nuclear weapons
Nagasaki remembers 70,000 dead, calls on leaders to create nuclear-free zone
August 9, 2021Nagasaki marked the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese city today with its mayor urging Japan, the United States, and Russia to do more to eliminate nuclear weapons. In his speech at...
Read moreIsrael hints at responsibility for attack on Iranian ship as Vienna nuclear talks progress
April 7, 2021Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz hinted at responsibility for an attack on an Iranian ship in the Red Sea today, declaring that “Israel must continue to defend itself.”
Read moreGood Friday Swords into Plowshares participants call for abolition of all nuclear weapons
April 7, 2021San Francisco Bay area activists gathered to protest ever more dangerous nuclear weapons that can evade radar entirely after being launched from locations thousands of miles from their targets.
Read moreTreaty to ban all nuclear weapons is now international law
January 27, 2021A major milestone on the long road to ridding the world entirely of nuclear weapons was reached on Jan. 22.
Read more‘Ban the Bomb’ becomes international law, but U.S. doesn’t sign on
December 22, 2020Abolishing nuclear weapons has been a goal for much of the human race since the U.S. first unleashed them by incinerating two cities in Japan in 1945.
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