disarmament

A failed Trump-Kim summit would be a catastrophe

June 8, 2018

Op-ed by PSR’s Dr. Ira Helfand for CNN.

Ojai, California’s Nuclear-Free Resolution: A Call to Action

May 24, 2018

On April 10, 2018, the city of Ojai, California adopted a resolution declaring the city the first nuclear-free zone in decades. Against the backdrop of events over the past year, and recognizing the catastrophic human consequences of any use of nuclear weapons plus the exorbitant costs of nuclear weapons production and maintenance, the City Council adopted the resolution unanimously.

Global health leaders rally behind the Ban Treaty

May 7, 2018

The International Committee of the Red Cross and the World Medical Association have issued important and very timely calls for states to join and implement the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Chain Reactions

May 1, 2018

The history of PSR and IPPNW disarmament activism from 1961 to the present, from Harvard Medicine magazine.

To abolish nuclear weapons, PSR chapters “think globally, act locally.”

April 20, 2018

The only way to protect human health from nuclear weapons is to eliminate all nuclear arsenals worldwide. But how do we get there from here? A key 2018 strategy for PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program is to mobilize local communities.

Diplomacy is the public health solution for Korea

March 23, 2018

After a harrowing downward spiral in which President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un carelessly exchanged threats and engaged in provocative military actions, we are seeing a ray of…

Extend the Olympic Truce, Prevent War with North Korea

February 16, 2018

The Olympic Truce is a tradition that dates back to the original Olympic Games of Ancient Greece. In 2018, the truce is fraught with extra meaning. To cool tensions before…