Saying “the future depends on enough love To counter balance any Hiroshima That promotes mass destruction,” Ron Faust read his poem during the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Remembrance.
Links on addressing dangers of nuclear weapons
Ann Suellentrop of the PeaceWorks-KC Board did several acts of civil resistance against U.S. nuclear weapons in Germany during June and July 2018. She came back home to Kansas City with a bundle of links to activist sites related to fighting nuclear weapons.
Turning Back the Doomsday Clock
Question: What do ancient sorcerers, necromancers, and conjurers have in common with present-day nuclear weapons proponents? Answer: All four pursue the misguided and magical belief that they are conjuring up helpful servants, when in reality they are summoning up destructive demons. Peter Lumsdaine, a researcher and peace activist, shared this analysis, plus threads of hope, during his talk sponsored by PeaceWorks-KC July 6.
GI mom: ‘How are we supporting our troops when 20 vets die by suicide every day?’
At a rally, Mary Hladky asks, for example, “How are we supporting the troops when many military families need public assistance to make ends meet, while defense contractors rake in record profits?”
Turning the Clock Back from Midnight: How We Can Address the Crisis of 2018 and Renew Eco/Justice/Peace Work for the 21st Century
"Turning the Clock Back from Midnight: How We Can Address the Crisis of 2018 and Renew Eco/Justice/Peace Work for the 21st Century."
Rally to protest family separation at U.S. borders
"We have to stand and fight this, because if we don’t at the end of the day, it’s not about them, it’s about us." This was a statement by Kansas City Missouri's Mayor Sly James at the "Rally to protest family separation at U.S. borders" June 24, 2018.
Ann Suellentrop joins Büchel, Germany, protest vs. US nukes at military base there
Joining passionate peace activists in Germany this summer, Ann Suellentrop, a Board member of PeaceWorks-KC, is helping protest the 20 US nuclear weapons at the Büchel, Germany, Air Force Base. Across the road from the base, the pacifists set up a camp each year and conduct 20 weeks of protests at the base entry—one week for each bomb. Ann gave three talks in June, played “We Shall Overcome” and “When the Saints Go Marching In” on her clarinet, and shared stories of US protests against increased funding for nuclear weapons.
Five persons arrested Memorial Day during PeaceWorks’ annual rally
By Jane Stoever “Emotionally powerful.” That’s how Bennette Dibben, a PeaceWorks Board member, describes the rally, die-in, and civil resistance that PeaceWorks-KC sponsored May 28, Memorial Day, in Kansas City, MO. By the end of the three-hour witness, five persons had crossed the property line at the new nuclear weapons plant. They were arrested, processed, … Continue reading Five persons arrested Memorial Day during PeaceWorks’ annual rally
Film exposes media bias in reporting Israel/Palestine conflicts
More than 100 people gathered recently to watch the documentary "Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States." Here are links to four short videos from the Q&A with panelists.
Sen. Ed Markey warns of “a mobile Chernobyl” of nuclear toxins
During DC Days in mid-May with the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, two PeaceWorks Board members, Ann Suellentrop and Bennette Dibben, heard Sen. Ed Markey warn against “a mobile Chernobyl” of nuclear waste that might cross the country.