Wednesday, 20 September 2017 06:14 Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will: Building on the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty  JOSEPH GERSON FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT On September 20, in a formal UN ceremony, the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty will be opened for signatures. The treaty further stigmatizes nuclear weapons and seeks to outlaw their use, threatened the use, development, testing, production, manufacture, acquisition, possession or stockpiling nuclear weapons, transfer and deployment. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could unconditionally … Continue reading →

And Calls on U.S. To Sign Immediately July 2017 https://www.veteransforpeace.org/our-work/position-statements/veterans-peace-applauds-adoption-nuclear-ban-treaty-and-calls-us-sign-immediately/ … Continue reading →

a letter from Joseph Gerson AFSC, USA I had the privilege of attending the opening and penultimate sessions of the Nuclear Weapons Ban and Prohibition Treaty negotiations at the U.N. this spring and summer. And, midst considerable celebration, on July 7, representatives of the majority of the world’s governments agreed to a treaty designed to outlaw the development, testing, producing, possession, stockpiling, use and threatened use of nuclear weapons and considerably more. The next major steps will be to get … Continue reading →