Tag Archives: Nuclear Weapons

Links between Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power

Posted on 2023/05/10 by nfield

This resolution was passed at the 23rd World Congress, in Mombasa, Kenya  by the IPPNW International Council – April 30th, 2023 IPPNW affirms that the links between nuclear power and nuclear weapons are such that in order to fully abolish … Continue reading →

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Cold War Nuclear Weapons Put St. Louis　Community At Risk—in 2023　via The Equation (Union of Concerned Scientists)

Posted on 2023/05/04 by nfield

Chanese A Forté Current-day residents near St. Louis, Missouri, are living with chronic health conditions and an increased cancer burden due to contamination from uranium mining and processes used in the production of nuclear weapons at the start of the … Continue reading →

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The US Has No Plans to Give Up Nuclear Weapons. The Public Needs to Change That　via Truthout

Posted on 2023/04/25 by nfield

By Jon Letman , TRUTHOUTPublishedApril 24, 2023 A first step toward anti-nuclear advocacy is becoming aware of the current sprawling state of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his intention to deploy short-range nuclear missiles to Belarus in March, he pointed … Continue reading →

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The British government doesn’t want to talk about its nuclear weapons. The British public does via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2023/04/06 by nfield

By Tim Street, Harry Spencer, Shane Ward | April 6, 2023 In January 2023 British Pugwash and the polling company Savanta conducted a survey of UK public opinion on nuclear weapons issues and potential support for policies that advance nuclear arms control, disarmament, and … Continue reading →

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Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight: Peace Activist Frida Berrigan Demands Nuclear Disarmament via Democracy Now!

Posted on 2023/01/25 by nfield

On Tuesday, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reset the Doomsday Clock for 2023 to 90 seconds to midnight, warning the world is closer to global annihilation than ever before, in part due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Since 1947, … Continue reading →

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Mapping the atomic tests via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/01/24 by nfield

Interactive map tells the story of nuclear weapons tests and their toll From the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) During the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW, ICAN launched a new interactive resource to discover the … Continue reading →

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China, Russia, and the Bomb via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/01/02 by nfield

Alliance ruffled by dispute over nuclear weapons By Lawrence S. Wittner Even international alliances can unravel when nations confront the insanity of a nuclear holocaust. An illustration of this point occurred last September when Vladimir Putin once again threatened Ukraine and other … Continue reading →

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Clean Energy or Weapons? What the ‘Breakthrough’ in Nuclear Fusion Really Means via The Wire

Posted on 2022/12/17 by nfield

By M.V. Ramana On December 13, the US Department of Energy announced that the National Ignition Facility had reached a “milestone”: the achievement of “ignition” in nuclear fusion earlier in the month. While the step has been described as a milestone in clean energy, … Continue reading →

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Chicago educators create new lessons on Asian American history, nuclear power via Chalkbeat Chicago

Posted on 2022/09/05 by nfield

By  Mila Koumpilova  Aug 29, 2022, 6:00am CDT On the eve of the pandemic, Aiko Kojima Hibino came across a viral photo showing dozens of copies of John Hersey’s nonfiction classic “Hiroshima” discarded in a Chicago high school’s dumpster.  On social media, … Continue reading →

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Rev. Carl Kabat, Peace Activist and ‘Fool for Christ,’ Dies at 88 via New York Times

Posted on 2022/08/22 by nfield

By Ed ShanahanPublished Aug. 17, 2022Updated Aug. 19, 2022 The Rev. Carl Kabat, a Roman Catholic priest and tenacious yet joyful foe of nuclear weapons who spent nearly 20 years in prison for protests that involved bolt cutters, human blood and clown costumes … Continue reading →

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