EDITOR’S NOTE: This article by Kate Hudson was originally published by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). By Kate Hudson, August 6, 2024 As we mourn the loss of all those killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki by US atomic bombs, in August 1945, we cannot avoid the fact that we are closer than ever to nuclear war. The war on Ukraine is greatly increasing the risk. So too is NATO’s location of upgraded nuclear weapons across Europe — including Britain — and Russia’s siting of similar weapons in Belarus. Irresponsible talk suggesting that “tactical” nuclear weapons could be deployed on […]
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Ground Zero Comics: Move Beyond Nuclear Weapons!
Ground Zero Comics: Move Beyond Nuclear Weapons! Available in comic book shops August 7, 2024 For link to a digital review copy, write to gzcomics@gzcenter.org. Publicity contact: Leonard Rifas gzcomics@gzcenter.org (EduComics) Glen Milner info@gzcenter.org (Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action) The 79th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, are approaching at a moment of extreme danger in the history of our “Atomic Age”. A new comic book features a 79-year-old character who explains to his grandchild that, nevertheless, the unfinished work of resisting nuclear weapons has sometimes been more effective than even […]
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Historic Peace Boat Is Touring the Pacific Northwest
EDITOR’S NOTE: This news release from the Veterans for Peace Golden Rule Project on July 29th announces the Golden Rule’s journey to the Pacific Northwest; it’s on its way! Check it out. AND – You can literally follow the Golden Rule as it makes its way North; just click here. Contact: Gerry Condon, 206-499-1220 Helen Jaccard, 206-992-6364 Historic Peace Boat Is Touring the Pacific Northwest “Golden Rule” Sailboat Supports UN Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons The storied Golden Rule peace boat departed from northern California’s Humboldt Bay early Sunday morning, headed for the Pacific Northwest, where it will make stops in 16 ports in […]
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Peace activists to meet the U.S. Navy Fleet arrival at Seafair on Tuesday, July 30, in Elliott Bay
News Release July 18, 2024 Contact: Glen Milner (206) 365-7865 Mary Gleysteen (360) 265-1589 Helen Jaccard, Golden Rule coordinator (206) 992-6364 Day of the event (206) 979-8319 Local activists will stage a water-based nonviolent protest against the glorification of weapons of war at the Seattle Seafair festival. Peace activists will meet the U.S. Navy fleet in Elliott Bay. The entire Seafair Fleet Week, featuring militarism and weapons of war, is sponsored by the Boeing Company, the second largest military contractor in the U.S. This year the Peace Fleet will be joined with the original peace ship, the Golden Rule, that […]
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Nuclear War Is Imminent
Unless the U.S. Embraces Peace! by Gerry Condon (originally published at Antiwar.com on July 15, 2024) EDITOR’S NOTE: We are republishing this article on the anniversary of the Trinity Test. On July 16, 1945 the United States government detonated the first (experimental) nuclear weapon in the test named Trinity. Less than one month after the Trinity test, the United States dropped two atomic bombs – on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – that killed over 100,000 people in less time than it took to type a few of these words. As many as 220,000 were dead from the effects […]
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