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'An Act of Love, An Act of Justice': Anti-Nuclear Activists Headed to Prison for US Naval Base Protest

Kings Bay Plowshares 7 members pose for a photo with a banner showing peace activist Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo: Kings Bay Plowshares 7)

'Unprecedented and Desperate': As Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Nears Entry Into Force, Trump Administration Urges Withdrawals

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

In August 2020, Ireland, Nigeria, and Niue marked the 75th anniversary of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima by ratifying the U.N. Treaty that bans all activities related to nuclear weapons. (Photo: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/icanw.org/photos/4024403290909893">ICAN</a>/Facebook)

"This is completely outrageous and yet somehow not at all surprising," one nuclear expert said of the U.S. effort.

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Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Activists Sentenced for 2018 Anti-Nuclear Protest at Georgia Naval Base

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Kings Bay Plowshares 7 activists before their April 4, 2018 protest at Kings Bay Navy Base in Georgia. (Photo: Kings Bay Plowshares 7)

Father Stephen Kelly and Patrick O'Neill were sentenced to nearly three years...

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Progressive Groups Pressure Biden and Trump to Include Nuclear Disarmament in Campaign Platforms

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

South Korean protesters took part in an anti-Trump rally in front of the U.S. embassy on November 7, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. Trump visited in South Korea for two days during his Asian tour. (Photo: Woohae Cho/Getty Images)

"The United States urgently needs a leader who will have the courage to look at...

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'Self-Centered Nationalism' Could Lead to War and Nuclear Disaster, Hiroshima Mayor Warns on 75th Anniversary of Attacks

After 75 Years, Last Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings Says Nuclear Abolition Still 'Starting Point for Peace'

A man wearing an orange prison outfit and a Donald Trump mask during a protest against the U.S. president's U.K. visit to attend the NATO summit on December 3, 2019 in London.

Trump Condemned for Ditching Treaty That Has 'Helped Prevent Nuclear War for Nearly Three Decades'

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California.

Russia Fears US Under Trump Now Ready to Use Nuclear Weapons as 'Viable Political Option'

Putin, Trump

'Today Marks a Countdown to Nuclear Chaos': Trump Urged to Extend Key Treaty With Russia

Edging World Closer to Nuclear War, Trump Deploys 'Low Yield'—More 'Usable'—Atomic Warhead on US Submarine

2020 Doomsday Clock

'The Most Dangerous Situation That Humanity Has Ever Faced': Doomsday Clock Now 100 Seconds to Midnight

missile tests

Arms Expert Warns of 'Reckless and Unnecessary Escalation' After Pentagon Tests Missile Banned by INF Treaty That Trump Ditched

Pope Francis on November 24 lays a wreath in remembrance of the victims of the U.S. nuclear attack on Nagasaki.

'An Affront Crying Out to Heaven': Pope Calls for a World Without Nuclear Weapons

New Study Warns India-Pakistan Nuclear War Could Kill 125 Million Immediately—Then Spark Global Mass Starvation

A nuclear war would kill millions of people, a new report reminds the Pentagon.

So-Called "Limited" Nuclear War Would Actually Be Very Bad and Kill Tens of Millions, Warns New Report

DoD tests missile

'Nuclear Weapons Arms Race Is Here': Russians, Anti-Nuke Experts Denounce US Missile Test

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CODEPINK

Coalition of Organizations Call on Presidential Candidates to Incorporate Nuclear Disarmament in Campaign Platforms

Beyond Nuclear

Space Force Is a Dangerous Shift Toward Weaponizing space

Global Zero

Global Zero Condemns Trump's Withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty...

Doomsday Clock Changed: It Is Now 100 Seconds From Midnight – Twin Threats of Nuclear War, Climate Change Seen as Worsening

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Health Professionals Respond to New Groundbreaking Study by Leading Researchers: "Emphasizes the Urgent Need to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons Before They Eliminate Us"...

Beyond Nuclear

Eight Years after Triple Meltdowns and Explosions at the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, Major Problems Remain and Many Impacts are Yet to Manifest

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Michael T. Klare

Can Biden Achieve Progress Where It Matters While Avoiding a New Cold (or Hot) War?

Sharon Squassoni

Biden Must Retire the Illogical Great Power Competition Paradigm

Madelyn Hoffman, Ryan Swan

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: The Road There and the Road Ahead

H. Patricia Hynes

The David and Goliath in Our Time

Robert C. Koehler

The Parallel Universe of Peace

Robert Dodge

Nuclear Weapons Banned—Illegal at Last

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies

How Biden Flubbed Town Hall Foreign Policy Question

Tom Collina

Trump’s COVID Infection Shows Why It’s Time to Retire the Nuclear Football

Nick Turse

This Vanishing Moment and Our Vanishing Future

William Astore

Killing Democracy in America