In the immediate aftermath of a very disturbing election, US Representative Jim McGovern hosted a “special order hour” on November 13, 2024, at which he and nine colleagues gave impassioned speeches on the floor of the House about the need to stem the rising danger of nuclear war. While many of the remarks were focused…
Featured Image: (Left) Activists standing out at a Raytheon Facility in Tuscon, Arizona to protest Nuclear Weapons as part of an event coordinated by The Nuclear Resister. (Right) 350 Milwaukee activists standout at a BP station to protest fossil fuels. Weeks of Action Our Warheads to Windmills “Two Weeks to Pressure the Profiteers” has come…
There are only 10 days left until the launch of our Weeks of Action to Pressure the Profiteers! What are you doing to take part in the campaign? Between September 16th-29th people, groups, and organizations around the country and around the world are taking action on Nuclear Weapons and Fossil Fuels. We are taking a…
Sept. 4, 2024: US Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-1) is the latest Member of Congress to co-sponsor the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and [Climate] Conversion Act (or “Norton Bill”), H.R. 2775. There are now thirteen Members of Congress supporting this bill, which calls on the US to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (or…
Members and supporters of the Warheads to Windmills Coalition gathered in Washington DC from July 8-10th to meet with members of Congress about the importance of getting rid of nuclear weapons and addressing the climate crisis. Approximately 20 people joined the lobbying teams over the course of the three days from organizations such as CodePink,…
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…
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-At Large) spoke in a subcommittee hearing on nuclear energy about her bill H.R.2775, the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act which calls on the US to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The nuclear weapons and nuclear energy industries are inseparable. The Congresswoman speaks from 1:19:22 to…
Today’s threat of attack by nuclear weapons has never been more serious. The U.S. and nuclear powers must reverse direction, get back to negotiations and move towards joining the Treaty on the Prohibition on Nuclear Weapons. pic.twitter.com/0uOFF3Nb7M — Rep. Jim McGovern (@RepMcGovern) January 17, 2024 Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA-2) gave a speech on the house…
US Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson today took time out of her busy schedule ahead of Tuesday’s presidential primary election in New Hampshire to sign a pledge to abolish nuclear weapons. The pledge states that, “if elected President, I will sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW, or Nuclear Ban Treaty]” and…
Elected representatives from 14 countries met on the sidelines of the second meeting of the Nuclear Ban Treaty (2MSP) at the UN in New York last week to discuss how to build support for the TPNW in their respective countries. They included parliamentarians from Canada, Japan, Germany, Scotland, Belgium, France, Italy, Australia, and Norway. These…