“While the corona virus sweeps through our families and communities, there is another existential threat we should be mobilizing to prevent: nuclear war. This danger was highlighted in early July, by retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, formerly Secretary of Defense Colin Powell’s chief of staff, who remains well connected within the Washington elite, shared disturbing news. … Read more
On July 13, we hosted an excellent webinar “75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings: Deconstructing the Myths and Promoting a Nuclear Weapon-Free and Just World.” Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWf–Qkh35Q&feature=youtu.be The webinar featured: Suichi KIDO, General Secretary of the Japan Confederation of A- & H- Bomb Sufferers’s Organizations Gar Alperovita, Author of The Decision to Use … Read more
Jerald Ross Today is Hiroshima Day. Seventy-four years ago, August 6th, the US ushered in the reality ofatomic warfare with the annihilation of that city and 100,000 of its inhabitants. Given the grislyfact ours was the country that dropped the bomb, and the possibility nuclear apocalypse ismore likely today than at any time since,[i] how … Read more
By Jerald Ross May 29, 2019 Conference organizer and speaker Joseph Gerson, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security. It is often stated – incorrectly – that the Chinese character for “crisis” includes the symbols for both “danger” and “opportunity.” While that may not be literally correct, the character does mean “a pivotal moment when … Read more