NH #689: Depleted Uranium Weapons in Russia, Ukraine... Israel? Jack Cohen-Joppa of the Nuclear Resister with Verifiable Info

This Week’s Featured Interview:

• Depleted Uranium weapons – nuclear radiation weapons without the blast. Who’s got them and are they being used by Ukraine? Russia? Israel? Jack Cohen-Joppa parses the known and verifiable information. Since 1980, Jack Cohen-Joppa and Felice Cohen-Joppa have been co-coordinators of the Nuclear Resister and co-editors of the newsletter. The Nuclear Resister networks the anti-nuclear and anti-war resistance movements while acting as a clearinghouse for information about contemporary nonviolent resistance to war and the nuclear threat. Their emphasis is on support for the women and men jailed for these actions.  For 44 years, they have covered reports on nuclear and anti-war arrests while encouraging support for more than 1,000 imprisoned activists.
  
  Their stated belief is that in any significant movement for social change, many committed individuals are imprisoned. Behind bars, they are physically isolated from their supporters and their own resistance activity is limited. Broader awareness of their actions and support for the imprisoned activist are essential to the movement for a peaceful, nuclear-free future. We’ll have more on that and how you can help. after the interview.
  I spoke with Jack Cohen-Joppa on August 30, 2024.

Links from the Interview:

• Prison Addresses for the Two Susans, convicted for their nonviolent protest actions at Büchel air base in Germany, where U.S. nuclear weapons are stored. Susan Crane and Susan van der Hijden are now serving their time at an open (lower security) prison in Koblenz. You can write to them individually at the followin addresses:
  • Susan Crane, JVA Koblenz – Offener Vollzug, Simmerner Str. 14a, 56075 Koblenz, Germany. Sentenced to 229 days in June 4, 2024)
  • Susan van der Hijden, JVA Koblenz – Offener Vollzug, Simmerner Str. 14a, 56075 Koblenz, Germany. Sentenced to 115 days in June 4, 2024)
  • You can read their prison reflections here and here, from Nukewatch
• This is the Ukraine update on the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW) website: https://www.icbuw.eu/icbuw-update-on-du-in-ukraine/
• This is the ICBUW weapons and platforms list:
• The Israel and Gaza update as regards DU Weapons.

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The ICAN Update with Alistair Burnett

Monthly update on issues and actions regarding the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear War from ICAN – the Nobel Peace-Prize winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Here, we learn the latest on the actions taken to pass the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) with ICAN’s Head of Media, Alistair Burnett, reporting from ICAN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.