{"id":755,"date":"2008-01-14T22:11:33","date_gmt":"2008-01-15T03:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/?p=755"},"modified":"2021-08-05T13:12:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T17:12:29","slug":"ideas-homework-and-message-randall-forsberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/ideas-homework-and-message-randall-forsberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas, Homework, and Message &#8211; a testament to Randall Forsberg&#8217;s contribution to disarmament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\">\n<p><span class=\"varPubSum\"><span class=\"varPubSum\"> by Charles Knight, <em>Common Dreams<\/em>, 14 January 2008.\u00a0 \u27aa <\/span><\/span><a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2008\/01\/14\/ideas-homework-and-message\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">HTML<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pubPostType\">\n<p>Randall &#8220;Randy&#8221; Watson Forsberg was best known as the creator of the proposal for a Nuclear Freeze, an idea that blossomed into a movement in the early 1980s. In today&#8217;s political culture, she would be thought of as a great messenger.\u00a0 What made Forsberg&#8217;s message powerful is its foundation in rigorous research and analysis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/ideas-homework-and-message\/randyforsberg\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23283\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23283\" src=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/RandyForsberg-250x190.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/RandyForsberg-250x190.png 250w, https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/RandyForsberg-500x380.png 500w, https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/RandyForsberg-106x81.png 106w, https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/RandyForsberg.png 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Charles Knight, Common Dreams, 14 January 2008.\u00a0 \u27aa HTML Randall &#8220;Randy&#8221; 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