So what are we?  Well, we are not your mother's peace group.  Yes, gloom and doom is OK, but so is the sunny side of the street.  We're going to cover it both ways, and we are going to enjoy ourselves while we take on the world.

Who are we?  So far we are just a few people in San Francisco and a barely forming global network, but we have a plan (thank you, Shel).  Organize locally, every city, every town around the world, bottom up autonomy, connect globally, voice of humanity software as our megaphone, interfaith focus / atheists welcome, umbrella marches, smile/scowl photos of everyone on the planet, a big-time connection with the sustainability movement, and we all do something for a change.  That's our plan.

Our umbrella marches will be fun, and yes, we want Joan Baez for the old folks concerts and a young idol for the big crowd.  But it is the tens of thousands of local organizations that will make the difference.

We begin with a vision of success and a sense of humility.  The existing nuclear disarmament groups and networks have a good grasp of the situation, so we will back them up and not pretend we are the experts.  Besides the fun stuff of our own, there will be easy things with the other Nuclear Disarmament groups, like signing online petitions for the American Friends Service Committee, and joining up with Global Zero, and having events on U.N. Peace Day, and there will be tougher but rewarding things to do, like recruiting all the mayors and town governments in the world to the Mayors for Peace network, but the really hard part is back to us again, which is the local organizing and keeping everyone interested and moving.
 

Don't think it is easy.  For instance, can we have nuclear disarmament without solving the Middle East conflict and the India/Pakistan conflict?  Noo, and what are the odds?  Are the rest of the Nuclear Weapons states going to disarm if the U.S. doesn't also cut its conventional military at least in half?  Noo and what are the odds?  Scowl.   So it seems we have our work cut out for us.  Smile.

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	How can nations' leaders allow such things to exist? Seriously, we need to clean up our act. - Chris Bolton, San Francisco	Let's get rid of nuclear weapons. - Anne Marie Nowak, San Francisco
I am happy for peace and nuclear disarmament! - Michelle Lo, Hong Kong	World Peace, please! - Catherine Tse, San Francisco	I against for nuclear weapons. - Takeshi Yashiro, San Francisco
With a grace spirit, we enjoy every Happy Peace Day. - Lau Pei Ying, San Francisco	Nuclear Weapons violate UN Bill of Human Rights & the General Convention barring Collective Punishment. - Kathe Burick, San Francisco	I don't tweet! - Ben May, Los Angeles
I wanted change! No bombs, better food, life and love.  Free Earth!!! - Dora Palacios, San Francisco	Cast a wide net. Find the common thread. Let life flourish. Don't panic, keep it organic! - Diamond Dave Whitaker, San Francisco, CA	Clean it up for all things. Peace, clean air, love. All should go hand in hand. - Yarilis Vazquez Guzman, San Francisco, CA
Thumbs up for nuclear disarmament! - Elizabeth Weinberg, San Francisco, CA	May we evolve beyond Thanatos! - Emma Nace, San Francisco, CA	Nothing but terror incarnate. A war on terror should be a war against the existence of nuclear weapons. - Felix Cabrera, San Francisco, CA
Let us prove Einstein wrong! - Jeffrey Fang, San Francisco, CA	I hope for a world where nuclear weapons won't be necessary.  - Raymond Chen, San Francisco, CA	"Let's make the world safer!" - Vicky German, San Francisco, CA
greencommons.org/node/34 The hope lies in the dismissal of the concept of "just war".  One planet, one people, one garden. -- Rebecca Tobias, Vancouver BC	Instead spending money in nuclear weapons, spend on investigate why we build this technology, the reason that take us to create destruction. - Karinna Tomeo - Montevideo	LIVE LOVE LAUGH BE FREE. May peace prevail on Earth! - Andrea Kay Smith - Miami
Another schowlar for peace! - Ronald van Ammers - Los Angeles	Spend the $50 bill we spend on nukes in clean energy & our communities, support the Peace industrial complex (includes massages & cupcakes)! - Michael Kwan - San Francisco	If your glasses fog up due the radiation, use a soft cloth. Before, wash them to prevent scratching - Marcelo Torres - Montevideo
	It is common sense. The govts of the world should make nuclear disarmament a top priority. How come they don't know that? - Sandy Chaves, San Francisco, CA	If you detect the flash, run for the core of the building. After the blast rolls by, head for your fallout shelter. Dont forget the iodine! - Roger Eaton - San Francisco
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