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| Jimmy Carter on Conscience and Nuclear Weapons by David Krieger Q: President Carter, thank you so much. I was struck when you said in your remarks that you were prepared to launch a counterattack against the Soviet Union. Knowing you as a deeply moral individual – this is a personal question – I wonder how you could in your own mind take your moral, religious, spiritual values and contemplate retaliation with nuclear weapons with all the results and consequences that this would have. Read more... Subscribe to our RSS feed  |
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2010 Swackhamer Disarmament Video Contest - Now Accepting Entries
Early in the Nuclear Age , Albert Einstein stated: “The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.”
Make a video of three minutes or less that addresses these questions:
1. In what ways does humanity have to change its "modes of thinking" in order to survive and come together?
2. How can we avert the catastrophe that Einstein foresaw?
Cash prizes of $1,000, $500 and $250 are awarded to the top three videos. Winning videos will also be shown at the United Nations at the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in May 2010.
Click here for a full list of rules and information about the video contest.
Our New DVD is Now Available - Order a Free Copy Today
The Foundation's new DVD, US Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World, is now available. The featured 8-minute video, available in both English and Spanish, highlights the importance of US leadership to achieve a nuclear-free world.
Click here to preview the video and order your free copy.
Afghanistan: War Is Not the Answer
President Obama’s decision to send 30,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan is part of a larger trend of escalating violence in a country renowned for being a graveyard of empires.
Click here to read the statement from the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
Additional Reading
- A Nuclear Weapons Convention by David Krieger
- New Think and Old Weapons by New York Times Editorial
- A Message to Youth: Live to Your Full Capacity and Save the Planet by David Krieger
- Obama's Atomic Blunder by Harvey Wasserman
- Obama Goes Nuclear by Karl Grossman
- The US Army's Gandhi Strategy by Paul Chappell
- Deadly Climate Change from Nuclear War: A Threat to Human Existence by Steven Starr
- An Urgent Situation - Let's Deal With It Tomorrow by Rick Wayman
- Obama Boosts Nukes by Greg Mello
- Omnicide and Abolition by David Krieger
- Steps Toward a Nuclear Free World by Daisaku Ikeda
- Nagasaki Appeal 2010 by the 4th Nagasaki Global Citizens' Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
- A Global Push for Clean Energy by Alice Slater
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