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Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
Sixty-three years ago this week, the United States was the first (and last so far) nation to use nuclear weapons in war, detonating two warheads in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Tens of thousands were killed instantly, and by the end of 1945 another 200,000 had died from radiation-related ailments.
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This somber anniversary provides an opportunity to assess the range of nuclear threats bedeviling international relations and threatening the future, and a chance to recommit to the work of nuclear disarmament.
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Judith Mohling reflects on August 6th and our National Character.
Peace Train **
"And everywhere the good prepare for perpetual war
And let their weapons shape the plan
The way the hammer shapes the hand."
“Casino Nation” lyrics by Jackson Browne, 9/9/02
By JUDITH MOHLING
On August sixth and ninth 63 years ago the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. By the end of that year it is estimated that 220,000 people had died and Japanese people still die as a result of the bombings. Scholars attest that because so much money and effort had been poured into the secret planning and production of the bombs that President Truman, the cadre of scientists and engineers and the Truman administration felt compelled to use them. Thus, “they let their weapons shape the plan the way the hammer shapes the hand,” as in Jackson Browne’s song.
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This is the moment when we must renew the goal of a world without nuclear weapons. The two superpowers that faced each other across the wall of this city came too close too often to destroying all we have built and all that we love. With that wall gone, we need not stand idly by and watch the further spread of the deadly atom. It is time to secure all loose nuclear materials; to stop the spread of nuclear weapons; and to reduce the arsenals from another era. This is the moment to begin the work of seeking the peace of a world without nuclear weapons.
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