Peace activists rallied outside the UN in NY earlier this week at the start of a monthlong convention to conduct a scheduled review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
Long time disarmament advocate Dr. Helen Caldicott:
"Let's for God's sake talk about the real moral issues of our time," she said. "Not stem cell research, gay marriage or abortion. Let's talk about whether or not the whole of the world survives, life on the planet survives."
Amen.
In the tradition of his oreo cookie military spending math, Ben (of Ben & Jerry and TrueMajority) gives an astounding visual of U.S. nuclear weapons stockpiles. Watch the 90 second movie here.
UPDATE: Robert McNamara's piece from Foreign Policy, "Apocalypse Soon"
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