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Mission Statement
We are concerned Americans from all walks of life who have come together in opposition to the dramatically increasing drive toward confrontation between the United States and China.
We have witnessed a profoundly disturbing reorientation of US military and foreign policy that identifies China as a competitor and adversary. The new military doctrine of the Pentagon has prioritized preparation for “major power conflict” in the coming years. This dangerous reorientation has impacted consciousness in the United States on many levels such that a palpable feeling of fear, animosity and even hatred has been generated not only toward the People’s Republic of China but toward Chinese people in general, Chinese-American citizens and other Asian peoples in the United States.
The so-called Pivot to Asia, which was announced in 2011, has developed into a pivot toward war and confrontation.
We have created the Pivot to Peace to insist that the government and mass media turn away from the anti-China Cold War. This new Cold War has taken on a life of its own. It needs to end.
We have launched a new effort called Pivot to Peace to educate and mobilize public opinion about the benefits of a policy that facilitates cooperation and mutual respect between the United States and China.
Pivot to Peace is a coalition of Americans, ranging from military veterans, public sector workers, professors, healthcare professionals, public officials, legal professionals and others who are concerned about the future of relations between our country and China. We reject the escalation towards global conflict and instead urge peace and cooperation with China. We believe in the fair and open communication of information about China, its economic, social, and political affairs, free of the biases and distortions which dominate much of mainstream media in the United States. We support the frank exchange of views based on facts and evidence, rather than fear mongering and the revival of old racist stereotypes and Cold War political bugbears. We want to build support for peace and prosperity and a shared future of mutually beneficial development for both the American and Chinese people. We believe that friendship and engagement between our countries is the better path towards that future.
Initial Signers of the Pivot to Peace Mission Statement
Maxine Hong Kingston, Chinese American author and Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley
Julie M. Tang, retired San Francisco Superior Court Judge, Co-Chair of the Comfort Women Justice Coalition
Lillian Sing, retired San Francisco Superior Court Judge, Co-Chair of the Comfort Women Justice Coalition
Ding Bong Lee, President of the San Francisco Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
Raymond He, Past President, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
San Francisco Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
Ding Lee, President of Ning Yung Benevolent Association
Steve Ball, President of Hop Wo Benevolent Association
ZH Zeng, President of Kong Chow Benevolent Association
Dong S He, President of Yeong Wo Benevolent Association
G Zhang, President of Sam Yup Benevolent Association
Xiao Ting, President of Yan Woo Benevolent Association
Yong J Lee, President of Lee Family Association
Sing Yee Tong, Pu An Lee President
Feng Yee Tong, Shu R Lee President
Lily Lo, Director of Be Chinatown
Vincent Zheng, President of Dong Sam Sang Tong
Jack Fong, President of the Chinese Athletic Association
Jenny Xu, President ofChinese Women’s Association
Kim Min Ong, President of Ong Ko Met Family Association
Wing H Lau, President of Ying On Merchant Association
Bill Lee President of Yau Kung Moon Kung Fu Association
Kevin Chan, Chinatown business Owner, Fortune Cookie Factory
Henry Der Former Executive Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action
Ling Chi Wang, retired Chair of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Peter Chi, Board Chair of the Committee to Promote Reunification of China
Chark Lui, Assistant Chair of the Committee to Promote Reunification of China
Karen Korematsu of the Fred Korematsu Institute
Rita Semel, Founder of the San Francisco Interfaith Council
Reverend Amos Brown, President of San Francisco NAACP and Pastor of Third Baptist Church
Eric Mar, former San Francisco County Supervisor, District 1, and Professor of Asian and Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University
Ying Ying Chang, author, retired Biochemist at University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and mother of the late Iris Chang
Oliver Stone, American Film Director, Producer and Writer
Peter Kuznick, Professor of History; Director Nuclear Studies Institute, American University
Col. Ann Wright, retired US Army colonel, retired US State Department official
John Pilger, Filmmaker and journalist
Doug Henwood, Economic Journalist
Ken Hammond, Professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University
Chinese Americans for Peace
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, General Secretary, International Labor Solidarity Committee of National Railway Motive Power Union of Chiba (Doro-Chiba)
Mel Lee, Board President of San Francisco Chinese Hospital
Corey Robin, Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College
Bruno Bosteels, Professor of Latin American and Iberian Studies and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, Columbia University
Rebecca Karl, Professor of History, New York University
George Ciccariello-Maher, Decolonizing Humanities Project, College of William and Mary
Elisabeth Anker, Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies, George Washington University
Christian Sorace, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Colorado College
Lori Marso, Stone Professor of Modern Literary and Historical Studies and Professor of Political Science, Union College
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Constitutional Rights Lawyer
Gilbert Chang, founding Chair of Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War
Vickie Chen retired CFO Moody National Bank Texas
Jill Stein, MD, 2016 Green Party Presidential Nominee
Abby Martin, Journalist and Producer The Empire Files
Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director, AJ Muste Institute
Brian Becker, National Director, ANSWER Coalition
Camilo Mejia, Member of About Face: Veterans Against War, and author
Qiao Collective
Chuck O’Connell, Emeritus Lecturer in Sociology, University of California, Irvine
Claudia Chaufan, MD, Ph.D, Associate Professor, York University
Barbara Applebaum, Professor, Syracuse University
Wayne Au, Professor, University of Washington Bothell
William Ayers, Retired Distinguished Professor of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago
Liza Featherstone, Journalist
Gregory Bourassa, Assistant Professor, University of Northern Iowa
Zachary A. Casey, Associate Professor, Rhodes College
Donna-Marie Cole-Malott, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Higher Education at the Pennsylvania Department of Education
Rebekah A. Cordova, University of Florida
Noah De Lissovoy, Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Medea Benjamin, Co-founder CodePink
Bernardine Dohrn, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern University
Nirmala Erevelles, Ph.D, Professor, University of Alabama
Derek R. Ford, Assistant Professor, DePauw University
Tyson E. Lewis, Professor, University of North Texas
Jodi Dean, Professor of Political Science, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
James Martel, Professor of Political Science, San Francisco State University
Paul A. Passavant, Associate Professor of Political Science, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hannah Dickinson, Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Peter McLaren, Distinguished Professor in Critical Studies, Chapman University
Sarah Pfohl, Assistant Professor, University of Indianapolis
Jason Wozniak, Assistant Professor, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
K.J. Noh, Journalist, Scholar, Peace Activist
Michael Wong, Veterans for Peace
Curry Malott, Associate Professor, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Allen Chen retired Professor, National Ocean University of Taiwan
Gordon H. Chang, Professor, Stanford University
Sheila Xiao, California Community College Research Analyst
Shirley Chen, Architect
Jerry Chen, Founding Chair of Chinese American Cultural Society
Robert G. Lee, Professor of American Studies, Brown University
Geoffrey Brown, Former San Francisco Public Defender
Charmaine Chua, Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
The People’s Forum
George T. Chopellas, retired Judge
Peter Wong, Ying On Association Elder
Yang Chang Cheng, President of the Fujian Business Association of America
Gerry Condon, Immediate Past National President of Veterans for Peace
John Kim, Veterans for Peace
Reverend Norman Fong, retired Executive Director of the Chinatown Community Development Center
Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance
Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance
Veterans for Peace, East Bay Chapter 162
Don M. Tow, President of New Jersey Alliance for Learning and Preserving the History of WWII in Asia
Ann Santee, Vice President of New Jersey Alliance for Learning and Preserving the History of WWII in Asia
James Santee, Veteran
Thomas Grace, Professor at State University of New York, Buffalo
Anne Gerritsen Professor at Warwick University
Thomas Golden, retired Law Professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Willie Baptist, University of the Poor
Bei-Lok Hu, Professor of Physics, University of Maryland
Dah Jen Liu, Writer (Taiwan)
Christine Ahn, Executive Director of Women Cross the DMZ
Alice Lai Bitker, former President of Alameda County Board of Supervisor