The eAction
Peace Report
August, 2008
Vol. 1 Number 8
Confronting Nuclear Weapons
- Commemorating a Dark Day: August
6th the U.S. Opened Pandora's Box
- Nuclear Disarmament Movement
is 3 for 3 and Gearing up for Round 4
- Crumbling Axis – Lessons
from the Bush Administration?
- Organizing for Change &
Lobbying for Peace
- Program Priorities for Nuclear
Abolition
Commemorating
a Dark Day: August 6th the U.S. Opened Pandora's
Box
August 6th is the 63rd anniversary
of the day that an American atom bomb destroyed Hiroshima, Japan
in an instant. It's a day for somber reflection, but also an opportunity
to look forward and insist that our leaders take concrete steps
to eliminate the nuclear threat.
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Nuclear
Disarmament Movement is 3 for 3 and Gearing up for Round 4
Efforts to de-legitimize nuclear
weapons over the past eight years have produced a clean sweep for
the disarmament community. After the elimination of the 'bunker
buster' the war hawks moved onto 'mini nukes'; 'small', 'portable',
and radioactive devices. We defeated those disturbing ideas
and moved ahead to confront Bush’s final act, the 'Reliable
Replacement Warhead' (RRW) – and we won again.
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 Crumbling
Axis – Lessons from the Bush Administration?
Do you remember the 2002
State of the Union address? In it Bush outlined his "axis of
evil": Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. Bush contends that his
puppet government has control of Iraq and earlier this month he
removed North Korea from the list as well. The axis has crumbled
down to one state which the Bush administration still refuses to
engage – Iran. In his speech Bush claimed, "This can
be a moment of opportunity for North Korea." We believe the
same is true for the U.S. – now we have an opportunity to
shift our tactics with Iran based on the success of diplomacy in
North Korea. ENTIRE ARTICLE
Organizing
for Change & Lobbying for Peace
At the Peace
Action National Congress two weeks ago activists from all over
the country converged on Washington, D.C. to learn from one another,
set a path for Peace Action's work over the next 2 years and speak
out in Congress against war, occupation and nuclear weapons. 
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Program Priorities
for Nuclear Abolition
Peace Action's 2009-10 program priorities
will embark on an aggressive campaign promoting our positive, proactive
agenda for disarmament. Now because of the push by former U.S. Secretaries
of State and foreign policy elite of both parties for abolishing
nuclear weapons, we have a major opportunity for dramatic steps
toward our goal.
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