Thanks to the hard work of Oregon PSR, on November 13, the Portland City Council in Oregon unanimously passed Resolution 1050 to declare Portland’s “opposition to nuclear weapons and urge the U.S. Federal Government to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and take action to prevent nuclear war.” The resolution is part …
On September 29, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition convened a People’s Town Hall on Nuclear Weapons, which brought together anti-war, environmental and Indigenous rights activists. The event was held to inform the public and elected officials about the nuclear weapons threat, highlighting Washington state’s nuclear arsenals, the role …
Op-ed in Common Dreams by Robert Dodge, MD, PSR board member.
Op-ed in VTDigger by PSR member John Reuwer, MD, for International Day for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons.
On August 6, activists from PSR Los Angeles, Beyond the Bomb, Nuclear Free Schools, Vets for Peace, and Peace Action, met with Representative Adam Schiff, Chair of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to discuss Representative Adam Smith’s No First Use legislation (H.R. 921). The bill simply states it is the policy of the United States not …
Interview on Town Meeting Television with John Reuwer, MD, Greater Boston PSR, discussing Back from the Brink.
Letter to the editor in the Seattle Times by PSR member and family doctor Chris Covert-Bowlds, MD.
Op-ed in OtherWords by PSR Media Relations Manager Olivia Alperstein on the 74th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
On June 24, Oregon’s House of Representatives voted to approve Senate Joint Memorial 5 (SJM 5), which urges congress to lead a global effort to reduce the threat of nuclear war, making it the second state in the nation after California to pass such legislation in both legislative chambers. The bill was approved by the Oregon Senate on May 20th.
Under current U.S. policy, the president can launch a nuclear strike at any moment without anyone else’s approval or authorization. There would be no way to countermand the order, and within minutes, there would be a nuclear attack. At PSR, we feel that the United States must never start a nuclear war. If you agree, …