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Geronticide report: 23:00, May 19 – Canada deaths 6152, LTC resident deaths 5299 – 86.1% Thanks to the Ontario Hospital Association for maintaining an up-to-date inventory of all the … Read more COVID-19 Update 12, May 22
Our genes are made up of parts that can be traced back 300 000 years. Some will feel a bit constrained if limited to the approximately 300,000-year age of … Read more Genomic Time and the Immediacy of the Nuclear Threat: A Stark Contrast
A COVID-19 outbreak at the White House. Oy Gevalt! Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns stay at home order setting a precedent for other states. Whistleblower Rick Smith fired by Trump … Read more COVID-19 Update 11, May 16
Formed in October 2012, the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is a coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that is working to ban fully autonomous weapons and thereby retain meaningful human … Read more Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
On May 7, Republicans proved yet again that most of them are perfectly happy allowing President Donald Trump unchecked discretion to make war. Senate Joint Resolution 68, introduced on January … Read more Greenlighting War: Iran and Yemen
The number of nuclear weapons in the world has declined significantly since the Cold War: down from a peak of approximately 70,300 in 1986 to an estimated 13,410 in early-2020. … Read more Federation of American Scientists : Status of World Nuclear Forces [Current update: April 2020]
In its report “Enough is Enough: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending 2020” the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons has produced the first estimate in nearly a decade of global nuclear … Read more Enough is Enough: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending 2020
Photo by Pixabay from Pexels In 2001 Erika Simpson, professor in Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, published a book entitled ”NATO and the Bomb, Canadian Defenders Confront Critics”. This … Read more NATO, Canada and Nuclear Disarmament
This statement was drafted by Ray Acheson (WILPF); John Burroughs (Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy); Jacqueline Cabasso (Western States Legal Foundation); Akira Kawasaki (Peace Boat); Daryl Kimball (Arms Control Association); … Read more JOINT STATEMENT FROM CIVIL SOCIETY TO THE STATES PARTIES OF THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
This update is dedicated to my friends Jean Smith and John Valleau, life long workers for peace and justice. UN News, April 14: “Hatred going viral in a dangerous … Read more COVID-19 Update 10, May 10