Daniel Ellsberg -- the Pentagon Papers whistleblower who has been an inspiring activist for peace since the early 1970s -- recently wrote a public letter disclosing that he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, with a prognosis that he has only three to six months to live. Like so many other people, while we’ve joined in outpourings of public tributes, we’ve privately struggled with enormous sadness. Some of us on the RootsAction team have worked with Dan for decades, and ever since RootsAction began a dozen years ago we’ve collaborated with him on many projects. His wisdom, humanity, compassion and dedication have always been wonderfully uplifting. Now, we want to go beyond the tributes and grief to ask you to participate in sharing one of the most important books ever published in our lifetimes -- The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. Whether or not you’ve read this profound book by Daniel Ellsberg, we hope you’ll take a couple of minutes now to buy it, and then resolve to share it with others you know. You can buy the book online. To order the paperback edition from a small, family-owned independent bookstore, click here.  |
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