Sunday Feb 23 at 1pm
Location: Intersection of Packers & International Lane in Madison
Bring signs and flags and yourself to raise your voice for people not Pentagon.
Close the military bases. Cut the waste. Divest from the machine.
Facebook Event Info: https://www.facebook.com/share/1B2xUhDKzi/
Actions at bases near you.
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Nuclear Weapons Use at Bikini
F. Lincoln Grahlfs is now 101 years old and the oldest Atomic Veteran remaining who was subject to nuclear weapons testing. For some reason, the Congress is so far not continuing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Will they ignore the harm done or is it grandstanding?
After being tested on with nuclear weapons, some doctors thought X-rays might help those who were getting sick. Navy sailor, F. Lincoln Grahlfs:
“He said: “We call that the hair of the dog that bit you.” …I am affected by this thing as far as I am concerned LIFETIME because it’s in my blood.”
“The United States Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) is a federal statute implemented in 1990, set to expire in July 2024, providing for the monetary compensation of people, including atomic veterans, who contracted cancer and a number of other specified diseases as a direct result of their exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing undertaken by the United States during the Cold War as residents, or their exposure to radon gas and other radioactive isotopes while undertaking uranium mining, milling or the transportation of ore…”
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act – Wikipedia
May 2024 Arms Control Association
By Chris Rostampour
“Communities adversely affected by U.S. nuclear testing and weapons production activities in the early years of the nuclear age and their congressional representatives are urging the House of Representatives to reauthorize and expand an expiring federal program that compensates victims of nuclear radiation.”
U.S. House Under Pressure to Renew Aid for ‘Downwinders’
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Let us remember those lost and learn from the past.
Join us in putting up simulated grave markers at Olbrich Park 9 am on Saturday May 25 and bringing them down Saturday June 1st.starting 9 am
Location https://maps.app.goo.gl/7V9HTqCbGSZJFWA5A
Speaker Robert Koehler
Reaching for Peace Beyond Our Certainties
James Madison Park
302 E. Gorham Street Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Location https://maps.app.goo.gl/mhznQAAdgwxNZU3v7
Organized by Progressive Magazine and Veterans for Peace.
The Progressive Inc. publishes The Progressive magazine and Progressive.org. They also operate the Public Schools Advocate and the Progressive Media Project/Progressive Perspectives as well as the annual “Fighting Bob Fest.”
Memorial Mile 2022 ~ Olbrich Park & Atwood Ave ~ | Veterans for Peace (madisonvfp.org)
MRSCP has launched a major fundraising drive to benefit the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) Gaza emergency fund. They have set up this online Madison-specific contribution page, where you can donate directly to the campaign. Any amount, no matter how small, is appreciated.
