NUCLEAR ABOLITION | A Busboys and Poets Books
Date and Time
Jun 8, 2025 6:00 pm
Location
14th & V
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Jun 8, 2025 6:00 pm
14th & V
Join us to explore a path toward abolishing nuclear weapons
Nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to humanity and must be abolished. Nuclear Abolition: A Scenario sets out one possible scenario for that happening, through the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). As more countries join this treaty and take steps to implement its provisions, pressure builds on the US companies that develop, build and maintain nuclear weapons. Combined with divestment and boycotts inside the US, it soon becomes impossible for these companies to remain in the nuclear weapons business and still be profitable. They then pressure the US to sign the TPNW and fund them to produce more socially acceptable products. Other nuclear-armed nations have their own challenges to overcome, but eventually they all join the TPNW and nuclear weapons are abolished - just in the nick of time!
Dr. Timmon Wallis is joining us on the Busboys stage to share more about the importance of abolishing nuclear weapons and how we can work together to protect our future. Copies of the book will be available for purchase during and after the event, and Wallis will be signing following the program.
This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of NUCLEAR ABOLITION will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is in person and will not be livestreamed.
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Timmon Wallis is Executive Director of NuclearBan.US. He holds a PhD in Peace Studies and has worked in war zones around the world. His book, Disarming the Nuclear Argument: The Truth About Nuclear Weapons, contributed to the negotiations for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, for which the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. His most recent books are Warheads to Windmills: Preventing Climate Catastropheand Nuclear War, (2023) and NuclearAbolition: A Scenario (2025).
