Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Tag: nuclear weapons

Peace activists hit the streets from DC to San Francisco

The Peace in Ukraine Coalition mobilized for negotiations, not escalation, in what CODEPINK describes as a proxy war threatening a direct war between the two most heavily armed nuclear nations; the United States and Russia.

The US nuked two cities in WWII and has threatened to...

The threats have indeed been made, and they could potentially be more than bluffs.  

North Korea’s real threat

North Korea’s greatest liability is something that it currently views as an asset: its radical isolation.

A duck-and-cover world?

“We’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history.”

How the U.S. started a cold war with Russia and left...

The United States and Russia must also finally assume the responsibility that comes with stockpiling over 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons, and agree on a plan to start dismantling them, in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the new UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

Saving the Iran Nuclear deal requires balancing it

As talks for reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran nuclear deal, resume in Vienna, it has become...

The never ending cycle of nuclear insanity

Please repeat after me: No excuses. No compromise. No fear.

Squad & Co: Unite as a block to downsize Biden’s military...

This is the moment to demand a substantial cut in military spending that defunds new nuclear weapons.

Feeding two birds with one hand

“Nuclear weapons are always in the wrong hands.”

The beginning of the end for nuclear weapons

Few antiwar activists ever thought they'd see nuclear weapons banned, but thanks to dedicated organizing, a historic UN treaty goes into effect today.

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The world’s four legacy empires going down

In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.

It was the rage of the age

Was Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private research facility in Suffolk County, pivotal to the spread of eugenics through the United States and world?

Rahm Emanuel is right on core party changes, but for progressives misses the big...

“The bullies don’t stop hitting you because you’re nice to them. They stop hitting you when you knock them out.”

Elon Musk endorses Germany’s far-right Neo-Nazi party amid Sanders’ warning of authoritarian oligarchy

Amid criticism from Bernie Sanders for undermining democracy, Elon Musk endorses Germany’s Alternative for Germany party, known for its neo-Nazi ties and extremist platform.

Archiving as resistance to genocide denial in Gaza

To this day, they have logged more than 500 instances, so we discussed their motives for doing this work, the challenges they face and lessons learned along the way.