For over 36 years Ploughshares Fund has supported the most effective people and organizations in the world to reduce and eventually eliminate the dangers posed by nuclear weapons.
This year's Chain Reaction 2018: Leadership + Democracy in San Francisco on June 25, 2018 featured Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, author and producer Eric Schlosser, and Beyond the Bomb's US Field Organizer, Yasmeen Silva, and was a special tribute to William J. Perry, 19th US Secretary...
This year's Chain Reaction 2018: Leadership + Democracy in San Francisco on June 25, 2018 featured Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, and Beyond the Bomb's US Field Organizer, Yasmeen Silva, and was a special tribute to William J. Perry,...
Donald Trump, upon his return from the historic summit in Singapore with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, quickly tweeted that "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea." We wish this was the case. In fact, as we have often seen with this President and his pronouncements, nothing could be...
The primary goal for the June 12 US-North Korea summit in Singapore should be an agreed statement that leads to the phased denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and a transformed relationship between the United States, North Korea and South Korea. As President Trump said on June 1, “We’re...
On June 12, 2018, US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will hold an historic summit in Singapore. The summit, first announced in March, was temporarily canceled by Trump after...
Watch this behind-the-scenes video of Jeffrey Lewis and Joe Cirincione discussing the most pressing nuclear threats facing the world today. Shot onsite at the Writers Guild of America West while in Los Angeles for an event featuring the nuclear-themed season finale of Madam Secretary.
I was born at the end of the Cold War, but the world is no less dangerous today. Fears from my parent’s generation, including the resurgence of an arms race and increases in nuclear weapons spending, have yet to fade. Only now, those fears are compounded by the emergence of new nuclear states...
Beyond the Bomb is focused on grassroots organizing efforts and creative campaigning to influence nuclear weapons policy and policymakers. Beyond the Bomb is a cornerstone of our plan to reinforce grassroots efforts to resist the dangerous nuclear policies coming out of the Trump administration...
Donald Trump recently made the most destructive decision of his presidency. He set it up with an avalanche of lies and then killed the deal that rolled back Iran's nuclear program and prevented them from ever getting a nuclear weapon. Then, he announced his violation of the agreement as if it...
On May, 22, 2018, Ploughshares Fund hosted a special viewing of the season finale for the CBS award-winning show Madam Secretary at Writers Guild of America, West. In this episode, Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord and cabinet members braced for the fallout at home and abroad as President...
President Trump’s reckless decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement breaks trust with our allies and needlessly endangers US national security. This is a crisis of the president’s own making. Trump’s withdrawal will likely lead to the collapse of the agreement,...
With an unpredictable president and rising tensions around the world, leadership and democracy are more critical than ever. Join us to hear from the leaders who are working tirelessly to keep us out of nuclear war and moving toward a world where nuclear weapons no longer exist. Chain Reaction...
On April 27, 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet for the first time. It will be the third inter-Korean summit in Korean history and the first to occur in South Korea. The summit comes amid a detente on the Korean peninsula that began with the...
On May 1st, 1952, two thousand Marines waited in the Nevada desert for the detonation of an atomic bomb. Crouched in foxholes just two miles from ground zero without protective equipment, they were instructed to keep their heads down. "The bottom of my foxhole turned a brilliant, bright white I’...
We encourage you to come see, "All the Shah's Men," a play by Matthew Spangler. This original work based on Stephen Kinzer's award-winning book by the same name will be on stage in San Francisco's Mission District, May 3-20. Royce Gallery, 2901 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA Directed by...
