Lobby Day for MA Nuclear Weapons Commission Bill Wed April 13 @ 11:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT Join us at the MA State House to support a bill to address the threat of nuclear weapons in Massachusetts. This bill would establish a citizen’s commission to research and recommend to the state legislature ways to better protect the…
PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons March 24, 2022: The West African nation of Cote d’Ivoire today became the 60th nation to deposit its instrument of ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) with the United Nations. Cote d’Ivoire voted for adoption of the TPNW with 121 other countries in July 2017. The then…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
REGISTER Program Highlights – Session on How the Nuclear Ban Treaty creates new risks for nuclear weapons companies and new leverage for nuclear abolition? How the Nuclear Ban Treaty creates new risks for nuclear weapons companies and new leverage for nuclear abolition? What are the simple divestment tools for individual consumers and investors and…
Building Political Support for the Nuclear Ban Treaty in Congress and at state and local levels Zoom event: Saturday, April 24, 2021 10:30am-12:45 EDT Click here for Registration Click here for Speaker bios Click here for list of Co-sponsors Click here for list of break-out rooms Program 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Global Support for the…
The Board of NuclearBan.US is very happy to announce the appointment of Asha Asokan as the new Director of NuclearBan.US. Asha holds a Bachelor’s in Law (LLB) from Mahatma Gandhi University, India, and a Master’s degree in International Human Rights Law (LLM) from CUSAT, India. She worked for Nonviolent Peaceforce, implementing civilian protection and peacebuilding projects…