[bestbits] RootsAction: Like it or not (and we don't), they could destroy the world

[willi uebelherr]

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Betreff: Like it or not (and we don't), they could destroy the world
Datum: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 13:37:00 -0400 (EDT)
Von: RootsAction Team <info at rootsaction.org>
Antwort an: info at rootsaction.org
An: wube at gmx.net

UPDATE: More than 10,000 people signed this urgent petition over the 
weekend. Please join them by signing and sharing!

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What happens during the announced meeting between Donald Trump and 
Vladimir Putin in a few days, at the G-20 summit in Germany, could 
determine the fate of the Earth.

The" Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists" continues to warn the world that 
*the hands of the risk-estimate "Doomsday Clock" have moved even closer 
to catastrophic midnight*. The dangers of global nuclear holocaust are 
increasing -- and a major factor is the rise of tensions between the 
United States and Russia.

So, profoundly, this is not about Trump or Putin. *This is about whether 
relations between the two nuclear-weapons superpowers will continue to 
spin out, worsening the risks of military confrontation.* This is about 
whether the young people we love -- and so many others around the world 
-- will have a future. And whether subsequent generations will even exist.
  *If you want to express support for seeking détente instead of 
boosting U.S.-Russian tensions, please click here to sign a petition 
with a vital message for Trump and Putin.* [ 
https://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=12985 ]
"
"To: President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump"
We vehemently urge you to take a constructive approach to your planned 
meeting at the G-20 summit. Whatever our differences, we must reduce 
rather than increase the risks of nuclear war. The future of humanity is 
at stake."

To read about the "Doomsday Clock," please click on a Background link at 
the bottom of this email.

After signing the petition, *please use the tools on the next webpage to 
share it with your friends*.

-- The RootsAction.org Team

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P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim 
Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn 
Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. 
Senator James Abourezk, Frances Fox Piven, Lila Garrett, Phil Donahue, 
Sonali Kolhatkar, and many others.

Background:
>> "AFP:" Trump to Meet Putin at G-20, Seek "More Constructive" Ties [ 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-meet-putin-g20-seek-more-constructive-ties-183200130.html 
]
>> "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:" Doomsday Clock [ 
http://thebulletin.org/timeline ]
>> Norman Solomon, "The Nation: "Fifty Years Later, Rekindle the 
"Spirit of Glassboro" [ 
https://www.thenation.com/article/fifty-years-later-rekindle-the-spirit-of-glassboro/ 
]
>> Robert David English, "Foreign Affairs: "Russia, Trump, and a New 
Détente [ 
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russian-federation/2017-03-10/russia-trump-and-new-d-tente 
]

http://www.rootsaction.org