Hiroshima Day

Sex, Lies & Uranium - a Hiroshima Day Event

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 5:38pm

'I shall write peace upon your wings, and you shall fly around the world so that children will no longer have to die this way.'Haiku attributed to Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, on Hiroshima. Sadako is remembered through the story of a thousand origami cranes before her death, and is to this day a symbol of innocent victims of war. She died in 1955, aged 12.

Geography: 
New South Wales
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Bryon Bay
Hiroshima Day

Be Clear, Not Nuclear! Hiroshima Day - Bryon Bay 6/8/11

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 7:04am

Several hundred people - along with their babies and dogs - rallied in the heart of Byron at Railway Park to express their opposition to the deadly uranium industry on Sat 6th Aug, Hiroshima Day and to stand in solidarity with the people of Fukushima.

Quoting economist Joseph Steiglitz, MC Harsha Prabhu pointed out the similarities between Wall Street and Fukushima, both symbols of rogue capitalism: delusional speculation, technological hubris, public subsidies and private greed. The fate of the planet hinged on who would win the war: the corporations or the people.

Geography: 
New South Wales
Keywords: 
peace activism
anti-nuclear
Hiroshima Day