Author: gpabqmetro

On March 26, 1999, the first shipment of transuranic waste arrived at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southeastern New Mexico. Note the word, pilot, in the name. After 25 years, there was supposed to be a gradual closure of the plant. Instead, there has been an effort to expand nuclear waste storage capacity in the area. These efforts appear stalled for the moment because of protective environmental legislation passed in New Mexico in 2023.

Get the history and the latest from these groups:

Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, Los Alamos Study Group, Stop Forever WIPP.

António Guterres, the UN secretary general, who visited Egypt’s border with Gaza on Saturday, said it was time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid” and called the starvation inside the territory a “moral outrage”. (Reported in multiple European and Middle Eastern news outlets.) The Israeli government continues to deny the atrocities they commit. Disagree in person:

Demonstration, Presentation, March on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at the Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Road NW.  The demonstration will be at the SW corner of 19th & Mountain from 1:30 p. m. to just before 2:00 when the presentation for the opening of the exhibit “Nuclear Communities of New Mexico” will include representatives from the Tularosa Basin Downwinders. The presentation will be followed by a march around Old Town Plaza

See Jill Stein and Jasmine Sherman, candidates for the Green Party nomination for POTUS, in the Free & Equal Independent Presidential Candidate Debate, Thursday, February 29, 6:00 p. m. MST. Live-stream is on Rumble and Pacifica Network.

Saturday, March 23, 5:15 pm MDT, Taj Mahal restaurant, 1430 Carlisle NE, Albuquerque. Delegate selection to GPNM Annual Mtg/Conv, election of officers, candidates for public office.

February 12, 2024, 5pm at the UNM Bookstore, 2301 Central Ave. NE, ABQ

Saturday, Feb. 24, 4pm-6pm, Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice, 202 Harvard SE, ABQ NM 87106. Recommended donation $20. No one turned away for lack of funds.

The Cambio Palestine Advocacy & Health Project supports the mental health of youth in the West Bank through offering mentoring, therapeutic and recreational activities, advocacy and resiliency skills, and more.

co-sponsored by Albuquerque Jewish Voice for Peace, SW Coalition for Palestine, and Notable Healing

Wednesday, February 7, 6:30 p. m. MST. Register on Zoom: https://bit.ly/491lzqQ or Facebook: https://fb.me/e/6va4m2Xr5 

Green Party Webinar, DEGROWTH:  Improving Global Quality of Life With Less Production–Join this fascinating Green Party webinar on reducing unnecessary production to address global warming on Wednesday, January 4, 6:30 p. m. MST.  Register on Zoom.

Effective Citizen Advocacy–The League of Women Voters provides a webinar with tips for the upcoming legislative session.  Webinar is Saturday, January 6, 10:00 a. m. to noon on Zoom.  Register here.