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Dear Jefferson,
Although nuclear weapon stockpiles have been reduced since the height of the Cold War, the Pentagon and the military-industrial complex are back with new plans. They have launched a new campaign to build new generations of nuclear submarines, bombers, missiles, bomb designs, and production facilities -- all together, a "modernized" nuclear weapons capability that will cost $1 trillion over the next 30 years.  And unfortunately, President Obama has bought into these plans.
This, at a time when we are facing a climate emergency, when jobs are exported as the middle class is being hollowed out, when schools and housing are more unequal than ever.  Could $1 Trillion do anything to help those problems?
Pope Frances has called nuclear weapons immoral. Scientists tell us they would cause a humanitarian disaster if they were ever used again.  Security experts say that the planned upgrades would make us less safe, for many reasons.
It's time to say NO! Join Massachusetts Peace Action as we launch our new campaign to stop the $1 Trillion nuclear escalation and move the money to address the real needs of our people. We will discuss the campaign plan from every angle.  SPACE IS LIMITED -- so please sign up to attend!

Stop the $1 Trillion Nuclear Weapons Escalation: Campaign Launch

Saturday, September 24, 1-5 pm

First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Hastings Room

AGENDA

          • Introduction to the tasks of the Meeting – Cole Harrison, Executive Director, Massachusetts Peace Action

          • Overview of Campaign: No to $Trillion Dollar Nuclear Weapons Upgrade – Jonathan King, chair, Nuclear Disarmament Working Group and Professor, MIT

1^st Panel: Underlying issues 

          • Fundamental Immorality of Nuclear Weapons - Elaine Scarry, Professor, Harvard University

          • Unacceptable Economic Costs of Nuclear Weapons upgrades - Peter Casey, Defense Contracts Expert

          • Decrease in security - Gary Goldstein, Professor, Tufts University

General discussion

2^nd Panel: Campaign Goals and Targets 

          • Congressional Appropriation Processes - Bonnie Gorman, co-convener, Legislative/Political Working Group; Vietnam veteran

          • The House Progressive Caucus and the People’s Budget - Cole Harrison

          • People’s Budget for Massachusetts - Jonathan King

          • Build Housing not Bombs - Richard Krushnic, budget analyst (retired), Boston Dept of Neighborhood Development

          • Our Revolution connections - tba

General discussion

Coffee Break

3^rd Panel; Constituencies and Allies 

          • Caitlin Forbes, MAPA campus outreach coordinator

          • Haleigh Copley-Cunningham, Tufts Peace Action, reportback on 2016 Hiroshima events

          • Pax Christi - Pat Ferrone, Massachusetts coordinator

          • WAND - representative

          • Union of Concerned Scientists - Lisbeth Gronlund, director, Global Security program

          • Budget for All/People’s Budget Campaign - John Ratliff

4^th Panel: Campaign Implementation

          • Don’t Bank on the Bomb, campuses and municipalities - City Councilor Dennis Carlone 

          • Sign-on Letter to House Progressive Caucus Leaders - State Rep. candidate Mike Connolly

          • Eastern Ma/Central Ma/Western MA Forums/Conferences 

          • Working with Communities of Faith - Christie Dennis

          • Collaboration and cosponsorship  - Shelagh Foreman, program director

Adjourn

Read the Campaign Plan (2016-17 v9-4-16) and send us your comments.

Join us September 24 as we discuss our campaign to campaign to stop the $1 Trillion nuclear escalation and move the money to address the real needs of our people.  SPACE IS LIMITED -- so you must sign up to attend!

Together we can stop the $1 Trillion Nuclear Weapons Escalation!

Jonathan King
Chair, Nuclear Disarmament Working Group

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