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Anti-Nuclear Issues and Events:

Downloadable Fliers--Position on Nuclear Issues:
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Nuclear
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Offical positions on nuclear waste and weapons issues:

The Desert Greens Program will support efforts to:
  • keep nuclear waste out of Utah;
  • prevent nuclear waste from being transported;
  • stop the resumption of nuclear testing;
  • stop the manufacture of nuclear weapons.

These positions are in line with the Key Values of Social Justice and Equal Opportunity, Ecological Wisdom,
Future Focus and Sustainability, and Quality of Life.
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Message of the Sunflowers
Sunflowers have become the symbol of a world free of nuclear weapons. After Ukraine gave up its last nuclear warhead, the Defense Ministers of the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine met on a former Ukrainian missile base, June 4, 1996. They celebrated by scattering sunflower seeds and planting sunflowers. Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry said, “Sunflowers instead of missiles in the soil would insure peace for future generations.” Read more about the sunflower at:Sunflower.

The sunflower is used as a symbol by many Green parties around the world. In March 1983, 27 newly elected Die Grünen (Green) members of the West German Parliament, the Bundestag, entered the parliament building wearing bright colors and carrying sunflowers. The sunflower, which grows rapidly and produces many seeds, became the symbol of the new party. Pictures of the event were carried in the media around the world and helped inspire others in the U.S. and other places to begin organizing green movements in their own countries.
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Visit these organizations for more anti-nuclear information:
Downwinders
WISE/NIRS Nuclear Monitor
Shundahai Network
HEAL Utah
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