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…
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…
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…
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.…
The Boston city council has called on the United States to ratify the United Nations’ “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.” The resolution calls on federal leaders to make nuclear disarmament “the centerpiece of our national security policy”. It notes that the U.S. “maintains several hundred nuclear missiles in underground silos on hair-trigger alert,…