Call to Action
NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE MONTH
STOP NUCLEAR MADNESS!!
United for Peace and Justice has declared August “Nuclear-Free Future Month.” The specter of nuclear weapons in the hands of “rogue” states has become one of top U.S. excuses for waging war, yet the United States continues to rely on the threatened first use of nuclear weapons as the cornerstone of its national security policy. We call on groups to take action and raise awareness about the ever-increasing threat from nuclear weapons and the environmental and proliferation dangers posed by the global nuclear power “renaissance.”
Through popular education, video screenings, art exhibits, protests, vigils and more, we are working to put nuclear issues on the political agenda of the 2008 Presidential and Congressional elections and to build stronger ties between the nuclear abolition, anti-war, and climate justice movements. We are working in solidarity with these fundamentally connected movements to create a safe, just future.
August 6th and 9th will mark the 63rd anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Expanding the traditional anniversary period will allow more opportunities for groups to plan and organize events focusing on all aspects of the nuclear issue. We seek to reach a broad public and to inspire more people to participate in a wide variety of antinuclear activities, including efforts to encourage the Presidential candidates to make both the abolition of nuclear weapons and immediate steps to move in that direction a central campaign priority, as we demand clean, sustainable, non-nuclear energy alternatives.
Our main vehicle for coordinating activities and disseminating information will be the new www.nuclearfreefuture.org website where you will find a variety of action ideas and educational resources. We encourage you to post your group’s planned activities to the calendar you will find there. Please help us spread the word!
JOIN THE CALL
This call was initiated by the UFPJ Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security Working Group in collaboration with an ad hoc coalition of local and regional groups. We invite other groups to join in this call. You can sign on at www.nuclearfreefuture.org; you can circulate the call among progressive organizations in your community; you can connect with others who are organizing against the war machine. Seek peace, be part of the solution. No Nukes! No Wars!
Visit www.nuclearfreefuture.org to find information and analysis about nuclear issues, our various action plan, ideas and tools to organize your own events during Nuclear-Free Future month!
JOIN THE PLANNING GROUP
Groups planning Nuclear-Free Future month through the United for Peace and Justice Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security Working Group include the following. If you’d like to get involved please send an e-mail message to Jackie Cabasso, working group convener: wslf@earthlink.net .
- American Friends Service Committee
- Greater New Haven Peace Council (CT)
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy (NY)
- North Suburban Peace Initiative (IL)
- Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
- Peace Resource Center of San Diego (CA)
- Tri-Valley CAREs (CA)
- Western States Legal Foundation (CA)
- Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
MAKE A DONATION or VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME!
Please consider joining these groups by making a donation of $25, $50 or $100 to support the www.nuclearfreefuture.org website and related resources. Or volunteer your time. Make your check payable to United for Peace and Justice and mail it to PO Box 607, Times Square Station, New York, NY 10017. Be sure to note on the memo line: ”Nuclear-Free Future Month”.
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