Nuclear Weapons

A Shift In The Public Conversation To Ban The Bomb

April 3, 2017 Alice Slater, www.indepthnews.net Create! NATO, Nuclear Weapons, United Nations

By Alice Slater for IDN - NEW YORK (IDN) – This week (March 27-31) the UN General Assembly held the opening session of a ground-breaking conference “to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination” just as the world has already done to ban biological and chemical weapons as well as landmines and cluster bombs. The historic conference began with a bizarre Trumpian boycott on its first day, when Nikki Haley, Trump’s newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to the UN , flanked by the ambassadors from the UK and France stationed in front of the closed doors to the UN General Assembly...

Protesters’ Outcry Against Live-Fire Bombing In Hawai’i

April 2, 2017 Shauna Krystin, www.thefifthcolumnnews.com Resist! Hawaii, health, Nuclear Weapons, Uranium, Wars and Militarism

By Shauna Krystin for The Fifth Column News. Kailua, Hawaii (TFC) – Activists on Hawai’i Island are asking for the end of live-fire bomb training at Pohakuloa Training Area. One primary concern is the use of depleted uranium (DU) in on-going military training is polluting the air and making Hawaiian residents sick. Background levels of radiation are considered safe and range from about 5-20 ppm. One activist with a radiation meter saw levels as high as 70ppm while standing near the main gates to the training area. According to activist Lindafaye Kroll, of STOP Bombing Hawaii, the “elevated radiation is from a U.S. military source.” While government and military officials claim that depleted uranium has a low-level radioactivity and is safe, activists are concerned about its toxicity and half-life of 4.5 billion years. Military testing in Hawai’i has been ongoing since the end of World War II; the island of Kaho’olawe was bombed to such a point that locals began to call it “Target Island,” and is uninhabitable thanks to a cracked water table and a proliferation of undetonated explosives.

US Citizens Join Protests Of US Nuclear Weapons In Germany

March 22, 2017 John Laforge, www.counterpunch.org Resist! Germany, Nuclear Weapons, Protests

By John Laforge for Counter Punch - Blockaders cover the Front Gate at the Luftwaffe’s Buchel Air Base in Germany, which deploys and trains to use up to 20 U.S. B61 hydrogen bombs on Germany’s Tornado jet fighters. On March 26, nuclear disarmament activists in Germany will launch a 20-week-long series of nonviolent protests at the Luftwaffe’s Büchel Air Base, Germany, demanding the withdrawal of 20 U.S. nuclear weapons still deployed there. The actions will continue through August 9, the anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan in 1945. For the first time in the 20-year-long campaign to rid Büchel of the U.S. bombs...

US To Test Nuclear Missile

February 5, 2017 Willis Jacobson, www.santamariatimes.com Educate! Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

By Willis Jacobson for the Santa Maria Times. An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III missile is scheduled to take place from Vandenberg Air Force Base between 11:03 p.m. Tuesday and 5:03 a.m. Wednesday. The purpose of launching the intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, is to validate and verify the effectiveness, readiness and accuracy of the weapon system, according to Air Force Global Strike Command. Col. Chris Moss, the 30th Space Wing commander, is the launch decision authority. “Team Vandenberg is poised to provide safe launch operations in support of Air Force Global Strike Command's important demonstration of our nation's secure and effective combat-ready ICBM force,” he said.

Resistance In The Time Of A Madman

January 26, 2017 Joy First, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Climate Change, Drones, Living Wage, Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

By Joy First for National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance. We have a madman in the White House. Yet, unlikely acts of resistance are popping up all over the country from the large “Resist” banner hanging from a construction crane near the White House, to the National Park Rangers in the Badlands creating an alternative Twitter account, to mother’s groups who are putting aside talk of their children while they write letters to Congress, to the 60 programmers and scientists who were gathered at the Department of Information Studies building at the University of California-Los Angeles, harvesting important government data before Trump has a chance to disappear it. There is so much going on and so many ways we can get involved. This is the time we have been waiting for to see real change in the world. What kind of world will we leave for our children and grandchildren? The only way we will bring change is to keep the hope and rise up, rise up together and resist. The time has come and we will prevail in our struggle for peace and justice for all.

Has Russia Already Trumped US Nuclear Dominance Ambition?

January 1, 2017 Pepe Escobar, www.sputniknews.com Educate! China, Iran, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, United States, USSR

Pepe Escobar for Sputnik News. Putin already cut to the chase – when he spoke at the defense ministry's HQ in Moscow before the holiday season; "We can say with certainty: we are stronger now than any potential aggressor." And he added; "Anyone." This after Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stressed Russia "for the first time in its history" has fully protected the extensive Russian borders with early warning anti-missile systems. The Pentagon must be processing the information with extreme seriousness. That means, essentially, that before the S-500s were fully rolled out, Moscow could not but exercise extreme prudence. Now Russian air space seems to be effectively sealed. Putin could not actually admit on the record that Russia is the strongest military power in the world until the rollout of the S-500s is complete. All US offensive missiles and stealth aircraft as it stands are rendered useless. And that does no even take into account nuclear weaponized Russian silent submarines.

US Seeking Nuclear Domination, Increases Dangers Of Nuclear War

January 1, 2017 Jonathan Marshall, www.consortiumnews.com Educate! Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Ronald Reagan, Russia, United States, Wars and Militarism

By Jonathan Marshall for Consortium News. “My bottom line is that the likelihood of a nuclear catastrophe today is greater than it was during the Cold War,” declares former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry. A nuclear test detonation carried out in Nevada on April 18, 1953. A nuclear test detonation carried out in Nevada on April 18, 1953. If a new Trump administration wants to peacefully reset relations with Russia, there’s no better way to start than by canceling the deployment of costly new ballistic missile defense systems in Eastern Europe. One such system went live in Romania this May; another is slated to go live in Poland in 2018. Few U.S. actions have riled President Putin as much as this threat to erode Russia’s nuclear deterrent. Only last month, at a meeting in Sochi with Russian military leaders to discuss advanced new weapons technology, Putin vowed, “We will continue to do all we need to ensure the strategic balance of forces."

On World Day Of Peace, Recognizing Those Who Work For Nuclear Disarmament

December 31, 2016 Gail DeGeorge, www.globalsistersreport.org Resist! Nuclear, Nuclear Weapons, Peace, United Nations

By Gail DeGeorge for Global Sisters Report - In observance of the World Day of Peace January 1, we at Global Sisters Report join in prayer for peace in all regions, for all victims of war and for women religious around the world who dedicate their lives to helping them and to build peace. Sr. Megan Rice, a member of the Holy Child Jesus sisters, was released in May 2015 after serving more than two years in prison for trespassing on a Tennessee uranium enrichment facility. In December 2015, GSR had an interview with Rice about her peacemaking work. Sr. Martha Ann Kirk, a Sister of the Incarnate Word, has researched pockets of tolerance in hostile parts of the Middle East.

Donald Trump Calls For Expansion Of U.S. Nuclear Arsenal

December 23, 2016 Stephen Dinan, www.washingtontimes.com Educate! Donald Trump, Nuclear Weapons

By Stephen Dinan for The Washington Times - President-elect Donald Trump called for the U.S. to expand its nuclear capabilities, in a surprising Twitter post Thursday that raised questions about what he intends to do. “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes,” he said. It was not clear what prompted the message, though the statement came soon after Russian President Vladimir Putin said his own nuclear forces needed to be strengthened. It’s not clear exactly what capabilities either man had in mind.

The Historic UN Vote On Banning Nuclear Weapons

October 29, 2016 Joe Cirincione, www.huffingtonpost.in Create! Nuclear Weapons, United Nations

By Joe Cirincione for The Huffington Post - History was made at the United Nations today. For the first time in its 71 years, the global body voted to begin negotiations on a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Eight nations with nuclear arms (the United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, and Israel) opposed or abstained from the resolution, while North Korea voted yes. However, with a vote of 123 for, 38 against and 16 abstaining

Anti-Nuke Priest Still Is Spreading The Word — And Red Paint

October 25, 2016 Donald Bradley, www.kansascity.com Resist! Courts, Nuclear Weapons, Protests

By Donald Bradley for The Kansas City Star - When the judge called the defendant’s name for the last hearing of the day, a gruff and hearty “Here!” came from the back of the courtroom. The Rev. Carl Kabat, a Catholic priest, rose and walked to the front of Courtroom G. He’s 83, used a cane and wore white sneakers. He wasn’t looking to beat the rap. He was looking for a fight.

31 Arrested At Nuclear Test Site, 13 At Drone War Base

October 16, 2016 Felice Cohen-Joppa, www.nukeresister.org Resist! Catholic Workers, Drones, Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

By Felice Cohen-Joppa for the Nuclear Resister. On Sunday, October 9, 120 people from 17 U.S. states plus Mexico, Australia, Germany and the Netherlands concluded a Catholic Worker gathering in Las Vegas with protests at the nearby Nevada National Security Site (NNSS, formerly known as the Nevada nuclear test site) and Creech Air Force Base. A morning liturgy was held in the desert just outside of the main entrance to the nuclear test site. An activist marching band then led the group as they carried signs, banners and colorful butterflies down the road to the gate. Thirty-one of the activists crossed onto NNSS property and were arrested for trespass.

Next President Has A Nuclear Option: Scrap The Program

October 3, 2016 David Hall and Leonard Eiger, www.seattletimes.com Create! Nuclear Weapons, President

By David Hall and Leonard Eiger for The Seattle Times - HAVE you seen the Seattle bus ads? They read: “20 miles west of Seattle is the largest concentration of deployed nuclear weapons in the U.S.” In light of recent media attention on who should have their finger on the nuclear button, this statement seems to beg the question: With so many nuclear weapons, what would happen should the president order their use?

A Thousand Balls Of Flame

August 28, 2016 Dmitry Orlov, www.cluborlov.blogspot.com Educate! Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Wars and Militarism

By Dmitry Orlov. A whiff of World War III hangs in the air. In the US, Cold War 2.0 is on, and the anti-Russian rhetoric emanating from the Clinton campaign, echoed by the mass media, hearkens back to McCarthyism and the red scare. In response, many people are starting to think that Armageddon might be nigh—an all-out nuclear exchange, followed by nuclear winter and human extinction. It seems that many people in the US like to think that way. Goodness gracious! But, you know, this is hardly unreasonable of them. The US is spiraling down into financial, economic and political collapse, losing its standing in the world and turning into a continent-sized ghetto full of drug abuse, violence and decaying infrastructure, its population vice-ridden, poisoned with genetically modified food, morbidly obese, exploited by predatory police departments and city halls, plus a wide assortment of rackets, from medicine to education to real estate… That we know.

Sr. Megan Rice: People Are Miseducated About Nuclear Weapons

August 19, 2016 Janice Sevre-Duszynska and Max Obuszewski, www.ncronline.org Resist! Nuclear Weapons

By Janice Sevre-Duszynska and Max Obuszewski for NCR - Rice: Mainly, I think it's important to wake people up. They've gone to sleep for 70 years by the intent of the government from the beginning. People weren't consulted in the building or use of these horrific weapons. It was all very secret and very contained. Even during the production of nuclear weapons, one worker didn't know what the other was doing.… What happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not in the textbooks. It was unspeakable to have any discussion of the suffering and death of hundreds of thousands of Japanese in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Moreover, the decision-makers were in denial.

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