War And Peace / Nuclear Weapons

Total AI, by Marc Roberts.

It’s 40 years since the establishment of peace camps at the British atomic weapons bases of Greenham Common and Faslane. Speaking to the women at the centre of four decades of resistance, Denise Laura Baker asks what keeps them going.

Anniversary of The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

We urgently need to slam the brakes on automated violence. Noel Sharkey dispels some myths about the newest arms race. Illustrations by Simon Kneebone.

As UN special rapporteur on the right to a healthy environment presents his report today, Doug Weir explains why this is especially important in armed conflict.

Peacekeeping without peacebuilding is doomed to fail, says Ruby Diamonde.

Pakistani physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy explores his country’s rocky relationship with nukes.

Anti-nuke action across the world

From the Manhattan Project and Hiroshima, to the Cold War, North Korea and beyond, nuclear fission has changed everything.

What are the West’s weapons actually for? asks Paul Rogers.

Activist Angie Zelter celebrates a year-long blockade of Britain’s weapons of mass destruction.

Wayward warheads, mid-air collisions and dangerous detonations.

There are over 27,000 nuclear weapons in the world. Thousands are deployed on land, at sea and in the air, posing the constant threat of nuclear war and radioactive contamination.

With nuclear weapons multiplying again, now is the time to seize the moment and ban them, argues Jess Worth.