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Nuclear Abolition

The Peace Movement Today

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace Movement, Peace Action, Nuclear Weapons, Antiwar Movement, Military Spending, Nuclear Abolition, United for Peace and Justice, Pacifism, Peace, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Lawrence Wittner

Recently, when commentators have bothered to notice the American peace movement, they have pronounced it dead. But this is far from the case. Adm...

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Reagan the Abolitionist

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: George Shultz, Ronald Reagan, Inf Treaty, Start Treaty, Centennial, Nuclear Abolition, Nuclear Weapons, New Start Treaty, World Without Nuclear Weapons, Mikhail Gorbachev, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

One of Ronald Reagan's most powerful and living legacies was his dream of a world free of nuclear weapons. It is worth remembering this upcoming sixth of February, the centennial of his birth.

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Building a Nuclear Weapons-Free World

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Cuban Missile Crisis, Hiroshima, Nuclear Abolition, Nuclear Terrorism, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Nuclear Accidents, Books News
Lawrence Wittner

Apocalypse Never , by Tad Daley, is a new book that deserves wide circulation, for it is a spirited, ringing call for nuclear weapons abolition.

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What's Next for the Nuclear Disarmament Movement?

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace Action, Mass Media, Nuclear Weapons, Npt, Ban Ki-Moon, Nuclear Abolition, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, NPT Review Conference, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, New Start Treaty, Nuclear-Weapons-Free-World, Politics News
Lawrence Wittner

On May 2, a mass nuclear abolition rally and march swept through New York City, from Times Square to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at the United Nations.

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Can We Live With the Bomb?

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Abolition, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Terrorism, New Start Treaty, Barack Obama, World News
Lawrence Wittner

If the U.S. government and others are serious about building a nuclear weapons-free world, they should begin negotiations on a nuclear abolition treaty.

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Give Me Abolition... But Not Yet

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Obama, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear-Abolition, North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations, Foreign Policy, World News
John Feffer

President Obama has taken a very Augustinian approach to nuclear weapons. He has identified a desired goal. But at the same time, he's reluctant to give up old habits.

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Are Congressional Democrats Leading Us to War with Iran?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Nuclear Abolition, Congressional Democrats, Iran, Democrats, Israel, War With Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Shultz, YES! Magazine, Politics News
Sarah van Gelder

Until recently, the power struggle within the Bush administration over whether to attack Iran seemed to be going badly for the hawks. Their disastrous...

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