John LaForge of NukeWatchInfo.org presented an engaging power-point lecture about publishing the revised edition of “Nuclear Heartland”, which was updated from the original 1988 edition. Johns spoke in Historic Fellowship Hall in Berkeley, CA on Oct…
John LaForge of NukeWatchInfo.org presented an engaging power-point lecture about publishing the revised edition of “Nuclear Heartland”, which was updated from the original 1988 edition. Johns spoke in Historic Fellowship Hall in Berkeley, CA on October 13, 2016. It was a book celebration event sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Committee. See PEGMedia for Public Access Cable TV non-profit use of this video! Episode: John M. LaForge 2017 “Nuclear Heartland USA” HD (57 m 48) pegmedia.org/index.php?q=msvr/ep/28857/detail
“Nuclear Heartland” was first published in 1988 to let Americans know where the land-based nuclear weapons silos are located, and that they make you less secure, which is in contradiction of the nuclear deterrence goal. See “Nuclear Heartland, Revised Edition: A guide to the 450 land-based missiles of the United States”. (Paperback) December 1, 2015 by Bonnie Urfer (Afterword), Nukewatch (Author), Jr. Samuel H. Day (Contributor), John M. LaForge (Editor), Arianne S. Peterson (Editor), Matthew Rothschild (Foreword) amazon.com/Nuclear-Heartland-Revised-land-based-missiles/dp/094204603X
John grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. Cynthia Jean Johnson mentions that Duluth is where Bob Dylan grew up, and that he just received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Cynthia welcomed John and everyone to Fellowship Hall. Vic Sadot, SJC activist, sings Bob Dylan's "Masters of War". After a powerful power-point presentation based on John’s decades of research, travel, writing, and non-violent actions, there was a Q&A session that includes long-time BFUU SJC activists Ingrid Kepler-May and James Beatty.
Berkeley author Cecile Pineda has known John LaForge for many years. She gave him a most gracious and insightful welcome. Most noteworthy for this occasion would be Cecile Pineda’s recent book titled “The Devil’s Tango: How I Learned the Fukushima Step by Step”. Marion Küpker, the woman traveling with John LaForge on this book tour speaks near the end of the video. She is ..
