*for the complete list of co-sponsors, see below! Warheads to Windmills webinar: May 7, 4pm EDT Climate catastrophe and nuclear war are two existential threats that could end human civilization as we know it. Both of these threats have been exacerbated by the ongoing war in Ukraine, but nuclear war could happen at any moment,…
April 20, 2023, Washington, DC: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2023. Norton has introduced a version of the bill in every session of Congress since 1994. This version would encourage the United States to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons…
Andrea Salinas, new Member of Congress for Oregon’s 6th District, brings the number of ICAN pledgers in the US Congress back up to 11, after pledger Carolyn Maloney lost her New York seat due to re-districting. The ICAN Pledge is a commitment by elected officials around the world to work for the signature and ratification…
Neville Chamberlain waves his agreement with Hitler, September 1938. PHOTO: public domain, national archives of Poland On September 30th, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned to London from a meeting in Munich with Adolf Hitler. He proudly waved a piece of paper with Hitler’s signature on it in front of the crowds awaiting his…
March 9-10, 2023 in Oslo, Norway: The global movement against nuclear weapons is stronger than ever. States, cities, parliamentarians, civil society, survivors and people everywhere are being heard: nuclear weapons must be eliminated! Nuclear weapons are the most destructive, inhumane and indiscriminate weapons ever created, for which there is no humanitarian response. The unacceptable risk…
“We are faced by a gathering storm of existential level consequences and time is running out. We need bold, ethical leadership and frankly, we are not seeing it.” Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders and former President of the Republic of Ireland Mary Robinson made these comments at the unveiling, on January 24th, of the…
Sunday, January 22, 2023, Washington, DC: A letter* delivered today to President Biden and signed by over 100 national, state and local organizations calls on the President to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW or “Nuclear Ban Treaty”). The Nuclear Ban Treaty prohibits everything to do with nuclear weapons. It entered…
A bill to establish a citizen-led Nuclear Weapons and Climate Commission has been introduced in the Massachusetts state legislature by State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa and State Senator Jo Comerford. Similar bills have been introduced in the last two sessions of the MA state legislature, each time getting closer to the finish line. Campaigners are confident…
CORVALLIS, OR: On Monday, November 7, 2022, the Corvallis City Council unanimously passed a resolution to prohibit the city from investing in companies which produce weapons of war. The resolution passed following years of advocacy work by the Corvallis Divest from War coalition, including an initial hearing in February 2020 that did not lead to a…
1:30pm, Sunday, January 22, 2023 Lafayette statue, White House, Washington, DC 2nd anniversary of the Nuclear Ban Treaty entry into force Join us! Letter to President Biden is here: Press release here: Op-Ed/short version of the Biden letter here: