Ban the Bomb vs. Dr. Strangelove Warhawks: How a UN Treaty Aims for a Nuke-Free World

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, Greg Mello from the Los Alamos Study Group speaks about the historic UN treaty that could ban the manufacturing, possession, and use of nuclear weapons. He shares sobering insights into the Dr. Strangelove mentalities of Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists, Kirtland Air Force Base nuke soldiers, and the nuclear warhawks on Capitol Hill. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Greg Mello is the director of the Los Alamos Study Group which has been providing leadership in nuclear disarmament since 1989. Related Links: Los Alamos Study Group http://www.lasg.org/ UN Treaty to Ban the Bomb http://www.icanw.org/why-a-ban/positions/ "New Directions In Nuclear Disarmament" -LASG Discussion at the Center for Spiritual Living, 505 Camino de Los Marquez, Santa Fe, NM, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, November 11th. #NoWarNovember https://www.facebook.com/groups/343359646012738/ Campaign Nonviolence Houston https://www.facebook.com/CNVhou1/ Veterans for Peace Armistice Day Campaign https://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/armistice-day/ Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/