The U.S. is one of two nations in the world with massive nuclear arsenals, and the U.S. arsenal needs to be eliminated if we are to escape nuclear devastation.
By Joe Scarry Saturday, December 6, 2014
NEEDED: MESSENGERS – Americans Need to Hear the Awful Truth of Nuclear Devastation
Needed: MESSENGERS!
That’s important, because:
Oh . . . and did I mention the call for a massive mobilization for nuclear disarmament in spring 2015, to coincide with the UN meeting on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)?
- Account (with illustration) by survivor of Hiroshima bombing
The U.S. is one of two nations in the world with massive nuclear arsenals, and the U.S. arsenal needs to be eliminated if we are to escape nuclear devastation. It is the people of the U.S. who will make this happen — the people, a massive number of them, must push this, because the politicians answer to the people.
So: It’s up to those of us with networks in the U.S. to get the word out to people in this country about the what nukes do to people — and the need for people to become active in the movement to eliminate nuclear weapons.
#NoNukesTuesday is a week-in, week-out social media campaign to build the movement. #HINW14Vienna laid the foundation deep — #NoNukesTuesday is the place to take the message wide.
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| #NoNukesTuesday Getting the word out every week |
* Look at the #HINW14Vienna twitter stream to find exciting materials from the Vienna conference.
(Here’s my contribution: #GOODBYENUKES: 10 Images I’ll Be Sharing From #HINW14Vienna )
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(See Countdown to U.S. Nuclear Disarmament (With or Without the Politicians) )
How do you formulate a statement that can somehow convince the United States to eliminate its threatening nuclear weapons? How do you formulate the 10th request? Or the 100th? Knowing all the time that the United States is in the position — will always be in the position — to say, “No” ? At what point does it dawn on you that the United States will never give up its nuclear weapons, because it has the power and the rest of the world doesn’t?
(See 360 Degree Feedback in New York (2014 NPT Prepcom and How the World Views the United States))
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(See Reviews of “Thermonuclear Monarchy: Choosing Between Democracy and Doom” by Elai
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Well, I don’t really need the educational materials. I’m a graduate with a nuclear engineering degree who’s been no-nuke for decades. Its funny, most of what you are saying was common knowledge in the 80’s. But, yes, in some of my no-nuke work I’ve noticed that so much of that has been forgotten.
If I can help, as a speaker, writer, web-geek, whatever, please feel free to contact me at https://www.facebook.com/marc.schuler
Well, you would need to contact Joe Scarry. He has a blog that is easy to find. Thanks for your comment.