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 Organizations, Gar Alperovitz, author of the definitive book, “The Decision to Use the Atomic bomb “and Rev. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chair, Poor People’s Campaign, who examined the nature of State violence, then and now. Learn more and watch a recording of the webinar.
What Every Global Citizen Needs to Know About the Decision to A-Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The debate over the atomic bombings—a controversy that forced the Smithsonian Institution to abandon its Enola Gay exhibit 25 years ago—continues unabated in America today as we approach the 75th anniversary of the incineration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Four historians, Gar Alperovitz, Martin Sherwin, Kai Bird, and Peter Kuznick, each of whom has written extensively on the topic, discussed the documentary evidence and assessed the current state of knowledge about the bombings in a webinar held on July 25. Internationally acclaimed poet Carolyn Forché moderated. The webinar critically explored in depth the “official” explanation that use of the atomic bombs was the only way to force the fanatically resistant Japanese to surrender without an Allied invasion that would have cost hundreds of thousands of U.S. and British and an even greater number of Japanese lives. Watch a recording of this webinar.
100 Seconds to Midnight. What Does This Mean? What Can We Do? Part of the Abolition 2000 webinar series on issues and actions for nuclear abolition. Coming up: Thursday, July 30, 9:00 – 10:30 am EDT. Learn more and register here.
