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Monday, October 30, 2017
Exciting Events with Global Zero Boston
Exciting Events with Global Zero Boston
Global Zero is a network of over 300 world leaders and countless grassroots organizing groups across the globe that all share a common goal: the elimination of nuclear weapons
Dear Friend:
Not a day goes by without half a dozen frantic appeals about abuses against our common interests. This administration is keeping us on our toes no like administration has in my lifetime. In fact, reacting to the abuses and blunders committed each day almost makes me dizzy.
It is hard to imagine that you don't feel something comparable.
I am writing to inform you about Global Zero, and one campaign in particular, to mobilize grassroots support for House Resolution: “H.R.669”, or Senate Bill: “S.200”, titled: “Restricting the first use of nuclear weapons act,” heretofore referred to as “Markey-Lieu”, for the bill’s sponsors, Representative Ted Lieu(Democrat, California) and Senator Edward Markey (Democrat, Massachusetts). And since the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, talk about nuclear disarmament is the most popular it’s been in a generation.
Over the course of 2017-18, Global Zero chapters across the country will be dedicated to empowering locally lead efforts to pass resolutions urging congressional leaders to act on Markey-Lieu! We are counting on help from our community to find the right people to create this groundswell of popular pressure. If you are interested, please contact us at: <GlobalZeroBoston@gmail.com>
In addition to these local grassroots initiatives, we’ve also been working with Harvard University and the Massachusetts chapter of Peace Action, and a host of other activists and organizations to prepare a one-day conference, “Presidential First Use of Nuclear Weapons: Is it legal? Is it constitutional? Is it just?” whereat Global Zero founder Prof. Bruce Blair, and a host of other activists and academics will answer any question you may have about the Markey-Lieu bill, or nuclear policy in general. The conference will begins at 9:00 am on Saturday, November 4 at the Harvard Science Center, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge. There is no cost to attend, but donations are appreciated to continue this necessary work. More information can be found here: <https://presidential-first-use.brownpapertickets.com>
Finally, on Wednesday, November 8, Global Zero will be cosponsoring a dialogue at The Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Copley Square, Boston between renowned Progressive Activist, Ralph Nader and Boston College Political Science Professor Charles Derber
Once again, if you are interested in attending or volunteering at any event or for any initiative, DON’T BE SHY! Email us as <GlobalZeroBoston@gmail.com> and we’ll plug you right in.
Thank you and we look forward to working with you this coming year!
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