Rep. Mark Pocan Signs ICAN Pledge

On September 11, 2019 Congressman Mark Pocan of Wisconsin became the seventh serving member of the US Congress to sign the ICAN Parliamentary/Legislative Pledge. Over 1,000 legislators in 30 countries have so far signed the pledge, which commits them to working for the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons…

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Frances Crowe’s Legacy Lives On…

Frances Crowe with David Narkewicz, Mayor of Northampton, showing her his Executive Order to align the city with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.    Quaker peace activist Frances Crowe (1919-2019) spent her whole life fighting for peace, justice and the environment, and of all the causes she fought for, the one she…

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Trump broke US law in destroying INF Treaty

Soviet inspectors and their American escorts stand among several dismantled Pershing II missiles as they view the destruction of other missile components. The missiles are being destroyed in accordance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. 14 January 1989. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / US Department of Defense / MSGT Jose Lopez Jr.   President Trump…

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New report launched in Congress

Left to right: Danny Hall of Soka Gokkai International, Paki Wieland of CodePink, Rep. Jim McGovern, Timmon Wallis, NuclearBan.US, Vicki Elson of NuclearBan.US, Rep. Barbara Lee, Anthony Donovan, Sister Carol Gilbert, Medea Benjamin of CodePink, Sister Ardeth Platte. Photo: Diala Jadalla Warheads to Windmills: How to Pay for a Green New Deal was officially launched in Congress…

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Norton Bill Calls for Nuclear Weapons Abolition

  ICAN Director Beatrice Fihn, with the Nobel Peace Prize, and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, with H.R. 2419, are flanked by Timmon Wallis and Vicki Elson, of NuclearBan.US. Photo: Jack Miller   April 30, 2019: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act…

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