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Let’s Not Forget: 76th Anniversary of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

BFP Team
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Nuclear Zero, Peace Activism

This week it’s been 76 years since the U.S. dropped the uranium bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945 at 8:15 AM local time) and, 3 days later, the plutonium bomb “Fat Man” on Nagasaki (August 9, 1945 at 11:02 AM local time.)

After the bombings, the U.S. military and government suppressed the truth about the devastation caused by those attacks by confiscating film, controlling reporting, dismissing the victims, and threatening the truth-tellers. The effect of the propaganda lies of the 1940’s lives with us today.

We need to educate ourselves about the humanitarian consequences of the bombings, as well as the harm done by ongoing uranium mining, nuclear weapons testing, nuclear accidents, and the threat of nuclear war which lives with us today.

Check out this calendar of events with which Peace Action New York State chapters and allied organizations including Brooklyn For Peace are working to bring out, not only the historical truth, but showing us the way to engage all generations in abolishing nuclear weapons. See below for local in-person events as well as virtual events and try to attend at least one.

Photo credit: Thanks to Peace Action New York State (PANYS) for the photo, of the 2018 Gensuikyo International Conference Against A&H Bombs in Hiroshima. PANYS Executive Director Emily Rubino and former PANYS staffer Emilie Clark are 4th and 5th from left.

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https://www.facebook.com/events/642286517937712On Saturday, June 10 from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm we’ll be at Fort Greene Park (at the corner of Dekalb Ave & Cumberland St) to gather petition signatures, hand out flyers, and hold banners and signs calling for peace in Ukraine!Flyers: bit.ly/bfp-ukraineflyerPlease keep an eye on our Facebook page for any cancellations.Let us know if you can be there: email pej@brooklynpeace.orgThe risk of escalation grows daily as the war continues. If you haven’t already done so, please sign and share our petition to Congress! bit.ly/UkrainePetitionBFPGET INVOLVED: Find out who represents you in Congress. Our elected officials respond when they know their constituents are paying attention. Email us at bfp@brooklynpeace.org to let us know who represents you and to get involved in our advocacy.


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Jun 3, 2023—Our BFP volunteers were out in force today at a new location with our Ukraine Peace Table. This time we set up at the busy and popular Ft. Greene Park Greenmarket. We got a great reception with quite a few folks stopping to chat and signing our petition (bit.ly/bfp-ukraine-petition) calling on our Brooklyn House Members to speak out for peace, a cease-fire and diplomacy rather than a military solution and constant escalation. Using war in the 21st century to solve these disputes is the certain route to a dangerous wider war and maybe even a nuclear conflict. Thank you to all our volunteers – you did a great job and performed a valuable service: helping to win peace in Ukraine so that lives can be saved and a wider war avoided.  ★ JOIN US next Saturday at 10:30, same location:  ★ Ft Greene Greenmarket – De Kalb Avenue and Washington Park (Washington Park = Cumberland Street). You can let us know if you’ll be joining us next week by emailing pej@brooklynpeace.org


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