Nuclear Weapons
THE IRAN DEAL: Smash it then claim it
There is deep irony in the Trump administration working to secure credit for a nuclear deal with Iran, given it was the previous Trump administration that destroyed a perfectly adequate one — the JCPOA — that had ensured Iran’s uranium enrichment stayed within commercial grade while lifting sanctions. Now, as Iran appears to be enriching…
Read More“To Use A Mountain” (Yucca/NTS doc film)
[Yucca Mountain and the Nevada (Nuclear Weapons) Test Site, renamed the Nevada National Security Site, are located on Western Shoshone land, as acknowledged by the 1863 “peace and friendship” Treaty of Ruby Valley, aigned by the Western Shoshone Nation and U.S. government.] News Media Contact: Media Release Brian Terrell April 10, 2025 773-853-1886…
Read MoreTRUMP LOVES NUKES: In Words & Deeds, Industry Promoted
[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels. The image was featured on the cover of The Nation magazine in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti about the ill-fated George W. Bush/Dick Cheney nuclear power renaissance (relapse) attempt underway at that time.] TRUMP LOVES NUKES In Words & Deeds, Industry Promoted President Trump said he’d…
Read MoreNuclear-Free Future Award laureates honored
S.P. Udayakumar of India, Márcia Gomes and Norbert Suchanek of Brazil and Germany respectively, and Edwick Madzimure of Zimbabwe, received their Nuclear-Free Future Awards at a moving ceremony in New York on March 4. The event was founded by Claus Biegert (pictured) in 1998. Udayakumar was unable to travel and has incurred great risks to…
Read MoreJOIN US: REPORT BACK on Nuclear weapons UN meeting
You are invited to an informal zoom REPORT BACK to the community, April 16, 4:30 PM ET on the third Meeting of States Parties (MSP3) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) that took place in NYC at United Nations Headquarters, March 2-7. Mary Olson (Founder of Gender and Radiation Impact Project)…
Read More‘Nuked’ documentary now on Vimeo
Indigenous perspectives take the spotlight as the award-winning feature documentary from filmmaker and eco advocate Andrew Nisker is available On Demand for the first time to US audiences. As the Marshall Islands Nuclear Remembrance Day approaches and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moves the doomsday clock to 89 seconds to midnight, ‘Nuked’ examines the legacy…
Read More2025 Nuclear-Free Future Award laureates announced
The 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Awards will this year honor individuals from Brazil, India, Navajo country, the United States and Zimbabwe for their achievements in working for a nuclear-free world. The Award laureates are chosen by an international jury of their peers and are offered in three categories: Resistance, Education and Solution. The 2025 laureates are:…
Read MoreJIMMY CARTER: Commemorations by nuke watchdogs
[White House Oval Office photograph, signed by President Carter (October 1, 1924 — December 29, 2024), showing him with S. David Freeman (January 14, 1926 – May 12, 2020). Thank you to Glenn Carroll, Nuclear Watch South coordinator, for sharing the photo.] Given his very extensive involvement in key nuclear issues, president Jimmy Carter’s death,…
Read MoreNuclear Weapons Are Not a Fact of Life
[Image compliments of ICAN.] An op-ed of this title was just published in the New York Times by Beatrice Fihn. Fihn is is the director of Lex International Fund and the former executive director of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. (Beyond Nuclear is an ICAN member.) She reminds us of…
Read MoreNihon Hidankyo Receives Nobel Peace Prize
[Mr. Terumi Tanaka, Co-Chair of Nihon Hidankyo, presents the Nobel lecture, at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway on December 10, 2024. Photo credit: © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Jo Straube] NOBEL PEACE PRIZE Nihon Hidankyo Receives Award The very moving December 10 (UN Human Rights Day) ceremony, including several musical performances, was…
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