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Nov 24, 2024 | 
counterpunch.org | Ray Acheson |Jeffrey Sommers
Israel’s genocide of Palestinians and widening war against Lebanon provided a particularly violent and lawless back drop to this year’s five-week session of the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security. The First Committee, which deliberates about and adopts resolutions on a range of weapon issues from small arms to nuclear bombs, […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
counterpunch.org | Eve Ottenberg |Ray Acheson
Right now, it’s still up to Joe “All War, All the Time” Biden to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. He has the power to do so, and to pretend that he doesn’t is arrant nonsense. But, but, you object, what about Bibi Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin? Well, they won’t. The former without an […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
dialnet.unirioja.es | Ray Acheson
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Desarme y desmilitarización: Una revisión crítica de la Nueva Agenda de Paz de la ONU [1] Investigaciòn Localización: Nueva sociedad, ISSN 0251-3552, Nº. 313, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Guerra, paz y multilateralismo), págs.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
counterpunch.org | Ray Acheson |Ron Jacobs
With the world at war, the feeling that the international system has failed humanity is increasing. The challenges posed to international law and the United Nations are structural—a minority of violent, militarized governments dictate the terms and play by their own rules. But can the will of the majority result in real change? Every year, […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
reachingcriticalwill.org | Ray Acheson
Editorial: Genocide, Nuclear War, and AI Weapons Aren't Normal. Let's Shut It Down. 12 October 2024
By Ray Acheson
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The perception that we’re in a time of transition at this First Committee isn’t just coming from the autumn leaves changing colour outside the United Nations. It’s also coming from inside the building, where feelings of uncertainty lead to feelings of insecurity, creating a sense, as Austria said, that things are in motion.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
reachingcriticalwill.org | Ray Acheson
3 October 2024
By Ray Acheson
Every year it seems like the context surrounding the UN General Assembly high-level debate is bleaker than the last. This certainly held true for 2024, a year in which Israel has waged genocide and war crimes against Palestine and now launched a military invasion of Lebanon, spreading violence throughout the region under the protection and facilitation of the United States and other major arms producing countries.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
reachingcriticalwill.org | Ray Acheson
Editorial: Escaping the Shallows, Leading on to Abolition2 August 2024
By Ray Acheson
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When the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was being negotiated in the 1960s, states felt the urgency of the moment.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
reachingcriticalwill.org | Ray Acheson
Editorial: Gaslighting, Victim-Blaming, and Hive Minds at the NPT PrepCom29 July 2024
By Ray Acheson
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As Cluster Two discussions on non-proliferation wrap-up, it’s time to talk about gaslighting. The technique of gaslighting—relentlessly insisting on fiction as fact—is being deployed by several states parties to obscure, distort, or rewrite history.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
counterpunch.org | Ray Acheson
Between armed violence and fascism within the United States and the US government’s support for genocide abroad, manufacturers of weapons are profiting wildly. Within the US, arms producers are responsible for fueling war crimes in Gaza and mass shootings across the United States. The profit models of these companies are the same: more violence means more customers. Stoke the fear, fury, and legitimacy of conflict to sell more of your product.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
reachingcriticalwill.org | Ray Acheson
Editorial: Victory at Jabiluka Shows the Possibility of Abolition28 July 2024
By Ray Acheson
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In another historic victory for antinuclear organising in Australia, no uranium mining will take place at Jabiluka in the Northern Territory (NT). The fight to protect Jabiluka from uranium mining has been ongoing for decades, led by the Mirarr Traditional Owners with support from antinuclear, environmental, and Land Back organisations from across Australia.
