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Peace boat’s message is clear: Golden Rule mission urges support for nuclear ban treaty.

Beyond Nuclear International, 11 Sept 23, By Gerry Condon,  President of the Veterans For Peace Golden Rule Project

The Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat and her intrepid crew arrived to Chelsea Piers in New York City on May 17 to a wonderful reception, followed by ten days full of amazing events.

 Emotional meetings featured family members of the original crew who sailed toward the Marshall Islands in 1958 to interfere with US nuclear bomb tests. A lunch meeting was hosted by Amalgamated Bank, the only US bank that refuses to invest in nuclear weapons. And the historic peace boat made an (uninvited) guest appearance in New York City’s Fleet Week “Parade of (war) Ships.” With its ruddy tan bark sails emblazoned with a peace sign and the logo of Veterans For Peace, the Golden Rule was a jaunty counterpoint to the Navy’s grey display of weapons of mass destruction.

Multiple events were organized daily by Veterans For Peace, the Friends House (Quakers), the War Resisters League, the Catholic Workers (Maryhouse), Pax Christi, the Peoples’ Forum and others. The City Council issued a welcoming proclamation. The Golden Rule also crossed the Hudson River several times to New Jersey for events with environmental activists and Indigenous leaders.

Perhaps most exciting of all were our meetings with United Nations missions from around the world. Mexico’s mission hosted a meeting where Veterans For Peace and the Golden Rule team met with 12 U.N. missions, including New Zealand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cuba, South Africa, Austria, Indonesia, Ireland, Costa Rica, Kiribati, and the Holy See…………………………..

All but one of the nations represented had signed the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which is a primary focus of the Golden Rule’s educational mission. The meeting ended with pledges to stay in touch and to work together toward the goal of abolishing nuclear weapons, including the upcoming Second States Meeting in New York Nov. 27 through Dec. 1………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. more https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2023/09/11/peace-boats-message-is-clear/

September 12, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized