Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

In this free course you will learn about the global anti-nuclear movement that has worked for decades to prevent the use of nuclear weapons, with the ultimate aim of abolishing them altogether. You will see how opposition to nuclear weapons has been an important cause on every continent. Beginning in 1945, this course will equip you with knowledge of the nature of anti-nuclear activism until the present day. TranscriptThis course has been produced as part of an AHRC-funded project on ‘Global histories of anti-nuclear activism’, with nine partner institutions in seven countries across five continents. This course was produced collaboratively by The Open University and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), winner of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize.

• Session 1: Why do people oppose nuclear weapons?
• Session 2: How have citizens mobilised against nuclear weapons?
• Session 3: How have anti-nuclear activists cooperated across national boundaries?
• Session 4: How have governments responded to anti-nuclear activism?
• Session 5: What has anti-nuclear activism achieved?
• Session 6: Nuclear arms control and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons