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Cynthia Lazaroff Григорий Явлинский Katrina vandenHeuvel Richard Falk Ivana Nikolić Hughes Nuclear Age Peace Fn A fantastically insightful discussion - most critical for our polarized world. Thank you Cynthia Lazaroff Григорий Явлинский Katrina vandenHeuvel and Richard Falk.🙏

I was honored to be a part of this illuminating, inspiring conversation today, with deep gratitude to Григорий Явлинский Katrina vandenHeuvel Richard Falk Ivana Nikolić Hughes and Nuclear Age Peace Fn! 🙏🌏🕊️

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Join Back from the Brink for a conversation with Annie Jacobsen, NY Times bestselling author of Nuclear War: A Scenario.

We're very excited for this opportunity to talk nuclear war and provide ways to take action.

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HAPPENING TOMORROW! Looking forward to moderating this discussion about #UkraineWar & #NuclearDangers with Russian economist & politician Григорий Явлинский The Nation publisher Katrina vandenHeuvel Princeton University Prof Emeritus Richard Falk & Nuclear Age Peace Fn Pres Ivana Nikolić Hughes. REGISTER: tinyurl.com/nuclear-dangers

BREAKING: High school students from across Boston walk out of class to join the MIT student encampment in response to the increasing police repression.

Eleven high schools, including private high school Boston Latin, have walked out to stand with Gaza.

Russia to hold exercise in southern mil district “to increase the readiness of non-strategic nuclear forces…in response to provocative statements and threats of individual Western officials against” Russia. t.me/mod_russia/383…

See Rus nukes overview: tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Honored to be moderating this urgent conversation on #NuclearDangers and the Ukraine War with Григорий Явлинский Katrina vandenHeuvel & Richard Falk. With gratitude to our host Nuclear Age Peace Fn President Ivana Nikolić Hughes.
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U.S. put a hold on an ammunition shipment to Israel axios.com/2024/05/05/isr…

This is, of course, a signal. 'In response to provocative statements and threats made by some western officials.' One thing to avoid is getting sucked into this. The right response is to double down on 'nuclear threats are inadmissible' and rally everyone around that.

Russian MFA published a statement explaining the decision to hold exercises to 'practice skills to use nonstrategic nuclear weapons'. It's because of: Ukrainian attacks against Russian territory, UK saying Ukraine can use its weapons on Ru territory 1/x mid.ru/ru/foreign_pol…

I look forward to collaborating with the wonderful team of committed experts in the field of international security and disarmament as I begin my role as a Senior Fellow United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. I believe in human agency, in our capacity to create new better realities unidir.org/people/elayne-…

Russia said it would hold drills with troops based near Ukraine to practice for the possible use of battlefield nuclear weapons, raising tensions with the West after two European leaders raised the prospect of more direct Western involvement in the war. nyti.ms/4dpWAR7

📢 REGISTER NOW! Don't miss our upcoming Zoom discussion on Nuclear Dangers with Grigory Yavlinsky,
Katrina vandenHeuvel (@thenation), Prof. Richard Falk & moderated by Cynthia Lazaroff!

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Heads Up:/Tomorrow, May 1, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on H.R.6090, a bill which is designed to suppress constitutionally protected speech in support of Palestinian rights on college campuses.

H.R.6090 would chill free speech in support of Palestinian rights by…

After listening #NukeExpo the poignant & moving testimony of Mr Morishita, a 93-year old Hibakusha who witnessed first hand the vaporization of his family, schoolmates &city #hiroshima , you can’t believe that nuclear weapons can be at the «cornerstone of international security »

One of the few current examples of women's active participation in a peace process #Bangsamoro