WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #241, AUGUST 6, 2025.

 

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #241, AUGUST 6, 2025.   Compiled by Dick Bennett. 

Hiroshima was destroyed by atomic bomb on August 6, 1945.  Nagasaki on August 9.

OMNI HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE 2025
August 10, 7p.m., at OMNI, Lee St.
MC Kelly Mulhollan
Keynote speaker Prof. Michael Anthony, UAF History Dept.
Songs by Still on the Hill, Geoff Oelsner, and Harmonia
Reading of names.
Discussion following with Prof. Art Hobson

 

If you ask, what can I do to abolish nuclear weapons, my first reply is: support an organization that opposes nuclear weapons and successfully supported the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.   ICAN was the leader, and won the Nobel Peace Prize, but several other organizations lent their influence.  One is GROUND ZERO.   RESISTANCE to the TRIDENT NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUBMARINES Near Seattle.

Ground Zero Magazine (July 2025).  12pp.  To subscribe: ph.360-930-8697.
Review of new book Atomic Pilgrimage by James P. Thomas published on 80^th anniversary of the Trinity test, the first use of Hanford’s plutonium. 

Several articles about GZ civil disobedience actions.  

Article on GZ’s Peace Pagoda and the Nipponzan Myohoji. 

Excerpt of article by Chris Hedges on threats of war against Iran.

 

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
Here is some good news from FCNL’S Susan Nahvi:  the RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT was expanded.  Here is the article on our website that goes into more detail:  .  https://www.fcnl.org/updates/2025-07/historic-win-justice-advocates-secure-reca-expansion    Here is a short explanation that I lifted from the article:  
RECA was originally passed in 1990 to compensate uranium miners, downwinders, and nuclear workers suffering from cancer and other illnesses. This expansion brings long-excluded groups into the program.  However, some impacted communities were left out of the expansion because it cost ‘too much.’ There is still work to do. 
This victory was only made possible by decades of grassroots leadership from directly impacted communities.. At FCNL, we are honored to  have stood with these leaders and our partners across the country who demanded justice for their communities. Some of these groups include the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, Just Moms St. Louis, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

 

 

END WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #241, AUGUST 6, 2025.   Compiled by Dick Bennett.