nuclear weapons

The Growing Threat of Nuclear Extinction

January 2, 2022

Letter to the editor in the New York Times co-authored by GBPSR board member Dr. Ira Helfand.

Q&A by Dr. Ira Helfand after watching The War Game film — August 6, 2021

August 6, 2021

Watch video from the event here.

Nuclear Weapons Have Always Been Illegal; It’s Long Past Time to Abolish Them

July 5, 2021

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.

Back From the Brink

March 2, 2021

COVID and Nuclear War

February 21, 2021

UN treaty banning nuclear weapons goes into effect Jan 22, 2021

January 22, 2021

On the 75th anniversary of the Bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima

August 9, 2020

Memorializing the bombing of civilians at Hiroshima is to recognize the human side of loss.

The Novel Coronavirus and Nuclear Weapons

May 4, 2020

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

April 25, 2020

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?

April 17, 2020

CNN – Public health experts have been warning us for decades; we simply chose not to listen.