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PEACE QUEST HOLDS 7th ANNUAL HIROSHIMA DAY COMMEMORATION

On August 6, 2008, at Cape Breton University, Peace Quest Cape Breton held its 7th Annual Commemoration of the atomic destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Entitled Atomic Desert, the ceremony featured a talk by Peace Quest member Sean Howard, the presentation (with accompanying text) of four ‘Hiroshima Panels,’ by the Japanese artists Iri and Toshi Maruki, an excerpt from the ‘Hiroshima Symphony’ by Masao Ohki, and the reading of a ‘Litany of Remembrance for the Nuclear Age.’

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In the press release for the event, Peace Quest noted: “Sixty-three years after the atomic destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a new consensus is emerging on the need for urgent action to reduce the nuclear threat to the planet. In an age of accelerating proliferation, intensifying terrorism and mounting tensions, the choice facing the world – a nuclear-weapon-free world, or a nuclear free-for-all – has never been clearer. At the height of the Cold War, the movie Dr. Strangelove ironically advised us to ‘stop worrying and love the Bomb.’ Now, as four former British political leaders recently wrote, it’s time to “start worrying and learn to ditch the Bomb.’ (Douglas Hurd, Malcolm Rifkind, David Owen and George Robertson, The Times, June 30, 2008.)”

For the full text of Sean Howard’s talk, please click HERE

For an article by Sean – ‘Template for Lowering Nuclear Weapons Risk Just Needs to be Applied’ – published in The Cape Breton Post on August 4, please click HERE .