Here in New York, the longtime peace activist Cora Weiss has died at the age of 91, after decades of advocacy demanding civil rights, nuclear disarmament, gender equality and the abolition of war. In the 1960s, Cora Weiss was a national leader of Women Strike for Peace, which played a major role in bringing about the end of nuclear testing in the atmosphere. She organized protests against the Vietnam War and served as president of the Hague Appeal for Peace. She was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize multiple times. Cora Weiss also served for decades on the board of Downtown Community Television. She last appeared on Democracy Now! in 2022.

Cora Weiss: “Climate change and nuclear weapons are the apocalyptic twins. And we have to prevent one and get rid of the other. We have to abolish nuclear weapons immediately. There should be no question about it anymore. They’re too dangerous and unnecessary. And who wants to destroy the world and the lives of everybody in it?”

Cora Weiss’s husband, Peter Weiss, the well-known human rights attorney, died several weeks ago just shy of his 100th birthday. Cora Weiss died yesterday on Peter Weiss’s 100th birthday.