EDITORS UPDATE, APRIL 28TH: Plowshares actions are unique; for many reasons, no one, outside of the participants and a few close supporters, can know about the planned action until it’s done and all are in (or out of) jail. Many people are working behind the scenes to build the important support network for these courageous souls. Until some of the critical pieces are in place, some of the more established and respected activists, like The Nuclear Resister, are working to keep us all informed. For now, I recommend The Nuclear Resister for updates on Kings Bay Plowshares (in addition to […]
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Building Dr. King’s (Global) Beloved Community
Some years ago the Rev. Joe Hale posed the question, “Is it ever possible to make peace by destroying bridges?” He was speaking in reference to Israel’s indiscriminate destruction of Lebanon, but he could have been speaking of any number of foreign policy decisions made by the U.S. government, particularly since September 11, 2001. The events of that fateful day in 2001 sowed new seeds of fear, anger and hatred, and fueled decisions in the highest levels of government that have made our nation and the world a much more dangerous place. Those seeds have since grown into what is […]
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Rachel Carson and the Most Inconvenient Truth
Editor’s Note: The future of humanity is inextricably linked to the two principal existential perils facing humanity – climate change and nuclear weapons. Of the two, I say that nuclear weapons represent the Most Inconvenient Truth. That is because climate change is now a given, and it is how we slow (or stop) it, and how we adapt to and mitigate its effects that will affect our survival. As for nuclear weapons, even a limited nuclear war will cause catastrophic global effects, and an exchange of nuclear weapons between the U.S. and Russia would surely mean the end of civilization […]
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2018 Nuclear Posture Review: Cold War Redux!
The 2018 United States Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is out, and there is much conversation surrounding it. The new NPR is, of course, more formal justification for the U.S. to continue the status quo of being the world’s dominant nuclear power. Yet, beyond the status quo, this NPR contains new and dangerously destabilizing developments in U.S. nuclear weapon planning and policy. The press conference announcing the release of the 2018 NPR was a classic study in Doublespeak. Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan set the (Orwellian) stage by saying, “To the American people, this administration’s highest priority is your safety and […]
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It’s 2 Minutes to Midnight: The Clock is Ticking!
Do you want to live with the threat of nuclear war? I would guess that most people would answer with a rousing “NO!” And yet, humanity has been living under the threat of nuclear annihilation for most of the decades following World War II during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. Even now, nearly three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States and Russia still stand poised to destroy each other’s nations (many times over), and take the rest of the world with them. What’s more, the two Superpowers, through their […]
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