Articles, news, campaigns and events about Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Jan 28, 2011, 3:45pm
Jim Haber
January 27 marked 60 years since the first atomic bomb test in Nevada. Codenamed “Able” it was tiny for a nuclear weapon: the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT, about 1/15 the size of the bomb that killed upwards of 130,000 people in...
Nov 11, 2010, 4:00pm
Bill Winston
More than six months ago, on April 8, 2010, the United States and Russia agreed to further reduce their nuclear arsenals with the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). The U.S. Senate has so far failed to ratify this treaty negotiated by...
Oct 21, 2010, 1:39pm
Jason Wyman
Winter 2010 Fellowship magazine front coverFeaturesBorders and Burdens and the Children of War by Charles LondonHuman Trafficking in Our Backyard by Rachel BraverWithout Hope, People Perish: How Neo-liberal Policies Drive Migration by...
Oct 20, 2010, 11:31am
FOR
by Preston DavisThroughout the month of May 2010, the difficult Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) five-year review was held at the United Nations. Negotiations during the previous review, in 2005, fizzled, as governments were unable to...
Sep 27, 2010, 3:34pm
Ethan Vesely-Flad
Jun 23, 2010, 2:41pm
Leila Zand
29 June is the anniversary of the gas attack on Sardasht* and also Iran’s National Day to Call for a Ban on Chemical Weapons. To commemorate the occasion and help prevent future wars, the Society for Chemical Weapons Victims...
Jun 2, 2010, 2:41pm
Ethan Vesely-Flad
Fellowship magazine Spring 2010 front coverFeaturesIt’s Time to End the War in Afghanistanby David WildmanIs This Our Afghan Moment of Peace?by Doug Mackey and Dr. HakimYes Doc, I Mean, Sir Yes Sir: Blurring the Line Between...
May 6, 2010, 9:37pm
Bill Winston
Watch the FOR video of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaking to a group of peace activities from around the world. The secretary-general told the crowd that they and other people would them would be the means of the world’s nuclear...
May 3, 2010, 1:39pm
Bill Winston
I was privileged on Saturday to hear U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. The General Secretary addressed an international conference of peace and justice and environmental activists. The conference was held at the historic Riverside Church in New...
Apr 30, 2010, 10:00am
Ethan Vesely-Flad
On May 2nd, hundreds of religious leaders and peace activists will gather in New York City to call for nuclear disarmament in advance of the U.N. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty conference.WHEN: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 12:00 — 1:00 p.m...
