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Demand No Nukes, No Wars, No Profiteers!
Between August 6 and 9, the anniversaries of the U.S. atomic On the occasion of the August anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, join with groups across the country who are working to expose the escalating threat to the world posed by U.S. nuclear hypocrisy, and to confront the corporations that are perpetuating and profiting from a worldwide nuclear crisis and the wars in the Middle East. Some of this month's highlights include the Widening War Tour, featuring Hiroshima survivor Yuko Nakamura, that stops in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Florence, MA; nonviolent direct actions at the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories; and, the Think Outside the Bomb youth conference in Santa Barbara.
Here’s what you can do to prevent future Hiroshimas and Nagasakis throughout August and beyond:
- Locate or post events in your area, download action and education resources, and learn more about the nuclear facilities and war profiteers that operate near you.
- Cast your “vote” for the elimination of nuclear weapons by printing out, filling in and mailing copies of the unofficial ballot to the Department of Energy and public officials.
- Email your senators to demand that they reject the Bush administration's plan to build new nuclear weapons.
- Host the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum’s traveling “Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Exhibition.”
- Organize a video screening or house party, especially with HBO's new documentary, White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, which premieres on August 6.
My Bombing Experience: Yuko Nakamura
In August 6th, 1945, I was 13 years old, a sophomore at a girls’ high school in Hiroshima. Starting in July, like the senior students, the second-year students were mobilized to three munitions factories for the country. At the time, I was living in Miyajima-guchi, in west Hiroshima. I was sent to an aircraft factory in the small town of Koi, in northwest Hiroshima. Most of workers in the factory were mobilized students, and there were very few adult specialists.
Why We Protest - No Nukes, No Wars
As we mark the 62nd anniversaries, on August 6th and 9th, of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it's time to realize that we've been pushing our luck. The first and only nuclear weapons to be used in war (so far) destroyed two cities, killing more than 200,000 people by the end of 1945. The radiation from these two nuclear bombs continues to cause cancers, mutations and birth defects that are still being documented today.
Widening War Tour
During the week of the anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, "The Widening War Tour" seeks to make the connections between the peace and justice movements and to build a network of activists striving to end war and the roots of war.
Hiroshima Documentary to Air on HBO on August 6
As global tensions rise, the unthinkable now seems possible. The threat of nuclear “weapons of mass destruction” has become real and frightening. Through the powerful recollections of atomic bomb survivors, White Light/Black Rain, an extraordinary new film by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki, presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of thermonuclear weapons in war. The film will have its television premiere on HBO on August 6, 2007 at 7:30 pm EST, with repeat showings throughout the month.
Think Outside the Bomb Conference 2007
Think Outside the Bomb -- "Inspiring Action for Nuclear Abolition" -- National Grassroots Conference - August 16-19,2007.University of California, Santa Barbara. Apply Now!
Strategy meeting from USSF
Below is a list of strategies and website that came out of the USSF Workshop, "A War Economy or an Economy of Peace?" organized by WILPF, Bite the Bullet: War Profiteering Education & Action Network and the WRL. A significant part of the discussion focused on the nuclear weapons complex.
Thousands Commemorate Hiroshima Anniversary With Atom Bomb Survivors At US Nuclear Weapons Sites
August 8, 2006 - Across the nation Sunday, August 6, protesters marched, rallied, and held vigils and teach-ins demanding an end to nuclear weapons and wars. These events, held on the 61st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, kicked off a series of events taking place in over 70 cities in 27 states, culminating on August 9th, the anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing, under the banner, “From Hiroshima to Yucca Mountain to the Middle East: No Nukes! No Wars! End War Profiteering! Support Indigenous Rights!” A major focus of the demonstrations was Bechtel Corporation, one of the largest beneficiaries of both the Iraq war and all things nuclear.
No Nukes! No Wars! Nagasaki Anniversary Caps National Days of Action
From August 6th–9th our national coalition marched, rallied, and held vigils, teach-ins, and non-violent direct action in over 70 cities in 27 states, commemorating the 61st anniversary of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki under the banner, “From Hiroshima to the Yucca Mountain to the Middle East: No Nukes! No Wars! Support Indigenous Rights!” While our major events on the 6th focused on key US nuclear weapons facilities, many of the events later that week shifted their focus to the Bechtel Corporation, one of the world’s top nuclear and war profiteers. August 9th also marked the UN’s “International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples,” and many of the day’s events reflected this, noting that indigenous peoples around the world have been victims of the entire nuclear cycle, from uranium mining to atmospheric testing. A full list of events from the week can be found here, and a recap of the major events from the 6th can be found at here.