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How Nuclear-Armed Apartheid was Defeated: An Interview with Abdul Minty

We spoke with Dr. Abdul Samad Minty, a key figure in the international campaign against apartheid who helped expose apartheid South Africa's nuclear programs. His reflections offer valuable insights for today's movements. In the interview, Dr. Minty emphasizes that defeating racist regimes like apartheid South Africa

On Pacifism

By Prahlad Iyengar. Editorial note: The author is a doctoral candidate in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a recipient of the US National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. He has been barred from MIT campus until January 2026 for publishing this

Genocide for Skeptics

by Flavio Del Santo. Israel has been bombing Gaza for over 13 months: the humanitarian crisis across Palestine, as well as in neighboring areas of the Middle East, has reached unprecedented critical levels. The UN estimates that more than 43,000 Palestinians have been killed, including around 17,000 children,

Webinar: International student movements against genocide in Palestine

Webinar at UTC (GMT) 15:00 on Saturday, 2 November 2024. Register. The Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people of the last year, representing just the latest chapter in decades of apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and displacement, has resulted in a dramatic expansion in the world-wide movement in support of Palestinian

Appeal For a West Asia Free of Nuclear Weapons

by Giorgio Ferrari and Emanuela Bavazzano Editorial note: As scientists, we are deeply concerned about the threat of nuclear weapons, particularly in the context of West Asia ('the Middle East'). Since 1974, the UN General Assembly has passed 44 resolutions urging the establishment of a denuclearized zone in

Hamas: From Candidate Enforcer to Implacable Foe

by Assaf Kfoury. Editorial note: A strategic action’s unforeseen negative consequences are referred to as blowback. For the United States, the prototypic security blowback followed the CIA’s 1953 overthrow of Iran’s moderate nationalist Prime Minister in favor of the autocratic Shah; this subjugation eventually led to the

Claudia Sheinbaum: activist, scientist, politician, and the first woman president of Mexico

by Pablo Meyer Rojas On the 2nd June 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was elected president of Mexico. Her election represents three firsts for the Mexican presidency: the first woman, the first person of Jewish descent, and the first scientist to hold the office. She won a large majority in both

The right to protest endangered in Europe, Amnesty International reports

Global civil rights organization Amnesty International has published a new 209-page report entitled “Under Protected and Over Restricted: The state of the right to protest in 21 European countries”. In this comprehensive report, Amnesty has analyzed the state of the right to protest, using a questionnaire taken between December 2022

Petition: Stop European funding for Israeli institutions

Israel continues to enjoy access to EU research funding as a privileged “associated country” in Horizon Europe and other programs, and many European institutions are refusing to act to cut these ties.

Watch: Technology for apartheid and genocide

Watch the webinar: Technology for apartheid and genocide featuring Jane Duncan, Matt Mahmoudi, and Mick Napier

Webinar announcement: Technology for apartheid and genocide

On 16 June 2024, the International Union of Scientists (IUS) will present a conversation with two leading experts on how Israel uses technology to surveil and kill, in Palestine and beyond, and how Israeli technology enables repression elsewhere. Webinar presented by Jane Duncan and Matt Mahmoudi, with special guest Mick

News Updates

News of protests and movements against genocide, militarism, and the destructive use of science and technology all over the globe. New York: Professor Josh Dubnau, IUS member, arrested at raid of Stony Brook University's pro-Palestine encampment Stony Brook Professor: "I’ve done civil disobedience before, but I’

Professor Josh Dubnau, IUS member, arrested at raid of Stony Brook University pro-Palestine encampment

"I’ve done civil disobedience before, but I’ve never seen the police arrest a peaceful group like this. This was like a military formation." Read more here.

IUS expresses solidarity with the student movement for Palestine

On behalf of the International Union of Scientists (IUS), we lend our unwavering support to the student-led protests taking place in various universities across the USA, Europe, and other parts of the globe, condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza, demanding an immediate permanent ceasefire and calling on the university authorities