TIME FOR A NUCLEAR BAN? On the 70th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki

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Summer 2015: 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings
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Hiroshima: August 6 commemoration

Let's dedicate June, July, and August this year to recognizing the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6 and 9, 2015) . . . 

 . . . AND let's do something about it: make a nuclear ban a reality.

Here's a list of events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki August 6 and 9, 2015.

 (If you know of an event that's not on the list, please add it as a comment to this blog below.)

If there's no event happening in your city -- why not organize one?

Detail of world map showing countries supporting nuclear ban.
(See live ICAN map for global view and latest updates.)

And here's the information on making a nuclear ban a reality.

As I write this, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN COUNTRIES have endorsed the pledge to "fill the legal gap for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons."

Let's make the summer of 2015 the time when EVERY country gets on the map!


TAKE ACTION

Participate in events commemorating

the 70th anniversary of the atomic

bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

August 6 and 9, 2015

Write about the urgency of nuclear

disarmament in your blog or on Facebook

Add your voice every week on

#NoNukesTuesday

Don't show up empty-handed on August6.
Ban nuclear weapons on the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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1945    Hiroshima    Nagasaki    2015

Under the shattered structures amidst the excruciating flames.
Parent left child, child left parent,
husband left wife, wife left husband.

Nowhere to escape to.
Figures fleeing in all directions.
This was the Atomic Bomb.

In the midst of this, how eerie--
Mothers' loving arms shielding their babies from death, dying themselves.
There were oh! so many.

From “Mother and Child”, 11th of The Hiroshima Panels by Maruki Iri and Toshi
http://www.aya.or.jp/~marukimsn/gen/gen11e.html

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At the Peace and Planet nuclear disarmament events in New York in April, I heard Prof. Zia Mian challenge the audience to confront the fact that the promises that we have gotten to date from the US to eliminate nuclear weapons aren't being honored. We think we've made progress, but the truth is that we've FAILED.

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(See 5 Ways YOU Can Make a Difference on #NoNukesTuesday )







The US Council of Mayors just met in San Francisco in June and adopted a strong position for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

(See US Mayors "Get It': The Nuclear Threat Must Be Stopped )