nuclear war

VICII: Hiroshima Day and Oppenheimer Film 08/04/2023

Host Sandy Baird is joined by citizen journalist Eric Agnero, Robin Lloyd and Novelist Marc Estrin to discuss Hiroshima Day (August 6), and the new Oppenheimer Film.

Why Nagasaki? with Marc Estrin 08/09/2022

From the organizers:

Marc is the author of "Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa." The book is Marc's variation of the life of Gregor Samsa, Kafka's cockroach-turned-human. In Marc's tale, Gregor circulates a petition among its nuclear scientists to call off the Manhattan Project...

Come hear WHAT HAPPENS and add your thoughts… it adds to the probable "why" of Nagasaki.

Vermont Law School - Hot Topics Series: Nuclear War - Still the Gravest Threat to the Environment 06/17/2021

A presentation of the Hot Topics in Environmental Law summer lecture series.

Presenter: Stephen Dycus, Vermont Law School

Winooski Peace Initiative - The Man Who Saved The World 09/26/2019

Think Nuclear War Can’t Happen? Think Again.

This event is an introduction and wrap up to the screening of the movie "The Man Who Saved the World" in honor of the UN's International Day to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.

About the movie:

On the night of September 26, 1983, Russian missile officer Stanislav Petrov disobeyed military protocol and probably prevented a nuclear holocaust. He says that he is not a hero. "I was just in the right place at the right time." You decide!

For a few crucial minutes on September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov held the fate of the world in his hands. It was the height of the Cold War. The Soviets had recently shot down a Korean airliner. The United States was preparing to deploy Pershing II missiles in Europe. The Soviets suspected that the United States was planning a nuclear first strike.

When an alarm suddenly went off at the Soviet nuclear early-warning center Serpukhov-15, Stanislav was responsible for reacting to information from Soviet satellites that five American nuclear missiles were heading toward the Soviet Union. Rather than initiate a nuclear retaliation, Stanislav went against protocol and assured his colleagues that it was a false alarm.

"The Man Who Saved the World" recreates those tense moments in 1983 when Stanislav was faced with the decision of his life. And it chronicles his spectacular journey to the United States three decades later, where he was finally acknowledged for his historic deed and found the strength to reconcile with his past. He is honored at the United Nations. And he is thanked for his actions by celebrities including Walter Cronkite, Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Matt Damon, and Ashton Kutcher.

Shot on location in the former Soviet Union and the United States, "The Man Who Saved the World" shines a light on the continued risks of nuclear weapons today, and the challenge to reject nuclear weapons in order to prevent an unimaginable disaster.

A discussion was lead by John Reuwer, MD, of Physicians for Social Responsibility.

For more information contact Sr. Pat: pat.mckittrick@uvmhealth.org

VCWA Speaker Series - Nuclear Negotiations with Ira Helfand 08/08/2019

Ira Helfand, MD, is a co-chair of the Nuclear Weapons Abolition Committee organized by Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and he also serves as co-president of PSR's global federation, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). His lecture, hosted by the Vermont Council on World Affairs, is about international relations and nuclear negotiations.

Nuclear Free Future: What We Can Do About the Risk of Nuclear War - Part 2 12/11/2017

Nuclear Free Future host Margaret Harrington talks with Dr. John Reuwer of Physicians for Social Responsibility about why a treaty to ban nuclear weapons is a good idea even if the nine nations who have nuclear weapons have not signed it. He explains why people support nuclear deterrence out of fear. Beatrice Fihn, executive director of The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, is shown accepting the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize.

Nuclear Free Future: What We Can Do About the Risk of Nuclear War - Part 1 11/27/2017

Nuclear Free Future Conversation host Margaret Harrington talks about the risk of nuclear war with Dr. John F. Reuwer, who is a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Dr. Reuwer voices his concern that the threats between North Korea and the United States do not reflect an understanding of the reality of what nuclear weapons can do to us. He talks about how and when he personally was awakened to what he describes as the greatest threat to life on earth. Most of all, Dr. Reuwer explains what we can do to emerge as a powerful force for peace.

Nuclear Free Future: Obama in Hiroshima - Nuclear Waste Watchdog Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear Discusses Historic Visit 06/03/2016

Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog of Beyond Nuclear, discusses President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima 71 years after US atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city.

For more information about Kevin Kamps and Beyond Nuclear: www.beyondnuclear.org

Nuclear Free Future: Children Suffer Nuclear Impact Worldwide 04/29/2016

Maggie Gundersen, Chiho Kaneko, and Caroline Phillips of Fairewinds Energy Education discuss the nuclear risk concerns for children not only near the nuclear disaster sites of Fukushima-Dai-ichiin Japan and Chernobyl in Ukraine, formerly the Soviet Union, but globally where areas near all nuclear power plants are contaminated with radiation. Since mothers in Japan especially bear the responsibility to protect children, they experience greater hardships in an environment where just expressing one’s concern about radiation is seen as a treasonous act. Even 30 years later, the Belarus government recognizes the merits of relocating children away from radiation contaminated areas but the children of Japan are socially forced to stay put in highly contaminated areas.

For more information visit: Fairewinds

Nuclear Free Future: Fukushima at 5 and the Vermont Yankee Shutdown - What Do They Mean? Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education, Provides Insights From His Recent Trip to Japan 03/25/2016

Host Margaret Harrington talks with Arnie Gundersen about the ongoing nuclear man made crisis when there is no sound methodology in place for decommissioning Fukushima Daiitchi or Vermont Yankee or any of the nuclear power plants being decommissioned in the US. A nuclear power plant carcass can sit for 60 or 70 years with ratepayers and tax payers paying for them after the plant owners have been subsidized at the public expense

More information: www.fairewinds.org or Fairewinds Interview

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!