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On the 78th anniversary of the dawn of the nuclear age and the ongoing danger of nuclear weapons. August 5th, 11am – 4pm 1170 NY-213, Esopus/Kingston, NY 12401 Screening: Appreciation—The Tomiko Morimoto West Story (trailer), a 20-minute film about a survivor…

Be Part of a Step Toward a Peaceful Future-No Nuclear Weapons August 6th from 12:00 PM -8:00 PM Kingston Point Beach 53 Delaware Ave, Kingston, NY 12401 We are going to celebrate our 13th annual Bon-odori Dance, Festival for Peace…

In recent years, and again this year, to my knowledge, only a single member of either house of the U.S. Congress has said publicly, prior to voting No on a military spending bill, that he or she planned to vote…

Been hearing about the Oppenheimer movie? Oscar buzz! Barbenheimer! Cillian Murphy’s alarmingly blue eyeballs! In all the hoo-hah, two crucial things are missing. We have to fully grasp the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons: The movie offers only the tiniest…

The triumph of the far-right José Antonio Kast in the Chilean constituent elections is a symptom of the reconfiguration of the opposition to progressive governments that began in Brazil and extends to countries such as Colombia and Argentina with the…

The ground-breaking movie Oppenheimer, despite its unsympathetic protagonist, packs a powerful anti-nuclear punch that makes it hard, if not impossible, to sleep after watching the film. For this reason alone, the movie should be shown on the floor of Congress…

After the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed that last month was the hottest June on record, a climate expert at NASA is now predicting that July could be Earth’s hottest month on record. By Paige Bennett Gavin Schmidt, director of…

As of Thursday 11 May 2023, “Fort Benning”, home of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) became “Fort Moore”. The name change was part of a broader US military initiative to remove the names of Confederate officers from…

U.S. anti-war organizations will hold a rally on July 22 at 11 am at the Scranton (PA) Army Ammunition Plant to oppose sending cluster bombs, and all weapons, into the Ukraine War. We urge all who oppose the U.S. sending…

The danger of nuclear war has escalated to a point that no thoughtful person on the planet can ignore it any longer. Yet, in this atmosphere, there are still some who think there should be more weapons, more sanctions, and…