A reminder from Hawaii
On January 13, the residents of Hawaii received a startling phone alert: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” Within seconds, fear spread across...
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In 2017, world leaders failed to respond effectively to the looming threats of nuclear war and climate change, making the world security situation more dangerous than it was a year ago—and as dangerous...
View ArticleThis is How We Felt in Hawaii, During the False Nuclear Alert
It’s a reminder of how little in control we are and how we’re increasingly like those fish in the reef being pushed by waves we cannot control. The post This is How We Felt in Hawaii, During the False...
View Article“I’ve studied nuclear war for 35 years — you should be worried”– Brian Toon...
For the first time in decades, it's hard to ignore the threat of nuclear war. But as long as you're far from the blast, you're safe, right? Wrong. In this sobering talk, atmospheric scientist Brian...
View ArticleBeatrice Fihn of ICAN: Trump’s Nuclear Policy “Puts Us on Path Toward Nuclear...
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View ArticleUS Nuclear Posture Review and A Tale of Two Votes in The UN: What Nuclear Ban...
Dennis Riches | If people in ICAN were more concerned about issues outside their focus, they would have noted the incongruity of the Marshall Islands’ recent vote in support of the United States. For...
View Article60 Years of CND in UK: Nuclear Disarmament Movement that Inspired a Whole...
From its origins in local anti-testing groups – largely run by women concerned about hugely increased levels of radioactive strontium-90 in their children’s milk –CND burst onto the political scene on...
View ArticleIn 1960s, France Conducted Nuclear Tests in Algeria, and the Contamination is...
On February 13, 1960, France carried out its first nuclear test in Algeria's southern Reggane region. According to official statistics, 17 nuclear tests were carried out in total over the next 6 years....
View ArticleGorbachev’s message to Okinawa: Okinawa for the people, not for the military
A message for Okinawa from Mikhail Gorbachev Knowing now about the presence of nuclear weapons in Okinawa during the Cold War era, as revealed in a recent NHK program, my heart aches with concern that...
View ArticleDon’t Bank On The Bomb: Read the 2018 Report that Names the Companies Fueling...
This report brings attention to how you can use this treaty to influence a powerful actor in the fight against nuclear weapons – the financial institutions. By divesting from nuclear weapon producers,...
View ArticleMillennials in the Anti-nuclear Movement: Why Nuclear War is Nauseating for...
What the burgeoning youth-led fight against gun violence can learn from the global antinuclear movement. The post Millennials in the Anti-nuclear Movement: Why Nuclear War is Nauseating for Today’s...
View ArticleNuclear brinkmanship and the doomsday scenario: the risk is much worse than...
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View ArticleNuclear Ban and NPT PrepCom: Will the “responsible states” please stand up?
Courtesy: ICAN Over the last two weeks, approximately 120 government delegations have been gathered at the UN in Geneva to discuss the implementation (and lack thereof) of the nuclear Non-Proliferation...
View ArticleTrump’s reckless Iran decision increases nuclear danger: IPPNW Statement
The decision by the US President to ignore key advisers and allies and to pull out of the nuclear agreement with Iran immediately increases the chances of new and intensified conflict in the Middle...
View ArticleFiji: British and US Nuclear Tests of 1950s Continues to Harm Environment and...
Between 1957 and 1958, Fijian soldiers participated in the nine UK nuclear weapons tests at Malden and Kiritimati (Christmas) Islands, now part of the Republic of Kiribati. Test veterans, including...
View ArticleWatch: DiaNuke Interviews Mani Shankar Aiyar on 30 Years of the Rajiv Gandhi...
DiaNuke.org interviewed former Union Minister, Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar on the relevance of the ‘Action Plan for a Nuclear Weapon Free and Non-Violent World Order' that India’s former Prime Minister,...
View ArticleWatch: The Nuclear Ban Treaty in a Nutshell
The Nuclear Ban Treaty is one year old now! On July 7th, 2017 the UN adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Here is what you need to know about the treaty. The post Watch: The...
View ArticleInternational Physicians Urge US and Russia to Preserve INF Treaty, Begin...
Last week, Donald Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the 1987 Treaty on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF), a decision confirmed by national security adviser John Bolton...
View ArticleIndia’s Nuclear Submarine: Unnecessary, Destabilising and Expensive
Suvrat Raju | The pursuit of nuclear-armed submarines reflects a security assessment that is becoming increasingly irrelevant The post India’s Nuclear Submarine: Unnecessary, Destabilising and...
View ArticleNuclear Weapons are a Nightmare Made in America
What transforms American elections from participatory politics into farce is the exclusion of crucial issues. Environmental crisis, the threat of nuclear annihilation and the wildly skewed distribution...
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