By World BEYOND War, May 18, 2021
On May 17, 2021, TAX DAY, WOMEN AGAINST WAR marked the GLOBAL DAYS OF ACTION ON MILITARY SPENDING (GDAMS) by exploring the tradeoffs which proposed increased spending on nuclear weapons and their modernization represent.
Speakers:
KEVIN MARTIN, President of NATIONAL PEACE ACTION and the PEACE ACTION EDUCATION FUND
DR. LAWRENCE S. WITTNER, historian, author of Confronting the Bomb: a Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement
MAUREEN BAILLARGEON AUMAND, member of the Pathways to Peace Committee of WOMEN AGAINST WAR
DAVID SWANSON, Executive Director of World BEYOND War, facilitated discussion.