The surprising blockbuster success of Christopher Nolan’s OPPENHEIMER comes to the 145th zoom of the Green Grassroots Election Protection Coalition.
We hear from legendary music and political journalist GREG MITCHELL, whose op ed on the Bomb appears in the Los Angeles Times.
SETH SHELDON from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons joins us from the United Nations. Seth’s work is derived from the global treaty to abolish atomic weapons continues to demand global attention.
From Long Island, KARL GROSSMAN recalls his lifetime of activism against nuclear extinction, including his detailed critique of this important new film.
LYNNE FEINERMAN wonders why we would ever bother with this film.
TATANKA BRICCA shows the connection between atomic power reactors and Bomb production.
Reporting from DeSantisland, WENDI LEDERMAN criticizes the idea that nuclear power might be some kind of “human right."
MARY DOUGLAS challenges our assumptions about campaigning for peace.
DAVID SALTMAN recounts his amazing, unique childhood under the cloud of a removed security clearance.
From DENNIS BERNSTEIN we learn that the film “isn’t playing all that well” among Japanese viewers in large part because it fails to deal with the radioactive impact on the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In our second hour we hear from FOLABI OLAGBAJU about the Greenpeace Campaign for democracy, and the terrible struggle against a $100 million SLAPP suit filed to destroy the organization.
And we get a great report from SUZANNE ALMEIDA on Common Cause’s work against the Moore law, Gerrymandering and for clarity on the voting districts in Alabama, Ohio and elsewhere.
In sum, this amazing session excites and enlightens us for the on-going anti-fascist campaign against the Atomic Bomb and for democracy. Don’t miss it!!