nuclear weapons

Anti-nuclear weapons activist returns to prison

August 24, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

With prayer and song, dozens of supporters saw anti-nuclear weapons campaigner Susan Crane back to prison.

Today in labor history … no more Hiroshimas or Nagasakis

August 9, 2012 By Special to People’s World

The United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, Japan today Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the only two cases of using a nuclear weapon against civilians.

Saudi Arabia going nuclear – why no uproar?

February 10, 2012 By Susan Webb

Saudi Arabia recently announced its intention to launch its own nuclear program, saying it needs to diversify its energy sources.

New U.S. military strategy: concerns and a ray of hope

January 17, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

The Defense Department's new strategic guidance released this month offers a modest foothold in the struggle to reverse the ever-upward swing of U.S. military spending.

“Doomsday” clock pushed forward amidst fears of nuclear conflict

January 11, 2012 By Cory Collins

Created in 1947 to represent the relative closeness of the threat of nuclear disaster, the clock's face has been adjusted twenty times.