Peter Kuznick on the Significance of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Peter Kuznick answered the following questions from Sputnik radio and agreed to let World BEYOND War publish the text.
Peter Kuznick answered the following questions from Sputnik radio and agreed to let World BEYOND War publish the text.
On October 24, 2020, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons reached the required 50 states parties for its entry into force, after Honduras ratified just one day after Jamaica and Nauru submitted their ratifications. In 90 days, the treaty will enter into force, cementing a categorical ban on nuclear weapons, 75 years after their first use.
The US has roughly 6,000 military personnel scattered throughout the continent with military attachés outnumbering diplomats in many embassies across Africa.
As social movements around the world are calling for the removal of controversial statues, the Canadian military is planning a monument to a warplane …
On October 15, 2020, World BEYOND War and Canadian Foreign Policy Institute hosted a webinar about the social, ecological, and economic impact of Canada’s plan to purchase new fighter jets.
November 11, 2020, is Armistice Day 103 — which is 102 years since World War I was ended at a scheduled moment (11 o’clock on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 — killing an extra 11,000 people after the decision to end the war had been reached early in the morning).
Our rational and technological prowess, in combination with market-based power structures, has brought us to the brink of catastrophe. Can movement politics be part of a solution?
America’s role in the world is badly in need of reevaluation and refurbishment.
A grassroots coalition of Canadian peace activists marked the October 2 International Day of Non-Violence with a protest demanding the federal government cancel plans to spend up to $19 billion on 88 new fighter jets.