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Ira Helfand wins Gandhi-King-Ikeda Award

April 13, 2023 Cole Harrison

The Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College has awarded the 2023 Gandhi-King-Ikeda Community Builder’s Award to Dr. Ira Helfand, a Northampton activist and MAPA member who initiated the Back from the Brink campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons According to Morehouse, […]

The Golden Rule is Coming to Boston

April 12, 2023 Cole Harrison

College students from Japan march in Vienna on June 20 with a banner to mark the first meeting of states parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. (Asahi Shimbun/Tabito Fukutomi)

Can Easter Enlighten the Nuclear Crisis?

April 6, 2023 Peter Kakos

by Peter Kakos According to one Biblical Easter account, when Jesus appeared to his followers- now frightened that Roman crucifixion would be their fate as well, his first word to them is one that is spoken to this day as a greeting across the world […]

Archbishop John Wester: A Hero for Today’s Peace Movement

March 31, 2023 Kathie Malley-Morrison

By Kathleen Malley-Morrison The Greek root of our modern word “hero” refers to “protecting” or “safeguarding.” In modern times, with the revival of Cold War rhetoric and growing threats—including literal threats—of nuclear Armageddon, life on this planet is in dire need of protecting and safeguarding. […]

Nuclear War Danger Breakout Reports

March 30, 2023 Catherine Henning

The 2023 “Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War” conference was held virtually on Saturday, January 21. This annual gathering is one of the major national conferences addressing this acute problem. The sub-theme this year was “The Social and Economic Costs of the Nuclear Weapons Buildup.” […]

Lessons from Nolan

February 28, 2023 Louise Coleman

by Louise Coleman The nuclear disarmament movement first called out to me in the early 1980s when I joined Mass Peace Action. In those early days we had to make do with whatever we had to get the message across. Once, when we were showing […]

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 […]