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In 1945 the U.S. destroyed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki using atomic bombs -- 67 years later the entire world still lives under the threat of nuclear war.
WORLD CONFERENCE
AGAINST ATOMIC & HYDROGEN BOMBS
For a Nuclear Weapon-free, Peaceful and Just World:
We call for your participation in and support to the 2012 World Conference against A and H Bombs
AUGUST 2 – 9, 2012
Sympathizing the Hibakusha’s belief that “humans cannot coexist with nuclear weapons”, the moves seeking for the abolition of nuclear weapons are prevailing all over the world. Anti-nuclear peace movements and a broad range of civil movements are taking actions to urge national governments, especially those possessing nuclear weapons, to start negotiations for a total ban on nuclear weapons. Last December, the Malaysian resolution calling for a start of negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention was adopted in the UN General Assembly with the support of 130 member states. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in October 2011 called for achieving a nuclear weapon-free world for the sake of peace and security of humans, as the world population was about to reach 7 billion. With the Hibakusha in the lead, our consistent call for a total ban on nuclear weapons is echoing throughout the world.
Provisional schedule of the 2012 World Conference against A and H Bombs
International Meeting -- Hiroshima August 2 - 4
2012 World Conference – Hiroshima August 4 - 6
2012 World Conference – Nagasaki August 8 - 9
World Conference against A & H Bombs
Organizing Committee
2-4-4 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8464 JAPAN
phone: +81-3-5842-6034
fax: +81-3-5842-6033
Email: intl@antiato m.org
Web: www.a ntiatom.org
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Spreading the Health Conference: Hosted by Mutual Aid Street Medics
Friday, May 4, 2012 at 7pm until Sunday, May 13 at 5pm
No Medical experience required. Trainings will provide basic first aid and community health experience geared toward sustained encampments and citizen marches.
For more information contact: or website: spreadingthehealth.org
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NATO Summit– North Atlantic Treaty Organization, US and 27 countries- AKA “The Joystick Assassins”
Chicago May 19-21st
G8 Moving toCamp David
Protestors claim victory, to continue plans to march on May 19th
The White House announced that the G8 summit,scheduled for Chicago on May 19-20, will be moved to Camp David, although theNATO summit will still take place in Chicago.
The Coalition Against NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda(CANG8) and Occupy Chicago issue the following statement:
The G8 moving to Camp David represents a major victory for the people of Chicago. The leaders of the 1%are moving because of the overwhelming resistance to the NATO/G8 war and poverty agenda in Chicago. Our city is filled with tens of thousands of people who arestruggling to keep their heads above water, fighting against the effects of theeconomic crisis caused by the leaders who would have been gathering here. The communities of Chicago are fighting tosave their schools, keep healthcare available, and to defend their jobs fromcutbacks that are a hallmark of the governments of the G8.
The city has carried out a campaign to intimidate and vilify protesters, claiming that protestslead to violence. In fact, the mainsource of violence in the world today is the wars being waged by NATO and theUS.
“We will march on May 19th to deliver ourmessage: Jobs, Housing, Healthcare,Education, Our Pensions, the Environment: Not War! We and tens of thousandswill be in the streets that day for a family friendly rally and march, with cries so loud they wll be heard in Camp David and across the globe. We will be in the streets that day to fight for our future, and speak out against the warsand their cutbacks are designed to benefit the 1% at theexpense of the 99% of the world.”
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