Russian nuclear scientists dead

Russian nuclear scientists dead

As the nuclear weapons treaties keeping us “safe” for the past decades’ time-out for various reasons (presidential withdrawal, end-dates, non-renewal), the new Cold War escalates at a frightening pace. The most recent price for this escalation has just been paid in the deaths of nuclear scientists and ordinary citizens in Russia.
Who is next? When will the nuclear weapons powers come together in conversation about their roles in creating a nuclear winter? When will they claim their capacity for preventing such a planet-destroying catastrophe? Putin wants the US and China to know Russia is developing brand new types of weapons. The Pentagon gleefully sees this “nuclear accident” as a way to scare Congress into authorizing enormous sums of money to develop a new class of nuclear weapons.
In 1983 a group of citizens in Seattle mobilized educational events attracting the participation of hundreds of fellow citizens to understand what was at stake as the first Trident nuclear submarine came into Puget Sound. Open Borders: A Personal Story of Love, Loss and Anti-war Activism tells my version of that citizen movement and how participating in the movement changed my personal life.
Where are you in this saga? If you want to learn more about the nuclear weapons issue today, you have two opportunities in September:
Seattle International Day for Just Peace
Saturday, September 21, 2019
3:00 PM 8:30 PM
Madrona Grace Presbyterian Church (map)
On International Day for Just Peace on September 21, we are planning a community event and educational panel, featuring experts from impacted and oppressed communities to speak on the issue of militarism in communities at home and abroad. From the modernization of nuclear weapons and radiation poisoning, to criminalization and policing of communities to resistance to US Military bases abroad, people are organizing and mobilizing against against systemic violence. Join us for this critical community dialogue.
Speakers to be announced!
3:00-5:00 Potluck in Madrona Park
5:30- 8:30 Panel and Discussion
People’s Town Hall on Nuclear Weapons
Sunday, September 29, 2019
2:00 PM 4:00 PM
Town Hall Seattle
Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition present a People’s Town Hall on Nuclear Weapons. This conversation informs the public and elected officials about the damage and dangers of nuclear war, examining Washington’s nuclear arsenals and the role of our state’s industry in producing them. Hear testimony from people whose communities have been directly impacted by the long legacy of the nuclear weapons industry in Washington State.
The Town Hall culminates in the development of a resolution based on this testimony, complete with recommendations for action needed by Congress to be delivered to the Washington Senators Cantwell and Murray.
Join this dynamic dialogue about one of the most significant threats facing the people of Washington State and the global community, and help develop concrete recommendations on how we can work with our elected officials to achieve a safer, less costly, and saner future that is free of weapons of mass destruction.
Doors open at 1 PM
Part of… Town Hall’s Month Long Housewarming. Learn More > Sep 29,…

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