Nuclear Weapons

We cemented a key victory last week when Congress voted to redirect all $33 million that Bush had requested for the Reliable Replacement Warhead, a new nuclear weapon. During the year-long budget [...]

Read background on the deal here.  Call your Congressperson and your Senators TODAY 202.224.312, here are some talking points for you as well. It’s looking more likely that the House will [...]

In just a few short days, John McCain and Barack Obama will face each other and our country in the first presidential debate. Moderated by Jim Lehrer, this first debate will focus on foreign [...]

Last week, the Bush administration bullied 45 countries into lifting a 30-year ban on nuclear trade with India — a ban put into place because of India’s history of illicit nuclear weapons [...]

Peace Action West has been working against the proposed civilian nuclear deal with India since 2006.  While the deal does not allow trade in weapons technology, it undermines the nuclear [...]

Last weekend, I attended “Looking Back: Remembering the Victims of Nuclear Weapons – Looking Forward: Towards a Nuclear Free Future,” an event Peace Action West cosponsored to commemorate the [...]

[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7093926877582230143] Here’s an interesting ad by True Majority on the number of US nuclear weapons showing why the Progressive Majority [...]

Peace lanterns commemorate Hiroshima Day August 6th marks the 63rd anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. On Saturday, we’ll remember Nagasaki Day. In remembrance of all the victims [...]

Last week, the India Nuclear Deal inched forward when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a plan for inspecting India’s nuclear reactors. "The safeguards agreement with the [...]

An Air Force vehicle containing a Minuteman III rocket booster tipped over on the side of a road.  It is only the latest in a series of errors regarding US nuclear technology. From [...]