[act-ma] 1/13/24 - Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War Conference

[gmoke]

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> From: "Radius @ MIT (Formerly Technology & Culture Forum)" <radius at mit.edu>
> Subject: Invitation to Attend the 2024 "Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War" Conference
> Date: January 5, 2024 at 10:31:36 AM EST
> Reply-To: radius at mit.edu
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> Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War
> 2024 Virtual Conference
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> Saturday, January 13th, 2pm-5:30pm
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> REGISTER HERE <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001X0LX0BlhC6e94o7FS5GT2iTTnwq5L8Gn0e2ZSzpXx8p7QVoCJ0_Zm4VAA73gfntBRSBSRTuYo1YeVBk9UzGTJ9BNnwoAnjjkZPB6bcfar0mXKBvC-tpYdv-V75CZfe1j2Vc5251M7BiF6Ay7wLMMnuwhsgV1o2ce4gaAHgfhx-JN-DHrwrJKWlqyMBCx-0QDpmLfS_dGsWtiw820H_VBfZdeckIoyeLHyNQg5GXsqO3o7qcSkChymb2RpFPv_i9UXR-0ax-4CMDIGthC-PLH5gf499q1WuUpOlDDorXQaC9oj0j6FT4MppcD84V70i5dvgNKAL83y7YmDUYUFb_sVQ==&c=0D-qfnqDzQCyE78sBRE6KWRkYisxPvpMQ9dPe395iT_8avmgVke6Kw==&ch=IJobFlNRzRNfKMP0ahHFey9gLUW1FJkJ57OP2s5XLAbAgrylV_zpGA==>
> This is a virtual event.
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> We are in a period of unusual danger and difficulty: The Russia/Ukraine conflict has sharply increased the danger of nuclear war; the tragic Israel/Gaza conflict threatens to expand; the Pentagon budget is higher than ever and still going up; Cold Warriors in high places are beating the drums of war toward Russia and China; within the US right wing forces are working to weaken voting rights and representative democracy.
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> This annual conference -- co-sponsored by MIT Radius and featuring dozens of speakers, including U.S. Representative Ro Khanna -- is an effort to find social, economic and political paths away from the war economy and toward peace and nuclear disarmament. The Breakouts provide small focused working groups to plan steps forward.
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> Agenda
> 2:00: Welcome: MLK Jr and our tasks- Jonathan King (MIT and Mass Peace Action)
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> 2:05 Dangers: Chair Susan Mirsky (Mass Peace Action)
> Nuclear Winter – Alan Robock (Rutgers University)
> Folly of Replacing ICBMs- David Borris (Chicago Area Peace Action)
> Dangers from Ukraine/Russia Conflict – Medea Benjamin (CODEPINK)
> Dangers from Israel/Gaza Conflict – Trita Parsi (Quincy Institute)
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> 3:00 Unsustainable Costs: Chair Dave Pack – (PeaceWorks Kansas City)
> Nuclear Weapons Budgets – Lindsay Koshgarian (Institute for Policy Studies)
> Human Costs of the War Economy – Shailly Gupta Barnes (Kairos Center & Poor Peoples Campaign)
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> 3:30 Congressional Battlegrounds:
> Supporting the Congressional Progressive Caucus – Larry Cohen (Our Revolution national Chair)
> Prospects for Change in the House – Rep. Ro Khanna
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> 4:00 Breakouts: [List Below]
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> 5:00 Major Grassroots Campaigns: Chair Cole Harrison (Mass Peace Action)
> Poor Peoples Campaign 40 Weeks of Moral/Political Action – Rev. Savina Martin (Mass Poor Peoples Campaign)
> Back from the Brink – Dr. Ira Helfand (Physicians for Social Responsibility)
> Fund HealthCare Not Warfare – Jonathan King (Mass Peace Action)
> Ceasefire Now! – Marcy Winograd (CODEPINK).
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> Breakouts
> A). Building Local Back from the Brink Campaigns – Dave Pack (Kansas City Peaceworks); Jeremy Love (PSR); Jackie Cabasso (Mayors for Peace).
> B). Building Progressive State Political Coalitions – Martha Karchere (Our Revolution MA); Russell Freedman (Progressive Dems of America); State Rep. Mike Connolly (Massachusetts); Roger Quindell (Milwaukee Veterans for Peace); Cynthia Silva Parker (MA-Poor Peoples Campaign).
> C). Campus Organizing and Nuclear Disarmament Curricula – Prof. Steve Slaner (Northern Essex Community College); Prof. Gary Goldstein (Tufts Univ); Prof. Stewart Prager (Physicists Coalition); Prof. Ceasar McDowell (MIT Urban Studies).
> D). Defending the Squad and Building the Progressive Caucus– Amanda Nichols (Our Revolution); Larry Cohen (Our Revolution); Glen Cote (Mass Peace Action); Andrew King (Citizens for Public Schools).
> E). Opposing Militarism At Home – Nancy Goldner (Racial Justice Actin Group, Mass Peace Action); Keith Harvey (AFSC); Gerry Gorman (Chicago Area Peace Action).
> F). Direct Actions including Divestment –Susan Mirsky, Peter Bergel (Salem, Oregon); David Swanson (World Beyond War).
> G). Following up on the TPNW Conference – Joe Gerson (CPPDCS); Cherrill Spencer (WILPF); Kevin Martin (National Peace Action); State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa (Mass).
> H). Joining the Ceasefire Now Movement – Raytheon, Gaza, and Nuclear Weapons – Paul Shannon (AFSC); Hayat Imam (Mass Peace Action); Aaron Shakow (Harvard Medical School).
> I). New Dangers from Tactical Nuclear Weapons – Richard Krushnic (Mass Peace Action), Dan Shaw (Newton Dialogues on Peace and War); Elaine Scarry (Harvard Univ).
> J). Pressing for Ceasefire in Ukraine – Medea Benjamin (CodePINK); Jackie Dee King (Mass Peace Action); John Ratliff (Mass Senior Action); Brian Garvey (Mass Peace Action).
> K). Promoting State Legislation: Bonnie Gorman (Veterans for Peace, MAPA), State Rep Carol Doherty (Massachusetts); Kathleen Hamill (Warheads to Windmills).
> L). Relations with Catholic Organizations – Peter Metz (Mass Peace Action); Mike Moran (Pax Christi); Claire Schaeffer-Duffy (Catholic Worker).
> M). Rotary Clubs and Related Civic Organizations – Fran Jeffries (Rotary International); Ann Frisch (Rotary International); Kathie Malley-Morrison (Mass Peace Action).
> N). Warheads to Windmills– Timmon Wallis (Nuclear Ban, US); Vickie Elson (Nuclear Ban, US); John MacDougall (350.org <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001X0LX0BlhC6e94o7FS5GT2iTTnwq5L8Gn0e2ZSzpXx8p7QVoCJ0_Zm_97RsIgkAsiqypetxjmq2IP8tmz2rcu4cHc8wU9C12FQNnkkUIRVIeLn72B1Xsqe8Yudqd8aVcKAsmmQBc-qdA=&c=0D-qfnqDzQCyE78sBRE6KWRkYisxPvpMQ9dPe395iT_8avmgVke6Kw==&ch=IJobFlNRzRNfKMP0ahHFey9gLUW1FJkJ57OP2s5XLAbAgrylV_zpGA==>).
> O). Working with Communities of Faith –John Bach (Cambridge Quakers), Rev. Savina Martin (Poor Peoples Campaign); Nicholas Colluras (MIT Chaplains); Cathy Murphy (Minnesota Peace Project).
> P). Working with Nurses and Public Health orgs; Sandy Eaton (MassCARE); Catherine DeLorey (Fund Healthcare not Warfare); Dr. Bob Gould (Am Public Health Assn Peace Caucus); Jonathan King (Mass Peace Action); Mateo Krumholz (University of Minnesota).
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> Co-sponsors: Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security; Chicago Area Peace Action; CODEPINK; Institute for People’s Engagement; Kansas City Peaceworks; Massachusetts Peace Action; MIT Faculty Newsletter; MIT Radius; National Our Revolution; Peace Action Maine; Warheads to Windmills
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> We are in a period of unusual danger and difficulty: The Russia/Ukraine conflict has sharply increased the danger of nuclear war; the tragic Israel/Gaza conflict threatens to expand; the Pentagon budget is higher than ever and still going up; Cold Warriors in high places are beating the drums of war toward Russia and China; within the US right wing forces are working to weaken voting rights and representative democracy.
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> Thank you, 
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> Jonathan King, 
> Mass Peace Action
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> Nicholas Collura, 
> MIT Radius 
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> MIT Radius
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