Here is a beautiful, powerful, story of peace from Hiroshima
Sunday, August 9th, 2020Please share with others. Mahalo.
Jim
Archive for August, 2020
Photo from the Aug. 7, 2020 Hilo Peace Vigil
Friday, August 7th, 2020
Photo from the Aug. 7, 2020 Hilo Peace Vigil. Photo by Ron Fujiyoshi
Additional important stories to read on Hiroshima – Nagasaki
Thursday, August 6th, 2020| In case you missed it Why Americans Believe That Bombing Hiroshima Was Necessary By Gary G. Kohls |
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We historically-illiterate Americans are blocked, again and again, from learning historical truths about the American Empire. – Continue |
| Hiroshima Denial is Terror By Finian Cunningham |
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It is utterly shameful that the nation that perpetrated such an absolute crime remains unapologetic and in denial. – Continue |
| The Lessons We Haven’t Learned By Helen Caldicott |
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Seventy-five years after the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan, we remain perched on the precipice of unparalleled catastrophe. – Continue |
Aug. 7, 2020 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet on Hiroshima – Nagasaki Never Again
Tuesday, August 4th, 2020I posted the leaflet below on the Pohakuloa Training Area Facebook page on the evening of Aug. 3, 2020. I just checked the page on Aug. 4th at 6:30AM. My post has been removed.
Hiroshima – Nagasaki Never Again!
75th Anniversary!
The use of nuclear weapons anywhere is a crime against humanity.
Brothers and sisters in the military: Refuse to engage in nuclear annihilation.
Refuse Illegal Orders
Refuse to kill innocent civilians
Refuse the order to use nuclear weapons
On August 6, 1945 the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb named “Little Boy” on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, on August 9th the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb named “Fat Man” on Nagasaki. In two blinding flashes of light, heat and radiation, hundreds of thousands of people were killed. By today’s standards, those bombs were “small.” The nuclear arsenals of the world can destroy the world many times over. Currently nine nations possess nuclear weapons: the U.S., Russia, United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel.
Hawaii is a major U.S. military command center, staging and training ground for nuclear war. Camp H.M. Smith located on Oahu above Aloha Stadium is the U.S. Indo-Pacific Military Command center for more than half the earth. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam is home to nuclear warships and B-2 strategic nuclear bombers. The Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) is a training ground for nuclear war for all branches of the military. Radiation from military nuclear weapons training has contaminated the land on several Hawaiian islands and military nuclear waste has been dumped in Hawaiian waters.
Read on malu-aina.org the stories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki or click below:
https://www.icanw.org/hibakusha?fbclid=IwAR100XTf_VUu6rqia9z4dFQG87NdZC6gqHNMxCVznKK6F12Wnjm74tPhLOg
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/08/04/atomic-bombings-at-75-the-illegality-of-nuclear-weapons/
The U.S. Congress spends Trillions of dollars on wars with little or no dissent but haggles over providing $600 a week to unemployed workers amid a global pandemic. Shameful values!
BAN ALL NUKES NOW!
1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject war as a solution. 3. Defend civil liberties.
4. Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, etc.
5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world.
Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawaii 96760 Phone (808) 966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org
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Aug. 7, 2020 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 984 – Fridays 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office
Read powerful stories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors & more
Tuesday, August 4th, 2020Read powerful stories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors
https://www.icanw.org/hibakusha?fbclid=IwAR100XTf_VUu6rqia9z4dFQG87NdZC6gqHNMxCVznKK6F12Wnjm74tPhLOg
ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 75: John Pilger — Another Hiroshima is Coming — Unless We Stop It Now
