Peace Gathering to Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
When: August 5, 2025, Tuesday, noon -1PM
Where: In front of the Consulate General of Japan in New York, 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY (Between 49th and 48th Street)
What:
Eighty years have passed since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is estimated that the bombs killed 210,000 citizens by the end of 1945 and, over the years, have ruined the health of many of the survivors. The average age of the hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors, is now 86 years old, and many of them are still suffering from terrible health issues. To honor the memory of those who lost their lives to the atomic bombings, a coalition of citizens and peace activists will gather in front of the Japan Consulate General on Tuesday, August 5th, at noon.
There we will join our voices to express our sincere regrets and apologies for our nations’ atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
We will also express our solidarity with all peoples and nations across the globe who say NO to any and all nuclear weapons, NO to mining for radioactive fuel, NO to manufacturing them, NO to upgrading them, NO to storing them, NO to proliferating them, NO to threatening their use, simply NO! And we will say a resounding YES to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), calling for both the U.S. and Japan to sign and ratify it along with the 73 countries and states that have already done so.
Our urgent message comes because, 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we are closer to nuclear annihilation than ever before. Russia has threatened the use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine. Nuclear-armed Israel and the nuclear-armed U.S. have attacked Iran supposedly to stop any nuclear ambitions Iran may have rather than abolishing their own nuclear arsenals. In addition, the Trump administration has ordered a 29% increase in the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration and has signed multiple executive orders to re-establish the U.S. “as the global leader in nuclear energy.” Simultaneously, the other eight nuclear-armed states are modernizing their nuclear weapon programs.
And New York State Governor Hochul has directed the New York Power Authority to develop and construct an advanced nuclear power plant “to support a reliable and affordable electric grid,” but we know these actions make us neither safer nor more secure, and are neither reliable nor affordable. Rather they put our environment, our economy, our very lives at enormous risk.
Consequently, we demand that all uranium mining and other uranium activities be halted, nuclear weapons manufacturing sites be shut down, all nuclear weapons be abolished, and focus our efforts and resources to provide assistance for nuclear victims and to safely store radioactive waste. The future of our world is at stake if we don’t.
Co-Organizers:
Veterans for Peace – NYC Chapter 34
Veterans For Peace (VFP) is a global organization of Military Veterans and allies whose collective efforts are to build a culture of peace by using our experiences and lifting our voices. We inform the public of the true causes of war and the enormous costs of wars, with an obligation to heal the wounds of wars.
Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World
Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World is a group of concerned citizens, educators, health advocates, artists and lawyers with a mission to raise awareness of the costs, risks, and humanitarian consequences of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.
Also:
Brooklyn For Peace
Pax Christi New York State
Peace Action New York State
NYC War Resisters League
NYC Metro Raging Grannies
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