25 July War Abolisher Awards Presentation 2025 -Awards to Ralph Nader, Roger Waters, and Francesca Albanese.

Please join us for the presentation the 2025 War Abolisher Awards to Ralph Nader, Roger Waters, and Francesca Albanese. https://worldbeyondwar.org/war-abolisher-awards/?link_id=0&can_id=13ba30268aee0186171b42af7858a2ac&source=email-2025-war-abolisher-awards-go-to-albanese-nader-waters-2&email_referrer=email_2806393&email_subject=2025-war-abolisher-awards-go-to-albanese-nader-waters

The event is free and open to the public.

The event begins on July 24, 2025, at 18:30 UTC, which is 6:30 a.m. in Auckland, 8:30 a.m. in Honolulu, 11:30 a.m. in Los Angeles, 12:30 p.m. in Mexico City, 2:30 p.m. in New York, 7:30 p.m. in Yaoundé, 8:30 p.m. in Berlin, and 10 p.m. in Tehran.

The awardees for 2025 are Ralph Nader, Roger Waters, and Francesca Albanese.

The Artistic War Abolisher of 2025 award goes to Roger Waters for his incredibly powerful combination of song-writing, singing, speaking, and performing against the horrors of war. During the event, we will play a new 8-minute song pre-recorded by Roger Waters called Sumud.

The David Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher of 2025 award — named for the late co-founder of World BEYOND War — goes to Ralph Nader for his brilliant and relentless advocacy, educating, organizing, analyzing, and criticizing war and related crimes and abuses.

The Individual War Abolisher of 2025 award goes to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, for her fearless, incisive, and eloquent reporting on the genocide in Gaza.

Sponsored by World BEYOND War

July 12, 2025 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Events | Leave a comment

17 June – WEBINAR : STATE OF THE NUCLEAR “REVIVAL”.

June 7, 2025 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Events | Leave a comment

Veterans Launch 40-Day Fast to Protest Israel’s Starvation of Gaza

“Having seen what war does … I simply have to do more than hold a sign at a demonstration,” said one veteran organizer.

By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout, May 29, 2025, https://truthout.org/articles/veterans-launch-40-day-fast-to-protest-israels-starvation-of-gaza/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=37d6f110cb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_29_08_34&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-37d6f110cb-650192793continues to rise and more than a half a million people in Gaza are on the brink of famine, U.S.-based Veterans For Peace and several allied organizations have launched a 40-day “Fast for Gaza.”

From May 22 to June 30, 600 people in the U.S. and abroad are fasting and demanding full humanitarian aid to Gaza under UN authority and an end to U.S. weapons shipments to Israel.

Mary Kelly Gardner, a teacher from Santa Cruz, California, told Truthout she joined the fast in memory of her late father, a service member in Vietnam who “staunchly opposed U.S. militarism.” He opposed “the so-called ‘war on terror’ and ongoing U.S. violence against Middle Eastern countries,” she said. Gardner is limiting herself to 250 calories for the first 10 days of the fast. “Then I will switch to fasting during daylight (as Muslims observing Ramadan do).”

Palestinians in Gaza are being forced to survive on 245 calories per day; 250 calories daily is considered a starvation diet, as the body breaks down muscle and other tissues. Prolonged fasting can cause dehydration, heart problems, kidney failure and even death.

Gardner is distressed because her “tax dollars are being used to fund this horrific violence” (which, she noted, constitutes genocide) “in the form of weapons shipments.”She feels the need to speak out. Gardner said her goals are to “get people’s attention with a meaningful action” and “engage in a practice that challenges me to be more personally present with the human suffering taking place in Gaza.” She is “intentionally causing myself some discomfort and inconvenience,” yet “not harming myself.”

June 1, 2025 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Events | Leave a comment

29 May – UNLEASHING THE ATOM Zoom 8pm EDT

Register Here

Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, is hosted by Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS) on “A Night with the Experts” at 7pm CT (8pm ET/ 6pm MT/ 5pm PT ), Thursday, May 29, 2025. His talk is on “Unleashing Atomic Power: Exploring the dangers and implications.” The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is now preparing to comply with new bipartisan congressional mandates signed into law by the Biden Administration to fast track new nuclear power plant development and extend aging reactor operations to an extreme. New and emerging Executive Orders anticipated out of the Trump White House plan to take control over NRC licensing and decision-making “as part of our commitment to make the NRC regulatory process more efficient.”

May 24, 2025 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Events | Leave a comment

  12 June – Nuclear War: A Scenario – join an online discussion with international best-selling author Annie Jacobsen

In Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario, readers get a chilling minute-by-minute account of an unfolding nuclear war. Based on interviews with former US government and military officials, researchers, technical experts, and historians of the nuclear age, she exposes the horrific realities of such a conflict. It’s not cinematic. It’s not a thrill. It’s a reminder that a nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought – a powerful argument for nuclear disarmament.

The book, due to be released in paperback this July, is an international bestseller, and has been shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. This speaks to the growing interest in the risk of such a conflict, as nuclear weapons states enter a new race to modernise and expand their arsenals. CND and British Pugwash invites you to join us for an exclusive evening of discussion with Annie Jacobsen, in an online event on Thursday 12 June. Register Thursday 12 June6:30pm Online, register here Participants will hear a talk from Annie about the book. You then have the opportunity to ask her your questions! Invest in Peace not Nukes: Join the protest at Devonport Dockyard, 7 June With just over two weeks to go until CND’s protest at the Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth, we’re building up the pressure on local MP and MoD minister Luke Pollard! Residents have written to Pollard exposing the nuclear dangers and the programme’s huge costs that are keeping residents in poverty. The base, operated by Babcock International, services Britain’s current nuclear submarines and houses defunct submarines – still waiting to be decomissioned. Despite the billions of pounds flowing into the dockyard, Devonport remains one of the most disadvantaged areas in the country.   Join CND in calling out the billions being wasted on nuclear weapons – money that could be redirected into creating highly skilled, well-paid jobs that don’t threaten people and planet.More Details Saturday, 7 June12 noon: Assemble on Guildhall Square, Armada Way in Plymouth city centre1pm: An open top bus will take everyone on a tour of Plymouth and its nuclear links2:15pm: Assembly at the gates of the Trident nuclear dockyard, Camel’s Head, DevonportSpeaking at Tuesday’s webinar calling for the government to divest from nuclear weapons, CND Vice-Chair Tony Staunton outlined the dangers faced by those living near the dockyard. He also explained how Plymouth could become a hub for climate technologies while the dockyard continues to work to dismantled historic submarines instead of servicing new ones. You can watch Tony’s contribution here and the full webinar here. Stop Arming Israel: emergency demo, Friday 23 May With Gaza on the brink of famine, Israel continues to block vital aid and attacks on civilians are ongoing. In response, the British government has announced that it has stopped trade talks with Israel. However, it continues to supply it with arms. Despite David Lammy claiming that Britain has stopped arms sales to Israel, the government’s own figures show that it has approved £127.6 million worth of military equipment to Israel in single issue licenses between October to December 2024. These three months alone total more than the licenses approved between 2020-2023 combined! It also continues to refuse to include parts made in Britain as part of the F-35 programme, in its inadequate partial ban. Words of condemnation are not enough. We need a full arms embargo on Israel now! Join CND and the Palestine Coalition for an emergency demonstration to make this demand outside Downing Street tomorrow, Friday, 23 May. Protest starts at 6:30pm.      Copyright © 2025 Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, All rights reserved.We collected your name from a petition or you are a member of CND Our mailing address is:Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, The Green House | Ethical Property | 244-254 Cambridge Heath Rd, Cambridge Heath, London E2 9DA Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament | For peace and a nuclear-free future | CNDUK.ORG

May 24, 2025 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Events | Leave a comment

EVENT. Radiation whistleblowers in the 20th century

 This will constitute the UK launch of the book. It will be a hybrid talk, ie both in person and on-line. If you wish to attend
on-line, you can find the link here
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/events/radiation-whistleblowers-20th-century

Examination of scientific whistleblowing about radiation risks in the 20th century.

Tuesday 27 May LSHTM Keppel St London UK

 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 20th May 2025, https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/events/radiation-whistleblowers-20th-century

 This will constitute the UK launch of the book. It will be
a hybrid talk, ie both in person and on-line. If you wish to attend
on-line, you can find the link here
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/events/radiation-whistleblowers-20th-century

This paper examines scientific whistleblowing about the risks of radiation in the second half of the 20th Century. Its target audience are students and staff interested in the history of radiation science, histories of expert whistleblowing, planetary health, and the environmental determinants of health.

History shows us that radiation risks are a battleground of scientific opinions, values and politics. Broadly speaking, a gulf has existed (and still exists) between official estimations of radiation risks and the risks observed by many distinguished scientists in the latter part of the twentieth century. These scientists found evidence that radiation risks, including cancers and birth defects, were greater than official estimates. However, they and their scientific reports were often adversely treated by officialdom – both in the West and the East. These scientists consequently suffered career blight, cessation of funding, seizure of their data, peer group ostracism, as well as public criticism and opprobrium. The rub of the matter is that, from recent findings, we know that these scientists were correct. This talk will thus highlight some of the most noteworthy examples of this scientific whistleblowing, summarise key findings, and reflect upon their salience to contemporary understandings of radiation risks. 

Speaker

Dr Ian Fairlie

Independent Consultant on radioactivity in the environment

Dr Ian Fairlie is a radiation biologist whose primary interest is in the history and perception of radiation risks. He has degrees in chemistry and radiation biology and his doctorate at Imperial College was on nuclear waste policies. He was formerly the chief scientific advisor to the British Government’s Committee on the Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters (1999-2004). He is currently a Vice President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and continues to serve as a consultant to NGOs in both Britain and North America. First and foremost, though, he considers himself a citizen scientist. 

Event notices

• Please note that you can join this event in person or you can join the session remotely.
• Please note that this session will not be recorded.

Admission

Free and open to all. No registration required. Contact

Alex Mold

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May 22, 2025 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Events | Leave a comment

7 June Outrage rally against Sizewell C nuclear

 7 June – Sizewell C Outrage Rally

  Stop Sizewell C 16th May 2025

Outraged about the destruction caused by Sizewell C? Then join our rally to protest against Sizewell C, incorporating a memorial tribute to legendary campaigner Pete Wilkinson.

Rally co-organised by Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) and Stop Sizewell C.

Where: Sizewell Beach (just south of main access)

When: Saturday 7 June 11am – 12.15/30pm

Speakers will include Jonathon Porritt, Simon Barnes and a representative from Greenpeace UK………………………………………………………………………………………………

Pete Wilkinson – As well as a tireless opponent of Sizewell C, Pete – who died in January – was a founder and fearless campaigner for Greenpeace. To find out more about his achievements, visit bit.ly/Wilx . Speakers at the rally will include his daughters, Emily and Amy
https://stopsizewellc.org/outrage/

May 19, 2025 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Events | Leave a comment

You are invited to join the 7 June ‘Outrage’ Rally against Sizewell C

With Prime Minister Keir Starmer having recently indicated that the announcement of a Financial Investment Decision about Sizewell C might be made in the days immediately prior to the Spending Review being made public on 11 June, campaigners opposed to the nightmare nuclear power plant project in Suffolk will be holding an important protest action on the preceding weekend.

On Saturday 7 June Stop Sizewell C and Together Against Sizewell C are co-organising an ‘Outrage’ Rally on Sizewell Beach. The Rally will run from 11am to 12.15/30pm, after which participants who are able will be invited to walk up the beach to the Sizewell C site.

There will be speakers, including Jonathon Porritt and from Greenpeace UK, interspersed with some music from Peter Kirtley and Gary Morley.

Organisers say that outrage was a defining characteristic of legendary campaigner and former TASC Chair Pete Wilkinson, who died in January. Speakers will pay tribute to Pete in whose memory the gathering is in part being held, but marchers do not need to have known Pete to attend.

28th April 2025

You are invited to join the 7 June ‘Outrage’ Rally against Sizewell C

With Prime Minister Keir Starmer having recently indicated that the announcement of a Financial Investment Decision about Sizewell C might be made in the days immediately prior to the Spending Review being made public on 11 June, campaigners opposed to the nightmare nuclear power plant project in Suffolk will be holding an important protest action on the preceding weekend.

On Saturday 7 June Stop Sizewell C and Together Against Sizewell C are co-organising an ‘Outrage’ Rally on Sizewell Beach. The Rally will run from 11am to 12.15/30pm, after which participants who are able will be invited to walk up the beach to the Sizewell C site.

There will be speakers, including Jonathon Porritt and from Greenpeace UK, interspersed with some music from Peter Kirtley and Gary Morley.

Organisers say that outrage was a defining characteristic of legendary campaigner and former TASC Chair Pete Wilkinson, who died in January. Speakers will pay tribute to Pete in whose memory the gathering is in part being held, but marchers do not need to have known Pete to attend.

Everyone opposed to the outrage that is Sizewell C is encouraged to attend, and to bring with them friends and family to swell the crowd. Marchers are also encouraged to create their own banners with suitable slogans. Organisers also wish to reassure marchers that they are working with the police to ensure a safe event for all.

More details can also be found at www.stopsizewellc.org/outrage, but these are also reproduced in the appendix accompanying this media release………………………………………………………………………………. https://www.nuclearpolicy.info/news/you-are-invited-to-join-the-7-june-outrage-rally-against-sizewell-c/

April 29, 2025 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Events | Leave a comment

CND shines spotlight on nuclear cover-up of US bombs in Britain with blockade of RAF Lakenheath, 26 April

23 Apr 25 https://cnduk.org/cnd-shines-spotlight-on-nuclear-cover-up-of-us-bombs-in-britain-with-blockade-of-raf-lakenheath-26-april/

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament will be shining a spotlight on the British government’s ongoing cover-up of plans for a US nuclear weapons deployment to Britain, during a blockade of the main gate of RAF Lakenheath on Saturday, 26 April.
 
Campaigners will be joined by ‘Donald Trump’ and ‘Keir Starmer’ along with replicas of the B61-12 guided nuclear bomb. CND activists are coming from across the country to take part in the blockade of the main gate of the base from 12 noon. 
 
•    Saturday, 26 April
•    Blockade starts at 12 noon 
•    RAF Lakenheath Gate 1, Brandon Road, Suffolk, IP27 9PN

The blockade takes place on the final day of the Lakenheath Alliance for Peace* peace camp, which has seen a continuous presence of campaigners outside the main gate of the base since 14 April, as well as events highlighting Lakenheath’s role in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, the role of the military in climate breakdown, and NATO’s nuclear network in Europe.
 
The blockade comes as CND’s lawyers forced the Ministry of Defence to declassify a significant nationwide exemption certificate, issued in March 2021 by former Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, on the grounds of ‘national security’. The document shockingly exempts US Visiting Forces from adhering to British nuclear safety regulations at its bases across Britain, which includes RAF Lakenheath. 
 
CND is calling on PM Keir Starmer to come clean about this cover-up and to publicly announce that US nuclear weapons will not be deployed to Britain. 
 
CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt said:

“Trump’s reckless ‘America First’ agenda is increasing international tensions every day.  Siting US nuclear bombs in Britain will put us on the frontline of any military confrontation. The British government needs to step back from its so-called ‘special relationship’ with the US and refuse to host these deadly bombs.  The US has poured millions of dollars into upgrading the base in preparation for siting new nuclear bombs. Yet the government refuses to come clean. 
 
“RAF Lakenheath has a history of near nuclear accidents which were covered up for decades. The best way to protect people in East Anglia and across the country is to not have nuclear weapons in the first place. With nuclear dangers on the rise, the presence of US nuclear weapons in Britain makes us a target in the event of a nuclear war – with catastrophic consequences. Any accidents involving a nuclear weapon would have a devastating environmental and humanitarian impact which no amount of drilling could prepare us for. CND is calling on everyone who is concerned about this to join us at the blockade on RAF Lakenheath’s main gate this Saturday, 26 April.”

April 25, 2025 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Events | Leave a comment

In Chicago: Testimonies of Korean Atomic Bomb Victims and International People’s Tribunal Promotion Events

Helen Plum Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul University, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, USA https://abombtribunal.campaignus.me/34/?q=YToxOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjt9&bmode=view&idx=159506865&t=board

Following the conclusion of the 3rd Meeting of States Parties (MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), the delegation of Korean Atomic Bomb Victims and SPARK traveled to Chicago. The schedule in Chicago was organized through the invitation of Yuki Miyamoto, a professor at DePaul University and member of the International Organizing Committee, and the arrangements of Brad Wolf, Co-Coordinator of the International Organizing Committee.

On March 9, a roundtable discussion was held at the Helen Plum Library, hosted by Kathy Kelly, President of World BEYOND War. After the event, Kathy Kelly joined the International Organizing Committee. The event was attended by 15 participants, who listened to testimonies from the victims and learned about the International People’s Tribunal. One participant, identifying as a second-generation Jewish Holocaust survivor, expressed sympathy by saying, “As an American, I apologize for the pain you have endured.” Additionally, journalist Robert C. Koehler, who attended the event, wrote and posted an article online titled “The Journey Beyond Nukes Begins with an Apology.“

On the morning of March 10, an event was held at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After listening to the testimonies of Korean atomic bomb victims, one student shared, “It is not just about numbers; hearing the stories from those who directly experienced it really touches my heart.” Another student said, “I was uncertain about taking this class, but now that I’ve attended, I feel like I’ve learned so much. I think this is such an important topic.” The student also inquired about the main goals of the International People’s Tribunal.

Later that same day, at 6 PM, an event was held at DePaul University, attended by around 80 people, including Korean Americans from the first, second, and third generations. After hearing testimonies from the victims and learning about the International People’s Tribunal, students who had visited Hiroshima presented and discussed their works.

On March 11, an event was held at the University of Illinois Chicago, organized by Professor Michael Jean. He later became a new member of the International Organizing Committee and expressed his intention to participate in next year’s International People’s Tribunal. Several participants also pledged to take part in next year’s tribunal after the event.

We would like to express our deep gratitude to all those who worked tirelessly to create meaningful connections, raise awareness about the plight of the Korean atomic bomb victims, and promote the International People’s Tribunal in Chicago.

April 14, 2025 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Events | Leave a comment