[NYTr] Hiroshima Day: Demand No More Nukes, No More War

[All the News That Doesn't Fit]

sent by Ed Pearl

[Here's a delicious quote on the widening of Bush's eavesdropping, but
also applicable to the monstrous 'defense' budget, just passed:
(thanks to NY Transfer)

"In my country, we have two parties. The stupid party, of which I am a
member, and the evil party, which we oppose vehemently. Sometimes my
party wins, in which case we get lots of stupid legislation. Sometimes
the other party wins, in which case we get lots of evil legislation.
Occasionally, the parties act together in what we call
'bipartisanship,' in which case we get legislation which is both evil
and stupid."  -unattributed. ]


Leslie Cagan, United for Peace and Justice,
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/

August: Demand No Nukes, No Wars, No Profiteers!

Sixty-two years after the U.S. dropped the first atomic
bombs on two densely populated cities, killing more than
200,000 civilians, nuclear weapons remain a cornerstone
of U.S. national security policy. Today, the U.S. retains about 10,000
nuclear weapons, is designing new ones, and is pouring billions of
dollars into its nuclear weapons complex, while warning Iran that "all
options are on the table." Who is threatening whom?

On the occasion of the August anniversaries of the U.S.
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, join with groups across the
country who are working to expose the escalating threat to the world
posed by U.S. nuclear hypocrisy, and to confront the corporations that
are perpetuating and profiting from a worldwide nuclear crisis and the
wars in the Middle East. Some of this month's highlights include the
Widening War Tour (http://www.august6.org/node/233), featuring
Hiroshima survivor Yuko Nakamura, that stops in Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh and Florence, MA; nonviolent direct actions at the Los
Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
(http://www.august6.org/events); and the Think Outside the Bomb youth
conference in Santa Barbara (http://www.thinkoutsidethebomb.org).

Here's what you can do to prevent future Hiroshimas and Nagasakis
throughout August and beyond:

   1. Visit August6.org to locate or post events,
   download action and education resources, and learn
   more about the nuclear facilities and war profiteers
   that operate near you.

   2. Cast your "vote" for the elimination of nuclear
   weapons by printing out, filling in and mailing
   copies of the unofficial ballot to the Department of
   Energy and public officials.
   http://www.august6.org/vote

   3. Email your senators to demand that they reject the
   Bush administration's plan to build new nuclear
   weapons.
   http://capwiz.com/wagingpeace/issues/alert/?alertid=10128026

   4. Host the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum's
   traveling "Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-bomb Exhibition."
   http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/images_e/poster/us07.html

   5. Organize a video screening or house party.
   http://www.august6.org/screen_videos

We especially encourage you to take advantage of the
August HBO premiere of Academy Award-winner Steven
Okazaki's powerful new film, White Light/Black Rain: The
Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The critically
acclaimed documentary features 14 Hiroshima and Nagasaki
survivors and is a remarkable document of the only times
nuclear weapons have been used in war. Organize a house
party or community screening and discussion -- if you
don't get HBO you can order a special community
screening DVD from UFPJ
(http://www.unitedforpeace.org/whitelightblackrain).

Download a White Light/Black Rain Discussion Guide
(http://www.august6.org/discussion_guide) or a ND Action
Tool Kit (http://www.august6.org/tool_kit) to help focus
the discussion on the current nuclear threat and what
people can do about it.

This call was initiated by the United for Peace &
Justice Nuclear Disarmament Working Group
(http://www.unitedforpeace.org/disarm) and Bite the
Bullet: War Profiteering Education & Action Network
(http://www.bitethebullet.us). At the same time that we
are calling for actions focusing on nukes and war, the
Occupation Project (http://www.occupationproject.org is
calling for nonviolent civil disobedience to end the war
in Iraq, and both these calls are part of the larger
United for Peace and Justice campaign that runs from
early August to the end of October
(http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3733).

MORE AUGUST PEACE & JUSTICE ACTIVITIES

* Aug. 13-18: California call-in days
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=114

* Aug. 19: March Through the Arch in St. Louis, MO
http://www.vfpnationalconvention.org/march.htm

* Aug. 25: People's March for Peace, Equality, Jobs &
Justice in Newark, NJ
http://www.peaceandjusticecoalition.org

* Aug. 25: Rally & March for Peace, Kennebunkport, ME
http://www.kportprotest.org/

* Click here to find more peace & justice events in your
area: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php