nuclearfreede
@xanthh.bsky.social
Scottish-German disarmament campaigner, artist, gardener. Editor of German language online lexicon on nuclear weapons, "Atomwaffen A-Z". Working for IPPNW.
Hier kann man selbst protestieren durch eine Unterschrift: openpetition.de/!werbedeal
Keine Werbepartnerschaft von Borussia Dortmund mit dem Rüstungskonzern Rheinmetall! - Online-Petition
Sehr geehrter Herr Watzke, sehr geehrter Herr Ricken, sehr geehrte Verantwortliche beim BVB, bitte kündigen Sie umgehend die Werbepartnerschaft mit der Düsseldorfer Rheinmetall AG. Ein Waffenherstelle...
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Friends spontaneously protesting against Dortmund football club's sponsorship deal with the arms concern Rhein-Metall.
Football and weapons do not go well together. Let's not normalise the arms trade.
#sportwashing
Ah, the myth of the surgical strike, promoted by the US to soften the edges of war, was once again exploded in #Gaza
#alleyesonRafah
Stop arming Israel!
The munitions Israel used to massacre people in Rafah on Sunday were made in the U.S., according to CNN
US-made munitions used in deadly strike on Rafah tent camp, CNN analysis shows | CNN
Munitions made in the United States were used in the deadly Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Rafah on Sunday, a CNN analysis of video from the scene and a review by explosive weapons experts h...
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Great article by Pavel Podvig via ELN: "Opposition to nuclear use is a powerful unifying message that can bring together states that may have diverging views on the war in Ukraine"
Absolutely. Nuclear threats are inadmissible
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#nukesky
Quieting the nuclear rattle: Responding to Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons exercises
Last week, Russia announced it had started tactical nuclear weapons exercises near Ukraine. Pavel Podvig explores whether this move is an attempt to go beyond signalling and bring non-strategic nuclea...
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Listen to Norway's FM Espen Barth Eide on BBC's Hard Talk talking about recognition for the State of Palestine. And before you write: what about condemning Hamas and 7 Oct? He does. Repeatedly.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Espen Barth Eide: Why will Norway recognise a Palestinian state?
Sarah Montague speaks to Norway’s foreign minister
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NNSA announces the first in a new series of "subcritical" tests of materials in nuclear warheads.
Obscenely expensive, unnecessary and counters the spirit of the nuclear test ban that the US have not ratified (and is not yet in force after 28 years)
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#nukesky
NNSA completes subcritical experiment at PULSE facility in Nevada
NNSA successfully executed a subcritical experiment in the PULSE facility at the Nevada National Security Site. The experiment was executed in partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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50 proposals to reduce international tensions and restart a process back to nuclear disarmament presented to UK House of Lords last week
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#nukesky #armscontrol
Not to be missed: Hybrid event "Steppe for Peace", advocating nuclear justice in Qazaqstan, on May 18th in Almaty #nuclearban
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Costs for modernisation of US nuclear arsenal are exploding. Literally trillions of dollars that could—if deterrence fails—go up in smoke, taking the world with them.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nucl...
#nukesky
Nuclear Weapons at Any Price? Congress Should Say No
Costs are skyrocketing to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal. Instead of turning a blind eye, Congress should demand fiscal oversight and make hard decisions balancing costs with deterrence
www.scientificamerican.comAppalling. US Senator Lindsay Graham on Israel's war and need to arm them: "Give Israel what they need to fight the war they can't afford to lose. This is Hiroshima and Nagasaki on steroids". Japan FM not amused www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
Japan FM reacts to US Senate atomic bombings remarks | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Japan's foreign minister has reacted to a discussion in the US Senate that touched on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings were invoked during a debate over US military support ...
www3.nhk.or.jpThe only strategy they have is to flatten Gaza, as far as I can see.
IPPNW delegates, Drs. Dennis Opondo, Kelvin Kibet and Bonventure Machuka, attended the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference in Kenya this week. The expert physicians spoke to delegates and civil society to ensure nuclear disarmament discussions are included to the Pact of the Future.
#armscontrol
History is full of reinterpretations that will be reinterpreted once again later on when there is more declassification. There are merits for believing both positions, scare and no scare.
Here it is: my review of Annie Jacobsen's book "Nuclear War. A Scenario".
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Nuclear War: Too much information
Book review of "Nuclear War. A Scenario" by Annie Jacobsen I had heard some criticism of Annie Jacobsen’s book “Nuclear War” before I even bought it. But also, lots of people were raving about it, so ...
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She could have written a trilogy: 1. Nuclear war 2. The Devil's Scenario 3. Nuclear Blackout.
I read the book despite the criticisms I read before. It is a real horror story and a veritable page-turner. But I just think it could have been done better.
That was my first thought as well. But this book is meant to be read by a very wide audience and would have done well to be more focussed on the central issue of what the consequences of nuclear war would actually look like, rather than covering multiple threats.
Then adding more and more fuel to the fire. Do we need the add-ons like striking a nuclear power plant or exploding an EMP device in the atmosphere. What is wrong with just plain old nuclear war? It would be bad enough.
I have to write a review of it, so would be interested in more specific criticism than just "nuke porn". My biggest problem is that too many things go wrong all at once without any plausible explanation. The original strike - why? Would the Russians really react just because POTUS didn't call?
The Palestinian flag and keffiyeh belong to the people of Palestine and not Hamas or any other sub-grouping. It is OK to be pro-Palestinian. It is not per se antisemitic to support Palestine. It is not even anti-Israel if you support a two-state solution.
Follow-up repost on Adnan Bursh: why does Israel not release his body?
One thing the Reuters story fails to mention, which I just learned, is that Israel refuses to release the body of Dr. Al-Bursh, despite releasing the body of another man who also died in an Israeli prison.
As a tea-totaller (British euphemism for alcohol-abstinent) who also LOVES coffee, it would interest me to know: how many people drink more than 2 cups of coffee a day?
How cool is that 😎
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Ghassan Abu Sitta, British surgeon working in Gaza, writes: the Israeli army took Dr Adnan Bursh, head of orthopedic surgery at Shifa, hostage from Al Awda hospital. Tortured him to death in a secret detention site. He was a great surgeon, full of life. Trained at King's College Hospital.
Ghassan Abu Sitta, British surgeon working in Gaza, writes: the Israeli army took Dr Adnan Bursh, head of orthopedic surgery at Shifa, hostage from Al Awda hospital. Tortured him to death in a secret detention site. He was a great surgeon, full of life. Trained at King's College Hospital.
I'm with the students here, but I have to say it: how come it always ends up being about you, America? Is anyone over there still actually reporting on Gaza? My Bluesky feed is only Columbia.
NEW: NYPD officer fired gun inside Columbia’s Hamilton Hall raid, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg confirms — scoop from @thecity.bsky.social
NYPD Officer Fired Gun Inside Columbia’s Hamilton Hall Raid, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Confirms
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office told THE CITY that their police accountability unit is reviewing the shooting. No one was harmed in the shooting, the office said.
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It is unimaginable that worse could be yet to come
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In Rafah I saw new graveyards fill with children. It is unimaginable that worse could be yet to come | James Elder
The European hospital is crammed with severely injured and dying children – a military offensive here will be catastrophic, says Unicef’s James Elder
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James Elder: Gaza is a graveyard for children. Now new graves are being dug and filled in Rafah.
Rafah is home to Gaza’s largest remaining hospital & aid agencies’ main access point. Rafah: a city of children.
Do not attack #Rafah
#CeasefireNOW
Agreed. But at the risk of being a party pooper: nuclear disarmament is only significant when they are all gone. We still have enough to wipe out civilisation forever. And even one would have catastrophic consequences the like of which you have never seen.
My analysis: France repeatedly makes these vague offers af nuclear sharing (with no actual sharing). Successive German governments keep ignoring these overtures, but lone politicians still flogging the dead horse called the #Eurobomb, hoping to score election points:
www.politico.eu/article/emma...
Macron wants to open ‘debate’ on European nuclear deterrent
As he gets tougher on Russia, French president urges discussion on idea of using France’s nuclear warheads to defend the EU.
www.politico.euThis is only half the story. Russia introduced an amendment which was further-reaching, to ban all weapons in outer space, sayin that the Outer Space Treaty does not just ban WMDs. The amendment split the council 7 to 7, the US and UK voting against. More here: press.un.org/en/2024/sc15...
Security Council Fails to Adopt First-Ever Resolution on Arms Race in Outer Space, Due to Negative Vote by Russian Federation | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
The Security Council today failed to adopt its first-ever resolution on outer space — one that would have affirmed the obligation of all States parties to fully comply with the Outer Space Treaty, inc...
press.un.orgAnd I don't need a broken hip, thank you. But keep up the protest!