The 80th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are approaching on 6th and 9th August. ICAN Australia (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) is holding a Week of Action for Abolition 2-9 August. The week includes multiple online webinars plus in person events in each state and territory.
It has been 80 years since the horror of nuclear weapons was first unleashed.
[event extract from ICAN]
Before the United States bombed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th 1945, the first nuclear weapon, ‘Trinity’, was tested on First Nations land in New Mexico less than a month earlier on July 16th.
80 years on from the dawn of the nuclear age, join a Week of Action for Abolition from Saturday 2nd August – Saturday 9th August to remember the harms of the past and demand urgent action to ensure these abhorrent weapons are never used again.
Australia has not yet joined the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – the only international treaty to comprehensively outlaw nuclear weapons, and commit to supporting survivors of their testing and use.
In this 80th year, it is in the hands of everyday people to put the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty in front of our decision-makers and office-holders to demand they work for Australia’s ratification. Together we can turn our government’s appalling approach around.
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