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Tag: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Posted inOpinion

We can’t give up on idea of a nuke-free world

by Vijay Prashad January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

On January 22, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons became international law for the 122 states that signed the agreement in July 2017. The TPNW, as with most treaties, is summed up in one sentence (Article 1a): “Each State Party undertakes never under any circumstances to … develop, test, produce, manufacture, otherwise acquire, possess […]

Posted inOpinion

The quest for a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons

by Asoka Bandarage October 26, 2020October 26, 2020
Lawrence Krauss, a member of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, talks about their decision to move the 'Doomsday Clock' hands to two minutes until midnight after a news conference in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Leah Millis
Posted inOpinion

This vanishing moment and our vanishing future

by Nick Turse September 26, 2020September 25, 2020
Posted inJapan

Nagasaki marks 75 years since atomic bombing

by AT Contributor August 9, 2020August 9, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

Ground Zero Nagasaki: Living the nuclear past – and future

by Susan Southard January 18, 2019

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