Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy

The Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy, commonly known as SANE, was founded in 1957 in response to the nuclear arms race and the Eisenhower administration's policies on nuclear weapons.

SANE was formed with the aim of alerting Americans to the threat of nuclear weapons. A full page advertisement placed in the New York Times in November, 1957, prompted a country-wide response, and by 1958 the membership of the organisation had grown to 25,000. SANE was formally incorporated in July of that year.

The organisation worked for disarmament through its programs of public education and political lobbying, with the majority of the work in these areas carried out by volunteer members of SANE's local chapters.

In 1960, SANE was named during Senate Committee hearings investigating "Communist Infiltration in the Nuclear Test Ban Movement", leading the organisation to expel members of the Communist Party, amid much controversy.

SANE also organized opposition to the Vietnam War, endorsing Eugene McCarthy as the Democratic presidential candidate in 1968 and leading the effort to secure the passage of the War Powers Resolution.

SANE merged with fellow anti-nuclear group FREEZE during the 1980s, and opposed the Gulf War in 1991. The hybrid organization renamed itself Peace Action in 1993.

External Links

SANE conference

System Administration and NEtworking conference. Organized by the NLUUG.

SANE home page (System Administration and Network Engineering)