1/ Ever noticed how most images we see of nuclear weapons are of missiles, mushroom clouds, and low-key dictators? Here’s exactly how visuals shape the way we think about nuclear weapons, and how they tell a story that just isn’t true 👇 #nuclearweapons #media #photojournalism

This analysis of the pictorial media landscape on nuclear weapons is really important- by only showing pictures of the bombs and not the people & places they are designed to destroy- we make them seem okay. Nuclear weapons are not okay. Let's change the story.

“In terms of the health and environmental effects... I’m pretty sure there are not many people in Utah and Nevada who would want to see nuclear testing resume,” NTI’s Lynn Rusten tells The Salt Lake Tribune. buff.ly/46RW0c0

Nuclear legacy in Pacific “Our islands were turned into a mass laboratory” - Hilda Heine Marshall Islands President told those at a side event in Tonga. #PIFLM53 António Guterres RNZ Pacific

1/4 With the increasing nuclear threats, it is more urgent than ever to advance nuclear disarmament. That is why today, representatives of nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZ), international agencies, civil society and other key stakeholders are meeting in Astana🇰🇿.

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Since 1945, over 2,000 #nuclear explosions have occurred, causing millions of deaths. Addressing this issue is a matter of #intergenerational injustice, according to #ICAN executive director Melissa Parke ICAN astanatimes.com/2024/08/nuclea…

🧵1/ Yesterday, on the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, the Nuclear Survivors Forum concluded with the sharing of testimonies, identifying ongoing needs and demands for action - both nationally and internationally in the implementation of #nuclearban.

The more nuclear weapons there are, the more likely they will be used - read ICAN’s Melissa Parke on the myth of deterrence in The Economist ⬇️🔗 #NuclearBan economist.com/letters/2024/0…

Excellent explanation of why cluster munitions are banned and should stay banned. Essential reading for all NATO members - and everyone else. #ClusterMunitions #CCM

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Happening next week! Join ICAN’S Melissa Parke at the upcoming 2024 edition of the Global Ethics Forum, hosted by Globethics, from 2-4 September 2024 held at the Geneva Graduate Institute. Learn more and register here: globalethicsforum2024.eventify.io/q/#/overview

Melissa Parke writes for The Economist in response to recent articles on “the new nuclear threats” that advocated for a larger US arsenal. She argues that increasing nuclear weapons heightens the risk of their use by accident, miscalculation, or mistake, and that 🇺🇸 should

The last survivors of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki atomic bombs have a story to tell. In Japan, hospitals continue to treat ~180 survivors — known as hibakusha — of the blasts each day. Read more from Outrider fellow W.J. Hennigan of New York Times Opinion: outrider.org/nuclear-weapon…

What Can The History Of The Hanford Nuclear Site Teach Us About The Future of Nuclear Security Policy? | Outrider ⁦ICAN⁩ outrider.org/nuclear-weapon…

A Looming Nuclear Catastrophe - CounterPunch.org counterpunch.org/2024/08/30/a-l…

Excellent sense re #nuclear #weapon fantasies from Melissa Parke in The Economist : America needs to enter an arms race with other nuclear-armed states to make the world safer by preventing further proliferation, you say (“The new nuclear threat”, August 17th). Nothing could

Good to hear. With the danger of nuclear war rising alarmingly and disarmament going backwards, its time to walk the talk, join almost all our Pacific and Asian neighbours and deliver on ALP repeatedly reaffirmed commitment to join #nuclearban

African Conference on the Universalization and Implementation of the #TPNW Group Photo #nuclearban

📢Breaking: Norwegian Pension fund 🇳🇴 announces exclusion of General Dynamics and Larsen & Toubro for producing nuclear-armed submarines👏 Read more here: divest.icanw.org/norwegian_glob… #nuclearban 📸: ICAN Norway | Morgan Mackay