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Citizens petition Select Board to recommend town support for 'Back from the Brink' nuclear‑disarmament measures
Summary
Town meeting member Joseph McCabe and citizen Peter Metz presented a citizen petition asking the Select Board to recommend that Town Meeting adopt a resolution urging state and federal lawmakers to pursue negotiated pathways toward nuclear disarmament and specific measures in pending bills, including renouncing first use and removing hair‑trigger
Joseph McCabe, a town meeting member, accompanied by Peter Metz, presented a citizen petition urging the Town of Needham to adopt a resolution calling on Massachusetts and federal elected officials to pursue a ‘Back from the Brink’ platform to reduce nuclear risk and work toward elimination of nuclear arsenals.
McCabe described the petition as a follow‑up to a 2019 town‑meeting article that urged federal leaders to prioritize nuclear non‑use and disarmament. The petitioners…
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