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Historic Peace Sailboat “Golden Rule” to Visit Boston

June 18, 2023 Evelyn Miller

(Boston) June 18 – The 39-foot sailboat Golden Rule is sailing the coast of New England during June to alert us to the need for a world without nuclear weapons. WHEN: June 18-20 WHERE: Fan Pier, “Christopher Columbus Park”, and more In 1958, an intrepid […]

Legislature to Tackle Three Peace Issues at June Hearings

June 12, 2023 Evelyn Miller

(Cambridge) June 12 – Peace activists will testify Monday and Tuesday on three bills relating to peace issues. The Joint Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Management will discuss the Nuclear Weapons & Climate Commission bill (H.738), Monday, June 12, 2023 at at 11:00 AM EST […]

My Path to Nuclear Disarmament Activism

May 16, 2023 Sue Entin

By Susan Entin, as told to Kathie Malley-Morrison Back in 1968, when I was a senior at Quincy High School in Quincy, MA, my high school guidance counsellor urged me to go to an ivy league college to please my parents (and keep the high […]

Twin Existential Threats Campaign

April 28, 2023 Brian Garvey

Climate Action and Nuclear Disarmament United Team: Rosalie Anders, Kathie Malley-Morrison, Louise Coleman, Kate Cloud, Kathleen Hamill, Ira Helfand, Timmon Wallis The purpose of this campaign is to address and mitigate the twin existential threats of nuclear war and climate change. In addition to identifying […]

The Twin Existential Threats

April 28, 2023 Rosalie Anders

Climate Action and Nuclear Disarmament United: Addressing the Twin Existential Threats of Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons The twin existential threats inherent in catastrophic climate change and nuclear weapons proliferation are intimately connected. The Extinction Competition: Both threats are in a way “competing” to instigate […]

Nuclear Disarmament 2023 Work Plan

April 28, 2023 Susan Mirsky

Nuclear Disarmament Working Group Summary: The Nuclear Disarmament Working Group is one of the longest functioning groups in MAPA, with about ~150 members on the listserv, and 15-25 regularly attending meetings. Many members are active in other organizations so that our purview is national rather […]

Three Days Inside the Doomsday Machine: The 2023 Deterrence Summit

April 14, 2023 Vicki Elson

by Vicki Elson This article was originally published as a three-part series on Pressenza. What does the nuclear weapons industry talk about when they’re together? I spent three days with 530 government officials, politicians, and corporate contractors in a hotel basement to find out. The […]