Anti-Nuclear Groups Redouble Efforts to Prevent Unimaginable Human Catastrophe

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Sunday, September 17, 2017By Martha Baskin, Truthout | Report

Nuclear resisters demonstrate in March 2017 at the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, the home port of the Trident nuclear ballistic missile submarine fleet. (Credit: Fumi Tosu)Nuclear resisters demonstrate in March 2017 at the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, the home port of the Trident nuclear ballistic missile submarine fleet. (Credit: Fumi Tosu)

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As the threat of nuclear war triggers anxiety not seen since the Cold War, peace groups and those committed to the elimination of nuclear weapons are entering the public debate with renewed calls for dialogue and a reduction in nuclear arsenals in both North Korea and the US. Meanwhile, anti-nuclear civil disobedience is ramping up.

On September 6, six nuclear resisters were found guilty of trespass after crossing the marked property of Naval Base Kitsap earlier this year. Charley Smith — a resident of Eugene…

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  1. Once upon a time, back in the 11th century, the recently discovered cross bow was considered a weapon of mass destruction. Pope Urban II banned its use in 1096. This was followed with a similar ban by Pope Innocent II. However, when it came to fighting the non-believers and the heretics, the popes relented, and the cross bow went to the Crusades. Kings then found the weapon just too good to give up.

    Fast forward to the 20th century, and the nuclear bomb, a true weapon of mass destruction was developed. Again, leaders found it too good to give up.

    Concerned groups are trying to stop the proliferation and possible destruction from accumulating nuclear weapons. Interestingly, the first UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was signed by 122 nations, none of which has one of its own.

    In the meantime, peace activists want to “extend reason and dialog to the leader of North Korea,” a man not known principally for being reasonable in his persistent buildup and testing of weapons.

    Human nature hasn’t changed much since the 11th century, but now our weapons are capable of destroying the planet. But judging from the continuing arms race, they are still just too good to give up.

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