Nuclear Weapons
NATO nuclear drill is further provocation
From the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: “The annual NATO nuclear weapons use exercise called Steadfast Noon is set to go ahead, starting Monday 17 October. In any regular year these annual nuclear exercises are essentially drills on the logistics of the mass murder of civilians, but in the current context, they are outright…
Read MoreOhio Nuclear-Free Network & Beyond Nuclear v. HALEU
At 10am Eastern Time on October 13, 2022, the Ohio Nuclear-Free Network and Beyond Nuclear had their day in court against HALEU — High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium. Listen to the audio recording of the oral arguments. Our case begins at the 31 minute, 10 second mark of the audio recording, and continues for the better…
Read More‘Deranged’ says UN chief of fighting nuclear war
“The idea that any country could fight and win a nuclear war is deranged. Any use of a nuclear weapon would incite a humanitarian armageddon.” Those were the words of UN General Secretary, Antonio Guterres, speaking at the UN on September 26 to mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, established…
Read MoreWe must eliminate nuclear weapons
Today, September 26, as it is every year, is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. As we see nuclear sabers rattling once again with the Russia-Ukraine war seemingly poised on a nuclear knife-edge, it is time to renew our call for the elimination of weapons capable of destroying all life on…
Read MoreBan treaty adds more countries
From ICAN: Five more countries today signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and two more have deposited their ratification of the treaty. The seven nations that added their names are: Barbados (signed), Burkina Faso (signed), Dominican Republic (ratified), Democratic Republic of the Congo (ratified), Equatorial Guinea (signed), Haiti (signed) and Sierra…
Read MoreThe myth of a “survivable” nuclear war
On this week’s Nuclear Hotseat, Libbe HaLevy interviews Beyond Nuclear board member, Karl Grossman. “Nuclear survival” propaganda is showing up with greater frequency in the United States. What is the immediate purpose and what might be the ultimate goal? Are we being conned into assuming nuclear war is inevitable… but survivable? These are among the many…
Read MoreRev. Carl Kabat, Peace Activist and ‘Fool for Christ,’ Dies at 88
An associate of the Berrigan brothers, he spent nearly two decades in prison for his relentless protesting, often in a clown suit, against nuclear arms. Obituary published in the New York Times on August 17, 2022. Rev. Kabat passed on on August 4, 2022.
Read MoreWomen’s voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Testimonies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Women Speak Out for Peace Documented by the Soka Gakkai Women’s Peace Committee, these videos feature hibakusha sharing their testimonies of what they experienced during and after the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The paintings and drawings presented during the testimonies were drawn from memory by the hibakusha, in…
Read MoreAs we remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This week on Nuclear Hotseat Hiroshima-born Yuki Miyamoto is a second generation Hibakusha — daughter of an atomic bomb survivor. Her mother was in Hiroshima one mile from the epicenter of the bombing, yet survived it with what seemed like little physical damage… though other truths later emerged. Yuki’s story of what it was like…
Read MoreRussia announced that it was temporarily suspending inspection activities under a key nuclear arms treaty
As reported by the Washington Post: Russia announced that it was temporarily suspending inspection activities under a key nuclear arms treaty. According to a statement from Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Moscow told Washington that it was suspending some of the activities under the New START arms control treaty, the last remaining treaty limiting the world’s two…
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