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Short animated video shows and explains what a nuclear weapon would do to a city

July 5, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

Since 1945 the U.S. has been preparing for another nuclear war.  The devastation with modern weapons would be HORRIBLY, HORRIBLY WORSE than the small atomic bombs the U.S. dropped on Japan. Trump and BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES have been funding more nuclear weapons — including NEW nuclear weapons that are MORE LIKELY TO BE USED than the ones that have been existing.  Trump as RADICALLY, RECKLESSLY changed U.S. policies to make it MUCH MORE LIKELY that he can and will launch nuclear weapons. In less than 9 minutes, this animated video shows what would happen to a city if just one […]

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Click link to watch FREE movie “The Man Who Saved the World” about the Russian who prevented nuclear war during 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

July 5, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

A website is a source of some old TV programs and some old movies that you can watch for FREE. The October 1962 Cuban missile crisis VERY NEARLY escalated into nuclear war between the U.S. and the USSR. A Soviet submariner courageously defied his order to launch a nuclear-tipped torpedo at a U.S. warship.  That would have quickly escalated into global destruction. A powerful movie about this runs about 53 minutes.  CLICK THIS LINK: https://retrovision.tv/man-who-saved-the-world-the-2011/          

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Nearly all Americans are “deniers” of the nuclear weapons crisis.

July 5, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

Most Americans recognize that the climate crisis is VERY SERIOUS. We disagree with the “climate deniers” and with the “Coronavirus deniers.” But another existential crisis is VERY SERIOUS too:  Nuclear weapons can kill us all in just a few minutes.  Trump and both political parties in Congress are recklessly provoking and escalating a new nuclear arms race.  They are weakening the restraints against nuclear war. Most Americans are “DENIERS” that this crisis is happening.  Their negligence is even more deadly than the “climate deniers” and “Coronavirus deniers.” Mainstream news media are complicit in horribly failing to publicize the realities. Decent […]

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Nuclear weapons violate international law. Here’s a protester’s strong statement.

July 3, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

It is well established that nuclear weapons violate international law.  An international court affirmed that in 1996.  Actually, even preparing for nuclear war violates the Nuremberg principles that the U.S. and the other victors in World War II established. But the U.S. and eight other countries own nuclear weapons anyway.  And the U.S. has installed them in some of our NATO allies, including Germany, where Germany’s Buchel Air Force Base maintains several of the U.S.’s nuclear bombs and prepares constantly to drop them on Russia or another nation if the U.S. orders that. For a number of years Europeans and […]

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Earthquakes and rising sea levels vs. nuclear power plants

July 3, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

Issues are interconnected! The climate crisis is causing sea levels to rise. Nuclear power plants need cooling, so they are built near bodies of water (rivers, ocean coastlines, etc.).  In fact, 40% of the world’s nuclear reactors sit on coastlines, where sea-level rise, earthquakes and tsunamis endanger them and can cause catastrophes for huge portions of the world. For example, the nuclear power plants at Fukushima, Japan, melted down when an earthquake struck them and a tsunami resulted from the earthquake and caused even more damage.  Even now — nine years later — radiation is still spewing into the Pacific […]

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Informative handouts for OCANW’s course: “Nuclear Weapons Nowadays: What You Can Know and Do”

June 28, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

The Olympia Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons offers a 4-session course (2 hours per session) titled, “Nuclear Weapons:  What You Can Know and Do.”  It provides solid information, including background and recent updates.  It addresses the serious problems and what we can do to solve those problems.  To sign up, contact Joanne Dufour at (206) 550-1841 or jdufourhc@msn.com.  Each of the four presenters (Joanne Dufour, Mark Fleming, Jim Manista and Glen Anderson) offers handouts for these sessions. Here are Glen’s handouts. Session #1: IMPORTANT: “Fact Sheets for 6 Myths” — These fact sheets correct 6 common misunderstandings about nuclear weapons […]

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Military weapons could NOT save us from Coronavirus! We must REDUCE weaponry and care for people instead!

June 21, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

If your only tool is a hammer, you will treat every problem as if it were a nail. The U.S. is SO HEAVILY MILITARIZED that our REAL SECURITY is SUFFERING!!! Congress keeps wasting our tax dollars on military weapons that DID NOT PROTECT US from Coronavirus. Trump eliminated two federal offices that had been planning to deal with pandemics because he wanted to spend that money on militarism. Read this one-page article that I wrote a few days ago: Military weapons could not save us from Coronavirus Ordinary people need to organize a powerful grassroots movement to SLASH the Pentagon […]

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Locally and nationwide, we must CHANGE THE POLITICAL CULTURE. Sign up for these practical workshops.

June 15, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

Governments are the LAST to figure things out. (Mainstream news media are the next-to-last.) They will do what we want ONLY WHEN a strong nonviolent grassroots movement forces them to do what is needed. Recent history has proved this a number of times. (In the 1960s Congress passed civil rights legislation only because the Civil Rights Movement forced them to. President Obama opposed LGBTQ rights to marriage until the grassroots movement forced him to support equal rights. The list goes on and on.) Our local community includes a number of people who want to protect the environment – and protect […]

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These smart steps would significantly reduce the likelihood of nuclear war

June 12, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

In Congress, BOTH of the big political parties have been VIGOROUSLY FUNDING Trump’s reckless provocations of a new nuclear arms race.  Trump and Congress have been INCREASING THE DANGER OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR DEVASTATION.  It is not enough to replace Trump.  We must also replace the vast majority of Congressional incumbents — of BOTH parties — because they have been addicted to campaign donations from military weapons manufacturers.  Also, WE MUST AMEND THE CONSTITUTION IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE “BIG MONEY” CORRUPTION of our elections.   My blog’s “Nuclear Weapons” category includes much information about the dangers of nuclear weapons and how […]

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Blundering Toward Nuclear Chaos — a March 2020 article by Global Zero

June 12, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

Many excellent non-profit organizations work toward abolishing nuclear weapons. One of them — Global Zero (www.globalzero.org) produced this informative article that deserves to be read by many people: https://www.globalzero.org/blundering-toward-nuclear-chaos/?link_id=1&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&source=email-critical-mass-january-2020-news-from-global-zero&email_referrer=email_760510&email_subject=critical-mass-march-2020-news-from-global-zero Global Zero produced their ALTERNATIVE to Trump’s “Nuclear Posture Review,” which is his administration’s statement of how they want to use nuclear weapons during his administration.  Trump’s “Nuclear Posture Review” is recklessly provocative, so I’m glad Global Zero produced a smart ALTERNATIVE to it.  See their document here: https://www.globalzero.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ANPR-Final.pdf      

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Trump supports land mines!

June 8, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

Over and over and over again, Trump makes CRUEL and VIOLENT decisions.  He especially likes to overturn the few decent things that President Obama had done.  Obama prohibited the U.S. military from using land mines. The following information was announced by Amnesty International (www.aisua.org): “On January 31, 2020, Amnesty International joined a vast coalition of human rights and faith organizations in strongly condemning President Donald Trump’s decision to caqncel the Obama Administration’s policy regarding the prohibition against the use of landmines by the United States military forces. “Landmines are inherently indiscriminate weapons, capable of inflicting unspeakable destruction and harm on […]

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Trump signed an Executive Order to MINE THE MOON!

June 6, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) wrote, “Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.”   The Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space provided the information below.  Contact this excellent non-profit org at:PO Box 652Brunswick, ME 04011(207) 607-4255http://www.space4peace.org http://space4peace.blogspot.com (blog) On April 10, 2020, this organization provided this video and the information I’ve copied below this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niqIJJAsz-E&feature=em-uploademail Trump signed an executive order to allow corporations and citizens, aka billionaires, to begin mining the moon.  In addition, they want to use nuclear reactors to fuel spacecraft so they can mine Mars in […]

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Trump is pushing hard for wars in space. Democrats are funding his stupid scheme.

June 6, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

Trump’s ridiculous new Space Force is no laughing matter!  I encourage people to read this informative article – and also to connect with a very knowledgeable non-profit organization that has been working for years to stop the militarization of space. I agree with this article’s encouragement to join the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space (www.space4peace.org).  Here is the informative article I urge you to read: https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2020/05/31/space-force-is-no-laughing-matter/   Trump REALLY DOES want to start wars in space!  Read this:  https://www.creators.com/read/jim-hightower/05/20/trump-blasts-into-a-new-frontier-for-war?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a31ba2a6-cde5-48f9-897e-890e31aeb0b0   An exceptionally knowledgeable, insightful peace organization that focuses on opposing space weapons published their latest newsletter […]

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U.N. Secretary General is calling for a GLOBAL CEASEFIRE. Join this GLOBAL MOVEMENT!!!

June 6, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

On March 23, 2020, during the Coronavirus pandemic, Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, said this: “The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war. That is why today I am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world. It is time to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the true fight of our lives.” SEE THIS ARTICLE about this:  https://www.psr.org/blog/2020/04/23/un-secretary-general-calls-for-a-global-ceasefire/?emci=346b1ed8-7085-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&emdi=ad7b151a-8f89-ea11-86e9-00155d03b5dd&ceid=135885 A number of peace organizations are calling for a GLOBAL GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT to pressure our national governments to join this GLOBAL CEASEFIRE movement!  They include World Beyond War (www.worldbeyondwar.org) […]

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Trump might start testing nuclear weapons after decades of NOT doing so

May 25, 2020 GlenAnderson 0

This hot news just came out now in late May 2020.  I have not yet had time to read the news articles, but I want to share these with you right away:   https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-administration-discussed-conducting-first-us-nuclear-test-in-decades/2020/05/22/a805c904-9c5b-11ea-b60c-3be060a4f8e1_story.html   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-nuclear-test-white-house-russia-china-a9529546.html   https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-administration-considered-a-nuclear-bomb-test-washington-post-2020-5   https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/23/world/politics-diplomacy-world/donald-trump-first-us-nuclear-test/   https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Trump-administration-discussed-conducting-first-15290244.php   https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trumps-office-discusses-us-first-nuclear-test-in-decades-report-2233993   These were easily available through a web search on May 25, 2020. Many more articles are likely to be available now — and soon.