Peace and Disarmament
Screening of “The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons” in Liverpool
Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 17:00 – 19:00 GMT Rendall Building Lecture Theatre 7 Rendall Building Liverpool Organized by Europe and The World Centre – University of Liverpool On the 7th of July 2017, 122 countries voted in favour of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Countries that don’t… »
Risk of Nuclear War Rises as U.S. Deploys a New Nuclear Weapon for the First Time Since the Cold War
The Federation of American Scientists revealed in late January that the U.S. Navy had deployed for the first time a submarine armed with a low-yield Trident nuclear warhead. The USS Tennessee deployed from Kings Bay Submarine Base in Georgia in late 2019. The W76-2 warhead, which is facing criticism at home… »
Macron proposes European role for French nuclear weapons, won’t meet with Hiroshima Survivor
In a speech outlining his vision for France’s nuclear deterrence strategy, President Macron touted the role of nuclear weapons in European security policy and dismissed calls for their global abolition as an ‘ethical debate’ that lacked ‘realism in the strategic context.’ Meanwhile, Elysee has yet to respond to an invitation to… »
Belize signs nuclear weapon ban treaty
On 6 February, Belize became the 81st country to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – a landmark global agreement that outlaws nuclear weapons comprehensively and establishes a legal framework for their total elimination. Belize participated in the negotiation of the treaty at the United Nations in… »
Don’t Mention the US Military Carbon Footprint!
By Caroline Davies, February 4, 2020 Extinction Rebellion (XR) US has four Demands for our governments, local and national, the first of which is “Tell the Truth”. One truth that is not being told or spoken about openly, is the carbon footprint and other sustainability impacts of the US Military. I was… »
1 February in Tel Aviv: Jews and Arabs for peace
About 1,000 people, Jews and Arabs, marched together on February 1 to protest under the following banner: “The Trump-Netanyahu Agreement is a threat to the future of both nations. It is a unilateral agreement that will not bring peace, justice or conflict resolution, but will further spread violence. The plan… »
New York City Takes Action on Nukes
By Alice Slater The New York City Council held a mind-blowing and historic open hearing yesterday, on legislation that would require the City of New York to divest its pensions funds from any trafficking in the production of nuclear weapons, and call on the U.S. government to sign and ratify… »
Even the Most Progressive U.S. Foreign Policy Blames Foreigners
When it comes to foreign policy, it ought to go without saying that Trump, Biden, and Buttigieg are walking catastrophes. A bit of research suggests that Elizabeth Warren is pretty much a true believer in slightly modified catastrophe. But what about Bernie Sanders? I think that, as he is right now,… »
The U.S. Is Recycling Its Big Lie About Iraq To Target Iran
By Nicolas J S Davies Sixteen years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, most Americans understand that it was an illegal war based on lies about non-existent “weapons of mass destruction.” But our government is now threatening to drag us into a war on Iran with a nearly identical “big lie” about a non-existent nuclear weapons program, based on… »
New York Moves Closer to Nuclear Divestment
By Timmon Wallis and Vicki Elson, NuclearBan.US JANUARY 29, 2020: New York City moved one step closer to divesting from nuclear weapons this week, after a joint committee hearing in City Hall. As the hearing began, the only opposition was from the Mayor’s Office on a technicality, and the committee… »
Film: The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons
Documentary: UBI, our right to live
In Mobilization For Assange!
2nd World March for Peace and Nonviolence
Milagro Sala
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
