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North Korea's Unwelcome Reminder

February 12, 2013

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Kim’s Nuke—and Ours »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 12, 2013

President Obama tonight should chart a path toward nuclear disarmament.read more

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Take Nuclear Weapons Off of Hair-Trigger Alert »

By Matthew Rothschild, August 7, 2012

To honor those who died 67 years ago in Japan, we must march for nuclear disarmament.read more

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On Hiroshima-Nagasaki anniversary, let’s end the nuclear age »

by Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, August 3, 2012

This Aug. 6th, let us remember the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and let us finally get out from under the nuclear shadow.read more

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Dr. Helen Caldicott

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My guest this week is Dr. Helen Caldicott, the great anti-nuclear activist.read more

Even Our Nuclear Commanders Don’t Like Our Posture »

By Matthew Rothschild, May 16, 2012

The result of keeping nukes on hair-trigger alert “could be catastrophic.”read more

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Nuclear Commanders Against Nukes

May 16, 2012

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Congress should not sabotage Iran negotiations »

By Jamal Abdi, April 16, 2012

In the aftermath of this weekend’s negotiations between Iran and the United States, with an agreement for a second round next month in Baghdad, congressional hawks are going to try to ram through new sanctions.read more

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Israel and Iran: Nuclear Double-Standards »

By Howard Morland, February 8, 2012

The U.S and the Israelis want to maintain their nuclear monopoly in the region.read more

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Bonnie Urfer, Jailed Anti-Nuclear Activist, Defiant »

By Matthew Rothschild, September 15, 2011

Sentenced to four more months behind bars on Wednesday, the anti-nuclear activist says, “I will continue to resist the ultimate crime of nuclear weapons.”read more

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Tad Daley

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My guest this week is Tad Daley, the author of "Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World."read more

Remembrance, Reflection, and Resistance »

By David Krieger, August 6, 2011

We must come to understand Hiroshima and Nagasaki as war crimes. And we must resist the double standard that makes crimes committed by our enemies punishable under international law, while the same crimes committed by our leaders are deemed to be acceptable.read more

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U.S. Still Relies on Nuclear Weapons »

By Amitabh Pal, June 9, 2011

Obama has failed to make good on his pledge "reduce the role of nuclear weapons in [the USA’s] national security strategy" and to "put an end to Cold War thinking," a new report states.read more

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Obama Shifts Away from Mutually Assured Destruction »

By Ruth Conniff, April 6, 2010

Nuclear proliferation, not the clash of nuclear-armed superpowers, is the bugaboo of the new century.read more

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U.S.-Russia Nuclear Deal a Positive Step »

By Amitabh Pal, March 25, 2010

But missile defense may trip it up. And why aren't they taking these weapons off hair-trigger alert?read more

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