Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario, Transworld, London, 2024. “Nuclear war is insane,” writes Annie Jacobsen in her best-selling non-fiction thriller, Nuclear War: A Scenario. Jacobson interviewed more than 40 retired military officers and civilian professionals directly involved in planning and preparations for nuclear war, including a former Secretary of Defense. “Every person I interviewed…
“Signing” a treaty is simply making a commitment to follow through with ratification. “Ratifying” a treaty means that its terms become legally binding in the ratifying country. “Joining” a treaty may imply signing and/or ratifying, while “embracing” a treaty implies a form of support that falls short of signing or ratifying it. When it comes…
July 8th and 9th Washington DC Warheads to Windmills is putting together DC Lobby days to advocate for the US to take bold and effective action on the climate and nuclear weapons crises. We will be speaking with members of congress about the importance of the US signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear…
Today, June 17th, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons launched its fifth annual report on nuclear weapons spending. Surge: 2023 Global Nuclear Weapons Spending Their report shows over $91 billion spent on nuclear weapons in 2023, an increase of over 10 billion from 2022. That is $2,898 per second wasted on nuclear weapons. This…
June 13, 2024: US Presidential candidate Jill Stein today signed the NuclearBan.US “presidential candidates pledge.” The pledge is a promise that, if elected President, she will sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty, work with the other nuclear-armed nations to ensure the complete elimination of all nuclear weapons, and put all those wasted human and financial resources…
On May 22nd, over 30 advocates took to the Massachusetts State House for the Warheads to Windmills Coalition’s Day of Action on Nuclear Weapons and Climate. The energy around the day exemplified what more and more people are recognizing, the two existential threats are deeply interlinked and deeply unacceptable. As the climate crisis exacerbates, so…