77 Years Later: Eliminate Nukes, Not Life on Earth
August 5, 2022 - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Busboys and Poets at 2021 14th St NW Washington DC 20009
Speakers:
Reiner Braun of International Peace Bureau
Vicki Elson of NuclearBan.us
Negar Mortazavi of Iran Podcast
Sam Rosenthal of RootsAction.org and Defuse Nuclear War
David Swanson of World BEYOND War and RootsAction.org
Kazuyuki “Kaz” Nakazato of Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) Washington D.C. Office
Be on time to hear opening song performed live by Richard Ochs!
Sponsors: World BEYOND War, RootsAction.org, Defuse Nuclear War, International Peace Bureau, CODE PINK, NuclearBan.us, Iran Podcast,
Veterans For Peace,
RSVP HERE.
Reiner Braun is Executive Director of International Peace Bureau. For many years he has been one of the speakers of the
German peace movement, including being engaged in the campaign against
the U.S. Airbase in Ramstein and against NATO. He is author of several books, including Einstein and Peace and a biography about the Peace Nobel Laureate Joseph Rotblat.
Vicki Elson is the co-founder of NuclearBan.US and serves as the
Creative Director. She is also the Executive Director of
TreatyAwareness.US. She is also a chapter leader of Represent.US,
fighting Big Money in politics – the most egregious example of which is
the existence of nuclear weapons, making profits for a few while
threatening existence for everyone. In July 2017, she had a
life-changing opportunity to witness the U.N. negotiations for the
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Now she’s spreading the message of
total abolition to communities across the USA.
Negar Mortazavi is an Iranian-American journalist and political analyst and host of the Iran Podcast
based in Washington DC, who has been covering Iranian affairs and U.S.
foreign policy towards the Middle East for over a decade. She is a
regular media commentator and has appeared on CNN, NBC, NPR, BBC,
France24, Aljazeera, and i24News. Her writing has been published in
Foreign Policy magazine, The Intercept, Politico, and The Independent.
She has been named by Middle East Policy Council among 40 under 40 leaders shaping the present and future of U.S.-Middle East relations.
Sam Rosenthal is Political Director at RootsAction.org, an organizer, and
researcher based in Washington, DC. He previously served as the
political director at Our Revolution and in elected leadership with
Central Brooklyn Democratic Socialists of America. He works on Defuse Nuclear War.
David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is executive director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson's books include War Is A Lie. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime.org. He hosts Talk World Radio. He is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and U.S. Peace Prize recipient.
Kazuyuki “Kaz” Nakazato is Director of Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) Washington D.C. Office
which plays a key role in gathering information and reaching out to
relevant officials, organizations and individuals in the U.S. to provide
them with accurate information about Okinawa in order to resolve the
U.S. military base issues in the prefecture. Mr. Nakazato joined OPG in
1996 and has been in DC since this April. Before this assignment, he had
been responsible for promoting the prefecture in the fields of tourism,
commerce and industry. He also served as head of OPG’s Shanghai office
(2007-2010) and has extensive international experience.
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