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Nuclear Disorder or Cooperative Security?
U.S. Weapons of Terror, the Global Proliferation Crisis, and Paths to Peace

An Assessment of the Final Report of the WMD Commission and Its Implications for U.S. Policy, 275 pages, May 2007

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About the Book
Table of Contents
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Introduction
Executive Summary
Recommendations
Bibliography

 



The Fin Project:
From Swords Into Plowshares

Sculpture by John T. Young, Seattle and Miami

360 degree Panorama of the Seattle installation



 

Beyond the Bomb


 

ENDGAME posters for sale
Designed by Milton Glaser

 

Post-Auction Sale
Artwork remaining from our fabulous December 2, 2004 Art Auction is available at minimum bid prices. Please check out the updated Art Auction webpage for more information.
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From the Post-Auction Art Sale:

Percival Goodman

"The Waiting Ones"
Spray Paint, 1962
18" x 24"

 

 

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Last revised: Friday December 5, 2008

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NUCLEAR ABOLITION, CLIMATE PROTECTION, AND OUR CITIES' FUTURE
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Sheslow Hall, Drake University, Des Moines

Convened by: Mayors for Peace, the Office of the Mayor of the City of Des Moines, and Drake University.

YouTube videos of presentations

Prepared texts of remarks

Program

Arms Control Reporter 2007: The latest edition of the most comprehensive resource on disarmament, arms control, and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and conventional armaments is now available. Please write to editor[at]armscontrolreporter.org for pricing information.

Sean MacBride Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, Jacqueline Cabasso, annual seminar of the International Peace Bureau, November 14, 2008, Copenhagen
Press release
Q&A: Will Nuclear Disarmament Be on Obama's Agenda? Thalif Deen interviews Jacqueline Cabasso, IPS, November 25, 2008

UN Secretary-General address, October 24, 2008, to East-West Institute conference, “The United Nations and Security in a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World”
Letter to Secretary-General from Judge Weeramantry, President of International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, November 25, 2008

First Committee Monitor, November 2008, reporting on UN General Assembly deliberations on disarmament and security, edited by Reaching Critical Will;
Resolution on follow-up to the International Court of Justice opinion on nuclear weapons, Marcy Fowler

Nuclear fastball: Palin, Biden strike out, John Burroughs, DisarmamentActivist.org, October 6, 2008 - commentary on vice-presidential debate question: Should nuclear weapons use ever be put into play?

The Legal and Policy Imperatives for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, Statement of the Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, July 2008
Ending U.S. Reliance on Nuclear Weapons and Achieving Their Global Elimination: Wise Policy and Required by Law, Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy, March 2008

Think Globally / Act Locally: Working with Your Mayor of the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons and Other Peace and Justice Issues, November 2008
US Conference of Mayors Adopts Resolution for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons by 2020, June 23, 2008
2020 Vision Aimed at Dismantling Nukes, Thalif Deen, June 26, 2008, IPS
US Member Cities, Mayors for Peace, November 1, 2008

Updated Model Convention Prohibiting and Eliminating Nuclear Weapons, 2007
Securing Our Survival: The Case for a Nuclear Weapons Convention, 2007
Background and Resources

Nuclear Disorder or Cooperative Security? An Assessment of the Final Report of the WMD Commission and Its Implications for U.S. Policy, May 2007
ONLINE EDITION NOW AVAILABLE,
July 2008
Book Review, Natalie J. Goldring, INESAP Information Bulletin 28, April 2008, p.92
The WMD Commission One Year Later: Impact and Assessment, John Burroughs, Disarmament Diplomacy, summer 2007
About the Book
Order Print Edition
Executive Summary
Recommendations

Good Faith: A Fundamental Principle of International Law, John Burroughs, News in Review, Final Edition, No. 9, 28 April – 9 May 2008
May 1, 2008, Geneva: Conference on Good Faith, International Law, and Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: The Once and Future Contributions of the International Court of Justice
World Court Project to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: Return to the International Court of Justice on the Nuclear Disarmament Obligation
Good Faith Negotiation of Nuclear Disarmament, Elizabeth Shafer, January 2008
Debating Disarmament: Interpreting Article VI of the NPT, Nonproliferation Review briefing, November 29, 2007, with Christopher Ford, Nabil Fahmy, and John Burroughs

Six Reasons Why Nuclear Weapons Are More Dangerous Than Ever, Peter Weiss, American University International Law Review, 2007

Controlling the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Michael Spies, Disarmament Times, Spring 2008, p.1

The best U.S. weapon against Iran is diplomacy, John Burroughs, September 26, 2007, Newsday op-ed
US/Iran Confrontation: Intensified Diplomacy and Adherence to International Law, Middle Powers Initiative Statement, September 20, 2007
Iran and The Limits of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime, Michael Spies, American University International Law Review, 2007
More Iran resources...

War and Occupation in Iraq, Global Policy Forum, June 2007, co-sponsored by LCNP
U.S. Nuclear Hypocrisy and the Iraq War (audio), written, Citizens' Hearing on the Legality of U.S. Actions in Iraq, John Burroughs, January 21, 2007
The UN Charter and the Iraq War, Peter Weiss, May 8, 2004, World Tribunal on Iraq, New York session
Jus ad Bellum: Law Regulating Resort to Force, Nicole Deller and John Burroughs, Human Rights, Winter 2003

Law vs. Nuclear Weapons

Good Faith: A Fundamental Principle of International Law, John Burroughs, News in Review, Final Edition, No. 9, 28 April – 9 May 2008

Trial of the Ground Zero Three, Port Orchard, Washington, January 2007

From Auschwitz to Trident (YouTube), John Burroughs, Seattle Town Hall, January 20, 2007 (slides)

The Legal Framework for Non-Use and Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Briefing Paper for Greenpeace International, John Burroughs, February 2006
Legal Requirements to Achieve Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, John Burroughs, Article VI Forum, The Hague, March 2, 2006
Thirteen Practical Steps: Legal or Political?, Peter Weiss, John Burroughs, Michael Spies, May 2005

LCNP Statement on Replacement of the UK Trident System, March 2007
Peacerights legal opinion on the replacement of the UK Trident, March 6, 2007

Law School Readings on Nuclear Weapons, Iraq War

Weapons of Mass Destruction and Human Rights, Peter Weiss and John Burroughs, Disarmament Forum, July 2004

Get Active!

Nuclear Disarmament Campaign, United for Peace and Justice To join the UFPJ nuclear disarmament/redefining security working group, send a blank email to ufpj-disarm-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Newsletters:

eNews July 2007, No. 9 – Resources for a Nuclear Weapons Free World

IALANA News February 2007: Return to the ICJ on nuclear
disarmament obligations
; Revision of the Model Nuclear Weapons Convention.

Bombs Away! and eNews issues

Books:

Nuclear Disorder or Cooperative Security? An Assessment of the Final Report of the WMD Commission and Its Implications for U.S. Policy, May 2007

Securing Our Survival: The Case for a Nuclear Weapons Convention, 2007

Rule of Power or Rule of Law? An Assessment of U.S. Policies and Actions Regarding Security- Related Treaties, 2003
Executive Summary

Armageddon or Brave New World? Reflections on the Hostilities in Iraq, Judge Weeramantry, 2nd ed. 2005

The World Court in Action: Judging Among the Nations, Howard Meyer, 2002

This Is My Homeland: Stories of the effects of nuclear industries by the People of the Serpent River First Nation and the north shore of Lake Huron, 2003

The Legality of Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons: A Guide to the Historic Opinion of the International Court of Justice, John Burroughs, 1997

Nuclear Weapons and International Law in the Post Cold War World, Charles J. Moxley, Jr., 2000

Warfare or Welfare? Disarmament for Development in the 21st Century, Colin Archer, 2005

Beyond Hiroshima, Douglas Roche, 2005

No Time to Kill, Bruce A. Roth, 2007

Blogs:

Disarmament Activist
Arms Control Wonk
Los Alamos Disarmament Center
Russian Forces
Strategic Security Project

Links:

ArmsControlReporter
Global Action to Prevent War
Middle Powers Initiative
Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Disarmament
Mayors for Peace
Western States Legal Foundation
WMDreport.org
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
NuclearFreeFuture.org
Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World
Daisy Alliance

Other Websites of interest

Hague Appeal for Peace
LCNP's parent body IALANA, in coalition with other organizations in 1999, initiated the Hague Appeal for Peace, a global call to enter the 21st Century with a firm program for the abolition of war. The Global Campaign for Peace Education (subscribe to newsletter here) was created by the Hague Appeal for Peace and is now hosted by the Peace Education Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. The campaign aims to build public awareness and political support for the introduction of peace education in schools throughout the world and to promote the education of all teachers to teach for peace. Resources available from the Hague Appeal for Peace include International Law and Peace: A Peace Lesson, Peace Lessons from Around the World, Peace and Disarmament Education, Time to Abolish War: Youth Manual created by Youth for Youth, and Learning to Abolish War.

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