Just World Podcasts

The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with Ivana Nikolic Hughes

June 16, 2022 Helena Cobban and Amelle Zeroug Season 3 Episode 4
Just World Podcasts
The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with Ivana Nikolic Hughes
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This was the fourth conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all existing nuclear arsenals, including our own.
     In this convo, co-hosts Helena Cobban and Amelle Zeroug talked to Ivana Nikolic Highes, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. 
     Listen to additional episodes in this series which will be released twice-weekly through the end of June.

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