PHOTO: Joe Mabel Washington, DC: U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-7) has added her name to the list of co-sponsors of a bill that would abolish all nuclear weapons and use the money to address climate change and other pressing social needs. Jayapal is the current chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and has been a…
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PHOTO: Susan Lantz, Timmon Wallis and Andy Larkin of Northampton in Boston to lobby for State Bill in Jan 2020 A bill in the MA State House that would establish a Citizens Commission to research and recommend to the state legislature ways to better protect the citizens of Massachusetts from the existential threat of nuclear…
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PHOTO: Welsh Senedd Cardiff, Wales: The Welsh Assembly, recently renamed the “Senedd,” voted on March 9, 2022 to pass an amendment calling on all countries to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The amendment was added at the last moment by Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party, to a resolution…
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PHOTO: Canva Why Talk About Nuclear Disarmament Now? As we watch the horrors in Ukraine unfold, many of us have nuclear war on our minds, and rightly so. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? What if Putin, backed into a corner, unleashes the most dangerous weapon ever invented, and the US…
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Register here to join zoom event in support of State Bill H.3688/S.1555 Speakers: State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, Dr. Ira Helfand, Dr. Elaine Scarry, Prof. Jonathan King, Emma Pike, Joseph Gerson, a representative from the Mass Nurses Association H.3688/S.1555 is a bill in the MA State House that would establish a Citizens’ Commission to research and recommend to the state…
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NuclearBan.US calls for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and for negotiations leading to a peaceful solution to the present crisis, taking into consideration the wider security needs of all the parties involved, including Russia. The illegal and potentially disastrous invasion of Ukraine by Russia closely follows the pattern of recent illegal and disastrous invasions of…
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Yellow roses symbolize friendship. Last year in New York, the ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) group distributed yellow roses to the United Nations consulates of countries that had ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. This year “Prevent Nuclear War – Maryland” decided to do the same in Washington, DC. On…
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Sat January 22 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST The webinar will focus on how climate change increases the danger of nuclear war and how a nuclear war would cause further catastrophic climate disruption. This case study of South Asia will show the way the twin existential threats of climate and nuclear risks interact in a way…
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On January 22nd, 2021 the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force. Today there are fifty-nine countries that have ratified. In those countries, all aspects of nuclear weapon design, production and testing is not any longer only immoral. Nuclear weapons are illegal. Events of celebration are being planned in many parts…
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The city of New York has made an important leap towards de-funding the production of nuclear weapons. The city council passed binding resolutions that include a legal obligation to divest itself of all investments that include any aspect of nuclear weapons’ design or production. That may represent a divestment of almost a half billion dollars.…
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