Key insights

🕰️ The Doomsday Clock is set at 3 minutes to midnight, indicating the urgency of addressing nuclear weapons and environmental destruction.

🌍 The Paris conference reached some agreements, but they may not be efficient unless they become a binding treaty with voluntary agreements.

🕊️ Former secretary William Perry warns that we are facing nuclear dangers today that are more likely to erupt into a nuclear conflict than during the Cold War.

💣 The United States has always threatened the use of nuclear weapons, even against non-nuclear States.

🌍 The threat of nuclear weapons has cast a shadow over every conflict, leading to a near miracle that we've survived the last 70 years.

🔥 The willingness to risk nuclear war and reject a peaceful resolution in order to maintain a facade of strength and dominance is a dangerous and reckless approach to international diplomacy.

🌍 The impact of neoliberal policies has been a disaster worldwide, leading to a refugee crisis and burdening rich countries.

🛢️ Saudi Arabia, despite being a repressive and brutal regime, is supported by the US and its allies due to its oil wealth, while Iran is demonized.