Virtual Book Talk – July 23
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Members of Congress say: Abolish Nuclear Weapons!
In the immediate aftermath of a very disturbing election, US Representative Jim McGovern hosted a “special order hour” on November 13, 2024, at which he and nine colleagues gave impassioned speeches on the floor of the House about the need to stem the rising danger of nuclear war. While many of the remarks were focused…
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Congress to Speak on the TPNW
There will be a Special Order Hour in Congress tomorrow, November 13th, on the need to reduce and eliminate nuclear weapons from all countries, in line with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It will be held after voting ends on Wednesday, November 13th. Due to the nature of congressional votes it is…
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Taking on the Banks
Nov. 18-22 5 days – 5 banks Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, and Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley The major U.S. banks are among the worst offenders funding fossil fuel. And, these U.S. banks are among the worst offenders of nuclear weapons financing as well–another link in the long list connecting nuclear weapons and the climate…
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US Congress: Special Order Hour
NEW DATE: A Special Order Hour on nuclear weapons will take place on November 13, 2024 in the US House of Representatives. Rep. Jim McGovern of MA will lead off a discussion about the need to reduce and eliminate nuclear weapons from all countries, in line with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons…
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Nobel Prize goes to Hiroshima survivors
PHOTO: A few of the Hiroshima survivors who took part in the negotiations for the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017. OCTOBER 11, 2024: The Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 was awarded today to Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese organization of A and H bomb survivors, known as hibakusha. Nihon Hidankyo played…
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Pressuring the Profiteers
Featured Image: (Left) Activists standing out at a Raytheon Facility in Tuscon, Arizona to protest Nuclear Weapons as part of an event coordinated by The Nuclear Resister. (Right) 350 Milwaukee activists standout at a BP station to protest fossil fuels. Weeks of Action Our Warheads to Windmills “Two Weeks to Pressure the Profiteers” has come…
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Letter calls for elimination of nuclear arsenals
Over 80 prominent global leaders, including former Prime Ministers, retired Generals, and medical journal editors, call on the leaders of all nine nuclear armed states to “negotiate a timetable for the elimination of their nuclear arsenals, to establish the necessary verification and enforcement provisions and to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons…”…
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What are YOU doing during the Weeks of Action?
There are only 10 days left until the launch of our Weeks of Action to Pressure the Profiteers! What are you doing to take part in the campaign? Between September 16th-29th people, groups, and organizations around the country and around the world are taking action on Nuclear Weapons and Fossil Fuels. We are taking a…
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Rep. Pingree joins Norton bill
Sept. 4, 2024: US Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-1) is the latest Member of Congress to co-sponsor the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and [Climate] Conversion Act (or “Norton Bill”), H.R. 2775. There are now thirteen Members of Congress supporting this bill, which calls on the US to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (or…
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