US ATTEMPTS TO DISRUPT NUCLEAR TREATY

The historic United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is nearing entry into force as international law. The response of the Trump administration, according to a new report by the Associated Press, is a letter to the countries that have already ratified the treaty, asking them to withdraw. Such interference in a United Nations disarmament treaty…

Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Are

(Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz shows his executive order divesting Northampton city funds from nuclear weapons companies to Northampton activist Frances Crowe, who died in August 2019.) PHOTO: LYDIA WOOD   Boycotting and divesting from nuclear weapons By TIMMON WALLIS and VICKI ELSON Published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass, August 3, 2020, pp B1-B2. We are…

In a Pandemic, The Bomb Looks Different

by Vicki Elson and Timmon Wallis Everything looks different through the lens of Covid-19. If we can suddenly mobilize trillions of dollars to prop up the economy, why can’t we mobilize trillions to provide better food, shelter, and health care for our children? If we can stop polluting China’s air and Venice’s canals during a…

Business Aligns with Nuclear Ban Treaty

Andrew Larkin of NCFF presents certificate to River Valley Market General Manager Rochelle Prunty/ Photo by River Valley Market     At the annual meeting of Northampton, Massachusetts food cooperative River Valley Market on December 6th, over 100 member-owners were present to hear management’s decision to align with the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear…

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…

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…