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Is Withdrawing From Treaties the Nuclear Weapons Industry’s Business Plan?

February 14, 2023 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King Originally published in Truthout The United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) arming of the Ukrainian defense against Russia’s invasion has turned the legacy of the Cold War into a hot proxy war, intensifying the danger of an even more catastrophic […]

Archbishop John Wester, Shailly Gupta Barnes, and Rep. Jim McGovern spoke at the conference on Nuclear War danger, January 21, 2023

Conference Exposes the Social and Economic Costs of the Nuclear Weapons Buildup

January 29, 2023 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King Santa Fe Archbishop John C. Wester’s cathedral sits across from a branch of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, part of a vast operation responsible for the production of nuclear warheads in the United States. The archbishop has been a consistent and leading […]

Fund Healthcare not Warfare Presents at American Public Health Association

November 18, 2022 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King In November, the American Public Health Association celebrated its 150th Anniversary at its national Conference in Boston. Every state in the union has a state Public Health Association, all chapters of APHA.The Massachusetts Public Health Association has joined MAPA’s Fund Healthcare not […]

Defense Contractors Are Using Tax Dollars to Profit Off War in Ukraine

June 8, 2022 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King This article was originally published in Truthout. If United States taxpayers knew that half the income tax dollars they sent to the Internal Revenue Service every year was being spent on weapons, war and war preparation, political support for such programs might […]

The Pentagon Budget, Nuclear Weapons and Human Needs

March 29, 2022 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King and Richard Krushnic One of the most important determinants of our nation’s policies and actions is the federal budget. Each year Congress votes on the division of the Congressional Discretionary Budget among competing programs – Defense, Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, […]

Speakers at Nuclear War Danger conference. Clockwise from upper left: Elaine Scarry, Jodie Evans, Larry Cohen, Joseph Gerson, Joe Cirincione, Shailly Gupta Barnes, Phyllis Bennis

Nuclear War Danger Conference Discusses National Politics

February 22, 2022 Jonathan King

By Jonathan King The 2022 “Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War” conference was held on Jan 29 as a virtual event. The annual Conference has developed from a regional event to a national gathering, with more than 400 registrants, from 40 states and 20 different […]

No First Use: Decrease the Danger of Nuclear War

July 20, 2021 Jonathan King

Campaign Plan: No First Use: Decrease the Danger of Nuclear War Introduction: With the proposed upgrade of nuclear weapons, withdrawal from arms control treaties, and signs of a new Cold War with Russia and China, the danger of nuclear weapons use is increasing. This campaign […]