Launch of The Peace Clock |
95 seconds to midnight |
The idea that peace is possible and that we can have an impact begins to spread into a culture that has become used to doom and has not been exposed to how many solutions are already on the table. |
Trump proposes meeting with Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine |
2:30 minutes to midnight |
The U.S. is currently firing missiles into Russia. Even the bare minimum of communication can help. |
Activists, Journalists and more Educate that Tensions With China are Even Easier to Reduce than With Russia |
2:45 minutes to midnight |
If Trump can talk to Putin, he can talk to Xi Jinping and discuss why China views our influence in Taiwan as a violation of their sovereignty. |
Trump has phone meeting with Xi Jingping to discuss Taiwan |
5 minutes to midnight |
The U.S. currently has troops on internationally recognized Chinese territory without China’s permission. A phone call to let them know we are considering removing them would do a lot. |
US removes authorization for Ukraine to fire ATACMS into Russia |
10 minutes to midnight |
We are no longer directly participating in a war with Nuclear Armed Russia. A good signal to China that we take the danger of nuclear war seriously. Trade relations improve. |
US Sec. of State meets Russian and Chinese Sec. of State to discuss Treaty to Ban Weapons in Space |
15 minutes to midnight |
China and Russia have been asking us to agree to treaties prohibiting cyber warfare and weapons in space as preconditions to nuclear disarmament talks. This continues to show we are serious about peace. |
U.S. citizens urge representatives and workers of most of the top corporations that they can make more money if they prevent the U.S. from triggering global war with the #1 manufacturer of most American products |
20 minutes to midnight |
China is also the #2 market for Tesla, etc. There are a small group of companies in the MICIMATT that could benefit from war with China, if it doesn’t end the world. Some are betting on massive gains for U.S. chip manufacturing. Most companies would crash however, and they can lobby against it. |
U.S. troops out of Taiwan |
25 minutes to midnight |
Our missiles are still stationed on Chinese territory, but our troops are not. Taiwan retains its own military. (Trade relations and economy improves.) |
Try to get mass numbers of machinists and other workers in the weapons industry who don’t have an ideological interest to threaten to find other work if their companies don’t stop lobbying for war. |
30 minutes to midnight |
The moral issue against war can be a big issue for some machinists. Then there is the argument that no one wants to be making the weapons that will be used to launch a war that could get their family killed. |
U.S. stops selling weapons to Taiwan |
35 minutes to midnight |
Tensions in the two most dangerous hotspots in the world are significantly dialed back. Russia and China are still thousands of miles away from America’s coasts. We retain our nuclear arsenal. (Economy continues to improve.) |
Boycott and Divest from Israel’s Apartheid System |
40 minutes to midnight |
It will become evident that Israel’s economy will collapse if they do not establish equal rights for Palestinians. Israeli leadership may continue, but many American leaders would rather exert pressure than see their closest ally collapse. |
U.S. stops providing weapons to Israel |
45 minutes to midnight |
U.S. stops violating international and domestic law by arming a nation committing vast war crimes and genocide. Signal to the world that international law means something. It is a step towards new treaties based on international law. The chances of war with Iran reduce dramatically. |
Convince Leaders and/or Workers of Most U.S. Companies That They Can Make More Money if Federal Subsidies go towards actual practical production rather than financial derivatives and the Military Industrial Complex |
47 minutes to midnight |
Strikes as workers in critical industries being paid pennies on the dollar realize that the total security budget is 1.5 trillion dollars, and almost none of that money goes to them, or even makes them safe. They demand a cut to the budget to fund an increase in wages. |
Cut Military Budget by 25% |
50 minutes to midnight |
Signal to the world that the military industrial complex will not necessarily run U.S. foreign policy as much as it has in the past. Signal to the military industrial complex that they should consider converting some of their weapons factories into more useful things. |
Educate Environmental Activists About How Reducing Tensions Between Superpowers Can Help Us Move Towards Climate Collaboration |
55 minutes to midnight |
We can also educate climate activists about how the reverse is true as well. Our advocacy together for climate collaboration can help reduce global tensions and lay the ground for disarmament. |
Cooperate on Projects: Sun, Wind, geothermal, hydro energy |
1 hour 5 minutes to midnight |
The benefits of this will be immense, both for climate change and for the relationships between our countries. Will show that we have more to gain from cooperation than from adversarial competition. |
Trump proposes to Putin & Xi Jinping - Cyberwar Ban and Weapons in Space Treaty |
1:35 hours to midnight |
The preconditions for disarmament talks have been met. No direct or proxy wars between nuclear powers. Treaties that reduce the existential risk of grid failure (outside of the risk of nuclear weapons). |
Us agrees not to intervene in territorial disputes between China and the Philippines |
1:45 hours to midnight |
Tensions in another of the world’s most dangerous geopolitical hotspots are drastically reduced. China and the Philippines will solve territorial disputes with the help of ASEAN. |
Educate that We Can Put The Genie Back In The Bottle |
2 hours to midnight |
If the knowledge complex that undergirds the military industrial complex has less and less reason to exist, eventually the knowledge itself can fade away, if we let it. Around that time, we can get rid of nuclear weapons, and with a sustainable enough peace, they will never come back. We have a long way to go. |
End of the last war involving a nuclear power |
10 hours to midnight |
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Abolition of nuclear weapons |
14 hours to midnight |
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End of the last war |
16 hours to midnight |
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The end of the knowledge complex undergirding advanced weaponry |
17 hours to midnight |
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The Dawn of Peace |
Dawn |