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Being an American right now is a wild ride. Every day brings a new controversy, breathless media narratives, and the same loud voices rushing in to score political points. Then another Truth Social post drops and the circus moves on. But all that noise is drowning out the actual story. On her new podcast Runaway Country, veteran journalist Alex Wagner talks to the voices at the center of the headlines: from the fringes of the resistance, to the marrow of MAGA, to the many people who’ve found ...
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On January 22nd, 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force. It’s the first international treaty that comprehensively prohibits any activities related to nuclear weapons, that includes developing, testing, producing, and manufacturing.
An interesting dynamic has emerged in recent years at the UN: to have this kind of shift in the narrative about what does security really mean?
In this episode, Anna Ikeda with Sokka Gakkai International and Mary Yelenick with Pax Christi International discuss the importance of the treaty, and how it connects to nonviolence and what each one of us can do.
Learn more:
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
ICAN
Metta Center for Nonviolence
Pax Christi International
Soka Gakkai
Chapters
1. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (00:00:00)
2. Mary Yelenick - Pax Christi International (00:02:16)
3. From Protesting Nuclear Abolition to an International Treaty (00:03:58)
4. From Individuals to NGOs to Global Leaders (00:06:48)
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