I just posted letters (real ones, with envelopes and stamps and addresses and all) to my Congressman Adam Smith and Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell in follow-up to my post about nuclear dangers.
Here is the text sent to each of them:
I recently posted on my blog a piece about the danger of
potential nuclearization
of hot spots in the world (The Elephants in the Room, at Northwest
Ruminations.) I said there “. . . world
leaders are acting as if they do not see these elephants, but they must. I
cannot believe they do not. But what are they doing?”
The latest kindling being laid is
Putin’s revocation of Russian Federation ratification of the test ban treaty. I
see that Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Arms Control
Association have raised the alarm. We need more voices doing so.
What we really need is a Nuclear
Greta Thunberg to alarm, arouse and energize young people around the world to
this second source of existential danger. And your voice and presence can help
find her or him and encourage them.
Please weigh in publicly on nuclear
risk – in Kashmir, in Zaporizhzhia, in Dimona and Natanz, in Pyongyang and Seoul,
and now in possible resumption of testing by Russia, North Korea, China and who
knows whom else. Please, make sure US testing does not resume. And please help
ignite the youth of Washington and the US to rally and raise their voices about
these elephants in the rooms.
Sincerely
Consider doing the same, please. Copy this if you want; no pride of authorship here. We need more voices about this existential threat, arguably one more immediately deadly than the progression of global warming. Whether you view nuclear arms exchange as #1 or #2 threat of extinction doesn't matter; we must address both. Send a letter or an e-mail to your Congressional representatives, please. Arise.
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