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Re-Imagining the Bomb - ICAN event in Melbourne to mark Nuclear Abolition Day, 25 June 2011

Submitted by peter on Fri, 01/07/2011 - 12:55pm

Melbourne’s contribution to ICAN-coordinated global actions for Nuclear Abolition Day took the form of a call to ‘Re-imagine the Bomb’ – people were invited to convert an image of a bomb into something else using pen, crayon or spray can …
Take-up was rather slow at first. Many of the passers-by in the first half-hour or so were on their way to the MCG and couldn’t afford to more than take a quick look, but by the end there was quite a collection, several contributed by young artists.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
nuclear weapons
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Nuclear Abolition Day vigil in Melbourne – 4 June 2010

Submitted by peter on Sun, 06/06/2010 - 3:38pm

On the eve of Nuclear Abolition Day ICAN Australia launched a new short video entitled “Who by Fire” based on a retelling of the legend of Prometheus and Pandora displayed in a mural on the wall of the Fire Station Museum on Victoria Parade. Before the screening, which took place at Trades Hall, there was a peace picnic in Parliament Gardens, courtesy of Friends of the Earth ACE Collective, and a live performance of the work interspersed with live music and rap.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
nuclear weapons
peace activism
Friends of the Earth
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