On August 6th and 9th 1945, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing an estimated 210,000 people instantly or within the first five months. This fact sheet lays out the scale of destruction by distance from the epicenter using the model of a single 20 megaton bomb.
This op-ed by Spencer Cohen references the work of Students for Nuclear Disarmament, an organization of high school and college students fighting the threat of nuclear weapons — and a Back from the Brink partner.
In this op-ed by BftB Hub Leader Carol Goiburn, she reflects on JFK’s call for peace, traces the history of nuclear weapons and protests, and warns that the growing nuclear arsenals today threaten civilization, urging renewed awareness and action to prevent catastrophe.
Throughout the nuclear weapons era, the world has had countless nuclear close-calls and near-misses–as a result of human error, hubris and miscalculation, escalating wars and armed conflicts, and technology failures. This fact sheet covers what factors drive the danger of nuclear war.
In this op-ed by BftB’s Dr. Ira Helfand, he marks 80 years since the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, highlights the growing nuclear threat, and urges action through Back from the Brink and H. Res. 317 to build a broad movement for verifiable, enforceable elimination of nuclear weapons.
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