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Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Robertson Hall, Princeton University.
Picnic at Scudder Plaza (adjacent to Woodrow Wilson School) followed by a program at Dodds Auditorium. Speakers include “Nuclear Famine: A Billion People at Risk” by Andrew Kanter, president of Physicians for Social Responsibility; and Yuichi Yokoyama, grandson of a survivor of the atomic bombings. Panel on nuclear weapons in South Africa includes Pervez Hoodbhoy, professor of physics, Quaid-e-Azam University; A.H. Nayyar, professor of physics, Lahore University; M.V. Ramana, physicist, Nuclear Futures Laboratory; and Zia Mian, director of Project for Peace and Security in South Asia. Music by the Solidarity Singers of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council. Picnic will be canceled if raining.
Tell Congress to approve a budget that pushes the Administration to make a bold reduction in our nuclear arsenal.
50 years ago this week, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of a cataclysmic nuclear war. Today, you can help ensure that the lessons of this crisis are not forgotten by writing a letter to the editor.
Nuclear Famine: A Billion People at Risk
The newly generated data on the decline in agricultural production that would follow a limited, regional nuclear war in South Asia support the concern that more than one billion people would be in danger of starvation. Epidemic disease and further conflict spawned by such a famine would put additional hundreds of millions at risk. Read more »
Shock and Awe Hits Home
The military operational costs of the war in Iraq, now greater than $500 billion, have surpassed those for the entire Vietnam conflict. These escalating operational costs are alarming, yet the long-term public health costs will be much greater. Read more »
Video: Nukes, Militarism and Public Health
Interview with PSR board member Dr. Andy Kanter. Read more »
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