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Disarm or Die is a global public declaration in the tradition of the Russell–Einstein Manifesto of 1955. It argues that nuclear weapons, autonomous weapons, and the militarisation of artificial intelligence together constitute a civilisational emergency that existing political institutions were not designed to manage — and asks citizens worldwide to put their name to a ten-sentence doctrine calling for disarmament and new systems of democratic global cooperation. It is the first campaign of the United Commons Project, a citizens' governance experiment — explicitly not a political party: no candidates, no party line, no ideology beyond the principle that governance must not be purchasable.
Approximately 12,000 nuclear warheads exist worldwide today, with thousands held on high alert. All nine nuclear-armed states are modernising their arsenals. (Sources: SIPRI Yearbook; Federation of American Scientists.)
The INF Treaty was terminated in 2019. New START, the last major US–Russia arms control agreement, was suspended by Russia in 2023. No successor framework exists.
Lethal autonomous weapons systems are in active development and deployment. UN discussions on their governance have run for over a decade without producing a binding instrument.
The Russell–Einstein Manifesto was issued in July 1955, signed by eleven scientists including Albert Einstein — his final public act. It led directly to the founding of the Pugwash Conferences, which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995.
The complete Disarm or Die doctrine. It may be quoted in whole or in part with attribution to "the Disarm or Die declaration (disarmordie.org)".
Disarm or Die is a global declaration in the tradition of the 1955 Russell–Einstein Manifesto, calling for disarmament and democratic governance of dangerous technologies. It is an initiative of the United Commons Project. disarmordie.org
Disarm or Die is a global public declaration arguing that nuclear weapons, autonomous weapons and the militarisation of artificial intelligence together constitute a civilisational emergency. Inspired by the Russell–Einstein Manifesto of 1955 — Albert Einstein's final public act — it asks citizens worldwide to sign a ten-sentence doctrine calling for disarmament and new systems of democratic global cooperation. It is the first campaign of the United Commons Project, a citizens' governance experiment that is explicitly not a political party. The declaration is open at disarmordie.org.
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