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CONTENTS
“Remembering Trinity.”
ICAN Nobel Peace Prize Winner.
TPNW the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons.
Conference of the Parties.
Back from the Brink. “Honoring the
Hibakusha.”
New 7-episode podcast on Bomb Abolition.
Contact BftB.
Journal for Peace and Disarmament.
The Nuclear Monitor.
Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS).
The World Information Service on Energy (WISE).
Related Articles and Reviews
World Citizen
Movement
Kuzmarov. “…World Citizen Movement [Founded]
in the 1950s.”
Eiger and
Milner. “New…Trident: 50 More Years of
Nuclear Terror.”
Robert Ellsberg. “The New Documentary An
Ordinary Insanity (Daniel Ellsberg’s The Doomsday Machine).
Sam Meredith. “Lithuania [NATO] Embraces
Nuclear Weapons.”
Mearsheimer and Karaganov. “Conversation
on Seeing the World as Others See It.”
Mearsheimer. Future Trajectory of
Ukraine War.
Mearsheimer. “Who Caused the Ukraine
War?”
ICAN. “900 Articles, One Clear Message:
Premeditated: Nuclear Weapons Spending 2025.”
Alice Sanders-Zakre and Susi Snyder.
“How Much Was Spent on Nuclear Weapons Last Year?”
Ray Acheson, ed. Beyond Arms Control.
_____. Banning he Bomb.
_____. Abolish State Violence.
Persecution of Japanese-Americans in US 1941-.
ICAN. Seth Sheldon. “Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty Meeting Ends Today” (without progress).
Art Hobson. “Will American Launch Nuclear
War?” (US bombing Iran and Gaza).
Goldschmidt. “Parallel Worlds.” (US bombing Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Iran.)
VFP. Nuclear Action Alert.
Ground Zero Center and Trident subs and missiles.
VFP. “Request for Endorsement.” (11th NPT Rev. Conference.)
ICAN. Tim Wright. “Jakarta Regional Meeting on the Nuclear Ban
Treaty.”
Robert Dodge. Our Taxes for Nuclear
Weapons.
ICAN. Trump Threatens Nuclear War.
Back from the Brink. “How Do We Actually
Abolish Nuclear Weapons?”
TEXTS: NUCLEAR WEAPONS ABOLITION MOVEMENT, AUGUST 1, 2026 (2026
#2)
ICAN is the international campaign to stigmatise, prohibit & eliminate nuclear weapons.
Melissa Parke. “Remembering Trinity we must stop future nuclear harms.”
ICAN.
Dear Dick, A year ago we joined community members in New Mexico, USA to remind the world that the impact of the first nuclear detonation at Trinity is still being felt across the region. We continue to carry the stories of those harmed and those who continue to resist, across the globe.
ICAN’s efforts to support justice for communities impacted by nuclear weapons are not limited to anniversaries alone, but these moments offer us an opportunity to reflect on past nuclear harms, and seize the chance to prevent new harms in the future. This week, I’m at the Vatican speaking with experts about a terrifying new nuclear threat, namely the risks of artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons. A lot has been written about the risks, and we’ve recently put together a look at the impacts of artificial intelligence on nuclear deterrence thinking. This challenge adds a new level of urgency to our work.
As we remember the harms caused in the past by nuclear weapons use and testing, we are also working tirelessly to prevent new harm in the future. Kind regards, Melissa Parke
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TPNW Civil Society Coordinator <tpnw-msp@icanw.org> 7-24-26.
Dear Dick,
The UN Office of Disarmament Affairs has just published the Information Note for NGOs for the Review Conference of the Parties to the TPNW which will be held from 30 November to 4 December 2026 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. At this conference, the States Parties to the TPNW will take stock of progress to date and work to identify new objectives. ICAN will support them in these efforts by providing an analysis of the 2022 Vienna Action Plan, recommendations for the next cycle, and practical information and guidance on strengthening and implementing the Treaty.
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“Honoring the hibakusha”
Dear Dick,
Last week, we released the final episode of our new Back from the Brink podcast.
Produced by our incredibly talented communications team, the seven episode
podcast focuses on one central message – the abolition of nuclear weapons is
both necessary and possible.
Interviews with experts, policymakers and
seasoned activists, like Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and New Mexico’s Tina
Cordova, both inform, inspire, and delve into why abolition is
necessary and how we are going to make that happen.
This is a particularly poignant moment as next
week marks the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki.
So what can you do to honor the hibakusha —
the victims and survivors of these bombings — and make sure that what happened
to them never happens to anyone, anywhere ever again?
Here’s one simple way: give one of our podcast
episodes a listen to learn more about the impact and issues surrounding nuclear
weapons.
If you feel like you learned something
new, we hope you share it with your friends, colleagues, or family members.
You can also help us spread this
knowledge by leaving a rating and review of our podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Achieving a world free of nuclear weapons is
going to take both our minds and our hearts. In the podcast’s final episode,
Harvard University’s Dr. Marshall Ganz builds the bridge between these two:
“Hope occupies the place between fantasy and
certainty. It's the domain of possibility. And that's a precious domain,
because that's where imagination is. That's where strategy is…”
These are difficult times, and hope and
progress can seem elusive. But please know we are making progress. Folks like
you are getting involved, informed, and speaking out. The leadership we are
demanding from our decision makers in Washington is taking shape and BftB’s
congressional resolutions are gaining traction — we reached a total of 70
cosponsors between the House and Senate earlier this month.
Please don’t hesitate to set up a 15 minute
chat with Jeremy
Love, our national field
organizer. He and all of us are here to offer you support and to help you find
your role in our campaign.
With gratitude,
The Back from the Brink Team
Support Back from the
Brink's work in bringing together communities to abolish nuclear weapons.
“We’re at 100, and counting!”
Seth Shelden, ICAN <admin@icanw.org> 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
Dear Dick,
We've reached another
milestone! Tonga has just acceded to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons (TPNW).
H.E. Viliami Vaʼinga Tōnē, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Tonga to the United Nations (center)
deposits their instrument of accession with David Nanopoulos, Chief of the
Treaty Section at the United Nations (right) and Seth Shelden, ICAN (left)
With this accession, it
means there are now:
75 states parties, plus
an additional 25 signatories.
Or, 100 states in total that have either signed, ratified, or
acceded to the TPNW, and made a legal commitment to end nuclear weapons once
and for all.
This is a significant
commitment to multilateralism from countries that recognise how the
continued existence of nuclear weapons puts all populations at risk - and
that are working towards the total elimination of such inhumane and
indiscriminate weapons. At a time when some want us to believe that
there is no hope in the power of international law, these countries are showing
that cooperation and diplomacy remain the most sustainable path to security.
Will you help share the
good news?
100 countries- and
counting! Exciting news coming out of New York that more than 100 countries are
now signed onto the UN Nuclear Weapons Ban. This is what responsible leadership
looks like- congratulations to the new members of the TPNW community!
Thank you! Seth Shelden, General Counsel and United Nations
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32nd Annual Sadako Peace Day
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Bo. South China Sea’s nuclear dilemma
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Study
shows that ‘Dunkelflaute' is a minor problem
Jan
van Evert
Breaking
Nuclear Law. The Risks Are Immeasurable
Linda
Pentz Gunter
The
Pentagon Wants to Test a Nuclear Reactor in the Pacific by
2030
Nuclear
Free Hawaiʻi
NASA
unveils plans for a nuclear powered base on the moon
Jan
van Evert
Nuclear News
•World
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•Japan
reactor restart sparks fresh fears over nuclear waste storage
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RELATED ARTICLES AND
REVIEWS (all received after publication of my March 3 anthology (HN #1 2026).
World
Citizen Movement
“Top Broadway Actor Who Abhorred War Founded World Citizen Movement in the
1950s” by Jeremy
Kuzmarov. CovertAction Magazine (July 23, 2026). This article is not about Hiroshima and Nagasaki or nuclear
weapons, but is about Gary Davis, his horror at US air war, and his efforts to end wars’ slaughters via world
federalism and citizenship. A
film about Davis, The World is My Country, was directed by Arthur Kanegis. [Btw, Kuzmarov lives in Tulsa, is the managing
editor of the excellent journal, CAM, and has spoken at OMNI events
twice, you might have heard him. –Dick]
New, More Weapons
Leonard Eiger and Glen Milner, “New
Columbia-class Trident: 50 More Years of Nuclear Terror.” Ground Zero
(July 2026). Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action.
AI Overview
"New Columbia-class Trident: 50 More
Years of Nuclear Terror" is a critique by anti-nuclear activists
Leonard Eiger and Glen Milner of the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action.
They argue that the Navy’s new ballistic missile submarines will lock the
United States into another half-century of nuclear deterrence and prohibitive
financial costs.
The piece attacks the U.S. Navy's
multi-billion dollar program to replace the aging Ohio-class
ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) with the new Columbia-class.
Here are the key points of the activists'
argument:
- Financial Drain: The program will cost over $100
billion. Activists argue this money takes funds away from human and
environmental needs.
- Decades of Use: The first Columbia-class
submarine, the USS District of Columbia, is planned to stay in service
into the 2080s. Activists argue this ensures nuclear deterrence will last
well into the future.
- The Trident D5: These submarines carry the Trident
II D5LE (Life Extension) missile. This missile is highly accurate and
raises concerns about "first-strike" capability.
- Local Action: Ground Zero activists protest at
Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Washington State. This base is the home port
for a large portion of the U.S. strategic nuclear submarine fleet.
Learn more about these activists' efforts at
the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action.
Further exploration of this topic could
include:
- Information regarding the strategic role of the
Columbia-class within the nuclear triad.
- Comparisons between the projected costs of the
Columbia-class and other major federal expenditures.
- General information on the history and philosophy of
nonviolent protest at the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor.
From Book to Film:
from The Doomsday Machine to An Ordinary Insanity.
Robert
Ellsberg. “The New Documentary
An Ordinary Insanity.” ACURA (June
26, 2026).
This film presents a synthesis of my father’s book The Doomsday Machine.
His book depicts the evil murderousness of nuclear war plans, and the
particular dangers posed by ICBMS, with their first strike capability, intended
to be launched on warning. Read in browser »
Fear and Hatred of Russia, part of US National Being, is
shared around the world.
Sam Meredith. CNBC, July 2. “Russia’s
neighbor to scrap ban on nuclear weapons, says ‘situation is getting worse’.” ACURA (July 9,
2026).
Lithuania, a NATO member which borders the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, has
decided to remove a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons. Read
in browser »
[Mearsheimer and Karaganov: Seeing the
World as Others See It (especially as US “enemies” see it)]
John
Mearsheimer. “What Nuclear Taboo?” ACURA
(June 26, 2026). Legendary political scientist John Mearsheimer talks with Russian
scholar Sergei Karaganov. From Mearsheimer’s Substack June
13, 2026, “Nuclear Strike on Europe to Restore Deterrence.”
On
12 June 2026, I was on Glenn Diesen’s popular podcast with the formidable
Russian strategic thinker, Sergey Karaganov. We discussed his view that the West does not
respect Russian red lines and feels that it can use Ukraine as a proxy to
attack the Russian homeland and not have to worry about Russia striking
back at the West. He believes that the time has come for Russia to
reestablish deterrence, first by attacking targets in Europe with
conventional weapons. And if that does not work, Russia should launch limited
nuclear strikes into Europe, as that will surely get the Europeans to call off
Ukraine’s increasingly lethal attacks on mother Russia. [!!!!
--D]
Karaganov’s views, which are widely shared in Russia, are cause for great concern, as should be clear to anyone who views the discussion in this video. Read in browser » John’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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Jacques
de Molay June 13, 2026
Having watched your video with Sergey I find
myself almost completely agreeing with him. I'm amazed that Russia hasn't
started hitting targets in Europe already. If I hand you a knife and you kill
someone with it I am not innocent in that crime. The US and Europe have been
giving a lot more than knives to Ukraine. They are more than just involved,
they are belligerents.
I also suspect that many if not all European
nations will do little more than whine about it if they are struck, maybe
deploy another totally bone crushing sanctions package.... The so-called
leaders in Europe are all globalists, they couldn't care less about the nations
they lead.
Kevin
Cahill Kevin’s
Substack June 13, 2026
Karaganov is right that the West does not
respect Russian red lines and feels that it can use Ukraine as a proxy to
attack the Russian homeland and not have to worry about Russia striking back at
the West.
The Darkness Ahead: Where The Ukraine War Is
Headed
Jun
23, 2023 • John J. Mearsheimer 1,809 425 292
Aug
5, 2024 • John J. Mearsheimer 1,550 517 254
“900 articles. One clear message.” ICAN admin@icanw.org
June 19, 2026.
Dear Dick,
Last week, ICAN launched our latest report: Premeditated:
Nuclear Weapons Spending 2025, exposing the shocking fact that the 9 nuclear states spent
$119 billion on nuclear weapons last year. The coverage was massive: In just a few days, the report generated more
than 900 news articles worldwide – and we’re still
counting. Reuters, AFP, EFE, Forbes, Stern, Al Jazeera and many others covered the findings,
helping carry our message across continents, languages and audiences – reaching
millions of people.
That matters. Because every headline, every interview
and every article helps expose the horrifying truth about nuclear weapons: While
governments claim they are protecting people, they are spending billions on
weapons of mass destruction that put all of us at risk.
This week has exposed
the strategic uselessness of nuclear weapons. In February two nuclear-armed
states, the US and Israel, went to war against a non-nuclear-weapon state,
Iran. But it’s the nuclear-armed side that now has been brought to the
negotiating table and deterred from continued military operations. It only
shows that nuclear weapons are expensive, dangerous, and increasingly beside
the point.
This is how ICAN helps
shape the agenda. We produce the
research. We reveal the numbers. We give journalists, campaigners and
decision-makers the evidence they need. And step by step, we move the
conversation where it urgently needs to go: toward nuclear disarmament.
But we need to take
bigger steps and move faster.
The attention around Premeditated: Nuclear Weapons Spending 2025 shows what is possible when ICAN has the tools, insights, and resources to break through. Now we want to do more – more research, more media work, more campaigning, and put more pressure on governments to choose people over nuclear weapons. Will you make a donation today to help us keep nuclear disarmament on the global agenda?
Your support helps us
turn facts into pressure, and pressure into political change.
Thank you for standing with us. Melissa Parke, Executive Director
ICAN is the
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Place de Cornavin 2,
Geneve 1201, Switzerland
Alicia Sanders-Zakre. “How much was spent on nuclear weapons
last year?” [It is increasing.]
ICAN <admin@icanw.org> 6-9-26
Dear Dick,$3,768 per second. Every second of 2025. That adds up to $119 billion, which is how much the nine nuclear-armed states spent on their nuclear arsenals according to ICAN research released today.
It is a 19% increase
from 2024 spending ($16.8 billion).The United States continued to spend more
than all other nuclear-armed states combined, at $69.2 billion, with China
coming in second at $13.5 billion and the United Kingdom in third at $12.6
billion.
This year, we’ve
documented the long-term costs of nuclear weapons, showing that nuclear-armed
states are developing systems they plan to deploy into 2050 or even the next
century. We’ve also highlighted the opportunity costs of spending. Global
nuclear weapons spending could have paid the UN budget 32 times or powered more
than six million homes with solar power.
But we don’t just
document the exorbitant costs wasted on nuclear weapons spending, we are also
working to put an end to it.
Will you help by sharing
this report?
Global spending on
nuclear weapons reached a staggering 119 billion dollars last year. And over
the past 5 years, it's $471 billion! Imagine what the world would look like if
that money had been spent on something other than weapons of mass destruction.
If you had the power to redirect those billions towards a better cause, where
would it go?
Thank you for being part
of this campaign.Alicia Sanders - Zakre & Susi Snyder,
authors of Premeditated: Nuclear
Weapons Spending in 2025
ICAN is the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Place de Cornavin 2, Geneve 1201, Switzerland
Ray Acheson. https://www.rayacheson.com ›
books
Beyond Arms Control: challenges
and choices for nuclear disarmament . 2010. Edited by Ray Acheson.
Banning the
Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy. 2021.
Abolishing State
Violence: A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages. 2022.
Ray Acheson. Princeton U. The book argues that
abolition is transformative. It is about defunding, demilitarizing, disbanding,
and divesting from current structures of violence. Read more
ABOLISHING STATE VIOLENCE is an urgent and
accessible analysis of the key structures of state violence in our world today,
and a clarion call to action for ...Read more
Ray Acheson provides a
roadmap for a desperately needed cross-issue movement working
simultaneously to abolish these intertwined forms of violence while ...Read more
Bigoted Persecution of Japanese Americans in US
1941-
Praising PBS Documentaries: 2026
Two documentaries I had not seen before, 5-11/5-12, 2026.
5-11,“We Said No! No!: A Story of Civil Disobedience.”
Story of the separation of over 5000 Japanese-Americans who resisted their unconstitutional,
vicious imprisonment by renouncing their citizenship and were imprisoned at the
Tuli Lake concentration camp. On a
questionnaire, they had said NO twice to questions 27 and 28.
5-12, Story of the traumatic experiences of the Japanese Americans imprisoned
at the Minidaka? Camp in Alaska.
Directed by Frank Abe? 2022. Includes
their post-war defense of Mexicans and Middle Easterners following 9-11: The
J-A had been called saboteurs; Trump called Mexicans and other Latinos seeking
entrance criminals and rapists.
Both
films include their continued abuse following the war and the trauma
experienced by all, but also the story of the young J-A men who volunteered into
the US Army against the Nazis.
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Will America launch
nuclear war?
Have our leaders gone
mad?
President Trump has
offered a plethora of reasons for attacking Iran: Iran plans to
attack our Mideast assets; Israel might strike first, triggering
retaliation against U.S. interests; frustration with ongoing nuclear weapons
talks; destroying Iran’s missile capabilities; re-opening the Straits of
Hormuz; responding to the deaths of Iranian protestors; to provide a
trigger for an internal uprising in Iran; and to squelch increased
terrorism by Hezbollah and Hamas.
There is a darker
reason, seldom mentioned: Israel’s President Netanyahu has for years
lobbied America to take up arms against its arch-enemy Iran. Are we
doing Israel’s bidding?
On April 7,
Vice-President Vance warned that we have “unused tools in our tool kit” and
America will use those tools if Iran does not meet our 8 pm deadline
for opening the straits of Hormuz. Ominously, Vance
stated “They’ve got to know
we’ve got tools in our tool kit that we so far haven’t decided to
use. The president of the United States can decide to use them, and
he will decide to use them if the Iranians don’t change their course
of action.”
Vance is clearly
suggesting nuclear weapons.
Have our leaders gone
mad? At this point, the war appears to be primarily about Iran’s
blockade at the strait of Hormuz, and the price of gasoline. Will
America allow its addiction to cheap gasoline drive us to let the nuclear
monster out of its cage?
How will nuclear
nations such as North Korea, Pakistan and India, respond to this first use of
nuclear weapons since Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
How will the 186
non-nuclear-weapons nations respond? Nations that are on the
threshold of nuclear weaponization include Iraq, Libya, Syria, Serbia, and
South Africa. Other nations that have experimented with nuclear
weaponization include Brazil, Argentina, Sweden, Switzerland, South Korea,
Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Turkey, and Canada. Will they now adopt
nuclear weapons?
The most dangerous
issue involved in all of this is the possibility of an Iranian nuclear
weapon. By far the must efficient and peaceful way of handling this
issue would be for USA and its nuclear-weapons allies to support the United
Nations’ Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Approved by
122 nations, this treaty has been officially in effect since
2021. It bans developing, producing, testing, possessing, or
threatening to use nuclear weapons. Although such careful observers
as former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, former
Secretary of Defense William Perry, and former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn
enthusiastically support this treaty, no nuclear weapons nation supports it,
and no NATO members support it.
USA seems to have
violated this treaty by threatening to use nuclear weapons against
Iran.
Despite heavy bombing
by USA and Israel in June 2025 and again in February 2026, some of Iran’s
deepest underground nuclear bomb facilities (uranium enrichment and bomb
construction plants) might remain intact. The International Atomic
Energy Agency has been unable to verify the status of Iran’s nearly 1,000
pounds of 60 percent-enriched uranium (meaning that 60 percent of its uranium
atoms are of the “fissionable,” or explosive, variety). This is just
a short enrichment step away from” bomb-grade” (90% enriched)
uranium). Uranium enrichment is an “exponential”
process: It is as easy (or difficult!) to enrich from 1% to 1.5% as
it is from to enrich from 60 percent to 90 percent—each of these steps requires
a 50% increase.
Importantly, a
nuclear bomb can be fashioned out of 60%-enriched uranium, but each bomb then
requires a larger load of uranium. It is estimated that Iran’s 60
percent enriched uranium stockpile is sufficient for about ten nuclear
bombs. As the world learned at Hiroshima, one such bomb is
sufficient to destroy the center of a large city.
It is a tragic irony
that a reasonable and safe alternative to an Iranian nuclear arsenal was
negotiated in 2013-2014 during the Obama administration by Iran, USA, Russia,
China, France, Great Britain, and Germany. This “Joint Plan of
Action” stipulated that, in return for sanctions relief, Iran must reduce its
enriched uranium stockpile, limit its number of centrifuges at various
facilities, accept a maximum 5 percent enrichment level, stop its enrichment at
specific facilities, and submit to inspection by the International Atomic
Energy Agency.
President Trump,
arguing that the JPOA did not ban Iran’s ballistic missiles or Iran’s support
of regional militant groups such as Hezbollah, discontinued the JPOA in May
2018. His arguments were irrelevant. Trump’s decision
was, in my opinion, USA’s most foolish foreign policy move since its entry into
the Vietnam War.
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From: Lynda Lovon <lyndalovon@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2026 10:15 AM
The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission is being GUTTED
and there are several
important new rules that need public comments.
Public comments set
the legal record on what is wrong or illegal with the proposed rule. Below are
articles that explain the issue and give you where to go online to submit
comments. I provide sample comments you can use or modify. You can also submit
anonymously! Please take a few minutes to contribute to the legal record.
Mahalo!
DUE MAY 4 & 17,
2026: Nuclear Reactor Safety
A Guide to Commenting on Rules Removing Public Oversight of Nuclear Reactor
Safety
DUE MAY 11, 2026: PLEF
Laser Enrichment
Secrets and Shortcuts: The US Uranium Enrichment Rush
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/06/secrets-and-shortcuts-the-us-uranium-enrichment-rush/
On Wed, Apr 29, 2026
at 7:02 AM DUworkgroup <duworkgroup@proton.me> wrote:
Vina sent a link to
this, I was blocked for having an ad-blocker, so this link is to another site
that uses the same news service:
I think this is very
much in line with the ICRR message, and could be used that way, if we adhere to
the traditional citation formats.
Veterans for Peace
Uranium Weapons Working Group http://veteransforpeace.org/du
The Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
located in Poulsbo, WA, near
the Trident submarines, is focused on abolishing nuclear weapons, especially
the unimaginably destructive Trident missiles. The group of steadfast members has named
itself the “Pacific Life Community.” It publishes the always engrossing magazine Ground
Zero. The latest no. (April 2026) includes articles and
a review on a wide range of nuclear-related subjects: an account of one of
their ongoing protests at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor where the submarines are
stationed (written by Felice Cohen-Joppa, with her husband Jack publisher of
the Nuclear Resister for over 45 years); an account of its vigil
honoring MLK,Jr. “’Nonviolent Coexistence or Violent Coannihilation’”; the
unique “Trident Meditation” by Jim Douglass; and two article-tributes to dedicated
local supporters. It also includes a
review by Elizabeth Murray of Jim Douglass’s new book, Martyrs to the
Unspeakable; The Assassinations of JFK, Malcolm, Martin, and RFK, a “sharp,
searing” analysis of “the malign forces within our government that are directly
responsible for the murders.” The
reviewer concludes: “the book was a profound education—without a doubt the most
important history book I have ever read.”
(I found Douglass’s earlier,
bestselling book, JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters, engrossing
reading, historically revelatory, and deeply ethical.) --D
[VFP-all] “Request for Endorsement – SPARK
Statement for the 11th NPT Review Conference.”
global Network via uark.onmicrosoft.com 4-17-26
Dear A-Bomb Tribunal
Partners,
I hope this message
finds you well.
My name is Kihoon from
Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK), which is serving as
the Coordinator of The International People’s Tribunal on the
1945 US Atomic Bombings (November 13–15, 2026, Seoul). SPARK, together with Korean A-bomb victims,
will deliver an NGO presentation at the 11th NPT Review Conference on May 1. We
would like to kindly request your endorsement of the SPARK statement.
The key message of the
statement is as follows:
It is grounded in the understanding that nuclear issues on the Korean
Peninsula—past, present, and future—are not merely regional concerns, but
rather a concentrated reflection of today’s global nuclear confrontation,
crisis structures, and prospects for resolution. The statement calls for
dismantling extended deterrence, concluding a peace treaty on the Korean
Peninsula, and establishing a non-aggression pact between the United States and
North Korea as essential steps toward denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
and, ultimately, global denuclearization. It also highlights the plan for
the International People’s Tribunal as part of broader efforts toward a
nuclear-free world. [Full statement]
How to endorse:
Please submit your endorsement by midnight (EDT), April 21.
[Complete the form]
In addition, Mr. Sim
Jin-tae, a Korean A-bomb victim and one of the plaintiffs in the A-Bomb
Tribunal, will deliver a statement highlighting the triple suffering endured by
Korean atomic bomb victims—resulting from forced mobilization under Japanese
colonial rule, the U.S. atomic bombings, and the subsequent neglect by the
Korean government.
[Full statement]
Thank you very much
for your support and solidarity. We hope to share further updates on the
Tribunal through our official A-Bomb Tribunal communications in the near
future.
Warm regards,
Kihoon
Solidarity for Peace and
Reunification of Korea (SPARK)
A-Bomb Tribunal
Organizing Committee
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfp-all/1c28e987-f721-48bf-b636-827536d5b571%40mindspring.com.
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“Jakarta regional meeting on the Nuclear Ban
treaty.”
Tim Wright, ICAN admin@icanw.org 4-17-26
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Robert
Dodge. “Tax Day
Realities: Nuclear Weapons and Our Dangerous, Misguided Priorities.” Common Dreams (4-15-26).
An average American
family of four will spend $1,606 dollars on nuclear weapons programs this year,
and as a nation we are spending $261,092 every minute on weapons that cannot
and must not ever be used without threatening all of humanity.
TRUMP THREATENS NUCLEAR WAR
“Trump threatened a civilization. We must respond to nuclear threats.”
Forwarded by Sandra Lee-Shirley 4-8-26
From: "Melissa Parke, ICAN" <admin@icanw.org>
Date: April 8, 2026 at 4:07:24 AM CDT
To: Sandy Lee-Shirley <Sandyleeshirley@gmail.com>
Subject: Trump threatened a civilisation - We must respond to
nuclear threats
Dear Sandy,
Yesterday, US President Donald Trump
threatened to escalate the US and Israeli war on Iran to the point that, in his
own words, "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought
back again." Vice President JD Vance further warned that the United States
might have to use "tools it hasn't used so far". These were barely
veiled references to nuclear weapons.
Mercifully, Trump stepped back
before the deadline. A temporary ceasefire was brokered, with Iran agreeing to
reopen the Strait of Hormuz for two weeks. The new deadline is April 21.
The International Campaign to
Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is alarmed and appalled by President Trump's
threat. It warrants unequivocal condemnation by all who value peace, international law, and human rights. The
brokered temporary ceasefire, while welcome in itself, does not change the fact
that a nuclear threat was made by the US president. The logic of one person
having the ability to destroy an entire people, at any time, for any reason,
remains fully intact.
But there is an alternative. 99
states have joined the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. They
have made a categorical choice to condemn any and all nuclear threats, whether
implicit or explicit, and irrespective of the circumstances. They are working
actively towards the elimination of nuclear weapons. Those who know best the
horror that nuclear threats present are actively protesting against them.
ANT-Hiroshima held protests at the Atomic Bomb Dome yesterday to call for an
end to the hostilities.
Nuclear weapons are not a force of
nature, they are a political choice. And that means we, too, have a choice.
Demand that your government condemns Trump's threat. Demand that it makes
clear: nuclear threats are unacceptable. And if your country has not yet joined
the TPNW, demand that it does so.
In solidarity, Melissa
Parke, Executive Director
ICAN is the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Place de Cornavin 2, Geneve 1201, Switzerland
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