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SUMMARY:Fallout Flicks Presents: White Light Black Rain
DESCRIPTION:Join us in viewing White Light Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki\, directed by Steven Okazaki! We will follow the viewing with a discussion\, to share our reactions and ways to address the threat that nuclear weapons pose. \n \nAs the US and other countries build up their nuclear arsenals amidst global areas of conflict\, the unthinkable threat of nuclear war has become very real—and very frightening.  Through the powerful recollections of the survivors of the atomic bombs\, which leveled two Japanese cities in 1945\, the film ‘White Light Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki’ presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of using nuclear weapons in war.  
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/fallout-flicks-presents-white-light-black-rain/
LOCATION:St James Episcopal Church\, 1991 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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SUMMARY:Cranes and Chorus: A Communal Call for Nuclear Disarmament
DESCRIPTION:Via Center for Nonviolent Solutions: \nJoin us in remembering the atomic bombings of Japan featuring performances from Mountain River Taiko Drumming and the newly formed Worcester Peace Chorus\, along with a floating lantern ceremony. Free and open to the public.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/cranes-and-chorus-a-communal-call-for-nuclear-disarmament/
LOCATION:Regatta Point Park\, 10 N Lake Ave\, Worcester\, 01604\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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SUMMARY:Boston Hiroshima-Nagasaki 80th Anniversary Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nA coalition of Boston area peace\, justice and environmental organizations are preparing a major event to mark and to build from the 80th anniversaries of the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Boston area events on August 6 will be one of many across the state and around the world urging that nuclear weapons be abolished to help ensure human survival. \nOver the past 80 years\, many Japanese A-bomb survivors have transformed their excruciating physical and emotional traumas into the world’s most powerful force for nuclear weapons abolition\, forging the still very fragile the “nuclear taboo.” Their basic message has been that nuclear weapons and human beings cannot coexist.” For their courageous and inspired campaigning\, they were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this past December. \nThose two primitive A-bombs destroyed both Hiroshima and Nagasaki and took the lives of more than 200\,000 Japanese citizens – young and old – almost immediately. Tens of thousands more over time due to radiation exposure. In every country that has since developed nuclear weapons\, including the United States\, citizens have been killed as a result of uranium mining\, nuclear weapons testing\, and the weapons production. \nWe are closer to nuclear war than at any time since the Manhattan Project began developing nuclear weapons. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists have set their Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight – annihilation. Following the pattern of dozens of U.S. preparations and threats to initiate nuclear war during international crises and war\, – most recently in the Iraq Wars – Russian leaders have rattled their nuclear sabers in their war against Ukraine\, and the US recently helped Ukraine attack Russian air bases where nuclear weapons were stored. Earlier this year\, India\, and Pakistan\, each a nuclear power\, brought back to the nuclear abyss in their Kashmir related war.  And two nuclear weapon states\, Israel and the U.S.\, broke another taboo when they attacked the non-weaponized nuclear enrichment facilities of Iran\, a non-nuclear weapon state\, in June of this year. \nThe greatest danger of nuclear war arises from the U.S.-China military confrontation\, especially over Taiwan and in the South China Sea where an accident\, incident or miscalculation could easily escalate to nuclear war. \nTo continue to hold humanity at risk\, the United States is spending approximately $30 billion a year to upgrade its nuclear arsenal and nuclear weapons delivery systems. At a time of massive cutbacks in health\, housing\, education\, foreign aid\, and other essential social services\, this is money that should be used to support people’s lives\, not to threaten human extinctions. \nContrary to the propaganda of the time\, we now know that most senior U.S. military leaders advised that Japan’s surrender could be achieved on terms acceptable to the United States without the A-bombings. And we now know that the A-bombs did not end the war. Japanese leaders opted to surrender on August 8 on learning that the Soviet Union had entered the war. Tragically\, the myth generated by President Truman’s politically motivated lie that the A-bombings saved U.S. lives has served as a legitimating rationale. To preserve that myth\, the history\, quotations\, and images related to the first A-bombings in the Smithsonian Institution’s 50th anniversary Hiroshima-Nagasaki memorial exhibition were excised and only the Enola Gay\, the bomber that dropped the Hiroshima A-bomb\, was displayed. \nThe Boston Hiroshima-Nagasaki coalition has prepared this major event for Dewey Square\, downtown Boston. The event will feature videos and live speeches from Hibakusha (nuclear weapons witness/survivors)\, scientists and leading nuclear disarmament movement leaders from around the world\, film and photographic showings and displays\, and in the Japanese tradition memorial lantern floats. Beyond the educational work that will be central to the commemorative events\, organizers will be urging people across the Commonwealth and beyond to support the Back from the Brink Campaign\, initiated by Physicians for Social Responsibility\, and H.Res. 317\, related legislation initiated by Rep. McGovern and supported by several Massachusetts Representatives\, as well as the  Responsible Investment bill (S.767/H.1264) which would divest Massachusetts pension funds from WMD producers and those who finance them. \nInitiators of the Boston-Hiroshima Nagasaki Coalition include the Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament and Common Security\, Massachusetts Peace Action\, the American Friends Service Committee\, Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility\, September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows\, and Back from the Brink. \nOrganizations and individuals\, join us!   Write to owen@masspeaceaction.org for information and /or to join our organizing committee. \nHuman beings and nuclear weapons cannot coexist! \nNo More Hiroshimas! No More Nagasakis! No More Hibakusha (nuclear weapons victims/survivors) \nMoney for people not for nuclear annihilation! \nNo money to update nuclear weapons! \nNo War with Iran\, Russia\, China! \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/boston-hiroshima-nagasaki-80th-anniversary-commemoration/
LOCATION:Dewey Square\, 572 Atlantic Ave\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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SUMMARY:Hiroshima Day: War is Obsolete
DESCRIPTION:Join the Martha’s Vineyard Peace Council for their annual observance of the Hiroshima bombings.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/hiroshima-day-war-is-obsolete/
LOCATION:Bend in the Road Beach\, Edgartown\, MA\, 02539\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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SUMMARY:Hiroshima & Nagasaki Evening Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of conversation about the longstanding impacts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki\, and the current state of nuclear weapons. \nOn August 6\, 1945\, the USA dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. A few days later\, on August 9th\, the USA dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki. These bombs were glorified to be the conclusion of WWII\, and are inhumanely remembered by many Americans as making us saviors. In reality\, Japan was going to surrender from WWII with or without these bombs being used\, and because they were used\, more than 200\,000 people were instantly killed\, with tens of thousands more dying due to related causes in the following years. \nIn this conversation\, we will approach the political\, societal\, and personal aspects of the atomic bomb use in 1945\, the lasting impacts that this decision caused\, and the present day threats of nuclear weapons. This conversation will center on images and stories compiled by Nihon Hidankyo – followed by a full-group discussion on these topics. We hope this dialogue will bring people together to build trust\, educate about the threat of nuclear weapons and war\, and bring confidence in taking action to ensure a secure\, peaceful\, and prospering future for all.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/hiroshima-nagasaki-evening-dialogue/
LOCATION:St. James Episcopal Church Parish Hall\, 1991 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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SUMMARY:Nuclear Abolition: A Scenario
DESCRIPTION:Timmon Wallis will discuss his new book Nuclear Abolition: A Scenario. While Annie Jacobsen based her 2024 bestseller\, Nuclear War: A Scenario on numerous interviews with generals\, Pentagon war planners and other nuclear weapons experts\, Wallis bases his scenario on interviews with peace activists and campaigners from across the country and around the world. And while Jacobsen describes\, second by second\, how a single nuclear weapon could end up destroying civilization over a period of 72 minutes\, Wallis lays out a pathway\, already in progress\, that could move the Doomsday Clock second by second further away from midnight\, leading ultimately to the total elimination of nuclear weapons before it’s too late. \nTimmon Wallis is Executive Director of NuclearBan.US\, based in Northampton\, MA. He was born in Cambridge\, MA\, and returned to his home state in 2017\, after spending most of his life in the UK (plus several years in Belgium\, Sri Lanka\, South Sudan and a number of other countries). Wallis holds a PhD in Peace Studies and has been a nuclear disarmament activist for much of his life. His 2016 book\, Disarming the Nuclear Argument\, contributed to the negotiations for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons\, for which the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. \n \nRegister to attend \nRead the review of Nuclear Abolition: A Scenario by MAPA member Jeanne Trubek in the July 2\, 2025 edition of The Peace Advocate.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/nuclear-abolition-a-scenario/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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SUMMARY:Day of Action for Weapons and Fossil Fuel Divestment
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, May 20th\, from 12pm to 3:30pm for a day of action at the Massachusetts State House! \nRegister to attend. \n \nThe Massachusetts Public Fund is invested in entities involved with weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and climate risks. The focus of the day will be on two bills\, one divesting pension funds from entities involved with the manufacturing\, producing\, or selling of WMD\, and the other assessing the public fund investments for any climate risks and divesting the fund from those risks. We want the state to move our money away from unethical systems and reinvest in sustainable\, socially-responsible alternatives. \nNo experience is necessary! Trainings and briefings on the priority legislation\, an Act Promoting Responsible Investment (S.767/H.1264)\, and an act to Eliminate Climate Risk Investments (H.2811)\, will be provided. \nTraining sessions will be offered on Thursday\, May 15th at 7pm ET and Monday May 19th at 7pm ET. Please join us for ONE of the two sessions if you plan to attend lobby day. \nSchedule:\n12PM – Gather in room 167 at the State House\n12:30PM – Briefing\n1PM – 3:30PM – Lobby meetings\n3PM – Those not lobbying gather for rally outside State House (those lobbying stay in State House until final meeting is over)\n3:30PM – Rally begins \nRegister to attend. \n \nFor more information on the Responsible Investment Bill visit MAPA’s page. \nFor more information on the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill visit the Warheads to Windmills page. \nOrganized by the Coalition for Responsible Investment\, Warheads to Windmills\, MAPA\, and Jewish Voice for Peace Boston
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/boston-day-of-action-for-weapons-and-fossil-fuel-divestment/
LOCATION:Massachusetts State House\, 24 Beacon St\, Boston
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament,Palestine/Israel,Peace and Climate
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SUMMARY:A New Generation of Nuclear Lies: Small Modular Reactors and Nuclear Plant Reopenings/ Relicensing
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nBring your questions to Professor M.V. Ramana\, author of Nuclear is not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change (2024) and Paul Gunter\, spokesman on nuclear reactor hazards and security concerns for Beyond Nuclear.  They will explore the industry and government’s arguments for nuclear power as reliable “green” energy while heavily subsidizing a nuclear power comeback at the taxpayers’ expense. Would the rebound of nuclear power be an environmental disaster at the expense of truly renewable sources of energy that are available to us today? Linda Pentz Gunter of Beyond Nuclear will moderate. \nM.V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security and Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia\, Vancouver\, Canada. Ramana is the author of “The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India” (Penguin Books\, 2012)\, co?editor of “Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream” (Orient Longman\, 2003) and the author of “Nuclear is not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change” (Verso books\, 2024). He is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM)\, the International Nuclear Risk Assessment Group (INRAG)\, the Canadian Pugwash Group\, and the team that produces the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Leo Szilard Award from the American Physical Society. \nPaul Gunter is a longtime environmental activist\,  energy policy analyst and spokesperson with Beyond Nuclear on nuclear reactor hazards and security. He serves as Beyond Nuclear’s regulatory watchdog on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the commercial nuclear power industry. He is a 2008 recipient of the Jane Bagley Lehman Award from the Tides Foundation for environmental activism  on the nuclear power and climate change issue. He has widely appeared in print and electronic media including Amy Goodman’s “Democracy Now.” He was a cofounder of the antinuclear Clamshell Alliance in 1976 to oppose the construction of the Seabrook (NH) nuclear power plant through public education\, mobilization and non violent direct action that helped launch the U.S. antinuclear movement. Prior to joining Beyond Nuclear he served for 16 years as the Director of the Reactor Watchdog Project for Nuclear Information and Resource Service in Washington\, DC. \n\n\n\n\n\nSponsored by MAPA and Peace Action Maine. Cosponsored by Beyond Nuclear\, Clamshell Alliance\, Veterans for Peace national\, VFP Golden Rule project\, Nuclear Energy Information Service\, Nuclear Information and Resource Service\, Citizens Awareness Network\, Cape Downwinders\, Pax Christi MA\, United American Indians of New England\, North American Indian Center of Boston\, Winona LaDuke\, Tara Houska\, Diné No Nukes\, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safely\, No TMI Restart\, Dorchester People for Peace\, New Hampshire Peace Action\, New Jersey Peace Action\, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom\, Massachusetts State Warheads to Windmills\, MA Catholics for Indigenous Rights.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/a-new-generation-of-nuclear-lies/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament,Peace and Climate
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SUMMARY:Back From The Brink
DESCRIPTION:  \nIn partnership with Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility\, the Boston-hub of Back from the Brink will be hosting an organizing meeting on Sunday\, March 16th from 2-4pm at the Saint James’ Episcopal Church in Cambridge (a 5 minute walk from the Porter Square T-station). \nJoin us for inspiration\, food and refreshments\, and a strategy session to create the future we deserve. All are welcome; no experience is necessary.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/back-from-the-brink/
LOCATION:St. James Episcopal Church\, 1991 Massachusetts Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250219T190000
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SUMMARY:U.S.-China Nuclear Rivalry and the Taiwan Question
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nIn the last five years\, nuclear tensions between the U.S. and China have accelerated dramatically driven by a series of factors\, including the severe deterioration of cross-Strait relations. This presentation will summarize thinking on both sides of the Pacific regarding the current state of this nuclear rivalry and its relationship to the Taiwan issue. Prof. Goldstein will also answer questions about his Asia trip during the winter holiday that took him to northeast China\, Kazakhstan\, the Philippines\, and also South Korea. \nLyle J. Goldstein is the Director of the China Initiative and Visiting Professor at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. At Brown\, he is investigating the costs of great power competition with both China and Russia in association with the Costs of War Project at Watson.  Goldstein serves concurrently as Director of Asia Engagement at the Washington think-tank Defense Priorities\, which advocates for realism and restraint in U.S. defense policy.  He has a PhD from Princeton\, is fluent in both Chinese and Russian\, and tweets at @lylegoldstein. \nSponsored by MAPA Education Fund\, cosponsored by Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament\, and Common Security. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/u-s-china-nuclear-rivalry-and-the-taiwan-question/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Northeast Asia,Nuclear Disarmament
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SUMMARY:Trump's Second Term: NATO\, War\, and the Economy
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nDonald Trump has returned to the presidency demanding that NATO nations increase their military spending to 3%\, possibly 5% of GDP\, and threatening massive tariffs. His commitments to NATO remain uncertain\, as does his administration’s approach to the Ukraine War and possible ceasefire-related diplomacy. His “America First” agenda includes a $100 billion increase in the Pentagon’s already gargantuan budget. \nWhat are the implications for Euro-American relations with Russia\, for NATO or pressures for an independent European military\, for the U.S.\, European\, and world economies? How should the U.S. and European peace movements respond? \nNiamh Ni Bhriain coordinates TNI’s War and Pacification program\, which focuses on the permanent state of war and pacification of resistance. She holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG). \nReiner Braun served as General Secretary of the International Peace Bureau. He has decades of experience in the German and European peace movements\, was deeply involved the Max Plank Institute’s planning for the Einstein Year\, and he has been a leading figure in promotion of Common Security diplomacy. \nMichael Klare is a visiting fellow of the Arms Control Association\, secretary of its board of directors\, emeritus professor of the Five Colleges Peace and World Security Studies program at Hampshire College\, and a regular contributor for The Nation Magazine. \nRegister to attend. \n \nCosponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/trumps-second-term-nato-war-and-the-economy/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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SUMMARY:Reducing the Nation's Spending for Nuclear Weapons
DESCRIPTION:Saturday Jan 25\, 2025 Virtual Conference 2:00 – 5:30 pm (EST) \n \nThe threat of nuclear war is increasing\, rather than abating. \n\nBiden’s recent actions in the Russia/Ukraine conflict has sharply increased the danger.\nThe tragic Israel/Gaza conflict continues to expand.\nCold Warriors in high places are beating the drums of war toward Russia and China.\nEnormous public expenditures are being made on upgrading all three legs of the nuclear weapons triad\n\nResponding to these costs and dangers\, we will meet virtually  on Saturday afternoon January 25\, 2025 to call for Reducing Congressional Spending for Nuclear Weapons and discuss how to organize to meet the challenge.   Register to attend. \nProgram:  \n2:00 Welcome: Bob Redwine (MIT) – Continuing influence of the Military-Industrial Complex \n2:05 Opening Panel – International Flashpoints Chair- Joseph Gerson (Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament and Common Security); \n–       US and Russia – Hon. George Beebe (Quincy Institute); \n–       US and China – Prof. Lyle Goldstein (Watson Institute/ Brown University); \n  –      Nuclear Tensions over Israel. Gaza\, and Iran –  Sharon Gaya Dolev (Israel) and Emad Kiyaei (Iran) (Middle East Treaty Organization) \n2:50 pm Panel 2- Costs & Dangers of the US Nuclear Weapons Buildup – Chair\, Nancy Goldner (Cut Sentinel Campaign). \n– Exorbitant Sentinel costs –Richard Krushnic  (Mass Peace Action); \n– Dangers of the New ICBMs – David Borris (Chicago Area Peace Action); \n– What do we expect from Trump’s Nuclear Stances –Daryl Kimball (Arms Control Assn.). \n3:30 Break \n3:40 Panel 3 – Economic Campaigns – Chair\, Susan Mirsky (Nuclear Disarmament Working Group); \n–       Moral Budget – Shailly Gupta Barnes (Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) and Kairos Center (NY); \n–       Warheads to Windmills – Anduin Devos (Nuclear Ban.US); \n–       Divestment – Susi Snyder (ICANW); \n–       Fund People over Pentagon – Prof. Jonathan King (MA Peace Action Education Fund). \n4:20 Panel 4: No New Nukes- Campaigns Focused on Limiting Weapons: Chair\, Gary Goldstein (Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament and Common Security and Tufts University); \n–       Back from the Brink- Harry Katz (Back from the Brink); \n–       Restricting Sole Authority and First Use – Prof. Elaine Scarry (Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament and Common Security); \n–       Physicists Campaign for Nuclear Threat Reduction – Prof. Stewart Prager (Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction); \n–       Promoting the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) – Melissa Parke ( ICANW). \n 5:00 Congressional Initiatives: Chair Cole Harrison \n–       Senate action: Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) \n–       Cancelling the Sentinel -Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) \n–       Citizen’s Call to Action – Jodie Evans (CodePINK). \nProgram Committee: David Borris (Chicago Area Peace Action); Ann Fritsch (Rotary International); Nancy Goldner (Sentinel Project); Prof. Gary Goldstein (Mass Peace Action Education Fund); Cole Harrison (Mass Peace Action Education Fund); Susan Mirsky (MAPA Nuclear Disarmament Working Group); Jonathan King-Chair (Nuclear Disarmament Coordinating Committee and MIT); Prof. Bob Redwine (Nuclear Weapons Education Project and MIT). \nNuclear costs calculator – https://www.psr-la.org/nuclear-costs \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/reducing-congressional-spending-for-nuclear-weapons/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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