Cuba 1962
This is what the Cuban Missile Crisis was really about: And this is how it was resolved: And this is why most people don’t know that: Read the short article here: Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3Ubrjqr
19 Members of Congress Now Support Nuclear Abolition
October 5, 2022: US Representative Jan Schakowsky of Illinois has today become the 15th Member of Congress to co-sponsor the Norton Bill, H.R. 2850, calling on the US to sign and ratify the Nuclear Ban Treaty (TPNW) and eliminate its nuclear arsenal, along with the nuclear arsenals of the other 8 nuclear-armed nations. Three additional…
Sept 26: UN Day for Total Elimination
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 The world wants nothing short of total elimination of these dangerous, outdated weapons of mass…
TPNW: More signatures and ratifications
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…
Pingree signs on to Back from the Brink resolution
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…
MA: Session ends without a vote on nuclear commission bill
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…
Campaigners Call for Peace in Ukraine
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…
MA State Lobby Day
Boston, MA — Citizens from across the Commonwealth are visiting the State House July 14 to urge legislators to vote in favor of S.1555 (Senate)/H.3688 (House). This bill would create a Citizens’ Commission to investigate the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and to explore what should be done about it. The bill was…
Final push for MA State Bill!
BOSTON: Thursday, July 14th, 2022: 11am – 3pm H.3688/S.1555 is a bill that would establish a Citizens Commission to investigate the threat posed by nuclear weapons to the citizens of Massachusetts. It failed to make it out of committee in 2019-20, but finally made it out successfully in May of this year. The MA legislature…
New Australian Prime Minister Supports the TPNW
PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons Australians went to the polls on May 20th, and elected a new center-left government after nine years of rule by a conservative coalition. The new Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has promised sweeping changes in a wide range of policy areas, including stronger commitment to tackling the climate crisis and addressing indigenous rights.…