By Robert Koehler Originally published at Common Wonders, 13 Apr 2022 Nuclear sanity: ultimate (or, God help us, immediate) disarmament. Nuclear insanity: ongoing development and deployment, endless investment, eventual (either accidental or intentional) use. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., addressing Congress several weeks ago, made a heartfelt and powerful case for nuclear sanity, for a revamping of the system of mutually assured destruction, which gives certain national leaders “Godlike powers known as sole authority to end life on the planet as we know it . . .” He went on: “We cannot uninvent the atom, its military applications, and technological knowhow. […]
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Peace Dove Lands at Ground Zero
It was a very Good Friday at Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action as people came together to continue our work for a peaceful world free of the threat of nuclear annihilation. Tracy Powell, one of the founders of No More Bombs, installed a Peace Dove sculpture at Ground Zero Center. Tracy hand carved the dove out of Indiana Limestone; it is 15″ x 20″ x 17″, and weighs at least 150 lbs. The Peace Dove is a gift from Tracy to Ground Zero Center and the Pacific Northwest Peace Pagoda. Indiana limestone, like all limestone, is a rock primarily […]
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Ukraine Would Be Even Less Safe With Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear deterrence is supposed to provide stability. Instead, it threatens just the opposite. By David P. Barash Editor’s Note: This article was originally published at the Daily Beast on March 2, 2022. Republished here with the author’s permission. The Ukraine crisis has led many nuclear weapons enthusiasts to say “We told you so.” They claim that when Ukraine agreed to give up its Soviet-era nukes (to Russia, of all countries) the newly independent country foolishly deprived itself of a valuable deterrent. Had the leadership in Kyiv been more hard-headed and far-sighted, the argument goes, Ukraine would now be much safer. […]
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U.S. Nuclear Posture: Time To STOP Posturing!
By Leonard Eiger February 8, 2022 A new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is issued every four years and, although officially a “legislatively-mandated review that establishes U.S. nuclear policy, strategy, capabilities and force posture,” it essentially paves the way for our nation’s continuing reliance on nuclear weapons. Presidents have used the NPR to implement their individual nuclear weapons agendas, and in the previous administration, it went a bit off the rails, and much attention was paid to the Trident nuclear weapons system. MINI-NUKES ON TRIDENT? The 2018 NPR dropped quite the bombshell when it called for essentially changing up the mission […]
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One Person Can Change the World (and Prevent a Nuclear War)
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on January 31, 2022 at PopularResistance.org under the title, “SAVING THE WORLD FROM NUCLEAR WAR: And How One Man Did.” By Leonard Eiger and Glen Milner These are dark days for both our nation and the world. Climate change is wreaking havoc everywhere, a global pandemic continues its onslaught, our nation’s experiment in democracy is threatened by a slow-motion insurrection and, to top it all off, our nation has taken the lead in pushing Russia toward a war over Ukraine that is capable of going off the rails into a full-scale nuclear war […]
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