Last week, I had the privilege of attending, on behalf of NuclearBan.US, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) campaigners’ meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting brought together over 130 ICAN campaigners from around the world to discuss campaign progress and strategy for making the United Nations Nuclear Ban Treaty successful. Since 122 nations…
Legislators in the most populous state in the union passed a Bill that “urges our federal leaders and our nation to embrace the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons…” The bill was introduced on February 20t, 2018 by California Assembly Member, Monique Limón of Santa Barbara. it was adopted by a vote of 25…
For this week’s blog, we’ve decided to focus on one of the key strategies behind the campaign to get the US to sign on to the Nuclear Ban Treaty – divestment. Divestment, simply put, means the opposite of investment, and occurs when individuals, institutions, businesses, and governments get rid of all their financial ties to…
