toward a just and sustainable world
The Toronto Chapter, which got its mandate at the last SfP board meeting Nov. 6, has already started a newsletter of its own. It has moved quickly to assume responsibility for the lecture and seminar series at the University of Toronto which were formerly organized by national board members. Equally quickly,the new (Nov. 6 mandate … Read more Chapters
Security and disarmament Sydney, Australia I recently came across your discussion paper ‘Security and Disarmsment’ of February, 1982. I was very interested to read of your support for an international satellite surveillance system. Enclosed is a copy of a recent book in which I also endorse that proposal.” – Keith Suter Keith Suter, Peaceworking: The … Read more Letters
Roger Walsh, Staying Alive: The Psychology Of Human Survival, Shambhala (New Science Library), Boulder, Colorado, 1984. Roger Walsh has succeeded in preparing a brief ,highly readable overview of psychological issues in the present global crisis. The book is organized into four sections: Crises of population, resources, the environment and the threat of nuclear annihilation; Psychological … Read more Reviews
For getting post-Summit bearings: Alva Myrdal, The Game of Disarmament, Pantheon Books, N.Y., 1978, Paperback, $7.75 in Canada. This is a sobering and detailed study of why years of disarmament discussions have failed and of the awesome cost of an arms race which has brought less and less security the faster it has escalated. International … Read more Bookshelf
Technology has created an interdependence between nations which we seem not yet willing or able to recognize. Summitry in Geneva is all very well, but we who are not nuclear weapons powers feel Lilliputians when we ponder our inability to influence the policies of the US and the USSR. The FREEZE campaign offers a first … Read more Freeze Facts
David Suzuki has joined the board of Pollution Probe in Toronto. The Bertrand Russell Peace Lectures were inaugurated Nov. 5 and 6 at McMaster University in Hamilton by E.P. Thompson (U.K.)who has been described; as the single most important figure in European Nuclear Disarmament. He spoke on “The Threat of War” and “The Healing of … Read more Newsworthy
In 1987 Ontario Hydro will start removing tritium from the heavy water used in its reactors. Tritium is an essential component of nuclear warheads; and Ontario Hydro, wishing to exploit the element commercially, is faced with the problem of reassuring the public that none of its tritium can be used in the American nuclear weapons … Read more Tritium & Hydro
Despite the foreboding situation the 1985 review conference did succeed in achieving a final declaration by consensus. The parties declared their conviction that the NPT is essential to international peace and security and reaffirmed their continued support for the objectives of the Treaty – to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear explosive devices, … Read more NPT Conference
I wonder if long ago, Long ago, Before dinosaurs walked, Or turtle’s swam, Before Earth’s cap was wooded. Before Arabia was anchored in sand, I wonder if two men way back then While the world longed For a master plan To unite two ideas That threatened a clash That would bring an end to Man. … Read more Two Men
Post-Summit Speculations To greet a few handshakes and smiles as harbingers of a detente may be to indulge in wishful thinking,but wishful thinking — also called “hope” — may be an ingredient of effective action. Effective action depends on avoiding two kinds of danger: succumbing to despair when things go bad and indulging in complacence … Read more President's Corner