Antinuclear

New Anti-Nuclear Movement Gathering Strength

The New Anti-Nuclear Movement, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Frida Berrigan:, 16 April 2010, “……… At the end of April, people will be coming to New York City from all over the world to participate in and monitor the UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. They will gather at the “For a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World” conference at Riverside Church in Manhattan on April 30 and May 1.

The 2010 NPT Review Conference represents a vital opportunity to put needed pressure on the U.S. government and kickstart the antinuclear movement. It’s also the anti-nuclear movement’s opportunity to excite the American people with a vision of what a world free of nuclear weapons looks like and how to get from here to there..

…On May 2, the “Disarm Now: For Peace and Human Needs” march across 42^nd St. will bring the world’s message of disarmament to the UN. The War Resisters League, a secular pacifist organization founded in 1923, invites everyone to Grand Central Station to declare NYC a “nuclear weapons free zone,” and imagine what our city would look like without the billions spent on nuclear weapons and the terrorism of the nuclear threat………

The United States is the biggest problem when it comes to nuclear weapons. We need a new treaty to replace the NPT…….

Finally, no nukes means no nuclear power. The NPT enshrined nuclear power as the ultimate carrot to be exchanged for nonproliferation. It didn’t work. And, just as importantly, nuclear power is not clean, green, or cheap. As uranium mining begins again under Obama, one need only visit Grand Canyon, Arizona (where uranium mining is once again under way) or Cane Valley, Arizona (the site of a uranium reprocessing plant) to be immediately disabused of that nuclear power industry propaganda.

These aren’t slogans to shout from the ramparts. They’re building blocks for a new anti-nuclear movement. We can’t wait for the president or the leaders gathering at the next nuclear summit. They will have to be moved further in the right direction — by us. Frida Berrigan: The New Anti-Nuclear Movement

April 17, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1 | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation