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Invite you to a Conference on

THE NUCLEAR DANGER: Nuclear War and Nuclear Power

The Ever Present Threat of Instant Nuclear War and What We Can Do About It, 

Nuclear Power Plants and the Unfolding Catastrophe in Japan 

Helen Caldicott

Distinguished author, physician

and co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility 

The event will be chaired by

Michel ChossudovskyFriday, March 18, 2011

7.00 pm

Centre St-Pierre 1212, rue Panet (at the corner of René-Lévesque)

Montréal, QC H2L 2Y7

(parking is available)

Subway: Station Beaudry

Get directions

The presentation will be in English, followed by a Q & A period in both English and French

Coffee, cookies and donuts as of 6:30 pm

There are a limited number of seats: Reserved Seats for Global Research Members and people travelling from out of town. Send a reservation request to:crgjulie@yahoo.ca

"I first became aware of the threat of nuclear war when I read Neville Shute's book On The Beach when I was 15 years old and living in Melbourne, where the book was set. The book was about an accidental nuclear war that triggers the end of human life. This scenario branded my soul. When I grew up, I led the movement in Australia against the French atmospheric tests in the Pacific and Australian uranium mining. Later I came to the United States as a member of the faculty of the Harvard Medical School specializing in Cystic Fibrosis in the mid 1970s, and founded Physicians for Social Responsibility--which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for educating the public about the medical effects of nuclear war. I have written several books on the subject..."

Helen Caldicott will also be speaking in Ottawa on 26-26 March in an event organized by Physicians for Global Survival

Dr. Helen Caldicott, has devoted the last 38 years to an international campaign to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age and the necessary changes in human behavior to stop environmental destruction.

Dr. Caldicott has received many prizes and awards for her work, including the Lannan Foundation's 2003 Prize for Cultural Freedom and 21 honorary doctoral degrees, and she was personally nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Linus Pauling - himself a Nobel Laureate. The Smithsonian Institute has named Dr Caldicott as one of the most influential women of the 20th Century.

She has written for numerous publications and has authored seven books, Nuclear Madness, Missile Envy, If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Heal the Earth (1992, W.W. Norton) and A Desperate Passion: An Autobiography (1996, W.W. Norton; published as A Passionate Lifein Australia by Random House), The New Nuclear Danger: George Bush’s Military Industrial Complex (2001, The New Press),Nuclear Power is Not the Answer (2006, The New Press ) and War In Heaven (March 2007). Dr. Caldicott’s most recent book is the revised and updated If You Love This Planet (March 2009).

For more information on Dr. Helen Caldicott, visit her web site: http://www.helencaldicott.com

Listen to Helen Caldicott and Michel Chossudovsky on Nuclear War on Dr. Caldicott's Radio Program

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March 17, 2011

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