Nuclear Weapons and Peace Advocacy
Prescription for NUCLEAR ABOLITION
WPSR’s Rx for Nuclear Abolition offers simple ideas for taking action on the threat of nuclear weapons. Download a copy of the prescription, or contact us to request copies of printed pads. Use these as talking points to get others educated, interested, and involved!
FACT SHEETS
Listed below are a series of fact sheets highlighting the links between nuclear weapons and health, the economy, and the environment:
Nuclear Weapons and the Economy
A fact sheet on the economic impact of nuclear weapons.
US Nuclear Weapons Rebuild and the New Nuclear Arms Race
A fact sheet on the modernization of the US nuclear arsenal.
Nuclear Weapons and the Environment
A fact sheet on the environmental impacts of nuclear weapons.
Nuclear Weapons and Social Justice
A fact sheet on the impacts of the nuclear weapons production system on our communities.
Nuclear Weapons and Human Health
A fact sheet on the human health impacts of nuclear weapons.
Trident Submarine Facts and Figures
An informational sheet on the US trident submarines.
Annointed
Acclaimed poet and activist, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, explores the nuclear testing legacy of the Marshall Islands through the legends and stories of Runit Island.
Everything You Think You Know About The “Nuclear Button” Is Wrong
On Inauguration Day, every American president — Republican or Democrat — is given virtually limitless authority to order a nuclear strike at any time they choose. There are no democratic checks on that power: no role for Congress, the Cabinet, or even senior military commanders to approve or even question these orders. One thing the United States can do right now is enact legislation prohibiting the first use of nuclear weapons in a conflict. The No First Use Act wouldn’t stop the president from responding to a nuclear attack, but it would keep them from starting one. It’s time to end the dangerous first-use policy for nuclear weapons. Add your name to a growing list of people demanding Congress to pass the No First Use Act. We’ll make sure they get the message: https://www.globalzero.org/nfu/
Threats of Nuclear Conflict: A Global Review
A new publication by a University of Washington Professors, Scott L. Montgomery and Thomas Graham, Jr. in the Global Policy Journal.
What if we nuke a city?
In just 8 minutes, this video provides a blunt and harrowing overview of what happens to people - and to everything - when a nuclear weapon explodes in a major metropolitan area.
How would you spend $1 trillion?
This visualization tool created by the Future of Life Institute puts the amount the US is spending on upgrading the nuclear arsenal in perspective.
"Joining the Conversation"
created by jonathan deaton
This 5-minute video shows what happens when college students are asked about nuclear weapons. Jonathan's short film won first prize in the Student Category of Physicians for Social Responsibility's Nukebusters Short Film Contest in 2015.
A Trident II D5 missile launched from an Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine. U.S. Navy photo by John Kowalski
America’s Exceptional Violence:
Nuclear weapons and the U.S. claim to the right to use them
A book by David C. Hall, MD; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
3rd Edition
Under the Cloud
Susan Detweiler, M.D., pathologist and PSR member in Seattle, WA, presents this personal essay on atomic power, the effects of living under the specter of nuclear weapons, and the path it has led us down.
This essay first appeared in the Winter 2012 edition of The Missouri Review.
WPSR Urges Community to Tell Congress: Stop the New Arms Race
In January, WPSR aired an ad on KING 5 using the historic “Daisy Girl” ad from LBJ’s 1964 presidential campaign. The ad calls on the community to contact their Members of Congress and tell them to oppose the estimated trillion dollars of spending on a new nuclear arms race.
Dr. Ira Helfand speaks on nuclear weapons at TEDx Vail
As health professionals, we recognize that any detonation of a nuclear weapon, whether by accident or design, would cause devastation and suffering almost beyond imagine. Our motto is: “Prevention is the only cure.” PSR's Dr. Ira Helfand spoke at TEDx Vail (Jan. 8, 2016) on this threat and what we can do to eliminate it.”
"I wish I didn't know that."
This tool created by the Union of Concerned Scientists highlights real-life stories of close calls, screw ups, and nuclear misses.
The Doomsday Clock
For the last two years, the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock stayed set at three minutes before the hour, the closest it had been to midnight since the early 1980s. Now, it has been moved to two and a half minutes to midnight. When they made this decision, the Science and Security Board warned: “The probability of global catastrophe is very high, and the actions needed to reduce the risks of disaster must be taken very soon.”
