Social issues

“Tactical nuclear bombs” – and their horrific consequences

Current report by the “International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons” (ICAN)

by Martina Frei*

(30 August 2024) On the occasion of the anniversary (6 and 9 August) of the US atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the “International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons” (ICAN) reminded us of what atomic bombs do to children.

How Jawaharlal Nehru facilitated the emergence of a ‘neutral’ Austria

by Sanjana Suchdev, New Delhi

(23 August 2024) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Austria on Tuesday, becoming the first Indian Prime Minister since Indira Gandhi in 1983 to visit the country in central Europe.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Austria,1 the Congress Tuesday (July 9) recalled the “key role” Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, played in “the emergence of a sovereign and neutral Austria”.

79 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki – nuclear weapons are incompatible with the law

IALANA-Statement*

(23 August 2024) On 6 August 1945, a US atomic bomb with an explosive force of 16kt TNT, known as “Little Boy”, struck Hiroshima. It is estimated that 140,000 people died. Three days later, on 9 August 1945, “Fat Man”, a US plutonium bomb, was dropped on Nagasaki. It took an estimated 80,000 lives. The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were completely destroyed.

For a “New Thinking 2.0”!

Almost eight decades after Hiroshima, nuclear weapons are becoming socially acceptable again

by Leo Ensel*

(16 August 2024) Since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, 79 years ago, humanity as a whole has been killable. The “New Thinking” that followed from this realisation and was co-developed by Mikhail Gorbachev therefore placed the survival of humanity at the centre of political action. Today, a renaissance, a “New Thinking 2.0”, is more necessary than ever!

Halt the armament spiral!

No to the renewed stationing of far-reaching US weapons systems in Germany

(9 August 2024) The international Catholic peace movement, “pax christi”, is alarmed and concerned by the planned stationing of US cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles and other missile systems in Germany from 2026.

Does Germany want to be a battlefield again?

“Secret Operational Plan Germany”

by Marita Brune-Koch

(3 August 2024) For a long time, we have been hearing that Germany needs to prepare for a major war. It’s hard to believe: Germany at war? Again? The great misery that we went through twice in the last century, once again? But when you listen to the interview that Lieutenant General André Bodemann gave to NTV, you realise how concrete the preparations already are.