Actual & virtual nuclear disarmament events in Georgia

HIROSHIMA OBSERVANCE
Thursday, August 6, 2020
10AM-1PM
LEST WE FORGET
Vigil at the Gates of Kings Bay Trident Nuclear Submarine Base
St. Marys, GA
 
Thursday, August 6, 2020
7-8:40PM
#BLACKLIVESMATTER AND THE BOMB
Special ZOOM event with Dr. Vincent J. Intondi, author of
AFRICAN AMERICANS AGAINST THE BOMB: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism and the Black Freedom Movement.

Join Nuclear Watch South to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
in a moderated discussion with Dr. Intondi following his talk analyzing the connections
between racism and the nuclear arms race, including how it relates to local issues in Georgia.
Intondi shows that Blacks in America immediately saw the atomic bombing of Japan which ended World War II
as a racial issue, asking why such enormous resources were being spent building nuclear arms
instead of being used to improve impoverished communities.
Black activists’ fears that race played a role in the decision to deploy atomic bombs in Japan
only increased when the U.S. threatened to use nuclear weapons in Korea in the 1950s and Vietnam a decade later.
For Black leftists in the early days of the Civil Rights Movement, the nuclear issue was connected to colonialism:
the U.S. obtained uranium from the Belgian-controlled Congo and the French tested
their nuclear weapons in the Sahara.
Georgians from Martin Luther King Jr. to John Lewis and Andrew Young
have all taken a strong position against nuclear weapons as documented in this important history book.
Dr. Intondi is a Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Race, Justice, and Civic Engagement
at Montgomery College in Takoma Park, MD. Intondi was previously Director of Research for
American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute in Washington, DC.
ZOOM LOG-IN INFO for #BLACKLIVESMATTER AND THE BOMB: www.nonukesyall.org
NAGASAKI OBSERVANCE
Sunday, August 9, 2020
5-6PM
SEEDS OF PEACE
Atlanta’s 25th annual Nagasaki Observance
Bring your inspirations, fears, dances,
songs and poems to create a circle of hope.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SOCIAL DISTANCING PROTOCOLS WILL BE OBSERVED
For more information contact Nuclear Watch South, 404-378-4263,
cell: 404-432-8727, e-mail: [email protected]
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These events and many others are listed at hiroshimanagasaki75.org which will be hosting live-streamed
events on August 6 and August 9.
Especially recommended:
Sunday, August 9, 2020
2:55-3:10PM
PEACE NOW: CLEAN UP, NOT BUILD UP AT SAVANNAH RIVER SITE
This short documentary film asks viewers to hold onto visions of peace and stand against nuclear proliferation.
Peace Now: Clean Up, Not Build Up at Savannah River Site (15 min.) introduces audiences to SRS
and to challenges met and those upcoming, namely the proposed production of plutonium pits (triggers for nuclear weapons) at SRS.
Placing SRS in the context of U.S. nuclear weapons development more broadly,
Tom Clements of SRS Watch, along with South Carolina activists Leslie Minerd and Dave Matos,
inform and inspire on the long road to nuclear disarmament, where the work is hard, but the reward is priceless.
Sponsored by Columbia Friends
BELIEVE IN OUR NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE!
PEACE IS POSSIBLE!
Glenn Carroll, Coordinator
NUCLEAR WATCH SOUTH
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