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I'm interviewing Jacquie Cabasso in a few minutes. Anyone want a ride to
Sacramento for the hearings on Tuesday please contact me- I can take 4
people.<br>
Carol 650-857-0927 cbrouillet@igc.org<br><br>
<a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/20/18685445.php">
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/20/18685445.php</a> <br><br>
<b>Hiroshima, Fukushima, Sacramento, Livermore - Confronting the Two
Headed Nuclear Dragon<br>
</b>by Carol Brouillet <br>
<i>Wednesday Jul 20th, 2011 1:49 PM<br>
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<dd>Nuclear Power was the happy face designed to sell and conceal the
horror of nuclear weapons. Chernobyl, Fukushima should alert humanity and
put a halt to the nuclear madness, but the full truth has yet to reach
general consciousness. Rising global opposition to nuclear power needs to
manifest in action, opposition, legislation, the actual shut down of the
nuclear industry. People are most harmed by the nuclear industry and only
real people can stop it. Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director of the
Western States Legal Foundation, has been on the frontlines of this
struggle for thirty years. Hear her, join her in Sacramento, in
Livermore, as she confronts the two headed nuclear dragon, again and
again.<br><br>
</dl>Hear Jacquie Cabasso speak on
<a href="http://www.communitycurrency.org/">Community Currency Radio</a>
on the <a href="http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/">Progressive
Radio Network</a> this Thursday from 2 pm to 3 pm on From Hiroshima to
Fukushima to Livermore: Confronting the Two-Headed Dragon of Nuclear
Weapons and Nuclear Power<br><br>
</b>Jacqueline Cabasso has been involved in nuclear disarmament, peace
and environmental advocacy at the local, national and international
levels for over 30 years. Since 1984 she has served as Executive Director
of the Western States Legal Foundation in Oakland. Grounded in
commitments to nonviolence and international law, in her work with the
Foundation she has provided legal support for nonviolent protesters;
engaged in environmental review proceedings and litigation to challenge
nuclear programs, and organized grassroots multi-issue
coalitions.<br><br>
Most recently, she has spoken out at rallies and hearings in support of
the Japanese and American people to shut down nuclear power plants,
particularly those on active faults, and against the twin nuclear weapons
industry. At hearings before the Public Utilities Commission, in San
Francisco, PG&E has been lobbying for an additional $85 million in
public funds to relicense the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, while
activists and watchdog organizations have spoken in favor of not renewing
licenses or facilitating the life of aging nuclear power plants on
faults, but on closing the plants to safeguard human and environmental
health. The Fukushima disaster has shown how woefully inadequate the
nuclear industry is to foresee, safeguard, remedy disasters, accidents,
earthquakes. The Nuclear Industry has continued to promote nuclear
technology, but continuously failed to "self-regulate" and
protect the health and safety of workers, the public, and the
environment. The continued outpouring of radiation from Fukushima, and
the failure of the Japanese and American governments to adequately
monitor and inform people of the amounts of radioactivity now present in
the air, water, milk and food now threatening their health, highlights
the need to rein in the industry. Only the mobilization of the public
against powerful entrenched political interests can turn the tide. With
renewed concern over the threat of nuclear power and weapons, many
anti-nuclear events are coming up in the Bay Area, including-<br><br>
<a href="http://www.sanjosepeace.org/article.php/20110704131922285">July
23, 7 pm in San Jose</a> - Screening of Atomic Mom<br><br>
<a href="http://humanisthall.net/wp/2011/07/11/the-forgotten-bomb/">
August 3, 6:30 pm Oakland</a> - Screening of The Forgotten Bomb<br><br>
<a href="http://www.energy.ca.gov/2011_energypolicy/notices/2011-07-26_IEPR_Nuclear_Workshop.pdf">
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 10:00 am</a> California Energy Commission review
of California's nukes, in light of Fukushima, review of industry's
seismic knowledge and emergency preparedness. Please attend- we need to
make the public outcry against the nuclear industry loud and
strong<br><br>
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<a href="http://www.sanjosepeace.org/calendar_event.php?eid=20110628180122964">
August 4, 7:00 pm in San Jose</a> - Screening of The Forgotten
Bomb<br><br>
<a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/20/18685438.php">August
5, in San Francisco</a> - Commemorate Hiroshima/Nagasaki - Lessons of
Fukushima for Today<br><br>
<a href="http://www.wslfweb.org/whatsnew.htm#aug611">August 6, 6 pm in
Livermore</a> - From Hiroshima to Fukushima to Livermore: Confronting the
Two-Headed Dragon of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power<br><br>
<a href="http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/news/2011/06/17/crosby-stills-nash-jackson-browne-bonnie-raitt-and-others-perform-benefit-concert-su">
August 7, 3 pm in Mountain View</a> - MUSE Concert (Crosby Stills, Nash,
Jackson Browne... a benefit for Sane Energy, and Japan, anti-nuclear
groups)<br><br>
<a href="http://www.wslfweb.org/whatsnew.htm#aug611">August 9, 8 am in
Livermore</a> - From Hiroshima to Fukushima to Livermore: Confronting the
Two-Headed Dragon of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power (Direct Action)
Please come, with enough people, we can shut down the nuclear weapons
industry<br><br>
</i></b>
<a href="http://www.sanjosepeace.org/calendar_event.php?eid=2011071519010018">
Thursday, August 11 2011 @ 06:00 PM - - 08:00PM</a> in San Jose From
HIroshima to Fukishima to California</b> Speakers on- the danger of
nuclear power and nuclear weapons.<br><br>
At the national level Ms. Cabasso serves on the Steering Committee of
<a href="http://unitedforpeace.org/">United for Peace and Justice</a> and
convenes its Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security working
group.<br><br>
Internationally, she is a leading voice for the abolition of nuclear
weapons, speaking at conferences and events around the world. She was a
“founding mother” of the
<a href="http://www.abolition2000.org/">Abolition 2000</a> Global Network
to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons in 1995, and continues to serve on its
Coordinating Committee. Since August 2007, she has served as North
American Coordinator for <a href="http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/">Mayors
for Peace</a>.<br><br>
Ms. Cabasso is a co-author of
<a href="http://inesap.org/node/111">Nuclear Disorder or Cooperative
Security? U.S. Weapons of Terror, the Global Proliferation Crisis and
Paths to Peace</a> (2007) and
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Risking-Peace-Why-Sat-Road/dp/0931416035">
Risking Peace: Why We Sat in the Road</a> (1985), an account of the huge
1983 nonviolent protest at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory and
the subsequent mass trial conducted by Western States Legal Foundation.
Her writings have appeared in many publications<br><br>
Ms. Cabasso was the recipient of the International Peace Bureau’s 2008
Sean MacBride Peace Award, and the Agape Foundation’s 2009 Enduring
Visionary Prize.<br><br>
<a href="http://www.communitycurrency.org/">Community Currency</a> is
hosted by Carol Brouillet, who edited The Invisible Nuclear War, The
Massive Government Cover-Up, and the Continuing Battle Being Waged by the
Nuclear Powers Against All Life on Earth</b> in 1993 and has been active
since Fukushima to shut down the nuclear industry with the
<a href="http://nonukesaction.wordpress.com/">No Nukes Action
Committee</a>. All shows are archived on
<a href="http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/community-currency/">
Progressive Radio Network</a>, including anti-nuclear shows with
<a href="http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/community-currency/2011/6/9/community-currency-060911.html">
No Nukes Action's Umi Hagitani</a>,
<a href="http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/community-currency/2011/6/2/community-currency-060211.html">
Monitoring Industry with Ed Ellsworth</a>,
<a href="http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/community-currency/2011/5/5/community-currency-050511.html">
Shutting Down Nuclear Plants with Don Eichelberger</a>.<br><br>
<a href="http://www.communitycurrency.org/node/176">
http://www.communitycurrency.org/node/176</a><br><br>
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