Nuclear weapons

4 Minutes

Canada World

Canada’s boycott of Nagasaki commemoration shows need for independent foreign policy of peace

PV September 5, 2024

By Garrett Halas August 9 marked the 79th year since the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing roughly 80,000 people. Every year, Nagasaki officials invite representatives from different countries around the world...

6 Minutes

Canada World

The clock is ticking down to global war – it’s time for arms spending cuts and nuclear disarmament

PV July 19, 2024

By Dave McKee Justin Trudeau announced at the recent NATO Summit Washington that Canada will commit two percent of GDP to military spending by 2032. He might as well have said that Canada is...

4 Minutes

World

US rejects China’s proposal to ban nuclear first strike

PV May 16, 2024

By John Wojcik, Mark Gruenberg and Ben Chacko The US has dismissed Chinese calls for a no-first-use treaty between nuclear weapons states, saying it has questions about China’s “sincerity.” The outright dismissal of China’s...

2 Minutes

World

US-South Korean actions stoke nuclear tensions with DPRK

PV February 7, 2024

Nuclear tensions have increased on the Korean Peninsula, as continued provocation from the US and South Korea resulted in DPRK (North Korean) leader Kim Jong Un announcing that he had finally giving up on...