psr history

My Generation’s Deadly Inheritance

August 9, 2025

Op-ed in the New York Times quoting Greater Boston PSR’s Dr. Arthur Hale and PSR co-founder Dr. Bernard Lown.

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Why and How Should Physicians Mitigate Threats of Nuclear War?

August 1, 2025

Commentary in the AMA Journal of Ethics co-authored by PSR Board Member Joseph G. Hodgkin, MD.

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Exploring physician anti-nuclear war activism

March 27, 2025
Group of IPPNW doctors holding the Nobel Prize in 1985

An exhibit at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health highlights the role of health care professionals including PSR activists in the anti-nuke movement.

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What are Donald Trump’s thoughts about the threat of nuclear weapons?

January 24, 2025

Since the President of the USA holds sole authority over any decision to put nuclear weapons into battle, this seems as good a time as any to examine what we know about President Donald Trump’s thinking on nuclear weapons.

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US should stop spending billions of dollars on nuclear weapons

July 29, 2024
Image of dollar coin featuring Dr. Bernard Lown

Op-ed in the Bangor Daily News on PSR co-founder Bernard Lown, MD’s legacy.

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Bernard Lown’s Political Activism and Medical Achievements are Celebrated in Maine

June 13, 2024

CounterPunch article on the legacy of PSR co-founder Dr. Bernard Lown.

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Portrait of Bernard Lown to be unveiled June 7 in Lewiston

May 28, 2024

Lewiston Sun Journal article mentioning Dr. Bernard Lown’s work with PSR.

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Dollar coin honoring Lewiston’s Dr. Bernard Lown to be issued Thursday

May 15, 2024
Image of dollar coin featuring Dr. Bernard Lown

PSR co-founder Bernard Lown, MD is featured on a new dollar coin. Read more from the Portland Press Herald.

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PSR Tribute to Our Dearly Departed Colleague, Daniel Ellsberg

June 21, 2023

Physicians for Social Responsibility celebrates the life of our esteemed colleague, Daniel Ellsberg, who passed away on June 16.

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Commemorating the Largest Disarmament Protest in History

June 27, 2022
1982 marchers holding "USA & USSR Freeze Nuclear Weapons" signs

PSR joined commemorations of the March for Peace and Justice on June 12th, 1982, in New York City, the largest mass protest for nuclear disarmament in history.

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