Daniel Ellsberg died on June 16, 2023 at the age of 92. In his final months of life, he spoke out about the importance of whistleblowing and the risk of nuclear war resulting from US aggression against Russia and China. Ellsberg urged people not to wait to take action. Clearing the FOG spoke with Jack Cohen-Joppa, co-coordinator of the Nuclear Resister and steering committee member of the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons, about the long history of and ongoing resistance to nuclear weapons. Cohen-Joppa also talks about actions targeting Raytheon and depleted uranium use in Ukraine. He provides information about actions people can take to create a nuclear-free world.
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Jack Cohen-Joppa, and his wife Felice, have dedicated most of their adult lives to the pursuit of a peaceful, nuclear-free world. For more than 40 years, they have published the Nuclear Resister, a newsletter chronicling the arrests of anti-nuclear war and anti-nuclear power protestors. Through this publication, Jack and Felice educate the public about the arrests of activists and inspire support for imprisoned protestors.
In fighting for the anti-nuclear cause, more than 100,000 protestors have been arrested in the past 40 years. They have been charged with everything from trespassing to destruction of government property, to depredation of Navy property. Still, the cause and messages of imprisoned protestors live on through the chronicles published on the Nuclear Resister.
For the couple’s dedication to informing the public about these arrests, the Germany-based Nuclear Free Future Foundation awarded them with their 2020 prize in the education category. Jack is also on the steering committee of the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons.