WHO WE ARE
NuclearBan.US is a 501c4 non-profit organization committed to the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the use of all those wasted human, financial and political resources to finally and seriously address the climate crisis and global inequality through a Green New Deal.
The whole world is rising up to demand bold and immediate action on these three existential threats to our survival, and yet here in the United States, our politicians are debating whether we should be willing to use nuclear weapons ‘first’ or only after someone else uses them; on whether coal-fired electric plants should be replaced in the short-term by gas or by nuclear power.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, agreed in 2017 by 122 countries at the United Nations (but not the United States), bans everything to do with nuclear weapons, no “ands”, “ifs” or “buts”! The Paris Climate Agreement, agreed in 2016 by every country in the world (except the United States now wants to withdraw), commits every country to take every possible step necessary to reduce carbon emissions. These, and many other treaties and agreements, represent the overwhelming consensus of world public opinion on what can and must be done to save this planet. The United States is out of step with that consensus at a time when we need to be fully part of it.
NuclearBan.US is committed to using the Nuclear Ban Treaty and the Paris Climate Agreement as tools to educate and mobilize people across the US to support nuclear weapons abolition and a Green New Deal. In particular, our Treaty Compliance Campaign is about getting individuals, businesses, faith communities, schools, organizations, cities and states to work towards ‘complying’ with these international agreements, by disconnecting and divesting, as far as possible, from both fossil fuels and the nuclear weapons industry. We are calling this “Treaty Alignment” and it sends a powerful message to the government, to corporations, and to the public: The age of nuclear weapons and fossil fuels is now over, and we must move on to a different way of relating to the rest of the world and to the planet.
L-R: Former NuclearBan.US Campaign Coordinator, Lydia Wood, and Creative Director, Vicki Elson, with US Congressman Jim McGovern and Laura Britton, Legislative Aid to State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa. Northampton, MA, Jan 19, 2019.
OUR APPROACH
As a campaign, we aim to be open, inclusive, cooperative, creative, enthusiastic, joyful, democratic, transparent and accountable. We celebrate our differences and encourage fresh thinking to find new ways to solve a 70-year-old problem.
OUR VISION
We are working for the total elimination of all nuclear weapons and for a complete end to the burning of fossil fuels. We need to stand in solidarity with the rest of the world on these issues, and end these threats to our survival before it’s too late.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to contribute to the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the use of all those wasted human, financial and political resources to finally and seriously address the climate crisis and global inequality through a Green New Deal.
OUR GOALS
In order to get the United States to join the Nuclear Ban Treaty and implement a Green New Deal, our goals are:
- To get cities, states, institutions and individuals to disconnect from the nuclear weapons and fossil fuel industries – as far as they are able – in order to align with the Nuclear Ban Treaty and the Paris Climate Agreement.
- To put moral, financial and public relations pressure on the companies involved in the nuclear weapons and fossil fuel industries so that they lobby the government in support of the Nuclear Ban Treaty and a Green New Deal, instead of lobbying against these things,
- To educate people about the continued threat of nuclear weapons and climate change, to stigmatize the nuclear weapons and fossil fuel industries, and to build support for the Nuclear Ban Treaty and a Green New Deal to the extent that politicians cannot ignore it and see support for these goals as vote-winners in the 2020 elections.
- To build a popular movement across the country that demands adherence to the Nuclear Ban Treaty and the Paris Climate Agreement in every possible sphere and entity.
OUR PARTNERS
We are proud to partner and work with the following organizations:
- The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
- The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice
- CODEPINK
- The New England Peace Pagoda
- Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
CONTACT US
NuclearBan.US: Treaty Compliance Campaign
59 Gleason Road, Northampton, MA 01060
Phone: 413-727-3704
Email: info@nuclearban.us
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