On June 5, 2010, thousands of people across the world will take part in coordinated local events to mark Nuclear Abolition Day. The message is simple: it’s time for governments to begin negotiating a Nuclear Weapons Convention to ban all nuclear weapons. In some countries, protests will take place outside government buildings or at nuclear [...]
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On Eart Day, Tim Wright from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Chris Wells from World without Wars & Violence and David Andersson from the Humanist Party spoke about the environmental consequences of nuclear weapons and the need for their total abolition. The event was held at the Jewish Center in Jackson Heights [...]
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At 8:15 on August 6, 1945, the atomic bomb “Little Boy” was dropped over the center of Hiroshima City. With energy reportedly equivalent to 16 kilotons of TNT, its heat rays and blast burned and completely or partially destroyed 90% of the roughly 76,000 houses in the city. From burnt bodies, homes, and places of [...]
Fri, March 12 2010 » Against Wars & Nuclear Weapons » Comments Off
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