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Navigating the Nuclear Landscape Under Trump

February 13, 2025 Zoe Curtaz

by Zoe Curtaz With just 89 seconds to midnight, the newly reinstated Trump administration poses a significant liability to addressing urgent global risks – including the ever-dangerous nuclear crisis. In his first term, Trump revealed his willingness to ignore international standards by pulling out of […]

Doomsday: The Unraveling of Time

January 29, 2025 Jania James

by Jania James We were warned. The signs were there, etched into the melting glaciers, whispered through the dying forests, and screamed by the tempests that razed entire cities. And still, time slipped through our fingers. On January 28, 2025, the Bulletin of the Atomic […]

Thermonuclear Crack

January 29, 2025 Bill Astore

The Death Wish of the “Elites” by Bill Astore Originally published at Bill Astore’s Bracing Views Substack. Isn’t it high time we “augment” our nuclear force “posture”? Shouldn’t we fight to achieve peace through nuclear “strength” and “deterrence”? Isn’t it smart to “refurbish, rebuild, and […]

Holyoke anti nuclear weapon protest Dec 14, 2024. Photo: Merri Ansara/MAPA

Holyoke Residents Call for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

December 18, 2024 Merri Ansara

by Merri Ansara On Saturday, Dec. 14, around 35 people marched a mile and a half through Holyoke to City Hall calling for the elimination of all nuclear weapons and the nuclear threat. Called by residents of Holyoke, people from a number of nearby towns […]

The Timely Importance of Japanese A-Bomb Survivors Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize

December 12, 2024 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson This piece was originally published in Common Dreams. With humanity facing the greatest danger of nuclear apocalypse since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize wisely refocuses world attention on the urgency of renewing nuclear disarmament diplomacy. The following […]

Members of Congress Say: Abolish Nuclear Weapons!

December 4, 2024 Anduin Devos

by Anduin Devos In the immediate aftermath of a very disturbing election, US Representative Jim McGovern hosted a “special order hour” on November 13, 2024, at which he and nine colleagues gave impassioned speeches on the floor of the House about the need to stem […]

The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, the organization of Hibakusha or nuclear bomb survivors, for their tireless advocacy for abolition of nuclear weapons. Photo: @NobelPeace/X

Nobel Prize Reminds Us: Nuclear Abolition is Urgent

October 11, 2024 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson This year’s Nobel Prize award could not have come at a more important time. The Hibakusha of Nihon Hidankyo have been among the most courageous and steadfast people in the world, having transformed their intense physical and emotional pains into the strongest […]