MADISON, Wis. — Veterans for Peace and local constituents took part in a demonstration in Madison Friday calling on lawmakers to reduce the dangers of nuclear war.
Sunday marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis, widely regarded as the closest the world has come to nuclear war until this year due to the war in Ukraine.
Protesters said not enough is being done to de-escalate tensions between nuclear superpowers.
“I just think it’s important to build a movement, an anti-war nuclear movement in times like this when, in my opinion, it seems largely absent from the national stage in the past couple months,” demonstrator Adam Schendel said.
The group is also asking local elected officials to halt plans to bring nuclear-capable F-35 warplanes to Madison.
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The protest was one of several around the country Friday as part of the growing Defuse Nuclear War campaign.
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