Nuclear Weapons

-by Kevin Martin, President, Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund Election loser by nearly three million votes Donald J. Trump, his Team Oligarchy Cabinet (17 of his appointees have more [...]

Washington, DC — January 17, 2017 — Today Russia rebuffed President-Elect Trump’s suggestion that he would consider lifting sanctions against Russia in exchange for a nuclear arms agreement.  [...]

This story was also published in Common Dreams and CounterPunch. Last week, the United Nations took an historic step towards global elimination of nuclear weapons, in voting to begin negotiations [...]

Let’s Reduce the U.S. Nuclear Arsenal By Lawrence S. Wittner, Co-Chair, Peace Action Board of Directors  [Dr. Lawrence Wittner (http://lawrenceswittner.com) is Professor of History Emeritus at [...]

There is nothing safe about nuclear weapons, but these weapons become immediately more dangerous when placed in the hands of an unpredictable bully like Trump. No one person should be able to [...]

Today, 22 Representatives delivered a letter to President Obama asking him to adopt a no-first-use policy on nuclear weapons. They applauded the vision he laid out in his 2009 Prague speech “to [...]

In an effort to both restore the checks and balances enshrined in our constitution and reduce the risk of nuclear catastrophe, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) have [...]

Washington, DC — September 23, 2016 — Peace Action, the nation’s largest peace organization, made the following statement in response to today’s first-ever CTBT resolution (number 2310) passed by [...]

Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund President Kevin Martin’s op-ed in the New Haven Register (and other outlets): Through a combination of denial, lack of empathy, fear-mongering, [...]

Peace Action Board of Directors Co-chair Larry Wittner on History News Network 9-11-16 by Lawrence S. Wittner Dr. Lawrence Wittner (http://www.lawrenceswittner.com) is Professor of History [...]