by admin | Aug 21, 2020 | Events & Updates, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
August 6th and 9th marked the 75th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In a time of global pandemic and growing dangers of nuclear war, these solemn dates were commemorated with events around the world, both live and virtual. United...
by admin | Jul 27, 2020 | Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
Mayors for Peace, an international organization, founded in 1982 and led by the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is working for a world without nuclear weapons and for safe and resilient cities as essential measures in order to realize lasting world peace. As of July...
by admin | Jul 25, 2020 | Events & Updates, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings – Deconstructing the Myths and Promoting a Nuclear Weapons-Free and Just World. Held on July 13, this webinar featured Sueichi KIDO, the General Secretary of Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- & H-Bomb Sufferers...
by admin | Jul 25, 2020 | Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
#75 Years of Resilience. The hibakusha, those who survived the U.S. nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, are the best-known nuclear survivors, but they are not the only ones. Downwinders were exposed to America’s nuclear testing and production sites in places...
by admin | Jul 25, 2020 | Action Alerts, Events & Updates, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
As we approach the 75th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th, let us be aware that today, nearly 14,000 nuclear weapons, most an order of magnitude more powerful than the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and...
by admin | Jul 23, 2020 | Economic Justice, Military Spending, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
At the close of its 88th Annual Meeting, held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on June 30, 2020, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) Executive Committee unanimously adopted a sweeping resolution “Calling for Human-Centered Security in a Time of Global...
