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DemocracyNow!: “The Beginning of Our End”: On 75th Anniversary, Hiroshima Survivor Warns Against Nuclear Weapons
DemocracyNow!, August 6, 2020: “On the 75th anniversary of when the United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing some 140,000 people, we speak with Hideko Tamura Snider, who was 10 years old … Continue reading
Posted in Human War Toll, Nuclear warfare, Peace Activism
Tagged hibakusha, Hideko Tamura Snider, hiroshima, nuclear weapons
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The US Military’s Devastating Impact on Climate
Our friends at Albany Peace Seekers have produced a tri-fold brochure demonstrating the US military’s effects on climate change and detailing the threats and costs of US nuclear weapons programs. Clicking the images below take you to a printable PDF … Continue reading
The Opportunity Costs of Nuclear Weapons
“…the nine nuclear-armed countries spent $72.9 billion on … nuclear weapons in 2019, equalling $138,699 every minute….” So, we can’t afford M4A, GND, UBI, medical research & stockpiles, etc? Enough is Enough: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending 2020 In its report … Continue reading
Posted in Peace News, Pentagon Budget, War Economy
Tagged ICAN, no nukes, nuclear weapons, nukes, pentagon budget, pentagon spending, veterans for peace, VFP
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PDX City Council Passed Nuke Weapons Ban Resolution
Update: Nov. 14, 2019…IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. VFP Linus Pauling Chapter members Linda Richards and Bill Glassmire (both pictured here) helped get SJM 5 (Nuclear Weapons Memorial) passed in Salem during the 2019 session. The Portland City Council resolution is just … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Activism
Tagged cost of war, nuclear, nuclear weapons, nukes, veterans for peace, VFP, vfp linus pauling
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Corvallis Film screening, discussion–Abolish Nuclear Weapons!
Historic Sailboat Project Supports UN Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons. When: Friday, February 1, 7pm – 9pm Where: First United Methodist Church – Room 219, 1165 NW Monroe Ave, Corvallis Sailing vessel Golden Rule crew member and Golden Rule Project … Continue reading
Veterans For Peace Statement on Election Results
VFP National Office, November 9, 2016 https://www.veteransforpeace.org/our-work/position-statements/veterans-peace-statement-election-results/ Veterans For Peace calls for all of our members and those who believe peace is possible to remember that peace is not found in elections, it is found in the work we do … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Activism
Tagged Foreign Policy, iran, islamophobia, nuclear weapons, peace, pentagon budget, president, racism, trump, VFP
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Silencing America as it prepares for war
By John Pilger 27 May 2016 Returning to the United States in an election year, I am struck by the silence. I have covered four presidential campaigns, starting with 1968; I was with Robert Kennedy when he was shot and … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Human War Toll, War Economy
Tagged china, clinton, hiroshima, john pilger, nuclear weapons, nukes, obama, russia, sanders, trump
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Proliferation begins at home…The $1 Trillion Train Wreck
From the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, April 2016 Proliferation begins at home. That has never been clearer than now, as the United States embarks on what many scientists at its nuclear weapons laboratories are calling “the second nuclear age.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Human War Toll, Peace Activism, War Economy
Tagged federal buget, federal taxes, nuclear, nuclear weapons, nukes, pentagon budget, proliferation
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The Trillion Dollar Question the Media Have Neglected to Ask Presidential Candidates
The American people will be footing the bill — but, by and large, they haven’t heard much about our country’s planned trillion-dollar nuclear weapons upgrade. BY LAWRENCE WITTNER | MARCH 21, 2016 [Source: http://billmoyers.com/story/the-trillion-dollar-question-the-media-have-neglected-to-ask-presidential-candidates/%5D originally appeared at History News Network. … Continue reading
Nukes are nuts, 2014 edition
Please call your senators and congressperson today. Proposed congressional legislation will help reduce wasteful spending on nuclear weapons and their delivery platforms. The president’s budget request for 2015 shows that his priorities are still dangerously backwards, asking for yet another increase … Continue reading
Posted in Pentagon Budget
Tagged bombers, ICBM, missiles, nuclear weapons, nukes, pentagon budget, pentagon spending, SLBM, submarines, trident
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