{news} Oct 9th conference on nuclear weapons policy in Hartford

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>From Marcia Morris of the AFSC.

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From: Marcia Morris 
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Subject: Oct 9th Nuke Conference: Mark YOur Calendars!!!!


MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!!



Announcing!!!!



"The Role of Nuclear Weapons and the Expansion of Empire"

A Conference on Nuclear Weapons Policy

October 9, 2004,  9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Legislative Office Building, State Capitol Hartford 2nd floor





Anti-nuclear activists from around the state of Connecticut will sponsor a Conference "Nuclear Weapons and the Expansion of Empire" on October 9, 2004 from 9:00AM - 1:00PM at the Legislative Office Building at the State Capitol.  This conference is free and open to the public.  



The conference will explore the history of the role of nuclear weapons in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy, and the impact of the Bush administration's nuclear policies on the international scene.  It will highlight the "Mayor's Campaign", an initiative of the Mayor's of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for the abolition of nuclear weapons.  More information on the Mayor's Campaign can be found at www.mayorsforpeace.org. 



Keynote speaker for the conference will be Professor Zia Mian from the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.  Other speakers include Joseph Gerson, Director of the Program for Peace and Economic Security of the American Friends Service Committee, and Bruce Gagnon, Director of the Global Network Against Nuclear Weapons and Power in Space.  



The conference is being organized by a coalition of groups from Connecticut including the Connecticut Program of the American Friends Service Committee, The Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice, The New Haven Peace Commission and the Greater New Haven Peace Coalition and others.



For information contact:  Eric Stamm   at AFSC, Tel: (860) 523-1534.
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