Posted on 05/03/2010 6:33:02 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
'It's Terrifying': Students Build Grassroots Momentum for Nuclear Disarmament Activist Students Say Nuclear Weapons Elimination Should Be a Top Priority for Their Generation By HUMA KHAN
May 3, 2010
Scott Ibaraki has been on the road for the last three weeks. Ibaraki, 22, has driven from Florida to Washington, D.C., in a dusty green van, accompanied by two colleagues for what he describes as an important mission: warning people about the dangers of a nuclear world.
It is so important to him that Ibaraki, at one college campus, used a Pikachu outfit and ran across the campus with a megaphone screaming at people to get excited about it. The threat of nuclear conflict did not go away with the end of the Cold War, Ibaraki said, and it's people like him who need to raise awareness about it.
"It's our generation's responsibility to uptake this movement and make it actually happen," said Ibaraki, a recent graduate of University of California, Davis. "No one denies its importance."
As world leaders convene today in New York City for the start of the 2010 review conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Ibaraki and other "roadies" are hoping to build a grassroots movement on the threats of nuclear weapons, and convince their generation to take up this issue.
Three-people teams like Ibaraki's have been traveling the country this month to raise awareness at college campuses, encouraging students to sign a petition to eliminate nuclear weapons globally and start support clubs on their campuses. The teams are sponsored by Global Zero, an organization that advocates for a nuclear-free world.
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Well SOMEBODY has to pay the rental for the Pickachu costume!
...with emphasis on “tools”...
so i guess valerie plame has moved on to producing?
Not a bad idea, but poorly thought out. I suspect that they don’t care about solving any of the problems that would lead to nuclear war.
How did this issue bubble up again? It’s warmed over from the 1980s on college campuses.
I’d like to see a lot of college students trying to sop up the oil spill. But I suspect they don’t like getting dirty for a good cause. Easier to put on the Pikachu suit.
There HAS NEVER BEEN a grass-roots movement for Nuclear Disarmament. It was cooked up in a propaganda disinformation boiler room at the Kremlin in the late 70’s. Now run by the usual Global Enviro-Whacko Marxist suspects.
Ah.. I remember when I was drug addled, ignorant, and never read history.
Oh yea, he gets laid a lot.
Unfortunately, our DTD Teleprompter embraces the same flawed outlook.
I was disappointed that the “Nuke the Whales” movement never really took off when I was in college.
I would have even volunteered to dress up as cartoon character and shout at people about how important it was!
Al Gore?
Wasn’t it “Nuke the Gay Baby Whales”?
"Students" Yes everyone knows that if you want to get the best answer on a complex issue you always ask a student. They have the clarity of vision that comes with an extremely shallow understanding of most issues coupled with the certainty that they know the correct answer to everything. Frequently in error, but never in doubt.
“How did this issue bubble up again? Its warmed over from the 1980s on college campuses.”
I could care less how it came back ... I just hope it keeps on going!!!! Seriously, we could get updated versions of “The Day After” or “Threads” that will scare the living daylights out of everyone!!!!
/sarcasm off
How about “Nuke the Gay Jihadi Whales”?
;^)
Let’s gather them up and send them to China, Russia, and Iran to get them to disarm first.
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