nuclear weapons

Commemorating the 79th Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 08/06/2024

From the Vermont Peace/Antiwar Coalition and Burlington WILPF:

Vermont Peace/Antiwar Coalition and Burlington WILPF will be commemorating the 79th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at 11 am at the BCA Center on Church St in Burlington on August 6th, the day the atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in Japan in 1945. Several speakers will be bringing attention to the horrors of the past with the intention that they never happen again. Members of the coalition will lead a dramatic reading of House Resolution 77 “Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons,” introduced by Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) with 43-cosponsors. Many Vermonters recognize the tenuous times in which we live, and the all-too-real threat of nuclear war. We are inviting our congressional representatives to raise their voices with us at this critical time in history.

Nuclear Apocalypse: Could It Happen Today? 05/19/2024

From the organizer:

A discussion about the terror of nuclear war and the documentary “A Television Event”, which focuses on the impact of “The Day After” - a famous 1983 TV movie about nuclear war in the U.S.

Discussion led by Jim Carrier of The Progressive magazine and Charlotte Dennett, writer and investigative journalist, about the possibility of a nuclear exchange from the Middle East to Korea to Ukraine.

At the screening, the Vermont Peace/Antiwar Coalition will announces its 2024 campaign - Let’s Get Real: Divestment, Imperialism, Nukes.

Watch the trailer for "A Television Event" here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ftJ-I-yAu8

Peace in Ukraine Demonstration 10/04/2023

From the organizers:

Peace antiwar group demands to meet with Senator Bernie Sanders. We support a ceasefire and negotiations in the war in Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has taken tens of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian lives, uprooted millions, contaminated land, air, and water, and worsened the climate crisis. We, the Coalition, are deeply upset, seeing the war divert billions of dollars that could be addressing urgent human needs. We are especially distraught, seeing the F-35 jet bombers flying over our heads, in training to bomb women and children and men in countries around the world -- and to the front lines in the war in Ukraine. We have attempted to speak directly with our elected officials, especially Bernie Sanders, to understand how they plan to end this debacle and continuous military buildup. We have been rebuffed. Together with Code Pink, Veterans for Peace, and The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, we are taking part in a week of actions called by the national organization Peace in Ukraine, September 30 – October 8.

For more information: VT Peace/Anti-War Coalition via ActionNetwork.org

Burlington Action for Peace in Ukraine 10/02/2023

Robin Lloyd and Jill Clark-Gollub (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, or "WILPF") discuss the Peace in Ukraine Demonstration on Church Street in October 2023.

For more information: VT Peace/Anti-War Coalition via vpac.us

No F-35s Nukes at BTV Rally 01/22/2023

From the organizer:

End the war. No escalation. Honor Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Sponsored by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Code Pink, Safe Landing BTV.

Hiroshima Day 08/06/2020

On Hiroshima Day, August 6, WILPF Burlington lead a procession down Church Street in Burlington with the large peace cranes of The Bread and Puppet Theater at dusk. They then proceeded to Lake Champlain to join up with the Peace and Justice Center for singing and a floating of candle boats on the lake.

Japanese Peace Cranes Observing First Nuclear Explosion 07/16/2020

Town Meeting TV summer intern, Anna Steeley shares a look at the mounting of Japanese Peace Cranes in front of City Hall, Burlington in observance of the first ever nuclear explosion on July 16.

Nuclear Free Future: Beyond Nuclear During the Pandemic 05/01/2020

Kevin Kamps, nuclear waste specialist with Beyond Nuclear, talks with host Margaret Harrington about the work of his organization, Beyond Nuclear, during the COVID-19 pandemic and the current state of the nuclear industry as they continue their work during this crisis.

For more information: http://www.beyondnuclear.org

VCWA Speaker Series - Nuclear Negotiations with Ira Helfand 08/08/2019

Ira Helfand, MD, is a co-chair of the Nuclear Weapons Abolition Committee organized by Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and he also serves as co-president of PSR's global federation, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). His lecture, hosted by the Vermont Council on World Affairs, is about international relations and nuclear negotiations.

Nuclear Free Future: Updates on Radioactive Leaks and Waste from Beyond Nuclear 05/30/2019

Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist from Beyond Nuclear, talks with host Margaret Harrington about the fight against the illegal high-level radioactive waste dump targeted at New Mexico which would transport nuclear waste from Vermont Yankee. They discuss the evacuation and closing of the Zahn’s Corner Middle School in Piketon, Ohio where air monitors detected enriched uranium and neptunium-237 contaminants from a nearby closed nuclear weapons plant.

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