We're
joining organizations from around the world to
send an urgent appeal to the presidents, prime
ministers, and legislatures of nine nuclear
nations: China, France, India, Israel, North
Korea, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and
the United States, to each commit to a nuclear
policy of no first strike, to sign and ratify the
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and
to collectively agree to immediately begin
disarming on a schedule to completely eliminate
all nuclear weapons from the earth no later than
August 6, 2045. Click here to
read the appeal in several languages, to see the
list of supporters, and to add your
name. |
Alessandra
Rachel
Furquan
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Meet
Alessandra, our new Social Media Manager!
From
Italy, now living in The Netherlands, Alessandra
Granelli recently joined the World BEYOND War team
to manage our social media accounts! You can find
her tweeting, posting, and sharing content on
World BEYOND War's Twitter, Facebook,
and Instagram
channels. Read
Alessandra's bio here.
Welcome
Rachel Small, World BEYOND War's new Canada
Organizer! Rachel has organized within
local and international social/environmental
justice movements for over a decade, with a
special focus on working in solidarity with
communities harmed by Canadian extractive industry
projects in Latin America. Rachel will be taking
over our Canada organizing work, overseeing our
Canada-based chapters, campaigns, and coalition
work. Read Rachel's full bio
here. Follow her on Twitter @rach_small.
Volunteer
Spotlight: Furquan Gehlen. This month's
volunteer spotlight features Furquan Gehlen, World
BEYOND War's Vancouver chapter coordinator. "I
believe that the time for major change is coming.
Multiple crises are exposing the problems with the
status quo," says Furquan. Read Furquan's
story. |
World
BEYOND War Commemorates 75th Anniversary of the
Bombings of
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
August
6 and 9 marked 75 years since the horrendous
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII. On
this solemn occasion, World BEYOND War members
around the world came together to learn and
discuss the impact of nuclear war and make
meaningful the vow: “Never Again.” Among hundreds
of actions that took place worldwide to
commemorate the bombings, here are a few
highlights from World BEYOND War chapters: Japan
for a World BEYOND War hosted a candlelight
action in Nagoya,
featuring speeches and music. Victoria for a World
BEYOND War hosted a Hibakusha
Remembrance Webinar,
with talks by Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford, Dr. Jonathan
Down, and youth activist Magritte Gordaneer. The
WBW NYC Metro area chapter sponsored a virtual
screening of the powerful film The Vow from
Hiroshima, which tells the inspiring story of
Setsuko Thurlow, a passionate, 85-year-old
survivor of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. We
followed the film screening with a free-form
online discussion.
In
addition to learning about the impact of nuclear
weapons and honoring the victims of the bombings,
this 75th anniversary compels us to take action to
ban nuclear weapons. Accordingly, we publicized
Setsuko's
call to action,
urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to
acknowledge Canada's involvement in and
contributions to the two atomic bombings and to
ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons. We also published a number of articles
and videos on our website about the urgent need
for nuclear abolition. Read more
here:
Why
Do We Still Have the
Bomb? by
William J. Perry and Tom Z.
Collina
Nuclear
Hell: 75 Years Since Hiroshima & Nagasaki
A-Bombs: Alice Slater, Hibakusha Setsuko
Thurlow
“A
Tragic Illusion” – Did The Atom Bomb Make The
United Nations Obsolete Three Weeks After Its
Birth? by Tad
Daley
Hiroshima
And Nagasaki As Collateral
Damage by
Jack Gilroy
Who
Was Our Worst President? Think About It When A
Grim 75th Anniversary
Arrives by
Paul Lovinger
Video:
Obstacles to Nuclear Abolition — a discussion with
David Swanson, Alice Slater, and Bruce
Gagnon
Video:
International Press Briefing on Decision to A-Bomb
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
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Rotaract
held a world peace conference on August 8
and 9 with speakers including the international
president of Rotary, the former vice president of
International Physicians for the Prevention of
Nuclear War Ernesto Kahan, and World BEYOND War
Education Director Phill Gittins. Watch video
here.
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Find
upcoming events on the events list and map
here. Most of them are now online
events that can be participated in from anywhere
on earth. |
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