Daniel Ellsberg, the man best known for leaking the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, died Friday. Ellsberg was a longtime anti-war and anti-nuclear weapons activist who, when he announced his decision to decline chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer in March, pledged to spend the time he had left speaking about the dangers of nuclear war, among […]
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‘A TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO MODERN NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONCERNS’: STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE ‘BLOCK NUCLEAR LAUNCH BY AUTONOMOUS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT’
CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director aschumann@clw.org (MAY 3—WASHINGTON) In response to the bipartisan, bicameral introduction of the Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Act by Reps. Ted Lieu, Don Beyer and Ken Buck and Sen. Ed Markey, Council for a Livable World releases the following statement on behalf of Executive Director and former nine-term Congressman John Tierney: “Council for a […]
‘ARMS CONTROL MATTERS’: STATEMENT ON SETTING THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK TO 90 SECONDS TIL MIDNIGHT
CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director aschumann@clw.org (JANUARY 24—WASHINGTON) In response to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ annual setting of its symbolic Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds before midnight today, the Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation issue the following statement on behalf of Executive Director and […]
‘Increases the risk of nuclear escalation’: statement on the NDAA committee approval
CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director aschumann@clw.org (JUNE 23 – WASHINGTON) Upon the House Armed Services Committee’s approval of the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the Council for a Livable World releases the following statement from Executive Director and former Congressman John Tierney: “It is absurd to spend $850 billion in the name of national […]
‘American diplomacy and economic power are our first line of defense’: CLW urges fiscal discipline in response to Biden’s FY23 budget request
CONTACT: ROWAN HUMPHRIES Communications Assistant rhumphries@clw.org (MARCH 28—WASHINGTON) The Council for a Livable World is concerned that President Joe Biden’s decision to request $813.3 billion for national defense spending in fiscal year 2023 is driven more by a hasty reaction than a sound critical analysis of just what this nation needs to keep its citizens […]
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