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Ukraine Eyewitness Report, Olympia
October 1, 2023 @ 4:30 pm
UKRAINE EYEWITNESS: REPORT FROM THE FRONT
Sun Oct 1, 4:30 pm, at New Traditions, 300 5th Avenue SW, Olympia
Washington state resident Peter Lumsdaine, who travelled through Ukraine just before the start of this summer’s military counteroffensive, will report on his experiences there, the views of Ukrainians who he and fellow team members interviewed, the global resource issues at stake, and the rapidly rising danger of escalation to nuclear world war – as both sides increasingly shift towards AI-enabled military systems.
Lumsdaine serves on the national Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) committee for abolition of nuclear weapons; and he was in Ukraine with three other delegates from the Zaporizhzhia Protection Project, an informal spin-off of PSR. The global affiliate of PSR, International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985.
Shortly before the 2023 Ukraine counteroffensive began, Lumsdaine and three other team members travelled overland from Warsaw, Poland to Ukraine, including to Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, and through backroads army checkpoints to Marhanets – a mining town near the edge of the Ukrainian military’s off-limits “red zone”, close to the Russian lines and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. They met with government officials, soldiers, religious leaders, refugees, former Russian citizens, townspeople, teachers, miners, factory workers, journalists, health professionals, and also with dissidents in Ukraine’s semi-underground peace movement.
Free and the public is invited, but donations to support the educational work of a planned national Ukraine Eyewitness tour will be appreciated. Info or interviews with Lumsdaine tierralinda@live.com or 360-344-8350
Sponsored by Olympia Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (OCANW). Members of OCANW are Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation, Rachel Corrie Foundation, Veterans for Peace—Rachel Corrie Chapter #109, South Sound Green Party, and Olympia Friends Meeting. info Glen at (360) 491-9093 or glen@parallaxperspectives.org