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WHATWOULDEINSTEINSAY??? A Public Discussion Series About Nuclear Weapons.
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September Event
The next event for WWES will be ‘Nuclear Norms’, presented by University of Queensland academic, Dr. Marianne Hanson.
Venue: Room 30, Level 4, Sir George Kingston building, UniSA City West Campus (click here for a map).
Time: 6:30pm
See you there!
Event Tonight!
‘Keeping the Genie in the Bottle: Safeguarding Nuclear Materials’.
Mr Richard Leaver, Flinders Uni.
6:30 – 8pm
Lecture Rm 3, Ground Floor, Napier Building. University of Adelaide North Terrace Campus.
See you there!
Million Pleas Campaign
Add your voice to the global call to abolish nuclear weapons, for good.
The Million Pleas campaign, an initiative of ICAN, aims to be the world’s longest video chain letter. It is addressed to the 9 countries that still have nuclear weapons.
ICAN is asking people from all over the globe to upload a video clip of themselves saying the word “please”. The “pleases” will then be edited into a long virtual chain letter, which will act as a petition to abolish nuclear weapons, worldwide.
The Million Pleas campaign marks the 65th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Next Event: 24th August
Hi everyone,
Mark Tuesday the 24th in your diaries – it is the next WHATWOULDEINSTEINSAY??? talk!
‘Keeping the Genie in the Bottle: Safeguarding Nuclear Materials’
We will be hearing from Mr Richard Leaver, a Flinders University lecturer. The subject of his talk will be safeguarding nuclear materials. He will talk about the issues involved in making sure that nuclear materials are not diverted into nuclear weapons programmes of countries or non-state actors.
Global terrorism is a prominent issue at the moment, and many are worried about the possibility of nuclear terrorism. This talk links into this and so is very timely and certainly promises to be interesting!
See you all there!
Remembering Nagasaki
On this day in 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki in Japan. It flattened the town, killed thousands and maimed more. The physical and psychological effects of this disaster lived on long beyond the split second that it took to detonate the weapon itself.
Dropping a nuclear weapon on another country may seem like madness to those of us who didn’t have to grow up during World War 2 or the Cold War. However, we are still living with 23,000 nuclear weapons, and many thousands of those are poised to strike within minutes. The madness today is that so many of us don’t even know that this many weapons still exist.
The tragedy of Nagasaki is only magnified when we realise that we haven’t learned from it. The only way to right the wrongs of the past is to stand up and say to our leaders that nuclear disarmament can and will happen in our lifetime. This will only come about through the dedicated efforts, large or small, of everyday women and men like us who can imagine a better future, who are not resigned to apathy and who flatly refuse to accept anything else but a nuclear weapons-free world.
Yours in peace,
Catriona
July Event!
Einstein had a lot to say about nuclear weapons when he was alive.
But what would he say now?
2010 will see many developments in nuclear weapons. From Iran to the United Nations, the whole world will be talking about this problem.
Be a part of this discussion.
Join authors, academics, politicians and activists as they explore issues such as international politics, the environment, nuclear testing in Maralinga and what the Australian Government is doing about nuclear weapons.
July Event:
YOUth and Nukes: Intergenerational Justice Revisited.
Date and Time: Wednesday July 21st, 6:30pm – 8:00pm.
Venue: Room 24, Lower Ground Floor, Napier Building, University of Adelaide North Terrace Campus.
Cost: Free!
June Event Wrap Up
The third session in the series featured author Christobel Mattingley, who talked about the effects that British nuclear testing at Maralinga had on local Indigenous people. It was a very moving and informative presentation and certainly opened the
Christobel, right, with series organiser Catriona.
audience’s eyes to the injustice suffered by the Anangu people. We were also privileged to have the presence of several people from the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, who were able to give their views on the current legal battle taking place.
Many thanks to all those who came, and to Kathleen Lumley College for providing an exceedingly comfortable venue!
Christobel’s latest work, written with the Yalata and Oak Valley communities, “Maralinga – the Anangu Story” is available for
purchase online.
See you at the next event in July – YOUth and Nukes.
Next Event!
The next event will be on this Monday night, with Dr Christobel Mattingley AM as the speaker. The topic will be on the effects that nuclear testing at Maralinga has had on Indigenous peoples. Christobel will be drawing on her work and the stories of her Anangu friends, who have suffered greatly as a result of the testing.
The event will be held at Kathleen Lumley College, 51 Finniss Street, North Adelaide (directly opposite the British Hotel). Many thanks to KLC for hosting the event!
Hope to see you all there!
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