Online World Conference 2020: Abolish Nuclear Weapons; Resist and Reverse Climate Change; For Social and Economic Justice

Online World Conference 2020: Abolish Nuclear Weapons; Resist and Reverse Climate Change; For Social and Economic Justice

April 25, 2020; 9 – 11 am EDT. Video of the World Conference can Now be watched here.  Humanity faces two existential threats: increasing dangers of nuclear war and climate disruption, with its impact on world health. Human beings created these threats, which can only...
It’s 100 Seconds to Midnight: The Existential Threats Posed by Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change

It’s 100 Seconds to Midnight: The Existential Threats Posed by Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change

On January 23, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the metaphorical hands of the “Doomsday Clock” to 100 seconds to midnight.  The Bulletin’s advisory group has been assessing the threat posed to humanity by its own activities since 1945. Until recently, that...
United for Peace & Justice Calls for a New Foreign Policy

United for Peace & Justice Calls for a New Foreign Policy

Endless wars since 2001 have caused death and destruction across the Middle East. Initiated after the 9/11 attacks, these wars have not ended terrorism.  Instead they have fueled the rise of ever more virulent conflict. The costs in blood, human suffering, and...