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Honolulu Friends Meeting Minute on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, August 2019.

Honolulu Friends Meeting
Issues: Nuclear Weapons

Update Nuclear Weapons: Dangerous, Expensive and Immoral

Written by Deanne Butterfield

On August 6, 1945 the Japanese city of Hiroshima was annihilated in a flash by a single uranium bomb. It razed and burnt 70 percent of all buildings, killed an estimated 140,000 Japanese civilians and Korean laborers, irradiated the soil and plants, and brought increased rates of cancer and chronic disease among the survivors. A slightly larger plutonium bomb exploded over Nagasaki three days later, levelling the city and killing another 74,000.

Issues: Nuclear Weapons

Update U.S. Pulls Out of Nuclear Treaty

The world we seek—one without war and the threat of war—is a little farther off today than it was yesterday. That’s because, effective today, the United States officially withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).

By Chris Kearns-McCoy
Issues: Nuclear Weapons

Legislative Ask Stop New Nuclear Missiles

Reject funding for new “low-yield” and other warfighting nuclear weapons.

Ronald Reagan famously warned that, “A nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought.” In the 35 years since Reagan’s statement, the world has made important but insufficient progress in reducing nuclear dangers. Now, the Trump Administration is arguing, without any credible evidence, that other countries may think they could prevail in a limited nuclear exchange.

Issues: Nuclear Weapons

Background Witnessing Against a Dangerous New Nuke

Question & Answer with Anthony Wier

Nuclear weapons — no matter the size — must never be used. This message is at the heart of FCNL’s work to stop the deployment of the so-called low-yield nuclear warheads on U.S. Navy submarines.

By Anthony Wier
Issues: Nuclear Weapons

Update Appropriations Bills Restrain Authority to Conduct War and Build Nuclear Weapons

The $1 trillion package of FY2020 spending bills that passed the House in June contained important victories for reining in the aggressive and militaristic U.S. approach to national security.

By Diana Ohlbaum
Issues: Peacebuilding, U.S. Wars & Militarism, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East & Iran

Update Major Progress on Defense Policy Bill

Last week brought major victories for FCNL’s lobbying priorities when the House moved to reject unnecessary and destabilizing new weapons systems, and preserve longstanding treaties.

By Jeff Pudlo
Issues: U.S. Wars & Militarism, Nuclear Weapons

Letter FCNL Joins Coalition Opposing Pentagon Spending Levels

On June 24, a broad and bi-partisan coalition sent a letter to the Senate calling on them to oppose a National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 that provides $750 billion for Pentagon spending.

Issues: Peacebuilding, U.S. Wars & Militarism, Nuclear Weapons

Update Honoring Senator Richard Lugar's Legacy

Richard Lugar was laid to rest last week in his home state of Indiana.

By Anthony Wier
Issues: Nuclear Weapons

Background Nuclear Weapons

There is that of God in every person. The faith of Quakers is built entirely on this foundation. Nothing is more fundamental to FCNL’s search for a world free from war and for a society with equity and justice for all.

Issues: Nuclear Weapons