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Nuclear weapon conference opens in Vienna with 157 countries

This morning in the Hofburg Palace, Vienna, in the presence of delegations from 157 countries and dozens of civil society organisations many of whom are partners of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the inter-governmental conference opened with statements…

The Chinese baby and the British bath water

A prominent figure on the Hong Kong political scene and someone who should know better, a lot better, Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee – legislator and chair of the New People’s Party – has written an editorial for the South China…

Campaign calls for negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons

More than 150 states gather in Vienna for global conference on nuclear weapons (8 December 2014, Vienna), In a demonstration of overwhelming support from the international community, representatives from more than 150 states are gathering in Vienna, Austria for the…

Images from the ICAN civil society forum day 2

A selection of images from day 2 of the ICAN civil society forum.  All images courtesy of ICAN Austria. More images can be found on their flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129150020@N08/sets/72157649221634858/

It’s time to quit the nuclear habit

The second day of the civil society forum started with a panel on the theme of political leadership which involved representatives from those countries which have organised inter-governmental conferences speaking about the things achieved to date in the process of…

Myth in Art: Cameron at L.A. MOCA, African Cosmos at LACMA

By Gabriela Jurosz-Landa Cameron’s world view and her resulting artistic expression predate contemporary art interpretation. To speak with philosopher Georg Picht, the fragmenting mind of industrial production has separated art, myth and thought. Art today, Picht states, is perceived and…

images from the ICAN civil society forum in Vienna

Here is a selection of images from the ICAN civil society forum in Vienna. Photos courtesy of ICAN Austria. A flikr feed of all photos of the event can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129150020@N08/sets/72157649221634858/

Nuclear Weapons – Why do we care?

The opening session of the civil society forum organised by ICAN (the International Campaign against Nuclear Weapons) with the slogan “The Courage to Ban Nuclear Weapons” heard from experts in various fields about the need to eliminate nuclear weapons from…

“This is not the future that must be. But it is the future that will be if we do not act.”

These were the dramatic words of Dr. Ira Helfand in the opening panel of the civil society forum organised by the International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons, in Vienna, Austria, today. The forum, bringing together 600 activists, youth and experts from…

NYC March to Shut the Whole System Down

In New York, thousands of demonstrators shut down traffic around the city and part of the West Side Highway was effectively closed off as protesters streamed between vehicles, chanting “The whole damn system is guilty as hell.” The march and…

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