Here are some sobering statistics: 

Nine countries possess nuclear weapons today, including: (1) Russia with approximately 7,500; (2) the United States with approximately 7,200; (3) France with fewer than 300; (4) China with approximately 250; (5) the United Kingdom with fewer than 215; (6) Pakistan with 110-120; (7) India with 90-110; (8) Israel, which is believed to possess 80 weapons; and (9) North Korea, which is estimated to possess enough plutonium for up to 10 fission bombs.

This Friday, Radius and MIT's Community and Equity Office are hosting a lunch featuring a talk by Professor Vincent Intondi. Professor Intondi is an Associate Professor of History at Montgomery College and Director of Research for American University's Nuclear Studies Institute, a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and author of African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement.