nuclear weapons

The International Day Against Nuclear Tests, celebrated annually on August 29th, is a date that has important symbolic weight in the fight for world peace and the preservation of humanity. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009, the…

September 2024: Two Weeks to Pressure the Corporations putting Profit ahead of People and Planet Continued burning of fossil fuels will make this world uninhabitable within a few decades. A nuclear war would make this world uninhabitable in a few…

Noam Chomsky (95) famous dissident and father of modern linguistics, considered one of the world’s leading intellectuals, is recovering from a stroke he suffered at age 94 and now living with his wife in Brazil. According to a report in…

Acceptance of China’s initiative to renounce the first use of nuclear weapons under an international treaty. Until now, China has repeatedly stressed that it develops and deploys nuclear weapons only for defensive purposes. At the second preparatory meeting of the…

As the world commemorates the horrific nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 79 years ago, the threat of nuclear disaster remains ever-present today. During the weekly online meeting of the International Peace Coalition on Friday, August 9, 2024, Steve Leeper…

The 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which took place on 6 and 9 August 1945, remains a grim reminder of the destructive consequences of nuclear weapons. By Thalif Deen The bombings are estimated to have…

The deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons in Southeast Asia would increase risks to regional security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday in Kuala Lumpur after his visit to Malaysia. According to Russian media, Lavrov stated that the United States…

On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, the Schiller Institute hosted a press conference, titled “The Danger of Nuclear War Is Real, and Must Be Stopped” in Washingston D.C.. Speakers: Scott Ritter: former U.N. weapons inspector and U.S. Marine intelligence officer; Col.…

June 20, 2024 @ 7 pm Eastern, 6 pm Central, 4 pm Pacific Register here William Hartung, an expert on US military spending; Linda Pentz-Gunter, founder of Beyond Nuclear; and Greg Mello, director of the Los Alamos Study Group.

“There cannot be a just war, because there is no such thing as a just war. War is the temporary loss of judgment” (Juan Bautista Alberdi). Zbigniew Brzezinski, in his book “Between Two Ages: The Role of the United States…