On Hiroshima Day - renew our demand for nuclear disarmament in Britain

Today marks the 68th anniversary of the horrific US atomic bombing in Hiroshima in Japan. Kate Hudson General Secretary of CND writes: 'As the decades pass since the terrible war crimes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we must never forget what happened and the cynical and barbaric opportunism of the US in using those weapons. This Hiroshima Day, let us recommit to nuclear disarmament here in Britain - and globally - to ensure that they will never again be used.'
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/136098

Remembering Hiroshima

Today is the 67th anniversary of the US dropping a nuclear bomb over Japan - 'Little Boy' - which exploded 600 metres above the city of Hiroshima killing 140,000 people. Jeremy Corbyn MP writes that 'all over the world there will be commemoration ceremonies for peace, even though we can fully expect the media to be firmly fixed on coverage of the Olympic Games. I hope the London commemoration can be joined by some of the thousands of Olympic visitors to show the world they want peace, not war, and that nuclear weapons are both immoral and unnecessary'
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/122119
For details of the London event (which will be chaired by Jeremy Corbyn) and others throughout the UK see the CND website: http://www.cnduk.org/get-involved/events

Sky of Hiroshima by Yukiko Hayashi

That night I slept in the open
The next morning,　I finally made it to the shelter
But only my father was there
Mommy and You-chan died....

Hiroshima Day - Get involved!

CND has published details of events taking place across Britain tomorrow to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima: http://www.cnduk.org/get-involved/events/item/1214-hiroshima-day

6 August 1945 - Hiroshima Remembered‏

The Japan Council against A- and H- Bombs is this week is holding two major international conferences, involving up to 10,000 people, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to commemorate barbaric dropping of atomic bombs on Japan as the second world war drew to an end...

Hiroshima & Nagasaki Remembered - Events in London ‏ 2-11August

2nd August:
The Enduring Legacy of the Bomb
Chair of CND Kate Hudson and Quaker Caroyln Westgate will discuss the legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the development of the peace movement in the years following the bombings.
Friends House, Quaker Centre, 173-177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ, 7pm–9pm