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How to Invest in a Nuclear Weapon Free World

October 28, 2020 Nick Cantrell

by Nick Cantrell Originally posted at Green Future Wealth Management Given the frenetic pace of news today, there was a monumental International event that took place this past Saturday, October 24th that went almost completely unnoticed by everyone, including the media and the investment community. The […]

The Promise of the Treaty for Prevention of Nuclear Weapons

October 27, 2020 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published at Eurasia Review The Treaty on the Prevention of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has received its 50th ratification and will go into force in 90 days – January 22. Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb survivors, activists from ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) […]

Modern nuclear warhead, Russia. From: Future of Life Institute.

Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament if Trump Wins

October 8, 2020 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King What would another four years of a Trump presidency mean for the prospect of nuclear arms control and disarmament? President Trump has already withdrawn the US from the painfully negotiated Iran nuclear deal; unilaterally pulled the US out of the very valuable […]

Cries from Every Corner: Abolish Nuclear Weapons

October 7, 2020 Susan Mirsky

by Susan Mirsky From leafy town commons to crowded urban shopping centers, cries rang out in 17 municipalities across the Commonwealth September 26th, as people raised their voices, signs, and banners in a call for the government to abolish nuclear weapons and invest in meeting […]

Cries from Every Corner standout, Newton, Sept 26

National Security, Covid, and Nuclear Weapons

September 29, 2020 Jerald Ross

by Jerald Ross Originally published in the Lowell Sun The loss of over 200,000 American lives to Covid 19 should make clear the time is long past to readjust our notions of national security. The lack of our government’s preparations for this catastrophe, despite a […]

Rallies Across Massachusetts and the Nation Say: Ban Nuclear Weapons, Fund the People

September 27, 2020 Cole Harrison

In Amherst, Bedford, Boston, Bridgewater, Brookline, Cambridge, Easthampton, Newton, Northampton, Sherborn, Sunderland, Worcester — Massachusetts rallied yesterday to #EliminateNuclearWeapons and #FundHumanNeeds. San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Milwaukee, Chicago, Binghamton, and Malloy, IA, joined them in #CriesFromEveryCorner Were you there? What did […]

The Arab World’s First Nuclear Plant Goes Online

August 20, 2020 Euan Harlow-Lawrence

by Euan Harlow-Lawrence At the beginning of August the United Arab Emirates announced it had commenced operations at the Barakah nuclear facility, the first nuclear power plant in the Arab world, raising a myriad of concerns and adding pressure to already tense regional ties. Over […]