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Nebraska Report

There is no Peace without Justice
Nebraskans for Peace JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2021 VOLUME 49, NO. 1

United Nations Outlaws

Nuclear Weapons

Catholic Worker activists gathered December 28, the “Feast of the Holy Innocents”, outside the headquarters of
U.S. Strategic Command in Bellevue for their annual protest against the U.S.’s nuclear arsenal. They returned
January 22, when the U.N.s “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” officially entered into force.

January 22, 2021 was a historic day for
the movement to ban nuclear weapons
inside: Sen. Tom Brandt Introduces “Farm p. 7 when the United Nations “Treaty on the
to School Program Act”
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” entered
What’s HOT in Global Warming? p. 8 into force, establishing in international law a
Treaty Ban Fact Sheet p. 3 categorical ban on nuclear weapons.
Conversations on Racism p. 10 On October 24, 2020, Honduras
What Does the Nukes Ban Finding & Evaluating Choices became the 50th country to ratify the Treaty,
Accomplish? p. 4 pushing the agreement over the threshold
for Responsible Investing p. 12
Thank All of Nebraska’s Remembering the Prairie required to enter into force. Honduras’
MOCs for Their ‘Yes’ Votes! p. 5 Peace Park p. 14 ratification set the stage for the international
treaty to take effect on January 22, 2021
Take Both COVID-19 Vaccines p. 6 HARD TRUTH by Sally Herrin p. 16 despite the refusal of the United States, the
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Nebraskans for Peace’s state office in Lincoln is located on land that formerly belonged to the Otoe Tribe.