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ICAN: Historic milestone: UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons reaches 50 ratifications needed for entry into force
From The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN): https://www.icanw.org/historic_milestone_un_treaty_on_the_prohibition_of_nuclear_weapons_reaches_50_ratifications_needed_for_entry_into_force On October 24, 2020, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons reached the required 50 states parties for its entry into force, after Honduras ratified just one day after … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Human War Toll, Nuclear warfare, Peace News
Tagged ICAN, nuclear testing, nuclear weapons, nukes, TPNW
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The latest on renewing the New START Treaty
From Politico’s Morning Defense Newsletter, October 23, 2020: FRESH START OR FULL STOP? “President Donald Trump has been eager to notch a major election-season win on arms control with Russia — and that prospect looked promising early this week when … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Nuclear warfare, Peace News
Tagged New START, nukes, Putin, treaty, trump
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Gazette-Times: Corvallis display, virtual events set to note Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Jim Day, Aug. 4, 2020 To say that this year’s efforts to note the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have faced challenges would be an understatement. Observances scheduled at sites around … Continue reading
Posted in Human War Toll, Nuclear warfare, Peace Activism, Veterans For Peace News
Tagged hiroshima, nagasaki, nukes, peace, VFP
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The Opportunity Costs of Nuclear Weapons
“…the nine nuclear-armed countries spent $72.9 billion on … nuclear weapons in 2019, equalling $138,699 every minute….” So, we can’t afford M4A, GND, UBI, medical research & stockpiles, etc? Enough is Enough: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending 2020 In its report … Continue reading
Posted in Peace News, Pentagon Budget, War Economy
Tagged ICAN, no nukes, nuclear weapons, nukes, pentagon budget, pentagon spending, veterans for peace, VFP
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PDX City Council Passed Nuke Weapons Ban Resolution
Update: Nov. 14, 2019…IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. VFP Linus Pauling Chapter members Linda Richards and Bill Glassmire (both pictured here) helped get SJM 5 (Nuclear Weapons Memorial) passed in Salem during the 2019 session. The Portland City Council resolution is just … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Activism
Tagged cost of war, nuclear, nuclear weapons, nukes, veterans for peace, VFP, vfp linus pauling
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The peace boat Golden Rule sails into a new era of nuclear activism
This article originally appeared in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July 25, 2016. [with links] by Dawn Stover Dwarfed by the ships from the US Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy, and the US Coast Guard that visited Portland, Oregon, … Continue reading
Posted in Human War Toll, Peace Activism, Veterans For Peace News
Tagged fleet week, golden rule, marshall islands, nuclear disarmament, nukes, veterans, VFP
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Silencing America as it prepares for war
By John Pilger 27 May 2016 Returning to the United States in an election year, I am struck by the silence. I have covered four presidential campaigns, starting with 1968; I was with Robert Kennedy when he was shot and … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Human War Toll, War Economy
Tagged china, clinton, hiroshima, john pilger, nuclear weapons, nukes, obama, russia, sanders, trump
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Proliferation begins at home…The $1 Trillion Train Wreck
From the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, April 2016 Proliferation begins at home. That has never been clearer than now, as the United States embarks on what many scientists at its nuclear weapons laboratories are calling “the second nuclear age.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Human War Toll, Peace Activism, War Economy
Tagged federal buget, federal taxes, nuclear, nuclear weapons, nukes, pentagon budget, proliferation
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Hiroshima – Nagasaki Commemorations Set
Corvallis, Oregon peace activists recognize 70th anniversary of nuclear attacks with theme, “Never Again” — Corvallis peace & justice groups, including Veterans For Peace, Women’s Int’l League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF), several faith groups and Alternatives To War, will host three … Continue reading
Nukes are nuts, 2014 edition
Please call your senators and congressperson today. Proposed congressional legislation will help reduce wasteful spending on nuclear weapons and their delivery platforms. The president’s budget request for 2015 shows that his priorities are still dangerously backwards, asking for yet another increase … Continue reading
Posted in Pentagon Budget
Tagged bombers, ICBM, missiles, nuclear weapons, nukes, pentagon budget, pentagon spending, SLBM, submarines, trident
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