Tag: nuclear weapons
Ground zero Nagasaki
It’s essential for us to remember such grim details, not just for the sake of history, but for our future.
12/3/18 Interview with David Krieger
John Scales Avery interviews Nuclear Age Peace Foundation founder David Krieger on his dedicated and heroic life-long work for the complete abolition of nuclear weapons.
Senators urge President Trump to cease reigniting nuclear arms race
“Your administration’s efforts to double down on new, unnecessary nuclear weapons while scrapping mutually beneficial treaties risks the United States sliding into another arms race with Russia and erodes U.S. nonproliferation efforts around the world.”
A march to disaster: Noam Chomsky condemns Trump for pulling out...
Noam Chomsky talks about the significance of the INF treaty and the impact of Trump’s plan to pull out.
The US and Russia are playing chicken with nuclear weapon
While the current administration seems to run on uncontrollable testosterone, the problem of nuclear weapons didn’t start with them, even its immediate predecessor helped to bring about this impasses.
Thousands of actions nationwide call for culture of nonviolence
Over the course of a week, tens of thousands of people connected the dots between racism, poverty, greed, war, nuclear weapons and environmental destruction, and called for justice and a new culture of nonviolence.
73 years after US dropped atom bomb on Nagasaki, survivor warns...
In 1954, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing 74,000 people and forever changing the lives of those who survived the nuclear attack.
‘Earth will be annihilated:’ On 73rd anniversary of Hiroshima bombing, a...
In remembrance, we turn to the words of a Hiroshima survivor, or hibakusha.
Noam Chomsky: Survival of organized human life is at risk due...
Scientists have linked increased flooding and rainfall to climate change.
Trump Administration neuters nuclear safety board
Under a new order from the Energy Department, a nuclear safety board will have to fight for information about and access to nuclear laboratories. In the past, the board has brought serious problems at those labs to light.
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The debt ceiling debacle is NOT a ‘partisan standoff’
Did Republicans alone manufactured this looming disaster?
The Hard Hat Riot: A forgotten flashpoint in America’s culture wars
The Hard Hat Riot had immediate political consequences—a seminal moment in America’s culture wars.
Effort to give oil companies $97 million tax break in Louisiana halted
The original version of the bill introduced by Rep. Phillip DeVillier this spring would have cost the state $97 million over the next five years.
When will US join global call to end Ukraine War?
There are many peace initiatives to end the war in Ukraine being pursued by leaders and countries around the world as the United States clings to its dogged determination to prolong the war at great cost in Ukrainian lives and at the risk of nuclear war.
USPS establishes deal with Ford to purchase 9,250 electric vehicles
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said that by 2026, all new vehicles will be electric vehicles (EV).