hiroshima nagasaki

Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivor Group to Receive the Nobel Peace Prize 

October 25, 2024

On October 11, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced they would award the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo, which translates as “The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers…

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Hiroshima-Nagasaki Events Reflect an Outpouring of Concern

August 23, 2024
People marching holding paper lanterns

The wide variety of activities and events — including vigils, film screenings, public gatherings, art exhibitions, nonviolent direct actions and Toro Nagashi lantern floating ceremonies — share a common theme: Hiroshima-Nagasaki: Never Again! 

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“We’re paying for our own annihilation but nobody thinks about it”

August 13, 2024

Article in People’s World quoting PSR-Los Angeles staff member Maylene Hughes.

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Hiroshima survivor: “We had no idea what happened” when the bomb dropped

August 6, 2024

People’s World article quoting Chesapeake PSR’s Dr. Gwen DuBois.

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Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin hosts ‘Lanterns for Peace’

August 4, 2024

News clip on PSR Wisconsin’s Lanterns for Peace event commemorating the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Events and More

August 1, 2024
Paper lanterns with peace messages written on them float in a lake next to a canoe

With the 79th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings drawing near, PSR Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program invites you to participate in a communal remembrance of the attacks on August 6 and 9.

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PSR Board Member Delivers Apology to the People of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

March 25, 2024

PSR national board member Ann Suellentrop traveled to Hiroshima and Nagasaki March 2-17 as part of a Pax Christi USA pilgrimage.

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Local US Pax Christi leaders visit Japan on peace pilgrimage

March 12, 2024

National Catholic Reporter article quoting PSR board member Anne Suellentrop, MSRN.

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Our nuclear legacy and the weight of history

September 22, 2023

Op-ed in the Seattle Times by Nancy Dickeman, former Washington PSR staff.

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In 75 Hiroshima & Nagasaki commemorations across the country, Americans strengthen the nuclear taboo

August 25, 2023

Seventy-eight years after the atomic attacks against Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9), PSR tracked 75 diverse commemoration events spread across 21 states and DC, most of them in-person events.

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