Nuclear Weapons

W.E.B. DuBois To Malcolm X: The Black Peace Movement

August 5, 2015 Vincent Intondi, www.zinnedproject.org Educate! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Black Power, History, Malcolm X, Nuclear Weapons, W.E.B. Dubois

By Vincent Intondi in Zinn Ed Project - When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. announced his strong opposition to the war in Vietnam, the media attacked him for straying outside of his civil rights mandate. In so many words, powerful interests told him: “Mind your own business.” In fact, African American leaders have long been concerned with broad issues of peace and justice—and have especially opposed nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, this activism is left out of mainstream corporate-produced history textbooks. On June 6, 1964, three Japanese writers and a group of hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) arrived in Harlem as part of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki World Peace Study Mission. Their mission: to speak out against nuclear proliferation. Yuri Kochiyama, a Japanese American activist, organized a reception for the hibakusha at her home in the Harlem Manhattanville Housing Projects, with her friend Malcolm X. Malcolm said, “You have been scarred by the atom bomb. You just saw that we have also been scarred. The bomb that hit us was racism.”

Reflections On The 70th Anniversary Of The Atomic Bombings

August 4, 2015 David Krieger, www.wagingpeace.org Educate! Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

By David Krieger for the Nuclear Peace Foundation - On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing some 90,000 people immediately and another 55,000 by the end of 1945. Three days later, the United States dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing some 40,000 people immediately and another 35,000 by the end of 1945. David KriegerIn between these two bombings, on August 8, 1945, the U.S. signed the charter creating the Nuremberg Tribunal to hold Axis leaders to account for crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Under well-established international humanitarian law – the law of warfare – war crimes include using weapons that do not distinguish between civilians and combatants or that cause unnecessary suffering. Because nuclear weapons kill indiscriminately and cause unnecessary suffering by radiation poisoning (among other grotesque consequences), the U.S. was itself in the act of committing war crimes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki while agreeing to hold its defeated opponents in World War II to account for their war crimes.

What Would A Nuclear Blast Look Like In Washington, DC?

July 27, 2015 Staff, Global Zero, www.globalzero.org Resist! Anti-Nuclear, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

By Staff for Global Zero, Join Global Zero on the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japan as we cycle what would be the edge of a “small” nuclear blast in downtown D.C. and call on President Obama to keep his promise to “seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.” The event will be one of many corresponding events around the world, serving as a powerful reminder that nuclear weapons were designed to wipe cities like ours off the map. There are still more than 15,000 nuclear weapons in the world today. Many of these weapons are ready to launch at a moment’s notice. It’s time we call on President Obama and other world leaders to stand down these weapons of mass destruction and join the fight toward global zero – a world without nuclear weapons. Bike around the Bomb hashtag eliminate nukesJoin us on Sunday, August 9 for the 2nd annual “Bike Around the Bomb D.C.”

AIPAC To Fight Obama In Congress Over Iran deal

July 17, 2015 By Ron Kampeas, www.haaretz.com Resist! AIPAC, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

By Ron Kampeas for Haaretz - With the influential pro-Israel lobby group pushing for Congress to reject the deal negotiated by the Obama administration, it's all hands on deck. Lay leaders, too, are canceling their summer plans, and AIPAC activists already are calling lawmakers and hitting synagogue listservs with appeals to can the plan. The two months that Congress has to review the deal will feature a pitched battle pitting the Obama administration and backers of the agreement against opponents and the Israeli government. J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East lobby, which has largely backed President Barack Obama in all his Middle East strategies, raised $2 million to stump for the deal even before it was announced and already has unveiled a TV ad. The group's president, Jeremy Ben Ami, who routinely bristles when J Street is likened to AIPAC, insisting that they play different fields, on Wednesday embraced a fight with the older and larger lobby. Asked on MSNBC whether he was going “toe to toe” with AIPAC, he said, “Essentially we are.” AIPAC twice has pulled out all the stops in taking on a president – and lost both times.

The 70th Anniversaries Of The Hiroshima & Nagasaki A-Bombings

July 15, 2015 maTT De Vlieger, www.portside.org Resist! History, Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

By maTT De Vlieger in Portside - From the adoption of the first United Nations General Assembly resolution in 1945, through the promulgation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1968, to the recent International Conferences on Human Consequences of Nuclear Weapons and the Humanitarian Pledge signed by over 100 nations this year, the vast majority of the world’s nations have demanded that the world’s nuclear weapons be eliminated. The International Court of Justice has issued an authoritative interpretation of NPT Article VI, unanimously concluding: “There exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control.” Non-governmental organizations have developed a model nuclear weapons abolition treaty which has been circulated by the United Nations as an official document.

Obama Administration Sabotages Nuclear Nonproliferation Conference

May 28, 2015 Joseph Gerson, www.truth-out.org Educate! Nuclear Weapons, usa, Wars and Militarism

So much for President Obama's commitment to a nuclear-weapons-free world. With its decision on May 22 to block the adoption of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Review Conference's consensus statement, the Obama administration gave the human species another hefty push toward nuclear catastrophe, shaking the foundations of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Why the sabotage? Well, for one thing, the draft text had the temerity to call for the convening of a conference within six months to prepare the way for a Middle East nuclear-weapons-and-weapons-of-mass-destruction-free zone. It called for all parties to the NPT Review - read especially the United States - to fulfill previous Review Conferences' promises to begin the process of creating the zone.

UN Nuclear Conference Collapses Over Middle East WMD-Free Zone

May 24, 2015 Dan Zak, www.washingtonpost.com Educate! Iran, Israel, Nuclear Weapons

An attempt to strengthen and expand the world’s premier arms-control treaty ended in failure here Friday as international delegations squabbled over a long-sought goal of establishing a ban on weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. Following four weeks of negotiations, the United States and several of its allies rejected the conference’s final document, which was supposed to further the implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The United States and Britain refused to accept the establishment of an “arbitrary” deadline to hold a conference on a zone that would be free of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, and Canada objected to a process that didn’t include Israel, which has not signed the treaty. Iran’s delegate Hamid Baidinejad accused the United States and Britain of blocking consensus in order “to safeguard the interests of a particular non-party of the treaty which has endangered the peace and security of the region by developing nuclear-weapons capability” outside international controls.

Sixth Circuit Orders Immediate Release Of Michael, Megan & Greg

May 16, 2015 Transform Now Plowshares, www.transformnowplowshares.wordpress.com Resist! Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

In an amazing turn of events, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals this evening ordered the immediate release of Megan Rice, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed, the Transform Now Plowshares activists who were serving time in federal prison for their action at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, TN to protest plans for a new multibillion dollar nuclear bomb plant there. The government had filed a notice that it would not oppose the release of Greg, Michael and Megan pending resentencing. The government’s notice was interesting—it included notice to the court that, when resentencing did happen, the government would not be seeking terms of imprisonment greater than the time already served.

22 Anti-Nuclear Weapons Protesters Arrested

May 3, 2015 Art Laffin, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

On April 28, as the United Nations sponsored Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review conference was beginning its second day, 22 peacemakers from around the U.S. were arrested in a "Shadows and Ashes" nonviolent blockade at the U.S. Mission to the UN in New York City, calling on the U.S. to abolish its nuclear arsenal and on all other nuclear weapons states to do the same. Two main entrances to the U.S. Mission were blocked before arrests were made. We sang, and held a large banner reading: "Shadows and Ashes--All That Remain," as well as other disarmament signs. After being placed under arrest, we were taken to the 17th Precinct where we were processed and charged with "failure to obey a lawful order" and "blocking pedestrian traffic." We were all released and given a summons to return to court on June 24, the feast of St. John the Baptist.

Thousands Mobilize For Nuclear Abolition

April 19, 2015 Staff, www.afsc.org Resist! Anti-War, Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

On the eve of the 5-year Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, thousands of people from around the globe will gather in New York City April 24-26 to demand a nuclear-free, peaceful, just and sustainable world. Activists, scholars, and students with anti-nuclear, peace, and environmental justice movements will call on the NPT Review Conference meeting at the United Nations to mandate the commencement of “good faith negotiations” for the complete elimination of the world’s nuclear arsenals, as required by the Treaty. Peace and Planet events will kick off with an international conference April 24-25 at the historic Cooper Union, featuring speakers from more than a dozen countries. On April 26, a mass rally will take place in Union Square, followed by a march to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza where millions of petition signatures will be presented to UN and NPT officials. The rally will launch a “Global Wave,” with participants symbolically waving goodbye to nuclear weapons.

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Upgrade Protested

February 1, 2015 John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

Zero Net kicked off a campaign on Saturday against the Obama administration plan to spend billions on nuclear weapons upgrades over the next decade. Organizers erected a 48-foot Intercontinental Ballistic Missile replica on the ellipse near the White House to dramatize dangers of the aging missiles, saying nuclear weapons are vestiges of the U.S. nuclear Cold War arsenal and should be decommissioned. The U.S. is planning to begin upgrading its nuclear missile systems, which could ultimately cost $1 trillion over the 30 years, according to a federal study. That’s a waste of money said John-Michael Donahue, campaign Manager at Global Zero. That money could buy “25 million full rides at the average four-year school in the United States,” he said.

The Abusive Incarceration Of Sister Megan Rice

February 1, 2015 Linda Stasi, www.nydailynews.com Educate! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

Sister Megan Rice and two other activists broke into the facility outside Knoxville, Tenn., in 2012 to bring attention to the dangers of unimpeded nuclear proliferation. They also exposed gaps in national security by showing how easy it was to get in. Now, Sister Megan lives in horrifying conditions in a single room with 111 other women in the Metropolitan Detention Center. Sister Megan’s “cell” is a gymnasium-size dorm unit with 60 bunkbeds for the 111 women, placed a few feet apart. Along one wall are six half-enclosed toilet stalls, six sinks and six shower stalls, and in the middle of the room, 10 dining/work/play tables that can seat 60 women. There is no outdoor courtyard and no mess hall, and food is passed on trays to the women individually through a small window.

Anti-Nuke Protest To Deploy 48 Foot Missile At White House

January 30, 2015 Staff, www.globalzero.org Organize! Nuclear Weapons

Join us Saturday, January 31st, as we rally at the White House and say NO to President Obama’s $1 trillion nuclear arsenal. This event is free and open to the public. We’ll have a life-size inflated nuclear missile (four stories high), 3-D street art, and free t-shirts for participants. Join us - and tell your friends by sharing this page! President Obama has reached a fork in the road: he can either make good on his promise to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons or he can commit to spend $1 trillion on an unsustainable, unnecessary nuclear arsenal. Your voice will help ensure that the President fulfills his commitment to make the world a safer place.

Henry Stoever Found “Not Guilty” Of Trespass On Honeywell Nuclear Plant

January 17, 2015 Jane Stoever, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

After a 90-minute trial today, Jan. 16, 2015, at the Kansas City, Mo., Municipal Court, Judge Elena Franco found that the City had failed to prove that Henry Stoever had the “mens rea” (guilty intent, criminal mind) for conviction of trespass. Judge Franco also found that the City witness had failed to prove where the property line was located at the new Honeywell nuclear weapons production, procurement and assembly plant in southern KCMO. This Plant makes, procures and assembles 85% of the non-nuclear parts of a nuclear weapon. Early in the trial, Henry had played the video for the judge that showed him and two companions crossing the line. When Judge Franco declared Henry “not guilty,” the 31 members in the audience burst into applause. Henry shook the hands of Judge Franco, the City Prosecutor, and the complaining witness, and then visited with supporters outside the courtroom, wiping back tears of joy. The entire Stoever family is celebrating. Many, many thanks to all who’ve risked arrest, to all who’ve supported our now about 120 individual instances of a person crossing the line, to all who’ve sent well-wishes! This is the first in the 120 instances in which a judge saw fit to say, “not guilty!”

Peace Activists To Shut Down Nuclear Weapons Base

January 13, 2015 Leonard Eiger, www.gzcenter.org Resist! Nonviolence, Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

The vigil and action are part of Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action's annual tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. The day will include nonviolence training, education on efforts to stop a new generation of ballistic missile submarines, as well as a keynote talk by Bruce Gagnon, Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. Participants in the annual peace walk led by monks from the Bainbridge Island Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Temple will take part in Saturday's event. On Monday, January 19th Ground Zero Center will take part in the Seattle MLK Rally & March, walking with a fullscale inflatable Trident II D-5 missile depicting one of Dr. King's famous quotes: “When scientific power outruns spiritual power, we end up with guided missiles and misguided men.”

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