Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Nonviolent Alternatives. For technical reasons, we were unable to publish this article on the 78th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima by the US military. We do so ten days later, remembering that hundreds of survivors…

On Tuesday, August 8th,  to honor the memory of those who lost their lives to the atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a coalition of citizens and peace activists gathered in front of the Japan Consulate General to drop an…

—In observance of the 78th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Japan— We, the undersigned, representing a coalition of concerned peace and civil society organizations in the United States, are advocating for the elimination of nuclear weapons globally. We join…

August 8, 2023, Tuesday, 11:50AM-1PM In front of the Consulate General of Japan in New York, 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY (Between 49th and 48th Street) 78 years have passed since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese…

The new blockbuster film on Oppenheimer has brought back the memories of the first nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It has raised complex questions on the nature of the society that permitted such bombs to be developed and used and…

Last Saturday 6th and today, Tuesday 9th August 2022, marks the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Humanists around the world commemorate this sad and shameful page in the history of humanity,…

In dropping nuclear weapons on Nagasaki just three days after having bombed Hiroshima, the US knew exactly what would be the level of destruction and the extent of the humanitarian disaster. Less than a second after the detonation, the northern end…

His Excellency Mr. Pedro Sánchez President of the Government Kingdom of Spain Your Excellency, This August will mark 75 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I am writing to you as an atomic bomb survivor of Hiroshima…

Ahead of the 75th anniversary year of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Pope Francis visited both cities. At a solemn event at the Hiroshima Peace Park in November 2019, Francis declared the use of atomic energy for war…

August 6th and 9th are the 75th anniversaries of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. To mark those dates, over 160 organizations from across the US have joined together for a national virtual event: #StillHere: 75 Years of Shared Nuclear…