The Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee will continue its 39th annual remembrance of the 1945 atomic bombing on August 6 of Hiroshima and on August 9 of Nagasaki. The groups involved in the Commemoration Committee are the Baltimore club of CPUSA, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, First & St Stephen's United Church of Christ, Homewood Friends Meeting, Maryland Peace Action and Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland.
The commemoration will continue on August 9 with a 2nd Congressional District Nuclear War Awareness Town Hall at First & St. Stephen’s United Church of Christ, 6915 York Road, Baltimore 21212. This town hall which will be in Dutch Ruppersberger’s legislative district will start at 6 PM with a commemoration vigil outside the church. Once inside, around 7 PM, a short film will be shown about the Marshall Islands. From 1946-1958 the United States detonated 67 nuclear weapons on Bikini and Eniwetok Atolls in the Marshall Islands, which resulted in forced relocation, culture loss tied with loss of lands, as well as biological and ecological consequences, which are ongoing. Then there will be brief presentations about the anti-nuclear weapons movement, past and present. Participants will then engage in a lively brainstorming session about steps to take to confront the imminent danger of nuclear weapons.
Sunday, August 6, 2023
Ed & David from Open Door Community participated in
the Hiroshima Day of observance and call to end all nuclear weapons at Homewood
Friends Meeting in Baltimore. The first half of our gathering was on the
streets with posters. The second was inside with discussions of the death
dealing context in which we are living and the dire need to abolish nuclear
weapons.
We must stand by this Treaty
We are too close to the threat of use of nuclear weapons
In 1992 Baltimore became the first major city to declare itself a
nuclear-free zone
Large group participated in this day of remembrance & protest
Seeing old friends and meeting new ones
Cars were honking in support
Ed speaking his heart against nuclear weapons
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Eduard Loring
Open Door Community
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"The master class
has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.
The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject
class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their
lives." Eugene Victor Debs
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