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Obama Likely to Stick With Nukes

Haider Rizvi, IPS News. August 22, 2011.

Experts predict the US is likely to maintain its huge arsenal of nuclear weapons despite President Barack Obama's claim to support nuclear disarmament.

How Ronald Reagan Brought Us the 'Islamic Bomb' -- and Hid it From Congress

Paul Abrams, AlterNet. February 15, 2011.

Both Congress and the public would have erupted, had they known that the price for sticking it to the Soviet Union was for fundamentalist Pakistan to become a nuclear power.

Vision: The 10 Most Hopeful Stories of 2010

Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine. December 27, 2010.

Here are 10 events from 2010 that contain the seeds of transformation.

Government Report: Rich White Men Are Most Likely to Survive Nuclear Blast

Ira Chernus, AlterNet. December 27, 2010.

That’s just one of the startling revelations found in 'Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation,' a 130-page report prepared with your tax dollars.

Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World

David Swanson, davidswanson.org. September 29, 2010.

Tad Daley's new book offers humanity a stark choice: eliminate all nuclear weapons or face annhilation of all life on earth.

How Much Do You Know About the Non-Proliferation Treaty?

Tad Daley, AlterNet. April 29, 2010.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 40-Year Review Conference will kick off at the UN next Monday. Just how important is it?

Countdown to Zero Nuclear Weapons: Addressing Our Most Urgent Security Threat

Lawrence Bender, AlterNet. April 14, 2010.

After seeing the film Countdown to Zero and hearing terrifying stories about terrorists trying to acquire nuclear weapons, people will be motivated to act.

Why Does the U.S. Let Israel Get Away With Having a Nuclear Arsenal?

Ira Chernus, AlterNet. April 12, 2010.

The Obama administration says it wants to reduce nuclear weapons, yet it goes along with Israel's evasions, blocking the path to a nuclear-free Middle East.

Bush's Torture Memos Author OK with Nuking Civilians, Drew the Line at Crushing Children's Testicles

John Byrne, Raw Story. February 23, 2010.

Bush's senior Justice Department legal adviser defended comments that the president could unilaterally "massacre" civilians in wartime in newly released interview.

Imagine Haiti with Radiation Sickness and Burns: Why We Must Disarm

Linda Gunter, AlterNet. January 27, 2010.

If we wish never to see a "nuclear Haiti," nuclear abolition must happen and it is up to all of us to maintain the pressure on our leadership until it does.

They're Building Nuclear Missile Parts in Woodstock? You Can't Escape America's War Economy

CounterPunchDecember 22, 2009.

The New York small town has a worldwide association with peace, yet its largest employer has been making components for nuclear missiles for six decades.

Getting to Zero: A Future of No Nukes and a Death-Free Definition of National Interest

Russ Wellen, The Faster Times. October 17, 2009.

"Slowly but surely, not only the United States, but much of the world, seems to be walking back the number of deaths it accepts in the interest of national defense."

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize: Now He Must Earn It

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize: Now He Must Earn It

Richard Kim, The Nation. October 9, 2009.

It's as if the Nobel Committee gave Obama the award for behaving like a normal American president, instead of like a clueless corrupt cowboy.

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize, His "Extraordinary" Diplomatic Efforts Cited

Stephen Webster, Raw Story. October 9, 2009.

Nobel committee praises "Obama's vision and work for a world without nuclear weapons," saying he created "a new climate in international politics."

Obama's Multilateral Approach to North Korea: Are You Kidding Me?

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. June 17, 2009.

Obama and South Korean president Lee Myung-bak met yesterday to discuss a multilateral approach to confronting North Korea.

Why U.S. Neocons Want Ahmadinejad to Win

Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. June 17, 2009.

American conservatives and Iranian hard-liners need each other.

UN Approves New Sanctions Against North Korea

The Washington Post June 12, 2009.

The move follows the country's second nuclear test.

Freeing Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee Is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of the Week

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. June 9, 2009.

Call on the North Korean government to release the two American journalists sentenced to 12 years of hard labor.

Hypocrisy, Favoritism and Fear-Mongering: Why the U.S. Position on Nukes is Totally Bankrupt

Allison Kilkenny, AlterNet. April 10, 2009.

Obama says we must expand drone operations in Pakistan lest the Taliban get a nuclear weapon. Pakistani author Tariq Ali tells me this is a joke.

Obama Takes on the Nuclear Neanderthals

Katrina vanden Heuvel, TheNation.com. February 9, 2009.

President Obama supports a nuclear free world, but he faces a high noon showdown in the form of his own Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates.

Experts Predict a Possible Terrorist Strike with a Nuke in the US by 2013 -- What Can We Do to Stop It?

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. December 16, 2008.

There’s no way around it: nuclear weapons are scary. Will fear drive Americans away from Obama’s arms control agenda?

The Race to Save L.A. from Nuclear Terror

Tad Daley, LA City Beat. July 25, 2008.

Is there anything we can do to prevent the loss of a city?

Don't Drink the Nuclear Kool-Aid

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. July 17, 2008.

We can't let the nuclear power industry use global warming as an opportunity to sell its insanely expensive and dangerous power plants.

Radioactive Hypocrisy: American Hubris Threatens Perpetual Nuclear Proliferation

Tad Daley, AlterNet. May 15, 2008.

Non-nuclear weapon states shouldn't tolerate the nuclear double standard.

Bush Falsely Claims Iran "Declared" It Wants Nukes "to Destroy People"

Ben Armbruster, ThinkProgress. March 21, 2008.

The experts have called Bush's claim is "troubling" and "as uninformed as McCain's statement that Iran is training al-Qaeda"

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