Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2023

Posted: 4th December 2023

In Hollywood and even Bollywood movies, the portrayal of nuclear disaster-averting superheroes suggests only the exceptional or the powerful can save us. But actually it’s up to us, writes Farah Sonde.

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Hollywood superstars won’t save us from nuclear war

Using the threat of nuclear war as movie entertainment, averted only by X-men, jet-fighter jocks, uber physicists and superspies, says Farah Sonde, downplays the fears of a nuclear conflict to its audience. But, she writes, “It doesn’t take the work of a scientific genius or a swaggering spy to stop nuclear proliferation. It takes the work of exceedingly normal people focusing their time, creativity and unique skills on a single issue.” READ MORE

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