IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 15:00 BST 12th JULY The below letter was sent on 28th March, and is being made public now, following no response from Nolan or his studies, in an effort to raise awareness of the concerns expressed by signatories. Christopher Nolan CBE Syncopy Inc. California United States of America 28th March 2023 Dear Mr. Christopher Nolan CBE, CC: Ms. Emma Thomas, Syncopy Inc., Mr. Charles Roven, Atlas Entertainment RE: Epilogue text to Oppenheimer (2023) We are writing to you as a group of survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, survivors of nuclear weapons tests, a ..read more

Written by Thomas Pitt About the Author: Thomas Pitt is a nuclear disarmament activist from the UK. He attended the ICAN Paris Forum in 2020 on behalf of CND Cymru and the TPNW’s First Meeting of States Parties in Vienna as part of the ICAN delegation. He is also a contributing writer to the disarmament magazine Heddwch. If those in favour of maintaining a nuclear arsenal were forced to condense their arguments down to a single word, there is a high chance that many of them would choose ‘deterrence’. From their perspective, this word performs a number of useful functions. First, it puts t ..read more

The impact report for the Youth MSP for the Treaty on the Prohibition of State Parties is here! Alongside our partners, we organised the Youth MSP for the first Meeting of State Parties of the TPNW, which took place in June 2022. This event brought over 130 young people to the MSP (online and in person), platformed young voices, and opened up space for discussion about the future of youth engagement with the movement. The Youth MSP brought together more than 130 young people from around the globe with a passion for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. The Youth for TPNW delegates brought ..read more

We’re excited to announce our new steering committee, who will serve in their posts from 2022-24. Their term will culminate in the next Youth MSP. It’s fantastic to see such an accomplished and driven group of young people leading us through the next two years. The pool of nominees was particularly strong for all roles and we are excited to see what’s next for our movement. Keep an eye on the ‘meet the team‘ page for in-depth bios and pictures in the next few weeks! Chair: Sarah Wanjiru Kimani (she/her, Kenya) Vice-Chair/Secretary: Alice Filiberto (she/her, Jordan) Treasurer: Sangam Shah (he/h ..read more

The Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is taking place in New York at the moment. Phantitra Phuphaphantakarn (Ariel Karn) writes. The 10th Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (NPT RevCon) is finally happening after being postponed several times due to the pandemic. NPT RevCon is a crucial conference for global disarmament efforts, held every five years. Since the 9th NPT RevCon was held in 2015, various important defence cooperation and international arms race affairs have been developed; therefore, it is important to explore both the nuclear proliferation ..read more

9 August 2022 77 years ago, the United States planned to obliterate the Japanese city of Kokura in an atomic bombing, just 3 days after dropping the first ever nuclear weapon used in conflict on Hiroshima. Due to weather conditions, a last minute decision was made to divert aircraft to the city of Nagasaki. The unique devastation of a nuclear weapon fell on Nagasaki that day. Over 6 square kilometres of the city was levelled, ground temperatures reached 4,000°C, and radioactive rain fell down onto the remains of the city and emerging survivors. 74,000 were killed immediately. Youth for TPNW de ..read more

6 August 2022 Today marks the 77th anniversary of the United States dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It would be followed by another bombing of Nagasaki, just days later, on 9 August 1945. These were acts of barbarism; both war crimes and crimes against humanity. By the end of 1945, over 140,000 people in Hiroshima had been killed, many in the initial blast, but many others from radiation and other injuries as a result of the bombing.  Nuclear weapons leave their mark on individuals, communities and environments for decades or longer. In the decades following, many others cont ..read more

The Youth for TPNW policy document is here! Over the past couple of months, Youth MSP 2022 delegates and Youth for TPNW team members have been putting together Claiming our future: Youth Priorities for the TPNW. The result is a thematic policy document including recommendations from young people about what we would like to see from the first Meeting of State Parties of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The threat of nuclear weapon use provides an existential threat to the future of the largest generation in history, and this generation intends to contribute to preventing that ..read more

How can we resolve the nuclear dilemma in light of the invasion of Ukraine? Anant Saria writes. Through 2021 and early 2022, the world witnessed the amassing of Russian troops and military equipment along the borders shared with Ukraine. The troop build-up was closely followed by the international community and included repeated warnings from the United States intelligence about the eventual invasion of Ukraine. On 21 February 2022, Russia recognized two pro-Russian separatist regions in the east of Ukraine – Donetsk and Luhansk – as ‘independent’. Following this, and contrary to Russia’s re ..read more

We strongly condemn Putin’s recent nuclear threats, and extend our support and solidarity to those affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As youth-led organisations united in our shared vision of a world free of nuclear weapons, we stand in solidarity with the residents of Ukraine and those seeking peace everywhere in the world. The invasion is harming the population and fuelling a refugee crisis in Europe. It is unacceptable that residents of Ukraine are being forced to flee their homes or risk harm in a war zone. We use this moment to highlight all the unjust wars that are taking place ..read more