuclear Escalation Funding. Block or reverse any Trump admin increases. Possible focus on eliminating land based nuclear weapons. ● Block funding and deployment for new and “more usable” nuclear weapons such as (relatively) low yield nuclear weapons, for the Ground and Submarine Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM & SLCM) and the Long Range Stand-Off Missile (LRSO) ● Support Stockpile Reductions with Russia (through negotiated agreement OR parallel unilateral actions) ● Block Star Wars (Missile Defense) Programs and Nuclear Weapons in Space ● US signing on to the Nuclear Ban Treaty or launching a new disarmament convention or diplomatic process ● Extend New START treaty

Campaign Outputs:

The outputs are demonstrable things-that-happen in the real world beyond our campaigning itself. In a chain of causality, outputs are things that other political and policy actors do outside of our efforts that can help cause the goals to be accomplished. And prior to that in the chain, our ​ ​ activities [which will be mainly in the quarterly activities plan] cause the campaign outputs. ​ ​

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1. Progress on Command and Control of Nuclear Weapons a. 100 Co-sponsors on Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act , Lieu and ​ ​ Markey’s Bills on No-First-Use Without Congress b. MoCs Doing Media Work to Raise Concern Over Current Command and Control Policies 2. Cutting $1.7 Trillion Nuclear Escalation a. The People’s Budget Includes No to $1.7 Trillion Escalation Language b. Members of Congress Introduce and Ideally Pass Legislation and/or Amendments Cutting Funding or Eliminating Various Programs in the $1.7 Trillion Nuclear Escalation c. Budget Hawk Republicans Support Cuts to Nuclear Weapons Spending d. More Co-sponsors for Smarter Approaches to Nuclear Expenditures Act ​ e. Mainstream Think Tank Reports in Support of Eliminating ICBMs f. More Co-sponsors for Hold the LYNE act ​ 3. U.S. Stands By Current Nuclear Weapons Treaties a. Congressional Support for Current Treaties, i.e. NPT, INF, New START i. Senate Sign-on Letter to Trump Administration Telling U.S. to Step Up About Meeting NPT Obligations including elimination of funding for GLCM b. MoCs Oppose Cuts to CTBTO Funding c. Growth of public and congressional support for the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty 4. Stockpile Reductions with Russia a. Members of Congress support nuclear negotiations with Russia i. MoCs in House and Senate introduce a resolution supporting negotiations with Russia to reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles and MoCs co-sponsor said resolution ii. MoC authors a letter to the administration supporting negotiations with Russia to reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles and MoCs sign onto said letter iii. MoCs do media work supporting negotiations with Russia to reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles b. Bilateral Discussions with Russia on Possible Negotiations or Unilateral Reductions c. Administration Statement in Support of Stockpile Reductions with Russia 5. Advancing All Nuclear Weapons Goals a. Grow U.S. Political Support for the Ban Treaty b. 2020 Candidates Speak Out on Nuclear Weapons Escalation on Campaign Trail c. State, local, church, labor resolutions on Back from the Brink

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d. Cultivate potential presidential candidates to speak out on nuclear weapons. e. Develop Congressional Champions on Energy and Water Committee f. Creation and Growth of a House Caucus focused on Disarmament, Nonproliferation, nad Preventing Nuclear War i. Congressional Champion in the House Forms Nonproliferation Caucus ii. Bipartisan MoCs join Nonproliferation Caucus 6. Turn the US Away from New Cold War with Russia and China 7. Prevent Militarization of Space

Key Campaign Activities:

● Peace Action, as a registered NGO at the UN, will again participate in the NPT review Conference in NYC in late April/May. We are also helping organize, through the Peace and Planet coalition, “outside” events around that time, including a World Conference on peace, disarmament, climate change and social justice issues at Riverside Church in Manhattan April 24-25, with a rally and march to the UN on April 26. ● Grassroots and national participation in the Back from the Brink campaign https://www.preventnuclearwar.org/ to raise the concerns for nuclear disarmament at the ​ local level via governmental (city, county, state) and NGO resolutions, and to help translate that grassroots support into advocacy on federal legislation. Also, similar campaigns may be promoting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons or “Ban Treaty.” ● Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemorations in the US, and also sending Peace Action representatives to the August 6 and 9 activities in Japan ● Election-related work - candidate endorsements, promotion of our policy platform, candidate questionnaires, bird-dogging, and other forms of voter and candidate education and engagement ● State Legislation resolutions on No First Use, BFTB, Ban Treaty, etc.

Nuclear Disarmament

Activity Plan Type of Priority Activities

Direct Lobbying Lobbying on restricting first use of nuclear weapons act, Smith bill on No First Use, SANE Act, Hold the LYNE Act

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Meet with current Congressional allies to strengthen those relationships Identify and lobby potential Republican allies: Work to set meetings with Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Susan Collins, etc. Develop ongoing target list including key committee memberships and swing votes that all affiliates can use in planning

Grassroots Lobbying

Continue to build co-sponsorship for Markey/Lieu bill National phone program Calls to Action (CTAs) to get constituent phone calls to Congressional targets Writing and distributing fact sheets for affiliate tabling with action steps for members of affiliates

Earned Media Key media opportunities: State of the Union, Release of President’s Budget, primaries and general election, NPT RevCon, August 6 and 9

Place op-eds in targeted news outlets

Radio and TV interviews to push priority outputs Developing validators/experts to co-author our op-eds or ghost write op-eds Press statements in response to flashpoints around nuclear weapons

Social and Distributed Media Blog posts on nuclear weapons policy issues, flashpoints, command and control, etc. NPT RevCon, August 6 and 9, and elections are priority opportunities.

Twitter, Facebook, Youtube

Back From the Brink Campaign

Grassroots affiliate participation in campaign.

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Local resolutions passed (state, city etc) Grassroots Organizing Participation in the World Conference and NPT RevCon August 6 and 9 commemorations (75th anniversary)

Election-related work on nuclear weapons issues as noted above

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Promote Diplomacy With North Korea

Strategic Background:

In the second half of 2019, progress toward “denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula stalled, mostly because of U.S. intransigence, even as 2018 and early in 2019 saw remarkable, astonishing even, steps toward reconciliation by North and South Korea. Absent concrete security guarantees by the U.S., North Korea will be unlikely to be persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons, even with continued sanctions and other forms of pressure. President Trump’s maximum pressure + bromance with Kim Jong Un “strategy” seems a failure. In South Korea, pro-peace President Moon Jae-in is under increasing political pressure to address economic inequality, which could undercut his leadership in promoting peace with the North, while for its part, North Korea is clearly determined to stand put until it receives serious relief from economic sanctions, especially those harming its civilian economy. 2020 shapes up to be a decisive year -- will the push for peace progress, or will we see a rise in tensions that could lead to military confrontation. Given that negotiation has stalled under Trump, on strategy Peace Action can employ is to set the table for positive negotiations under a new president should that be in place in 2021. Peace Action and our allies can work in Congress and in the context of the presidential campaign to build political space for sustained, step-by-step, reciprocal, diplomacy.

Campaign Goals:

This is a targeted list of the core goals that we are seeking to accomplish through Peace Action’s campaign activities. This is not a policy description of all of the political goals we support which would be much more detailed and can be found in communications and talking points by Peace Action and affiliates.

Immediate-term goals:

● Resumption of intensive direct diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea ● Multilateral diplomacy to develop an agreement that can bring an end to the conflict with North Korea ● Restraint by the United States on military exercises and bellicose rhetoric to reduce the possibility of escalation and to support diplomatic initiatives ● Prevent the possibility of nuclear war by advancing policies that put an end to the possibility of U.S. first use of nuclear weapons or preventative/pre-emptive conventional war

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● Insert peace, diplomacy and humanitarian measures regarding Korea as issues in the 2020 elections, and encourage pro-peace responses as part of the debate

Long-term goals:

● A lasting reduction of tensions between the U.S. and North Korea through a peace agreement and security cooperation ● A formal end to the Korean War, perhaps initially short of a formal treaty but at some point before long a treaty will be necessary ● A Northeast Asia nuclear weapons free zone

Campaign Outputs:

The outputs are demonstrable real-world events that lead to the campaign goals. In a chain of causality, outputs are things that other political and policy actors do outside of our efforts that can cause the goals to be accomplished. And prior to that in the chain, our activities [which will ​ be mainly in the quarterly activities plan] cause the campaign outputs. ​ ​ 1. Widespread Editorial Support and Sympathetic Coverage for Diplomacy and Opposition to War in Opinion Leader Media 2. Organize congressional, candidate, public and media support for legislation supporting peace on the Korean Peninsula, humanitarian aid and progress in family reunifications 3. Statements and/or letters from Members of Congress a. Supporting the above legislation b. Calling for intensive direct diplomacy to begin immediately c. Opposing escalatory rhetoric and actions d. Opposing sanctions that tend to mostly affect the Korean populace

Key Campaign Activities:

Since this campaign may have significant urgency and salience for many of our constituents, we may want to look at member-building and constituency building activities tied to it. This would become even more important in the case where tensions with North Korea spike even further. Some of the aspects of this could include:

● Peace Action will continue convening the Korea Peace Network, including regular conference calls and the third annual KPN Advocacy Days, March 15-17 on Capitol Hill ● Grassroots and national organizing of vigils/visible public actions and coordinated media and social media work around any Trump-Kim summits or other high-level meetings. ● Organizing grassroots and congressional support for new, pro-peace and humanitarian legislation in Congress

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● Peace Voter activities to raise peace and diplomacy in the 2020 elections - candidate bird-dogging, questionnaires, candidate statements, voter guides, endorsements of pro-peace and diplomacy candidates ● A constituency building petition and a way to promote and distribute that petition ● Preparation for emergency response in case of US attack and/or North Korea nuclear test ● Organize/help coordinate visible public actions where news coverage would demonstrate a significant public response on Korea, including vigils or protest demonstrations, forums or teach-ins, especially around high profile news events such as U.S. - DPRK and South-North summits. ● Solidarity messages or action in support of allies in South Korea ● Possible peace delegations to (South and/or North) Korea, and/or hosting events with Korean activists traveling to the U.S.

North Korea Activity

Plan Type of Priority Activities Key Objectives for this 1) Build Support for a Peace Agreement in Congress and Period: Public 2) Improve Congressional Responses to and Input on Diplomacy

3) Improve Media Narratives of Diplomacy 4) Raise peace and diplomacy with North Korea as a 202 campaign issue

Direct Lobbying Generate co-sponsorship and/or statements supporting all of the legislative outputs High-level community leader delegations to go to local/state Congressional offices Periodic contact between affiliate policy staff or top volunteer leadership and Congressional policy staff in DC to determine positions and encourage good votes and leadership Shared intelligence about targets and where members of Congress are at and what their statements have been (e.g. Google docs).

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Develop ongoing target list including key committee memberships and swing votes that all affiliates can use in planning Finding key leaders to champion the issue (in coalition with other groups)

Grassroots Advocacy Sustained network-wide series of e-action alerts to maximize calls and emails

Targeted protests or vigils outside district offices of MoCs Participation in larger anti-Trump protests, peace contingent at the Women's march? Also at DNC and RNC conventions. Political Event/Town Hall Strategy using e-alerts to encourage members to attend

Earned Media Ed Board Packets/Meetings Supporting Intensive Diplomacy

Op-Eds Laying Out How Diplomacy Could Work Media Coverage of US Grassroots Movement for Diplomacy and Against War

Peace Voter Electoral Work Candidate bird-dogging, questionnaires, candidate statements, voter guides

Endorsements of pro-peace and diplomacy candidates

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2020 Peace Voter

Strategic Background:

The 2020 Election cycle will be historic. Much of the attention of our constituents and the media will be on the presidential race where eyes will be on who the Democrats select to take on Trump and how Trump reacts to the election cycle. There will be a surge of media coverage and political energy including among progressives focused on this election cycle.

At the same time the dynamics of change within the progressive caucus, including more diversity within the candidate pool, more willingness to stake out new positions, and potentially contested primaries between progressives and moderates will also be in play. These dynamics are likely to include:

● A fired up progressive base very focused on electoral politics ● A progressive wing of the party more willing to stake out staunch positions on pro-peace issues ● A diverse candidate pool ● A huge Democratic cast of characters vying for the nomination which makes foreign policy positions a possible way to stand out

One challenge that comes with this increased attention and energy, is that the accompanying wave of resources. Given all the resources going to electoral work, contributing in ways that stand out from the crowd and have decisive impact is challenging.

Presidential Primaries

There will be a number of Democratic presidential primaries that we will need to watch including:

February 3 -- Iowa Caucus February 11 -- New Hampshire Primary February 22 -- Nevada Caucus February 29 -- South Carolina Primary March 3 -- Super Tuesday (inc. California, Mass, Maine, NC)

Campaign Goals:

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This is a targeted list of the core goals that we are seeking to accomplish through Peace Action’s campaign activities. This is not a policy description of all of the political goals we support which would be much more detailed and can be found in communications and talking points by Peace Action and affiliates.

● Presidential o Insert Peace Action issues into Presidential primary elections through media coverage and grassroots focus o Push presidential candidates to promote Peace Action positions on our issues o Endorse a Presidential candidate if one best allows us to support our mission and organization(s) ● Congressional o Support primary challengers by fiery progressives to lackluster Dems - both to win but also just to light a fire under them o Increase the number of Members of Congress that share Peace Action values and issue positions o Contribute to electing a superior Presidential candidate on peace issues (e.g. through House and Senate races and voter mobilization) o Publish a Congressional Scorecard so the entire Peace Action network and our allies have common information on the performance of incumbents on our issues ● Capacity Building o Increase PAC budget without cannibalizing from affiliates, Peace Action (C4) or Peace Action Education Fund (C3) o Increase Peace Action’s reputation in the elections arena o Capitalize on our electoral work to build our organization - more members, donors, volunteers, activists, etc o Try to build volunteer teams towards forming a new affiliate after the race o If there is interest, build a Peace Voter team or a series of special calls (including affiliates) to engage with questionnaires, priorities, endorsements, develop a common sense of strategy, share lessons from campaigning in their areas

Key Campaign Activities:

Activities are the tactics our coalition employs that can lead to achieving the above.

A. Promoting Peace Issues in the Presidential Races

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● Conduct earned media campaign (op-eds, LTEs) using presidential campaign as a hook to promote our positions on foreign policy issues and Peace Platform ● Presidential Primary candidate Profiles/potentially turn profiles in a candidate guide (distribute online and if and when feasible print). ○ One pager in checklist format would be a helpful piece. ● Sustained Promotion of Peace Platform Document ● Develop c3 voter education and mobilization campaign, perhaps with other issue organizations to ensure c3 compliance. (Tactics can include voter issue guides, gotv, poll parties.) ● Track the Presidential race to determine if there’s an appropriate moment to potentially make a presidential endorsement.

B. Peace Action Congressional Endorsements and Candidate Campaigns -- Start Early

● Endorse candidates in the general in presidential swing states so we can have an impact on the presidential race with the most efficient use of resources. ● Endorse challengers against mediocre and problematic Democrats in the primary. Carefully examine strategy criteria as we decide which primary races we want to play in. ● Endorse in Primaries. Endorsements have begun, stay proactive. ● Complete and promote online Voting Record (there are some technical hurdles) ASAP. ● Flesh out national volunteer network for campaign work across the country (identify volunteers and push them to endorsed campaigns particularly online). ● Work to recruit “super volunteers” from close members of the Peace Action community (e.g. major donors, affiliate leaders) who are willing to work in campaigns on a pro-bono basis to increase the number of organizers we send into endorsed races.

C. PAC Fundraising to Fuel Peace Action Political Work ● Mount strong e-bundling campaign including recruiting national PAC Sustainers (monthly givers) ● Implement integrated PAC fundraising gift into overall fundraising strategy, including phones, mail, email and visits ● More affiliate use of ActBlue candidate fundraising function ● Strategize on how to best funnel our supporters political giving through us o Be sure we are asking foundations if their funders are willing to give PAC gifts

D. Affiliate Work ● Peace Action assists affiliates with Peace Voter work via trainings, affiliate listserv, affiliate calls and several special Peace Voter calls.

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● Affiliates do early electoral intelligence gathering and build relationships with campaigns in their area. ● Affiliates without major Peace Voter priorities help other affiliates or national slate of candidates. ● Affiliates engage with questionnaires, briefings and endorsements with a focus on legal compliance. ● Strategize with affiliates about how to think about races in their state, and who to focus on

E. Media and Communications ● Possibly place radio, TV, print and web ads for candidates ● Communicate Voting Record results to Congresspeople, staff and media ● Press releases for endorsements (start early)

F. Voter Mobilization ● Recruit supporters to volunteer on endorsed races ● Encourage supporters to register to vote and participate fully in the electoral process ● Share Peace Voter guide (as well as candidate endorsements) to partner peace groups, faith groups, racial justice, and campus groups, encourage them to do voter drives themselves, get max turnout, especially in swing states- PA and FL are key, as well as the other states we’ve discussed. Need to be savvy about c3/c4 distinctions here and do appropriate guides for the orgs we are reaching out to.

G. Other ● Work with other groups to build progressive foreign policy focus in the wider progressive electoral community (e.g. Public Citizen etc.) ● Increase candidate briefings/interviews by national staff and affiliates ● Within budget, make PAC contributions and donate paid staff hours and volunteer hours to campaigns

Peace Voter Activity

Plan Type of Priority Activities

Earned Media

Press using presidential campaign as a hook

Press releases for endorsements (start early)

Educational Work

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Develop c3 voter education and mobilization campaign

Grassroots Organizing

Recruit supporters to volunteer on endorsed races. Encourage supporters to register to vote and participate fully in the electoral process

Affiliate Work Peace Action assists affiliates with Peace Voter work via trainings, affiliate listserv, affiliate calls and several special Peace Voter calls. Affiliates engage with questionnaires, briefings and endorsements with a focus on legal compliance.

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Promote Peace in Israel/Palestine

Strategic Background:

Because it’s difficult to predict what opportunities or challenges legislatively or otherwise might arise in this campaign, the goals, outputs, and activities in the quarterly plan are intentionally broad. Because good legislation on this issue often fails to come to a vote, and bad legislation often passes overwhelmingly, it may make sense to focus our legislative activities for good legislation that could actually pass, or for bad legislation that could be blocked. Of course, viability challenges in passing or blocking legislation does not preclude us from working on legislation or messaging on this campaign to our members, from highlighting goals and current events related to this campaign in our social media and earned media work, or from other activities to advance our campaign goals. Legislatively, efforts to block, repeal or overturn the Israel Anti-Boycott Act in its various iterations at a state and/or national level may also be central to this campaign in 2020.

Campaign Goals:

This is a targeted list of the core goals that we are seeking to accomplish through Peace Action’s campaign activities. This is not a policy description of all of the political goals we support which would be much more detailed and can be found in communications and talking points by Peace Action and affiliates.

● Steps towards a peaceful and equitable resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ● Steps towards the conditioning of U.S. military support for Israel on the Israeli government respecting the basic human rights of Palestinians, ending the expansion of settlements into the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and ending the blockade of the Gaza Strip. ● Upholding our First Amendment rights in regards to Israel, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Campaign Outputs:

The outputs are demonstrable real-world events that lead to the campaign goals. In a chain of causality, outputs are things that other political and policy actors do outside of our efforts that can cause the goals to be accomplished. And prior to that in the chain, our activities [which will ​ be mainly in the quarterly activities plan] cause the campaign outputs. ​ ​

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● Passing or increasing the vote counts on viable or politically significant legislation that advances the goal of a peaceful and equitable resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ● Passing or increasing the vote counts on legislation in support of Palestinian rights. ● Blocking or decreasing the vote counts where the vote could be close on legislation that undermines the goal of a peaceful and equitable resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ● Blocking or decreasing the vote counts on legislation that seeks to criminalize support for BDS or otherwise impinge on our First Amendment rights with respect to Israel. ● Statements from Members of Congress opposing anti-BDS legislation, opposing settlement expansion in the West Bank, opposing the blockade of Gaza, and opposing administration policies that undermine hopes for peace. ● Increased public support in the U.S. for Palestinian rights and improved U.S. policies on Israel/Palestine.

Key Campaign Activities:

Since this campaign is somewhat less active than others at the moment, the activities listed here are placeholders should critical opportunities or crises arise.

Israel/Palestine Activity

Plan Type of Priority Activities

Direct Lobbying Supporting viable positive legislation, or opposing bad legislation where a vote could be close Encouraging statements in support of good legislation and opposing bad legislation

Grassroots Organizing E-alerts to support positive legislation, or oppose bad legislation where a vote could be close Town hall activism on Israel/Palestine (especially if there's a major opportunity to make or break legislation or admin policy)

Earned Media Send press statements or releases in response to close or passing votes on any positive legislation, on close votes on

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bad legislation, or in response to bad administration policy announcements. Work on op-eds to support any viable positive legislation, or oppose any bad legislation where a vote could be close

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