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Fifty years ago the Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice renewed the grassroots movement for disarmament after the end of the Vietnam War. #NoMoreHiroshimas

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The photo here shows one of the Japanese Buddhist monks on the Walk. Characters at right are from the banner they carried which says "No more Hiroshimas". (Photo by Mike Moran)

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6 Aug

The original Call to the Continental Walk: www.warresisters.org/wp-content/u...)

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6 Aug

The call to join began, "On August 6, 1945, with the atomic bombing of the people of Hiroshima, war should have become unthinkable...

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6 Aug

...Whatever war had been before the nuclear age, whatever logic human beings and nations had used to justify the slaughter of their neighbors, on that day war became, indisputably, a crime against humanity."

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6 Aug

www.warresisters.org/continental-... Let us know if you were a participant or are interesting in knowing more about the October 24th virtual commemoration.

warresisters.orgThe Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice - War Resisters LeagueDuring the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial, WRL along with other organizations created an ambitious project to initiate the peace movement’s post-Vietnam War era. This project — The Continental Walk for Disarm...