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Here's a practical proposal to develop a broad anti-nuclear movement

An alternative, more ambitious goal would be the ratification by the nuclear powers of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapon

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Silver Lining: Some experts argue nuclear proliferation may actually engender stability

Lawrence S. Wittner | FPIF
In late November 2018, Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned public intellectual, remarked that “humanity faces two imminent existential threats: environmental catastrophe and nuclear war.”

Curiously, although a widespread environmental movement has developed to save the planet from accelerating climate change, no counterpart has emerged to take on the rising danger of nuclear disaster. Indeed, this danger ― exemplified by the collapse of arms control and disarmament agreements, vast nuclear “modernization” programs by the United States and other nuclear powers, and reckless threats of nuclear war ― has stirred remarkably little public protest and even less public debate during the recent U.S.