Nuclear Weapons – Page 17 – Glen's Parallax Perspectives

The U.S. has many monuments glorifying veterans and war. We need just as many supporting peace and peace organizers.

December 29, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

A society creates special places and builds statues to express what it values. The U.S. has many monuments glorifying militarism, so it’s obvious that the U.S. clearly values war. We would be a better society if we were to honor peace — and the courageous peace organizers who have sacrificed much (sometimes their lives) in order to resist war and create a nonviolent world. See this article: https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2019/12/08/where-are-the-national-anti-war-monuments/

Trump VIOLATED the Outer Space Treaty — and the Constitution — by creating the “U.S. Space Force” as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces

December 29, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

In 1967 the U.S. became part of the Outer Space Treaty, which protected space as a global commons to be used for peaceful purposes. The U.S. Constitution explicitly declares that treaties become the supreme law of the land. Trump VIOLATED the Constitution when he VIOLATED the Outer Space Treaty by creating the U.S. Space Force as another branch of the U.S. military. This violation of the Constitution is YET ONE MORE IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE! See this article by one of our nation’s greatest experts on this kind of issue: https://www.opednews.com/articles/Turning-Space-Into-a-War-by-Karl-Grossman-Congress_Debris_Democrats_Military-191229-632.html The U.S. has been militarizing space – and publicly stating its […]

Trump is INCOMPETENT in many foreign policy blunders.

December 28, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Poll: Germans see Trump as greater threat to World Peace than Putin, Xi, Kim, Iran’s Khamenei: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/26/1908019/-Poll-Germans-see-Trump-greater-threat-to-World-Peace-than-Putin-Xi-Iran-s-Khamenei-Kim-Jong-Un?detail=emaildkre Retired four-star admiral: 100 percent chance that Trump got played by North Korea: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/26/1907942/-Retired-four-star-admiral-100-percent-chance-that-Trump-got-played-by-North-Korea?detail=emaildkre Trump tried to bully South Korea. Then Trump’s negotiators walked out of talks. Then South Korea signed defense agreement with China. Trump once again shows how utterly incompetent he is at negotiating and making deals: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/19/1900552/-South-Korea-signs-defense-agreement-with-China-after-Trump-s-negotiators-walk-out-on-US-Korea-talks?detail=emaildkre Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Trump got “played” by Netanyahu: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rex-tillerson-donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu-played_n_5d83f698e4b0957256b3e9f4?ncid=newsltushpmgnews_Politics_092019 American consumers will have to pay the $72 BILLION in Trump’s tariffs. A CNBC news report in […]

The U.S. should NEVER start a nuclear war! Here are some excellent info resources on “No First Use”!

December 28, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

This article makes a clear, strong case for a “NO FIRST USE” policy to prevent the U.S. from starting a nuclear war: https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2018-10/focus/case-us-first-use-policy MORE INFORMATION about No First Use: We can make more progress in our efforts to prevent nuclear war and to abolish nuclear weapons if we know where public opinion is now. The fact sheet linked below provides useful information that can help us devise strategies for reaching out to move the public. Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND – www.wand.org) provides this information about No First Use of nuclear weapons: No First Use is basically a […]

This smart strategy could help REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE

December 22, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Public opinion polls keep showing OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT for several kinds of strong, common-sense laws and policies to reduce gun violence. The laws propose such remedies as: • Restricting access to high-capacity magazines • Requiring background checks for ammunition sales • Addressing the intersection of alcohol abuse and gun violence • Keeping kids safe from guns where they learn and play • Supporting community-based violence prevention programs All of those are good ways to reduce gun violence. But all of those focus on THE GUNS THEMSELVES and IGNORE THE LARGER CONTEXT in which the U.S. government PERSISTENTLY SUPPORTS SHOOTING! The […]

International organization of doctors says billions of people are at risk of nuclear war

December 22, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

One of the world’s great organizations opposing nuclear weapons is International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). Several years ago they won the Nobel Peace Prize. Now IPPNW has issued a second edition of their report about how an exchange of nuclear weapons could cause a global famine (“nuclear famine”). The report is titled, “Nuclear Famine: Two Billion People at Risk?—Global Impacts of Limited Nuclear War on Agriculture, Food Supplies, and Human Nutrition.” It is at this link: https://www.ippnw.org/nuclear-famine.html The report explains how even the relatively small nuclear arsenals of countries such as India and Pakistan could cause […]

Support the Mar-a-Lago Dump for Fossil Fuel Sludge and Nuclear Waste

December 15, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Trump is persisting with his OBSESSION to massively increase oil drilling, coal mining, nuclear power, and nuclear weapons. All of these would MASSIIVELYL INCREASE the amounts of sludge and wastes from those nuclear and fossil fuel operations. The wastes will need to go somewhere. Since Trump is so enthusiastic about those, I’m proposing a gigantic toxic waste dump right next door to his Mar-a-Lago luxury resort in Florida. Before the Trump era, the Environmental Protection Agency would have prevented such a project. But Trump and the Environmental Protection Agency — which now under Trump PUSHES TO ABUSE THE ENVIRONMENT — […]

Congress funds recklessly provocative “low-yield” nuclear weapons that make it easier to start an all-out nuclear war!

December 15, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Since the 1940s the nuclear weapons industry and nuclear war-fighting strategies have relied on HIDING INFORMATION from the public and actually DECEIVING us about the dangerous realities. These abuses have always been BI-PARTISAN. The crisis continues — and has been escalating recently with bi-partisan support. The Pentagon has wanted to make it easier to start a nuclear war. One recent deception is some people’s claim that “low-yield” (Hiroshima-sized) nuclear weapons are a step toward peace. Actually, they make an all-out nuclear war more likely by creating the illusion that we’re launching merely a “low-yield” nuclear missile. But these will be […]

How to achieve peace and true security

December 13, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

People keep worrying about “national security.” But that is a dead end — and a misleading distraction — unless we understand that MILITARISM ITSELF IS THE PROBLEM and that our nation can be secure ONLY if we help the rest of the world to be secure in more profound ways than mere militarism can accomplish. See the insightful article I wrote at this link: Article on peace and true security

Act now! Support “New START” treaty to prevent nuclear war with Russia

December 8, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Ordinary people need to speak up now! Trump keeps destroying treaties that protect us from nuclear war. Trump seems opposed to the “New START” treaty that will expire in 2021, but Putin wants to renew it, so ordinary people need to push Trump to renewing it so we can reduce the worsening danger of nuclear war with Russia. Trump recently destroyed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty that Reagan and Gorbachev had created in 1987 to stop certain kinds of very provocative nuclear weapons in Europe that would have recklessly increased the danger of nuclear war there. Now Trump […]

PART 1 of “Nuclear Weapons: Updates on the Crisis and Opportunities”

December 2, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Nuclear weapons are a huge issue with several aspects that three knowledgeable guests explore in the DECEMBER 2019 TV program (PART 1) and the FEBRUARY 2020 TV program (PART 2) of the TV series, “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives.” YOU CAN WATCH THE PROGRAMS ON YOUR COMPUTER even if you don’t have cable TV. Cable TV subscribers in Thurston County WA can watch the highly informative interview three times a week (Mondays at 1:30 pm, Wednesdays at 5:00 pm, and Thursdays at 9:00 pm throughout the entire month of December 2019. Part 2 of this interview will air on the same schedule […]

Seattle’s Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen said nuclear weapons crucify Jesus again

November 16, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Nuclear weapons are NOT merely political issues “out there” somewhere. They are very intimate — as intimate as our own human lives — and as intimate as our religious faith. Raymond Hunthausen, the late Catholic Archbishop of Seattle, stated: “Our nuclear war preparations are the global crucifixion of Jesus. What we do to the least of these, through our nuclear war planning, we do to Jesus. This is his teaching. We cannot avoid it and we should not try. Our nuclear weapons are the final crucifixion of Jesus, the extermination of the human family with whom he is one.” […]

FLYER — Olympia Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

November 13, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Here is the basic outreach flyer promoting the Olympia Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: TRIFOLD for Olympia Coalition

Urge Congress to PASS this GOOD legislation to reduce nuclear weapons dangers!

November 13, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

In August 2019 I created a list of some good legislation that we should be urging the U.S. House and U.S. Senate to pass. The document also mentions some bad legislation that we should urge Congress to oppose. See the information here: Federal legislation to SUPPORT or OPPOSE

NEXT SAT NOV 16: Attend event in Olympia focusing on CLIMATE and NUCLEAR WEAPONS. Learn, connect, and take action.

November 9, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

The Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation’s 2019 Fall Retreat will focus on BOTH nuclear weapons and the climate crisis. It will occur on Saturday November 16 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 20th & S. Capitol Way, Olympia. The Olympia Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons is one of several co-sponsors. Keynote: DAHR JAMAIL “The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption” — Author and journalist Dahr Jamail, on the necessity of listening deeply to the Earth, as the planetary crisis accelerates. PETER LUMSDAINE WA Physicians for Social Responsibility, Nuclear Weapons Abolition Task Force — […]