Q&A by Dr. Ira Helfand after watching The War Game film — August 6, 2021
Watch video from the event here.
Nuclear Weapons Have Always Been Illegal; It’s Long Past Time to Abolish Them
In Depth News – July 8, 2021, marks the 25th anniversary of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ’s) Advisory Opinion on the legal status of nuclear weapons.
Support for a nuclear weapons ban is growing within NATO, an advocacy group says.
The New York Times – The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the Geneva-based group that was awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its work to achieve the treaty, said in a report released on Thursday that it had seen increased backing for the accord among voters and lawmakers in NATO’s 30 countries, as reflected in public opinion polls, parliamentary resolutions, political party declarations and statements from past leaders.
On the Sunny Side of the Street – Nuclear Disarmament
GBPSR’s Dr. Brita Lundberg joins Joe Gerson and Sofia Wolman and host Tod Gross on this episode of On the Sunny Side of the Street. The episode focuses on activities of students and adults working together to advance the cause of nuclear disarmament, peace and justice and reducing the negative impact of nuclear weapons on …
UN treaty banning nuclear weapons goes into effect Jan 22, 2021
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: ICAN
On the 75th anniversary of the Bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Memorializing the bombing of civilians at Hiroshima is to recognize the human side of loss.
The Novel Coronavirus and Nuclear Weapons
Common Dreams – As with viruses, containment of atomic weapons may be good, but eradication is best.
Taxes, COVID-19 and nuclear weapons funding — our nation’s priorities
The Hill – The COVID-19 pandemic demands that we reassess our priorities through the lens of caring for one another and our basic human needs.
Will Covid-19 save the world?
CNN – Public health experts have been warning us for decades; we simply chose not to listen.
Chain Reactions
Article from Harvard Medicine magazine on the history of PSR’s work on nuclear disarmament.