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May 20, 2024

Statement on the Death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Others

(MAY 20—WASHINGTON) The Council for a Livable World issues the following statement on behalf of its Board of Directors and of Executive Director and former Congressman John Tierney in the wake of the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and others: “Our condolences are extended to the Iranian people in this uncertain […]

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June 18, 2023

Statement on the Passing of Daniel Ellsberg

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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May 3, 2023

‘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 […]

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January 24, 2023

‘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 […]

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June 23, 2022

‘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 […]

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