Month: December 1985

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 … Read more President's Corner

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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Read more Two Men

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 … Read more Chapters