NEVER AGAIN! COMMEMORATE THE VICTIMS OF HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI
ON THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. ATOMIC BOMB STRIKES SUNDAY, AUGUST 1st at 2:00 PM KOYASAN BUDDHIST TEMPLE 342 East 1st Street, Los Angeles Program Followed by a SILENT WALK to CITY HALL Speakers: Dr. Jimmy Hara, Physicians for Social Responsibility Dr. Vahe Ghazikanian, So. Ca. Federation of Scientists Darrell Miho, Photographer & Author Documenting Atomic Bomb Survivors - the Hibakusha More To Be Added SPONSORED BY: THE LOS ANGELES AREA COALITION FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT <http://www.laandc.org/> www.laandc.org - 626-297-1996 The Los Angeles Area Nuclear Disarmament Coalition is a group of local organizations committed to abolishing nuclear weapons. What You Can Do: 1. Sign our petition to abolish nuclear weapons. 2. Call Senators Feinstein and Boxer and urge them to ratify the START Treaty, the recently negotiated reductions of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. (202) 224-3121 3. Call your Congress member to support HR-2545, “Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act.” (202) 224-3121 4. Join us at LAANDC! <http://www.laandc.org/> www.laandc.org - [email protected] (626) 297-1996 Do You Know? • The U.S. has over 9,400 nuclear weapons. There are 23,300 in the world.1 • U.S. taxpayers have spent over $5.5 trillion to develop our nuclear arsenal.2 • Each year U.S taxpayers pay over $52 billion to maintain these weapons.3 • The U.S. reserves the “right” to use nuclear weapons first. This policy was recently re-affirmed by the Obama Administration.4 • A nuclear war could be triggered by accident or geopolitical conflict. The “Doomsday Clock” is at 6 minutes to midnight. (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists) Just See What One Year of Maintaining Nuclear Weapons Could Buy! • 84 million homes with renewable electricity for one year 5 • One million new green jobs6 • A reduction of U.S. dependence on oil by 25% over five years7 • $52 billion for research & development of green technology (1) Natural Resources Defense Council. (2) Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. (3) Carnegie Endowment for Int’l Peace. (4) Wall Street Journal, 4/6/10. (5) National Priorities Project. (6) The Center for American Progress. (7) TrueMajority. What You Can Do: 1. Sign our petition to abolish nuclear weapons. 2. Call Senators Feinstein and Boxer and urge them to ratify the START Treaty, the recently negotiated reductions of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. (202) 224-3121 3. Call your Congress member to support HR-2545, “Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act.” (202) 224-3121 4. Join us at LAANDC! <http://www.laandc.org/> www.laandc.org - [email protected] (626) 297-1996 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
