Staff writer
This is an opportune time for Japan to stand up to the United States and begin offering an alternative to its nuclear weapons policy, said Jacqueline Cabasso, executive director of a California-based nonprofit organization working toward a nuclear-free world.
The Western States Legal Foundation is a founding member of the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, an international coalition of more than 1,000 citizens groups. Since its founding in 1982, Western States has been urging the U.S. government to start negotiations for the global elimination of nuclear weapons.