Former US diplomat, current peace activist.
Pacific Northwest, USA
Joined April 2007
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I worked for #NonviolentPeaceforce for its first several years. Still support them. Consider doing the same, please.
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Archbishop Wester talks about nuclear weapons, what to do, and his August trip to Japan. omny.fm/shows/the-conversati…
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US-Russia Nuclear Arms Control Talks `Without Preconditions’: Somebody Has to Make the First Move justsecurity.org/88159/us-ru…
It is easy to check this, and important to move our money out of nuclear and other weapons.#DontBankontheBomb
From @AsYouSow: The largest U.S. mutual fund managers all have significant investments in nuclear and other controversial weapons.
Is your money being used to finance makers of military weapons and military contractors? Find out now: weaponfreefunds.org/fund-man…
A pillar of non-violence.
Pax Christi USA gives deep thanks for the extraordinary life of witness and service of Fr. Louis Vitale OFM, recipient of our Teacher of Peace award in 2001. Fr. Louie died last night at age 91.
paxchristiusa.org/2023/09/07…
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Let it begin here and now!
2/ Nuclear weapons do not scorch, they salt the earth and leave generations of contamination behind. All parties should stop wagging their missiles, and dedicate those resources to diplomacy and detente. #Nuclearban
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Truly, they have no idea, and, as we all dream, assume they and their loved ones will somehow remain unaffected by a nuclear attack.
I never stop being amazed about how nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence strategy absolutely makes no sense whatsoever, it’s just a bunch of nuke-bros saying insane stuff like this and somehow they’ve managed to trick people that this is a “rational security strategy”
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Education!
New animated video depicts decision making process during nuclear crises.
“How A Nuclear War Will Start – Minute by Minute” is produced with financial & advisory support from @PhysCoalition.
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=wmP3MBjs…
Read our #PressRelease: physicistscoalition.org/pres…
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What targets are near you that you don’t know about?
The largest concentration of deployed nuclear weapons in the world (1094 warheads) is 20 miles from the @CityofSeattle.
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Look for these billboards as you roam Puget Sound roads. And then tell our Senators and Representatives to defund the nukes!
Been there, done that, need to do it again!
Ten activists were arrested on August 7 after blocking the entrance to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Washington, site of the world’s largest concentration of deployed nuclear weapons.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki - Never Again.
#nuclearban
Read more at nukeresister.org/2023/08/12/…
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An important thread from Ground Zero Center.
Good news!
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is excited to announce that Melissa Parke, a former UN legal expert and Australian government minister, will become the campaign’s new Executive Director on Sept 1st icanw.org/ican_appoints_new_…
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Thank you, Archbishop Etienne, for this reflection!
With just one bomb, this entire city along with some 140,000 people died as a result. Many more would die in the years that followed from radiation poisoning.
All of this was on my heart as we prayed together in this site of so much devastations and death. tinyurl.com/24u4scky
Thank you, Archbishop Etienne!
Peace is the goal of life in society, and working for peace can never be separated from announcing the Gospel. (Pope St. John XXIII) Human dignity, Respect and justice are core components of building peace. More food for thought: tinyurl.com/3br6fph6
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An apple at won’t keep nuclear bombs away. Let’s take action now!
More than 100 medical journals, including @TheLancet, @bmj_latest, @NEJM, and @JAMA_current have issued an unprecedented joint call to move rapidly to the elimination of nuclear weapons #nuclearban
Read the editorial in full: peaceandhealthblog.com/
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Please listen to this very wise man.
So much attention is being given to the history of nuclear weapons with the success of the film Oppenheimer… despite the fact that the threat posed by these weapons remain. #CranesForOurFuture #NuclearBan #openheimer
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