Senior Fellow John Isaacs was quoted in The American Conservative about Pentagon spending added to the Coronavirus relief bill. “The greed is not pretty. The Pentagon has already had $740 billion approved for defense this year, but it and its congressional advocates can’t resist asking for more and funneling more pork to their constituents,” said […]
Statement on the Passing of Dr. Bruce Blair
A statement from Executive Director John Tierney on the passing of Dr. Bruce Blair, co-founder of Global Zero: “We were saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Bruce Blair. He was one of the world’s foremost experts on nuclear weapons and an unapologetic, passionate advocate for their elimination. He challenged the status quo with […]
Making America Feared Again: The Trump Administration Considers Resuming Nuclear Weapons Testing
Executive Director John Tierney was quoted in Common Dreams speaking out against the resumption of explosive nuclear testing the Trump administration reportedly considered. Naturally, nuclear critics have assailed Trump’s new military gambit. John Tierney, the executive director of the Council for a Livable World, declared that the administration’s reported consideration of nuclear tests “was as reckless […]
Black Lives Matter
At the Center and Council, we stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and believe that all Americans must work to dismantle and destroy structural racism in our society. We support the peaceful protests happening throughout the country and denounce the Trump administration’s efforts to impede the Constitutional right to assemble. We stand with journalists who are working incessantly to shine light […]
Council joins 60-plus orgs telling Congress not to give more pandemic funding to the Pentagon
April 22, 2020 Dear Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader McCarthy, and Majority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Schumer, As Congress continues to provide urgent and vital relief to the people of the United States in response to the coronavirus pandemic, we write to urge against providing additional money to the Pentagon in this fiscal year. With the […]
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