This is a strong message from Setsuko Thurlow
Posted: 8th August 2024
Dear campaigners,
Please find below a message from Anton Wagner, a dear friend and colleague to our beloved mentor Setsuko Thurlow. Anton is reporting on the success of yesterday’s commemoration, organized by the Toronto based group Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition, remembering the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings. Please find there a link to a strongly worded opinion editorial written by Setsuko that highlights the importance of the TPNW and excoriates current Canadian leadership for their silence in response to growing nuclear dangers. See also the excellent photo exhibit organized by Anton, and accompanying text, which details the pivotal role played by Canada in the development of the world’s first nuclear weapons and the inspiring work of Canadian NGOs to hold their government accountable. Thank you Setsuko and Anton !!
Please share widely, these materials with your networks.
Thinking of our global family of nuclear abolitionists during this solemn time.
with respect and esteem,
kathleen
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Dear Kathleen,
I am forwarding the link to Setsuko Thurlow’s powerful op ed in the Toronto Star published in the August 7 online edition of the paper https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/i-survived-the-atomic-bomb-attack-on-hiroshima-canada-still-hasnt-learned-the-lesson-from/article_80c8246c-5431-11ef-bedc-9b60b5aa1308.html
The op ed contains a link to the Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition’s “Canada and the Atom Bomb” exhibition which is posted online on the Toronto Metropolitan University website http://imagearts.ryerson.ca/hiroshima/canada-and-the-atom-bomb/
The exhibition reveals Canada’s “hidden history that connects us with Hiroshima and Nagasaki” through our country’s uranium mining and refining and complete integration with the American Manhattan Project that developed the atom bomb.
The introduction to the exhibition, “Canada and the Atom Bomb: Remembering as an Act of Resistance,” http://imagearts.ryerson.ca/hiroshima/remembering/ highlights Canada’s role in the development of nuclear weapons and the struggle for their elimination led by peace activists such as Setsuko.
The Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition would be grateful if you could help us break Canada’s silence about our government’s role in contributing to the nuclear menace existing today by viewing the exhibition and encouraging others to see it also.
Best wishes,
Anton Wagner