The United Nations General Assembly decided in 2013 to step up the global demand for nuclear disarmament by designating Sept 26th every year to be the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. No mincing of words there! The world wants nothing short of total elimination of these dangerous, outdated weapons of mass…
September 22, 2022: Five more countries signed the TPNW and two more ratifications were deposited at a special high-level side event during the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York. This is traditionally a time each year when presidents, prime ministers and other high-level dignitaries come to the UN In NY to deliver…
US Representative Chellie Pingree, of Maine’s First Congressional District, has again added her name to H.Res. 1185, calling for the US to “embrace the goals and provisions” of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). H.Res. 1185 was introduced by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) in June of this…
PHOTO: Molly Hamill Despite enormous efforts by nuclear campaigners from Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA), the State House session for 2021-22 ended on July 31st without a vote on H.3688/S.1555, a bill that would have set up a Citizens Commission to investigate the impact of nuclear weapons on Massachusetts and what the state could do about…
Peace campaigners make their point in Milwaukee, WI PHOTO: CodePink Peace campaigners across the country were out on the streets on Sept 15th to protest the the latest request from the Biden administration for $13.7 billion in military aid for Ukraine. This would bring the total military aid to Ukraine so far this year to…