Tag: nuclear

Ukraine War Escalates, Nuclear Danger Grows

June 2, 2026 Jackie Dee King

The Ukraine War has escalated dangerously in recent days and threatens to balloon into a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO. Ukraine has sent hundreds of drones deep into the Russian homeland, attacking Moscow itself, military facilities, energy infrastructure, and civilian targets across a wide […]

Nuclear Ban Week 2025

March 26, 2025 Olivia Bouscaud

by Olivia Bouscaud During the week of March 3rd, representatives of states and civil society organizations gathered at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the Third Meeting of State Parties (3MSP) to the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Massachusetts participants included […]

Biden’s Missiles Over Russia

November 19, 2024 Paul Shannon

By Paul Shannon This is serious, and now it’s personal. Now that Biden is putting my life (and all of our lives) at stake makes this man a clear and present danger to me. President Biden has just surpassed Donald Trump in becoming the craziest […]

Oppenheimer: the Movie and the Moment to Prevent the Next Nuclear War

August 18, 2023 Marcy Winograd

Unless this Hollywood film sparks a second nuclear-freeze movement, Congress and the White House will raid the treasury to expand our nuclear arsenal. By Marcy Winograd This piece was originally published in Common Dreams and contains spoilers for the movie Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan. The ground-breaking […]

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 […]