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How We Blocked Weapons Trucks in Canada – How You Can Do the Same | World Beyond
By World BEYOND War, January 27, 2021 On the January 25th global day of action to end the war on Yemen one of the most dramatic actions that moved the demand for peace into the most media stories was taken by members of World BEYOND War and our allies, including Labour Against the Arms Trade in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. We ...
Read More »The beginning of the end for nuclear weapons | John Dear via Waging Nonviolence
Few antiwar activists ever thought they'd see nuclear weapons banned, but thanks to dedicated organizing, a historic UN treaty goes into effect today.
Read More »Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Becomes International Law | UN Dispatch
The treaty seeks to do to nuclear weapons what previous international treaties have done to chemical and biological weapons — ban their use on humanitarian grounds.
Read More »Opinion: Yes, a U.S. president can start a nuclear war at any time | Stanley Heller via The News-Times of Danbury
If you’re terrified by the fact that a madman or mistake could end in nuclear holocaust, you’re not alone.
Read More »Jerry Brown, William J. Perry, and David Holloway: Our advice to President-elect Biden: Break the dangerous pattern of nuclear competition with Russia | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Dialogue is not a reward or an exercise of naivete; it is an imperative for survival. When things are bad—as they are now—is precisely the time to talk.
Read More »North Korea’s Kim Talks Of New Weapons, But Leaves Door Open For Biden | NPR
In a report Kim referred to the U.S. as North Korea's principal enemy, and vowed to develop a raft of new nuclear and conventional weapons to counter the threat from Washington.
Read More »Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine | The Atlantic
Nobody is pining for megadeath. But megadeath is not the only thing that makes the Doomsday Machine petrifying.
Read More »Biden: A War Cabinet? | CounterPunch.org
While Benghazi has been the focus of much criticism of Rice, she has received virtually no scrutiny for her backing of the invasion of Iraq and claiming that there were WMDs there.
Read More »Biden could take swift action on transgender ban, nuclear weapons | POLITICO
President-elect Joe Biden could get some quick wins by using executive orders to roll back several of President Donald Trump’s Pentagon policies.
Read More »Nuclear disarmers can’t forget the communities that rely on military spending | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Few would guess that Cheyenne, Wyoming might be the target for a nuclear attack.
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