
Convincing Nuclear-armed Countries to Take the Path to Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Issue: ban treaty | disarmament | foreign policy | nuclear weapons
Type: report
With the upcoming entry into force of the nuclear ban treaty, an important question arises: what strategy can we, American civil society groups, adopt to leverage the TPNW to steer the U.S. and the other nuclear-armed states towards total elimination of nuclear weapons? To answer this question, Physicians for Social Responsibility has conducted a series …

Letter to NDAA Conference Committee on Nuclear Testing
Issue: federal government | nuclear weapons
Type: letter to policymaker
Letter signed by PSR representatives urging the rejection of funding for nuclear explosive testing in the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.

Enough is Enough: 2019 Global Nuclear Weapons Spending
Issue: disarmament | nuclear weapons | U.S. nuclear policy
Type: report
In its report “Enough is Enough: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending 2020” the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons has produced the first estimate in nearly a decade of global nuclear weapon spending, taking into account costs to maintain and build new nuclear weapons. ICAN estimates that the nine nuclear-armed countries spent $72.9 billion on their …

Webinar: #StillHere: Maximize the impact of the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima / Nagasaki
Issue: nuclear weapons
Type: video
Physicians for Social Responsibility is working with over 125 U.S. organizations—including many PSR chapters—to recognize the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima (Aug 6) & Nagasaki (Aug 9). Staff from PSR National hosted a one-hour webinar to discuss all the resources available to you including a digital toolkit, the launch of the unbranded 75th …

Legality of Nuclear Weapons
Issue: ban treaty | disarmament | foreign policy | no first use | nuclear weapons | U.S. nuclear policy
Type: report
Some experts argue that nuclear weapons are already illegal under international law. Meanwhile, the United States—with 1,750 deployed nuclear weapons—and eight other nuclear-armed nations unequivocally consider them legal. Adopted in 2017, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is an initiative to build a comprehensive legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons.

Nuclear Weapons Community Cost Calculator
Issue: nuclear weapons | U.S. nuclear policy
Type: fact sheet | toolkit
Each April, Dr. Bob Dodge, PSR-Los Angeles Board Member and co-founder of Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions, calculates the cost of nuclear weapons programs to our communities. See what the costs are in your community.

PSR Fact Sheet on New START Treaty
Issue: disarmament | foreign policy | nuclear weapons | U.S. nuclear policy
Type: fact sheet
PSR Fact Sheet on New START Treaty.

Back from the Brink: A Call to Prevent Nuclear War
Issue: disarmament | no first use | nuclear weapons | U.S. nuclear policy
Type: fact sheet
Many local and national organizations have endorsed the “Back from the Brink” resolution. Are you associated with a group that might support this? Introduce this resolution at your church, synagogue, civic group, medical association, university, or municipality.

Letter to Senator Reed on “Low-Yield” Nuclear Weapons
Issue: federal government | nuclear weapons | U.S. nuclear policy
Type: letter to policymaker
PSR letter to Senator Jack Reed (RI), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, urging him to eliminate funding for the dangerous and unnecessary W76-2 nuclear warhead.

Fact Sheet on “Low-Yield” Nuclear Weapons
Issue: federal government | nuclear weapons | U.S. nuclear policy
Type: fact sheet
Fact sheet on “low-yield” nuclear weapons and why PSR opposes them.