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http://disarmamentactivist.org Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:32:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en John Burroughs In the October 2 vice-presidential debate, moderator Gwen Ifill ventured into a crucial area rarely touched by regular media. She asked: Governor, on another issue, interventionism, nuclear weapons. What should be the trigger, or should there be a trigger, when nuclear weapons use is ever put into play? Sarah Palin responded: Nuclear ... http://disarmamentactivist.org/2008/10/06/nuclear-fastball-palin-biden-strike-out/ Andrew Lichterman With the collapse of the Nehruvian paradigm, consisting of democracy, secularism, non-alignment and "socialism," the top ten to fifteen percent of Indians, the upper-crust of society, have set their face against the rest, especially the poor. Culturally, economically, and politically, they are closer to Northern elites and their own ... http://disarmamentactivist.org/2008/09/22/the-us-india-nuclear-deal-even-worse-than-it-looks/ Andrew Lichterman After technical difficulties caused by an avalanche of comment spam, DisarmamentActivist.org is up and running again, or at least visible. Having failed to come up with any solution to the comment spam problem that does not require regular attention at levels that exceed the time available, we have ... http://disarmamentactivist.org/2008/08/07/back-again-sort-of/ Ray Acheson The Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva is notorious for evoking frustration, rage, and despair among the members of civil society and the diplomatic community. Mandated to negotiate multilateral disarmament treaties (the only standing body that can do so), it ... http://disarmamentactivist.org/2007/05/20/beyond-the-cd/ Trident missile launch from sea. by Andrew Lichterman On May 11, a National Academy of Sciences panel issued an interim letter report on equipping Trident submarine launched ballistic missiles with conventional warheads. ArmsControlWonk.com provides an easy to download copy of the report here. Congress requested that the NAS provide an analysis of ... http://disarmamentactivist.org/2007/05/18/science-cheerleaders-shout-out-for-global-strike-weapons/ by Andrew Lichterman In its current budget request, the military is pushing ahead with its proposals for "prompt global strike," a broad effort aimed at giving the United States the ability to hit targets anywhere on earth in an hour or two. In the near term, the military wants to ... http://disarmamentactivist.org/2007/04/07/next-generation-strategic-weapons-and-the-possibility-of-arms-races-to-come/ Michael Spies It should be no surprise that the media coverage in the west on this has limited itself to a superficial recap of the narrow propaganda points put out by the US and UK governments- basically parroting outrage at Iran's parading of the soldiers in front of the media and ... http://disarmamentactivist.org/2007/03/31/uk-iran-crisis/ Michael Spies This week, two fights are going on, one in Washington and the other in New York, the outcomes for which might largely affect the likelihood for armed conflict with Iran. In Washington, backsliding below the zero point to a new low from ... http://disarmamentactivist.org/2007/03/14/empire-and-law/ Ray Acheson Since China tested a kinetic energy anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon on 11 January 2007, arms control and space experts, along with the media, have delivered a range of analyses. The New York Times declared the test marks China's "resolve to play ... http://disarmamentactivist.org/2007/03/06/attack-on-the-asat-attack/ In an effort to promote the engagement of younger voices, we are glad to introduce Ray Acheson as a new guest contributor. Ray is currently a research assistant at the Reaching Critical Will project of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. She is a 2005 Peace and Conflict ... http://disarmamentactivist.org/2007/03/06/introducing-a-new-guest/