80 years is enough

2025 is the 80th anniversary of the invention of nuclear weapons and their first use in New Mexico, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The threat that nuclear weapons could be used again in conflict or by accident is as high - if not higher - as it has ever been. 80 years of living under this existential threat is enough. We must eliminate nuclear weapons before they eliminate us.

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Why is this year so important? 

2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the invention of nuclear weapons, and the first use of nuclear weapons in New Mexico, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki. On a more positive note, it is also the 80th anniversary of the United Nations- and it was through the UN that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, humanity’s best solution to this problem, was negotiated. 

The US attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the detonation of the first bomb in New Mexico showed that nuclear weapons cannot be used without causing catastrophic intergenerational harm. The threat that nuclear weapons could be used again in conflict or by accident is as high - if not higher - as it has ever been. Geopolitical tensions involving nuclear-armed states provide a stark warning, this is not the time to reduce our ambitions. 

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Public pressure works to defund, delegitimise and defeat nuclear weapons. Every action for a world without nuclear weapons builds up the pressure to disarm.  80 years of living under the nuclear threat is enough, the time to act is now. 

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What can I do?

Nuclear weapons affect all of us, so it’s up to all of us to make sure people understand the truth-  these are weapons designed to inflict maximum harm on civilians. Together we can make sure that the legacy of those harmed by the first uses of nuclear weapons are not forgotten, and amplify their call for the abolition of nuclear weapons. 

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