Join us on our annual “Walk for Peace” through Nuit Blanche. A mobile, multimedia event designed to raise awareness of the growing danger of world war. Walk Against War – September 28, 7:00 PM. Meet at City Hall, our walk…
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Tag: nuclear disarmament
Reflections on Anniversary of the Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the end of the Asia-Pacific War
by Tina Chen, Distinguished Professor, History, University of Manitoba As an historian of East Asia, for many years at the University of Manitoba I taught a course on the histories of Japan and China from the 19th century to the…
Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2024
On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. On August 9th, the Americans dropped another atomic bomb, this time on Nagasaki. The immediate combined death toll of the two raids was about 200,000. Over…
Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2024
Citizens of the world, what do you think? Are more powerful nuclear forces necessary for national security? What about arms races, competing to maintain superiority over other nations? Russia’s protracted invasion of Ukraine and the worsening situation between Israel and…
How serious are we about avoiding nuclear conflict?
by Kristine Bolisay & Althea Arevalo In a world teetering on the edge of chaos, the threat of nuclear conflict looms larger than ever. We must ask ourselves a fundamental question: Are we truly committed to avoiding nuclear war, or…
Video: Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace
Winnipeg, August 9, 2023 — Winnipeggers held a Lanterns for Peace Ceremony to mark the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These ceremonies are conducted each year to help keep alive the memory of these attacks…
Nuclear Taboo: From Norm to Law – a Declaration of Public Conscience
By Unfold Zero On November 17, 2022, the G20 Leaders meeting in Bali (including leaders or foreign ministers of China, France, India, Russia, UK and USA) surprised the world by agreeing that “The threat of use or use of nuclear…
Make Peace an Election Issue!
Kudos to the Regina Peace Council for making peace an election issue. To date, 86 countries have signed the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and 55 have formally ratified it. Shamefully, Canada continues to refuse to have…
Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2021
On Friday, August 6th, Winnipeggers joined in a Lanterns for Peace Ceremony to mark the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These ceremonies are held each year to help keep alive the memory of these attacks…
The City of Hiroshima Peace Declaration
by Kazumi Matsui, Mayor of The City of Hiroshima August 6, 2021 On this day 76 years ago, a single atomic bomb instantly reduced our hometown to a scorched plain. That bombing brought cruel death to countless innocent victims…