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Over the last year we have found ways to remember the events around the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, through our translated protocols, in conversation with intergenerational Hibakusa, a workshop with journalists on our protocols and our protocols in the community

#Hiroshima80 #Nagasaki80

Trump moves nuclear submarines after ex-Russian president's comments US President Donald Trump says two nuclear submarines are being deployed in the "appropriate regions".

Nuclear weapons make fascist game play an existential threat every day.

Time to get rid of nukes. Fascism too.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Spotify used to seem like a necessary evil for musicians. Now it just seems evil | David Bridie I am removing my music from Spotify because I don’t want my songs – some written with survivors of conflict – to enrich people who fund weapons

David Bridie says "We can’t keep handing our creativity, our loyalty and our cash to amoral tech giants who see music as content and war as business. I’d rather earn nothing than profit from destruction."

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www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

The US atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima & Nagasaki took place on 6th and 9th August 1945

Next week we mark the 80th year since these events which caused ~250,000 deaths by years end

With Hibakusha, we continue to call for a world free of nuclear weapons

#Hiroshim80 #Nagasaki80

US nuclear bombs have arrived in Britain. The UK government is ramping up military spending and preparing for war. We’re telling Keir Starmer - don’t build bombs, build a better future.

Join CND today: https://cnduk.org/join/

The story behind the photograph of a starving Gaza baby Photographer Ahmed al-Arini told BBC Newshour he had to catch his breath between each photograph.

If you haven't seen this photograph or have turned away from it, look again now. Listen to the photographer's story and his plea.

Then let all those feelings turn you not away, but to action.

We can not leave these children in Gaza/anywhere to die due to our inaction.

www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

🧵More highlights from the Solidarity Tour 👣🫂

On July 17, reps from @nuclearban.bsky.social , @nucleartruthprj.bsky.social & the Marshallese Educational Initiative visited Acoma Pueblo and White Sands as part of the #Trinity80 Anniversary Solidarity Tour in New Mexico.

#NuclearBan #NuclearTruth

What an incredible solidarity tour this has been!

Force Posture, no peace: Calls to cancel Australia’s U.S. military ties As the U.S. expands its military footprint across Australia and the Pacific, peace advocates warn that we’re being dragged into a devastating war not of our making.

As the U.S. expands its military footprint across Australia and the Pacific, peace advocates warn that we’re being dragged into a devastating war not of our making.

Force Posture, no peace: Calls to cancel Australia’s U.S. military ties
~ Bevan Ramsden

independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Smoking ceremony may signal new action on Indigenous affairs During this term of parliament, the prime minister must show bravery and deliver meaningful change in Indigenous affairs, not culture war flashpoints.

Beautifully written article by Indigenous affairs reporter Dana Morse detailing the welcome to Country ceremony that opened Australian parliament this week - and a gentle reminder of the fork in the road moment we just passed in the last election www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Having commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Trinity nuclear explosion yesterday, today the @nucleartruthproject and @nuclearban begin the last three days of the solidarity tour, visiting Acoma Pueblo, Jackpile uranium mine and Red Water Pond Road community

From the cradle to the grave

As we mark the anniversary of the very first use of nuclear weapons in New Mexico, we stand with the People there and around the world impacted by nuclear violence.

It was never acceptable harm.
We will never forget.
We will abolish these weapons.

Follow @nucleartruthproject for more.

Nuclear war is an ever present threat while ever there remains nuclear weapons.

Those who have experienced nuclear violence - from the deserts of New Mexico to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond - can tell us that the harm goes on. In contamination of bodies and environment, in our minds and politic

Today there are over 12,400 nuclear weapons.

SIPRI & FAS warn a dangerous new nuclear arms race is energing. Arms control regimes are severely weakened. Nearly all of the nine nuclear-armed states are continuing intensive nuclear modernization, upgrading existing weapons, adding new versions.

My stepfather was a teen when nuclear bombs first dropped. He would recall people celebrating initially - it had been a long and brutal war...on the back of another war a gen before. They were told this stopped the war...but they soon learned it was the start of a different war, one affecting us all

I have been quietly contemplating the 80th anniversary of Trinity - the first nuclear bomb test

All my people who knew that day, or knew the days to come in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have now passed. I begged them to them tell me what they felt and thought when they first learned of nuclear weapons..

"You've got to raise an eyebrow at the chutzpah of the United States demanding to know how Australia would behave militarily in the event of a Chinese conflict with Taiwan when its own president is the epitome of unreliable and unpredictable."

Consider my eyebrows raised.

China love-bombs Australia while US demands to know what we'd do in event of war We are in an upside-down world now, where our greatest potential geopolitical adversary in our own region is love-bombing us and acting like the "adult" trading partner, while our real ally demands co...

This article describes the relationship between australia and the US as "one partner in a marriage demanding that they receive an ironclad commitment that you will never leave them while they strongly reserve the right to walk out whenever they like."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

80 years after the first nuclear weapon test at Trinity, enough is enough.

Find below more on what is planned and follow @nucleartruthprj.bsky.social and @nuclearban.bsky.social for updates and insights.

#NuclearBan

🧵The Trinity Anniversary Solidarity Tour has officially begun!

In New Mexico, representatives from @nucleartruthprj.bsky.social, the Marshallese Educational Initiative and @nuclearban.bsky.social are joining frontline communities for a week of remembrance, resistance, and a shared call for justice.

Representatives from @nuclearban and the Nuclear Truth Project are in New Mexico on a solidarity tour from Sunday 13 to Saturday 20 July for the #Trinity80 anniversary

This tour is an opportunity to listen to and learn from those who experienced the beginning of the nuclear era.

🗓️From 13–20 July 2025, join us in New Mexico for Trinity Anniversary Week to listen, learn & stand in solidarity. Follow the journey to learn more. #NuclearBan

2/ The radioactive cloud released from these tests didn’t stop at state lines.

Winds carried fallout across New Mexico and beyond exposing thousands to radiation. Many still don’t know they were affected. #Trinity80

🧵80 years ago, the U.S. detonated the first nuclear bomb on colonised First Nations land.
No warning. No consent. Just secrecy, suffering, and injustice. #NuclearBan

Be sure to follow @nucleartruthprj.bsky.social and this account to lern more! #NuclearBan ⬇️🔗

80 years ago, the Trinity explosion was carried out in secret. Local communities were not informed. No warnings. No protections. No consent.

Generations of Indigenous and local communities continue to suffer the consequences of this violence.
Follow our solidarity tour in New Mexico 13-20 July

Follow @nucleartruthprj.bsky.social and @nuclearban.bsky.social for powerful testimonies, tour updates, and ways to take action. #NuclearBan #NuclearTruth #JusticeForDownwinders

2/ From 13 to 20 July, @nucleartruthprj.bsky.social and @nuclearban.bsky.social will join friends and partner orgs on a Solidarity Tour, a week of listening, learning, and standing in solidarity with communities across New Mexico who continue to bear the burden of nuclear testing and injustice.

🧵This year marks 80 years since the #TrinityTest, the first nuclear detonation that marked the beginning of the nuclear age, an age that has only brought lasting harm to people and the planet. #NuclearBan #TrinityTest80 #NuclearTruth