Armageddon and Indian Point

Armageddon and Indian Point: A Conversation with Helen Caldicott and Jonathan Schell
Thurs., May 4, 6:00 p.m., $10.
Location: Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street.
Helen Caldicott, President of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute, founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, author of Nuclear Power is Not the Answer to Global Warming or Anything Else; Jonathan Schell, Harold Willens Peace Fellow at the Nation Institute and author of The Unconquerable World, Harold Willens Peace Fellow at the Nation Institute. Moderator: William D. Hartung, director of the Arms Trade Resource Center, World Policy Institute.In a recent article for Foreign Policy, "Apocalypse Soon," Robert McNamara wrote: "It is time--well past time, in my view--for the United States to cease its Cold War-style reliance on nuclear weapons as a foreign policy tool. At the risk of appearing simplistic and provocative, I would characterize current U.S. nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous." Taking off from this observation, Dr. Caldicott and Jonathan Schell undertake a frank discussion about the dangers of a prospective revival of nuclear power and weapons in the 21st century, emphasizing the fatal nexus of proliferation, terrorist groups, and newly aggressive nuclear policies of the United States and other nuclear powers. Co-sponsored by the Wolfson Center for National Affairs and the World Policy Institute.