SAN FRANCISCO--For decades, the American public has been inadequately informed regarding the U.S. nuclear weapon policies and programs, nuclear testing, and the effects of radiation on human health and the environment. "It's time to end the nuclear lullaby before a deluding sleep leads to very real nightmares," actor and activist Peter Coyote affirmed on Wednesday night during his live national call-in show, "The Active Opposition: The Nuclear Lullaby - What We Are Not Being Told."

GSI President Jonathan Granoff, one of the experts interviewed during the 90-minute show, emphasized that the new U.S. nuclear posture, which envisages the resumption of nuclear testing and the pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons, jeopardizes the roadmap toward the gradual elimination of nuclear weapons - a roadmap 188 states - including the U.S. - have officially committed to in 2000 in an effort to increase global security. "We are in a very dangerous situation. The American people are sleepwalking toward Armageddon, not realizing that the United States, rather than leading in strengthening of the international regime [preventing the spread of nuclear weapons], is ignoring it," Granoff stressed.

View the streaming video of the show here (QuickTime Player).

Summary:
"The Nuclear Lullaby" presents information the U.S. government has not divulged on nuclear proliferation, the use of depleted uranium, and the storage hazards and "disposal" of nuclear waste. The program, funded by the John and Geraldine Cusenza Foundation and produced by WorldLinkTV, further explores the legacy of nuclear radiation, from the "downwinders" of nuclear testing to the American servicemen and -women affected by depleted uranium in Iraq. Also discussed are both the domestic and international facets of the nuclear threat, including nuclear terrorism, the realities of a "Hindu" and "Islamic" nuclear bomb, the resurgence in building plutonium pits, the contamination of the environment and the consequences of passing the unsolved burden of nuclear waste on to future generations.

Guests include:
- Jonathan Granoff (President, Global Security Institute)
- Lynn Woolsey (U.S. Representative)
- Jonathan Schell (Fellow, The Nation Institute)
- Arjun Makhijani (President, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research)
- Dan Fahey (Dessert Storm Veteran; DU expert)