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"The madness of Donald Trump, like that of Richard Nixon, threatens to kill us all," writes Wasserman.
In the shadow of Santa Monica's legendary "Chain Reaction" monument, a clear message was sent to the unelected interloper in the White House: RESIGN!!!
Wednesday was the 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, and the 43rd of the resignation of Richard Nixon. Nixon was the last president to seriously threaten the use of nuclear weapons. Amidst the debacle of the Vietnam war, Nixon told then top advisor Daniel Ellsberg that he wanted to drop atomic bombs on Southeast Asia, but that he feared the response of the global anti-war movement.
In the shadow of Santa Monica's legendary "Chain Reaction" monument, a clear message was sent to the unelected interloper in the White House: RESIGN!!!
Wednesday was the 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, and the 43rd of the resignation of Richard Nixon. Nixon was the last president to seriously threaten the use of nuclear weapons. Amidst the debacle of the Vietnam war, Nixon told then top advisor Daniel Ellsberg that he wanted to drop atomic bombs on Southeast Asia, but that he feared the response of the global anti-war movement.
While peace activists gathered Wednesday across the street from Santa Monica's Rand Corporation, where Ellsberg once worked, Dan himself addressed a parallel crowd at the Lawrence-Livermore Laboratory in the San Francisco Bay, where atomic research still proceeds.
In Santa Monica, investigative reporter Greg Palast, actor/activist Mimi Kennedy, and many more mourned the mass slaughter in Nagasaki and urged the departure of the most recent White House psychopath to threaten the planet with atomic annihilation.
In a 90-minute rally soon to be broadcast on KPFK-Pacifica, speakers such as legendary activist Blase Bonpane, Denise Duffield of Physicians for Social Responsibility, peace campaigner Jerry Rubin and many more mourned the nightmare of having an irresponsible madman like Trump with his finger on the nuclear button.
In combination with the apparently unhinged leadership of North Korean, Trump has brought the world to the brink of atomic suicide. The clock ticking on the likelihood of a nuclear apocalypse has leapt toward midnight with Trump's inflammatory, adolescent school-bully rantings.
The atomic "fiery fury" Trump has promised is terrifying the world. During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, President John F. Kennedy stood up to a room full of crazed generals ready to obliterate the planet. Today we have a spoiled child in the White House who lacks even the simplest understanding of what's involved with nuclear war...or with the basics of civilized diplomacy.
The Santa Monica rally was framed by the 26-foot-high "Chain Reaction" mushroom cloud that stands as a monument to peace activism. The monument was saved through a multi-year campaign to preserve and protect it.
In its shadow and elsewhere, the human species is now engaged in a vital campaign to stop both nuclear war and the ecological destruction wrought by nuclear power plants and so many other polluters.
The madness of Donald Trump, like that of Richard Nixon, threatens to kill us all--in the short term with nuclear weapons, and in the bigger picture with ecological, economic and spiritual ruin.
But with the kind of grassroots social activism welcomed and enshrined in rallies like those yesterday, we know that peace...and people...and the planet really do have a chance.
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In the shadow of Santa Monica's legendary "Chain Reaction" monument, a clear message was sent to the unelected interloper in the White House: RESIGN!!!
Wednesday was the 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, and the 43rd of the resignation of Richard Nixon. Nixon was the last president to seriously threaten the use of nuclear weapons. Amidst the debacle of the Vietnam war, Nixon told then top advisor Daniel Ellsberg that he wanted to drop atomic bombs on Southeast Asia, but that he feared the response of the global anti-war movement.
While peace activists gathered Wednesday across the street from Santa Monica's Rand Corporation, where Ellsberg once worked, Dan himself addressed a parallel crowd at the Lawrence-Livermore Laboratory in the San Francisco Bay, where atomic research still proceeds.
In Santa Monica, investigative reporter Greg Palast, actor/activist Mimi Kennedy, and many more mourned the mass slaughter in Nagasaki and urged the departure of the most recent White House psychopath to threaten the planet with atomic annihilation.
In a 90-minute rally soon to be broadcast on KPFK-Pacifica, speakers such as legendary activist Blase Bonpane, Denise Duffield of Physicians for Social Responsibility, peace campaigner Jerry Rubin and many more mourned the nightmare of having an irresponsible madman like Trump with his finger on the nuclear button.
In combination with the apparently unhinged leadership of North Korean, Trump has brought the world to the brink of atomic suicide. The clock ticking on the likelihood of a nuclear apocalypse has leapt toward midnight with Trump's inflammatory, adolescent school-bully rantings.
The atomic "fiery fury" Trump has promised is terrifying the world. During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, President John F. Kennedy stood up to a room full of crazed generals ready to obliterate the planet. Today we have a spoiled child in the White House who lacks even the simplest understanding of what's involved with nuclear war...or with the basics of civilized diplomacy.
The Santa Monica rally was framed by the 26-foot-high "Chain Reaction" mushroom cloud that stands as a monument to peace activism. The monument was saved through a multi-year campaign to preserve and protect it.
In its shadow and elsewhere, the human species is now engaged in a vital campaign to stop both nuclear war and the ecological destruction wrought by nuclear power plants and so many other polluters.
The madness of Donald Trump, like that of Richard Nixon, threatens to kill us all--in the short term with nuclear weapons, and in the bigger picture with ecological, economic and spiritual ruin.
But with the kind of grassroots social activism welcomed and enshrined in rallies like those yesterday, we know that peace...and people...and the planet really do have a chance.
In the shadow of Santa Monica's legendary "Chain Reaction" monument, a clear message was sent to the unelected interloper in the White House: RESIGN!!!
Wednesday was the 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, and the 43rd of the resignation of Richard Nixon. Nixon was the last president to seriously threaten the use of nuclear weapons. Amidst the debacle of the Vietnam war, Nixon told then top advisor Daniel Ellsberg that he wanted to drop atomic bombs on Southeast Asia, but that he feared the response of the global anti-war movement.
While peace activists gathered Wednesday across the street from Santa Monica's Rand Corporation, where Ellsberg once worked, Dan himself addressed a parallel crowd at the Lawrence-Livermore Laboratory in the San Francisco Bay, where atomic research still proceeds.
In Santa Monica, investigative reporter Greg Palast, actor/activist Mimi Kennedy, and many more mourned the mass slaughter in Nagasaki and urged the departure of the most recent White House psychopath to threaten the planet with atomic annihilation.
In a 90-minute rally soon to be broadcast on KPFK-Pacifica, speakers such as legendary activist Blase Bonpane, Denise Duffield of Physicians for Social Responsibility, peace campaigner Jerry Rubin and many more mourned the nightmare of having an irresponsible madman like Trump with his finger on the nuclear button.
In combination with the apparently unhinged leadership of North Korean, Trump has brought the world to the brink of atomic suicide. The clock ticking on the likelihood of a nuclear apocalypse has leapt toward midnight with Trump's inflammatory, adolescent school-bully rantings.
The atomic "fiery fury" Trump has promised is terrifying the world. During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, President John F. Kennedy stood up to a room full of crazed generals ready to obliterate the planet. Today we have a spoiled child in the White House who lacks even the simplest understanding of what's involved with nuclear war...or with the basics of civilized diplomacy.
The Santa Monica rally was framed by the 26-foot-high "Chain Reaction" mushroom cloud that stands as a monument to peace activism. The monument was saved through a multi-year campaign to preserve and protect it.
In its shadow and elsewhere, the human species is now engaged in a vital campaign to stop both nuclear war and the ecological destruction wrought by nuclear power plants and so many other polluters.
The madness of Donald Trump, like that of Richard Nixon, threatens to kill us all--in the short term with nuclear weapons, and in the bigger picture with ecological, economic and spiritual ruin.
But with the kind of grassroots social activism welcomed and enshrined in rallies like those yesterday, we know that peace...and people...and the planet really do have a chance.