Global Campaign for Peace Education

90 seconds till midnight

January 29, 2023 January 28, 2023 / News & Highlights, Opinion

It’s 90 seconds till midnight. We are closer to the brink of nuclear war than at any point since the first and only use of nuclear weapons in 1945. While most reasonable people understand the need to abolish these weapons, few officials have been willing to suggest elimination as a first step. Fortunately, there is a voice of reason in a growing grassroots coalition: this Back from the Brink movement supports the elimination of nuclear weapons through a negotiated, verifiable time-bound process with the common sense precautionary measures necessary during the process to prevent nuclear war.

Why condemn threats to use nuclear weapons?

October 12, 2022 October 12, 2022 / Action Alerts, News & Highlights

Russia’s threats to use nuclear weapons have heightened tensions, reduced the threshold for use of nuclear weapons, and greatly increased the risk of nuclear conflict and global catastrophe. This briefing paper prepared by ICAN provides an overview of why delegitimization of these threats is urgent, necessary and effective.

Increased nuclear threat may renew interest in disarmament, advocates say

September 24, 2022 September 24, 2022 / News & Highlights, Opinion

In this post from the Global Sisters Report, an entry in the GCPE series on “The New Nuclear Era,” we see the potential of cooperation between secular and faith-based civil society activism for the renewed civil society movement for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Hiroshima, Nagasaki museums step up efforts to convey A-bomb reality

August 5, 2022 August 5, 2022 / News & Highlights

As Hiroshima prepares to mark the 77th anniversary of the A-bomb dropped on it by the United States on August 6, 1945, some of its residents are brushing up on anti-nuclear messaging with the help of a program run by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

What I Know About Human Life as a Nuclear Downwinder

June 20, 2022 June 20, 2022 / Opinion

Mary Dickson is a survivor of nuclear weapons testing. Over the decades since the first tests at the Nevada test site, victims of nuclear testing have suffered death, limited life spans, and lives of pain and physical disability. Dickson seeks accountability and reparations for other victims, factors to consider in assessing the ethics of nuclear policy.

Nuclear threats, common security and disarmament (New Zealand)

June 17, 2022 June 17, 2022 / Activity Reports

In 1986 the New Zealand government adopted Peace Studies guidelines in order to introduce peace education into the school curriculum. The following year, the parliament adopted legislation prohibiting nuclear weapons – cementing into policy a shift toward a common security based foreign policy. In this article, Alyn Ware commemorates the 35th anniversary of the nuclear-free legislation, highlights the connection between peace education and the shift in security policy, and recommends further action for the government and New Zealanders to help eliminate nuclear weapons globally.

Nuclear Stockpiling is Banned by the Nuclear Prohibition Treaty

June 15, 2022 June 15, 2022 / News & Highlights

Peace educators dealing with any disarmament issues should be familiar with the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and its highly regarded work on a broad range of issues related to weapons and armaments. Those who address the problematic of nuclear weapons and the movement for their elimination will find SIPRI’s research on stockpiling posted here useful learning material.

Commemoration and Commitment: Documenting June 12, 1982 as a Festival for Life

June 11, 2022 June 11, 2022 / News & Highlights

“In Our Hands,” a film by Robert Richter, documents both the joy and the awareness that characterized the June 12, 1982 March for nuclear abolition; joy engendered by the massive positive energy the marchers exuded, and awareness of the stark realities as articulated by so many who were interviewed by the filmmaker. The film is presented here to support peacelearning and reflection in support of action for the future of the nuclear abolition movement.

Remembering June 12, 1982: A Global Symposium

Please join Peace Action New York State and a coalition of peace organizations as we commemorate the 40th anniversary of US history’s largest peace march: the Anti-Nuclear March & Rally of June 12th, 1982.
Register now to join the virtual symposium this Sunday, June 12th, from 12pm-4pm.

“Turning Fear into Action”: A Conversation with Cora Weiss

June 10, 2022 June 10, 2022 / News & Highlights

The June 12, 1982 mobilization for the abolition of nuclear weapons was an exercise in turning fear into action. This conversation with Cora Weiss, Robert Richter, and Jim Anderson revisits the NYC march and rally of 1 million persons and explores what made the mobilization possible and the future directions of the nuclear abolition movement.

“The New Nuclear Reality”

June 9, 2022 June 11, 2022 / News & Highlights

Robin Wright addresses “The New Nuclear Reality” by calling forth the need to “devise a new or more stable security architecture—with treaties, verification tools, oversight, and enforcement—to replace the eroding models established after the last major war in Europe ended, seventy-seven years ago.”

Nuclear Weapons and the Ukraine War: A Declaration of Concern

June 8, 2022 June 8, 2022 / Action Alerts, News & Highlights

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation supports the call for a broad-scale civil society movement for nuclear abolition and puts forward a proposal to convene a civil society tribunal to address violations of international law flouted by nuclear possessing states. We encourage peace educators to read the declaration to support inquiry into the potential of a civil society tribunal.

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