news, events and action alerts
September 10, 2020
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When: Saturday September 19th, 11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Where: Broadway and Canyon, Boulder, CO
Let's be visible in our opposition to war and support of diplomacy and social programs! For more info contact carolynbninski@gmail.com or 720-509-3378. The demo will be cancelled in the event of the following weather: snow, rain, high winds or a temperature below 30 degrees by 10 am. Please stand 6 ft apart.
September 8, 2020
Julian Assange's extradition trial starts today in London. According to John Pilger speaking today in front of the courthouse, this is "the final act of an Anglo-American campaign to bury Julian Assange. It is not due process. It is due revenge". The outcome of Assange's trial is critical to freedom of the press across the globe.
Watch videos and read regular updates about the trial at consortiumnews.com
September 4, 2020
Doom With a View
By Kristen Iversen
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When: Friday September 4th, 6:00PM MDT
With this webinar, Full Body Burden author Kristen Iversen officially launches her new book Doom with a View: Historical and Cultural Contexts of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant. Her new anthology contains essays contributed by 19 authors from around the country, representing a variety of d...
September 4, 2020
Newe Sogobia
Most Bombed Nation on Earth
From 1951 to 1992, more than 900 full-scale nuclear weapon detonations were conducted on Western Shoshone territory, at the Nevada Test Site. Downwinders still live with the health and environmental consequences from the radioactive fallout. A videotaped interview with, and column written by, Ian Zabarte, Principal Man of the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians, has been published by Al...
September 4, 2020
Ongoing Protests at Xcel
Every weekday at noon
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What: Join protesters at Xcel in Denver (protesting daily at lunchtime, with social distance and masks)
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When: Every weekday going forward into the fall, at noon
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Where: Corner of 18th and Larimer st., Denver (1800 Larimer st.)
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Can’t attend but still want to take action? Send a letter to Xcel here.
Please join us in calling on Xcel to phase out coal by the earliest possible...
August 29, 2020
Nuclear Guardianship and Outreach Coordinator
We're currently accepting applications for a part time job with two major areas of focus: The Nuclear Guardianship Project and Community Organizing with Young Adults.
Hourly Wage: $20/hour
Part Time: 20 hours/week
Nuclear Guardianship Project - 10 hours/week
The Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center has a long history of leadership with regard to issues around...
August 20, 2020
August 19, 2020
Western Shoshone land stolen for nuclear weapons tests and waste dump
by Ian Zabarte, Principal Man for the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians
Click here to read the full article
Shoshone land was illegally seized by the U.S government, breaking a historic treaty, first for the atomic test site in Nevada, and then for the planned — but still canceled — Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste dump. Throughout, the Shosh...
August 17, 2020
Dark Circle
1982 Feature Documentary Film about Rocky Flats
Starting Friday, August 21, the CU Boulder International Film Series and the University Libraries’ Archives invite you to a virtual screening of the award-winning documentary Dark Circle. Produced and directed by Chris Beaver and Judy Irving, the 1982 feature film tells the story of t...
August 5, 2020
75th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A Zoom Call with Peace Cranes and Actions
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When: Thursday August 6th, 1:00pm-2:30pm
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Where: Via Zoom, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83049207243
Meeting ID: 830 4920 7243
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On Thursday, August 6, from 1:00 to 2:30, the Colorado Coalition for the Prevention of Nuclear War cordially invites each person t...
August 4, 2020
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When: Saturday August 8th, 11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Where: Broadway and Canyon, Boulder, CO
Let's be visible in our opposition to war and support of diplomacy and social programs!
For more info contact carolynbninski@gmail.com or 720-509-3378. The demo will be cancelled in the event of the following weather: snow, rain, high winds or a temperature below 30 degrees by 10 am. Please stand 6 ft apart.
July 23, 2020
Background: The Rocky Mountain Greenway is a proposed mountain bike trail that would be built through contaminated land adjacent to the former nuclear weapons plant, Rocky Flats, 16 miles North West of Denver. If built, this trail would endanger public health by exposing trail workers and the public to respirable particles of plutonium dioxide and other contaminants left in the environment from nuclear bomb production at Rocky Flats....
July 14, 2020
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When: Saturday July 25th, 11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Where: Broadway and Canyon, Boulder, CO
Let's be visible in our opposition to war and support of diplomacy and social programs!
For more info contact carolynbninski@gmail.com or 720-509-3378. The demo will be cancelled in the event of the following weather: snow, rain, high winds or a temperature below 30 degrees by 10 am. Please stand 6 ft apart.