51. WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS,
December 8, 2021
Contents: Nuclear Weapons ACTION
Joseph
Gerson, Reducing Danger of Nuclear War
Abel Tomlinson, Ending Nuclear Weapons Research
at UAF
Michael Klare, Quit Provoking China with our
Nuclear Navy
TEXTS
Joseph Gerson. The threat
of nuclear war is now higher than it was during the Cold War. 12-1-21
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The threat of nuclear war is now higher than
it was during the Cold War
That’s according to the former
Former Secretary of Defense William Perry -- who is no peacenik.
That’s why it’s more urgent than
ever that our Representatives institute a policy of No First Use and No Sole
Authority in order to reduce the grave peril posed by nuclear weapons. Ask your
Senators and Representative and Congressional leadership to support legislation
to institute a United States policy of No First Use of nuclear weapons.
It’s important that we act now.
President Joe Biden's Nuclear Posture Review is underway, and it will determine
his administration’s approach to nuclear policy. If we want to avoid a
devastating nuclear war, we need to demonstrate broad public support for a
policy of No First Use. Call and Email Congress to tell them to support a No
First Use policy for nuclear weapons!
There are two bills in Congress, the
Markey-Lieu Bill (S.1148, HR.669) and the Warren-Smith Bill (S.1219, HR.2603),
that would institute a No First Use Policy. These bills should be
uncontroversial for anyone who wants to avoid a potentially disastrous nuclear
war. Yet, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck
Schumer haven’t used their leadership to make sure these bills get a vote. Call
on your Representatives to institute a policy of No First Use and demand that
Pelosi and Schumer bring the bills to a vote!
We know that establishing a policy
of No First Use is just the first step towards our ultimate goal of abolishing
nuclear weapons. For the sake of people and our planet, we must do everything
we can to make the world safer from the impending threat of nuclear war. Contact
your representative today.
Because it's 100 seconds to
midnight, Elaine Scarry.
Mass Peace Action Nuclear
Disarmament Working Group
Campaign for Peace, Disarmament
& Common Security
P.S. Don't forget to take action
right now
If you are unable to join us, you
can still support our peace building work by donating here:
https://www.cpdcs.org/donate/
Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and
Common
Website
at the University of Arkansas!
Join the campaign Facebook
group for Omni partner Arkansas Nonviolence Alliance to learn more and see how you can help.
This is a Campaign
Celebrating the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty (TPNW), and Calling for the
University of Arkansas to Terminate its Nuclear Weapons Program with the
Honeywell Corporation, and for Global Nuclear Weapons Abolition.
It also highlights the
complicity of the University of Arkansas Dept of Engineering in designing
components for nuclear weapons in collaboration with Honeywell International.
It's also interning UA students with Honeywell. Do those students know they are
designing weapons of mass destruction?
Nuclear Weapons of
Mass Destruction Gravely Endanger Everyone in the World and Are a Massive Waste
of Financial Resources, with U.S.A. Currently Set to Spend $1.7 trillion on New
Nuclear Bombs.
As a Progressive City,
Fayetteville Must Say No, Not Here!
Tomgram: Michael Klare, War With China in 2027?
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Michael Klare, War With China in 2027? December 2, 2021
Yep, it happened again for the 11th time this year. (In
2020, the number was 13.) An American warship, in this case the guided-missile
destroyer Milius, sailed through the Taiwan Strait between mainland China and
the disputed island of Taiwan to, as a Navy spokesperson put it,
"demonstrate the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific."
From the Navy point of view, the Milius's recent voyage is nothing but a vivid
demonstration that "the United States military flies, sails, and operates
anywhere international law allows." Who cares how upset Chinese officials
might get?
And honestly, who can deny it? Anywhere is anywhere, no
matter how loaded (if you'll excuse that all-too-loaded word) the situation
there might be. If Chinese officials are disturbed, how unreasonable of
them! TomDispatch regular Michael Klare,
in fact, keeps a tally of such close encounters of the naval kind at his
Committee for a Sane U.S.-China Policy website. So far this year, he's already
counted 56 of them in the region, no small number when you think about it and
any one of which could lead, all too literally, to an explosive situation.
Yes, the spokesmen for the Chinese government, which claims
the island of Taiwan as its own, complain bitterly about such constant
provocations (as those officials see it). As openness, but rather deliberate
disruption and sabotage of regional peace and stability" -- but who really
cares?
Now, admittedly, I have yet to see American officials
invite Chinese naval vessels to sail up and down the California coast, but no
one in Washington would mind that, would they? Of course not! In fact, I'm
sure, that, in the name of upholding international law, there's an open
invitation to some Chinese guided-missile destroyer to visit soon and
often! In the meantime, as Klare
suggests today, such maneuvers might be the least of our future problems --
with a potential World War III looming on the horizon. Tom
Countdown
to World War III?
It May
Arrive Sooner Than You Think
By Michael Klare
When the Department of Defense released its annual report
on Chinese military strength in early November, one claim generated headlines
around the world. By 2030, it suggested, China would probably have 1,000
nuclear warheads -- three times more than at present and enough to pose a
substantial threat to the United States. As a Washington Post headline put it,
typically enough: “China accelerates nuclear weapons expansion, seeks 1,000
warheads or more, Pentagon says.”
The media, however, largely ignored a far more significant
claim in that same report: that China would be ready to conduct
“intelligentized” warfare by 2027, enabling the Chinese to effectively resist
any U.S. military response should it decide to invade the island of Taiwan,
which they view as a renegade province. To the newsmakers of this moment, that
might have seemed like far less of a headline-grabber than those future
warheads, but the implications couldn’t be more consequential. Let me, then,
offer you a basic translation of that finding: as the Pentagon sees things, be
prepared for World War III to break out any time after January 1, 2027.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/02/war-world-iii-may-arrive-sooner-you-think
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