List of many excellent sources of information about nuclear weapons
I compiled this list. You will find much information here from many excellent sources. Nuclear Weapons Information Sources — UPDATED to Dec. 2023
Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear weapons are illegal in two ways
Nuclear weapons are illegal in two ways: (1) The Geneva Accords (to which the U.S. is a party) specify that during any war, although international law allows targeting and killing combatants, nations are prohibited from using weapons that do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. Using nuclear weapons would certainly violate international law. Also, I remember that in 1996 the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion stating that while merely possessing nuclear weapons is not illegal, actually using them would be illegal. (2) Thus far, 69 nations (but none of the 9 nations owning nuclear weapons) have ratified […]
Time for a Transnational Uprising Against a Reckless Escalation of the Arms Race?
Norman Solomon is a very savvy writer about important issues. In the article I’m linking below, he summarizes some important points in the past four decades of nuclear weapons. He points out some progress that was made before – and the backward steps taken after that previous progress. He says nuclear war is becoming more likely now. He calls for people in the U.S. and other nations to build a stronger movement against nuclear weapons. November 21, 2023 Time for a Transnational Uprising Against a Reckless Escalation of the Arms Race? The specter of omnicide looms. https://www.thenation.com/article/world/nuclear-war-arms-race-russia-china/ Norman Solomon […]
See this short, informative article about the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
Two Active members of the Olympia Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons — Joanne Dufour and Glen Anderson — wrote this short article to inform people about the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW): TPNW article by Joanne and Glen
Support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
On October 30, 2023, the Olympia City Council passed a resolution supporting the TPNW. Thanks to Bob Zeigler, Mark Fleming and others who had a hand in this. City Council member Clark Gilman strongly promoted this. TPNW Resolution Please SHARE and ENDORSE this interfaith statement for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW): Olympia’s Joanne Dufour will be going to New York and attending the upcoming meeting at the United Nations of nations that have ratified the TPNW. She encourages us to share this interfaith statement and get faith communities (local and larger) to endorse it. […]
“Active Nonviolence in Daily Life” — My speaking engagement includes practical and religious aspects
Olympia’s Westminster Presbyterian Church invited me to speak there about “Active Nonviolence in Daily Life” on Sunday October 8, 2023. I prepared a message that solidly delivered on the topic they gave me. The audience liked very much – and they told me so. Although this was a speaking engagement rather than a sermon, one person said it was the best sermon they had ever heard. Much of what I said will be new to the friends and family members to whom I’m sending this e-mail. I shared: Insights into understanding profoundly what nonviolence is – and why it is […]
Support H. Res. 77 to support Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Most nations in the world want nations to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). See www.icanw.org for more information about the Treaty. The U.S. and the other 8 nations that own nuclear weapons oppose the TPNW. We have an uphill struggle to promote it. Fortunately, three dozen House members have introduced H. Res. 77 to support the Treaty. Here is some information. Please write to your U.S. House Representative and urge them to take the necessary step and co-sponsor H. Res 77! A smart organization is working on the “Back from the Brink” package of 5 […]
Olympia’s Bob Zeigler wrote this smart article about nuclear weapons
Bob has volunteered since the 1970s in the movement to abolish nuclear weapons. He wrote this article in August and submitted it to Works In Progress with the hope that they’ll publish it in their September 2023 issue. Here is Bob’s smart article: Revised WIP Submission by Bob Zeigler on Nuclear Weapons
Replace Simplistic “National Security” with TRUE Security
This has POWERFUL INFORMATION and SMART INSIGHTS. I strongly encourage you to watch this TV program and/or read the transcript with additional information. The August 2023 episode of “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” TV series provides a FRESH, BOLD, CREATIVE re-thinking of U.S. foreign policy. Our status quo of seeking “national security” really urges military violence. Instead, I explain how TRUE Security would be based on fairness, cooperation and nonviolence. The U.S.’s foreign policy angers the world and does not even make us secure. The TRUE Security I propose would actually solve the problems that make the world dangerous. It would make […]
What Is the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons? See this 1-page info.
People around the world who want to abolish nuclear weapons are supporting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). This page explains it clearly: TPNW summary page
“International Courts and War Crimes” — TV + online
Anyone anywhere can watch the April 2023 program on “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” TV series. This interview informs people about exciting, positive ways to protect peace, human rights, and fairness worldwide. Joanne Dufour is exceptionally well informed about the United Nations, International Humanitarian Law, international courts, war crimes, and related issues. She explains these and related topics in a one-hour TV interview that you can watch through this blog post. (See the link below.) Also, people in Thurston County WA who have cable TV can watch it on channel 22 three times a week throughout April 2023: every Monday at 1:30 […]
3-minute video: Tom Lehrer’s funny song about nuclear holocaust
In the early 1960s a university professor of mathematics wrote funny songs about topical issues. At the link below you can watch/hear him perform one about nuclear weapons killing all of us. It’s titled, “We Will All Go Together When We Go.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAEmhqdLFs
War hawks promote war with China. We must PREVENT that!
Much smart research — and many smart articles — have exposed the hard reality that much of the U.S.’s foreign policy is driven by military weapons manufacturers that profit by promoting our militaristic foreign policy. Also, many politicians promote nationalism and militarism as a way to rally voters to cheer for them. Now powerful forces are rallying the U.S. to support a war with China — or if not an actual war, at least the steps leading up to war. They don’t seem to recognize that wars fail to solve problems. Also, they don’t seem to realize that the […]
To solve political-social-economic problems, we must organize PEOPLE-POWER grassroots movements
Several years ago, a guest on one of my TV programs said that only 5% of democracy is about voting, while 95% of democracy is about organizing grassroots movements. I agree. People who have official power (politicians, big businesses, etc.) want ordinary people to feel powerless and get out of the way, so they themselves can make all of the important decisions. Alice Walker said, “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” If ordinary people actually did recognize our power — and our huge potential to organize strategically from the grassroots […]
FREE, ONLINE: Watch a powerful 1966 British film about nuclear war
In 1966 the BBC produced a powerful film, “The War Game,” about what would happen if a nuclear war hit Britain. It was so powerful that the BBC was afraid to show it on TV until several decades later. “The War Game” simulates a documentary about people experiencing a nuclear war and the realities that occurred afterward. The film was so strong in 1966 that BBC did not air it when it was scheduled. Later it was shown at film festivals – and ultimately on British TV on July 31, 1985, a week before the 40th anniversary of the Hiroshima […]