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65 years ago the first atomic bomb was dropped on a mostly civilian population on Hiroshima. August 6, 1945.  Two days later, August 8, the second atomic bomb was dropped.

My oldest son came to me one night 16 years ago and said, “Dad, I’m going to Japan.” He was 16 years old at the time. And I said, “Oh, are you? And who’s paying for it?” He said, “The American Friends Service Committee. I’m going with a group of American teenagers and we’re going to interview survivors.” So he went, and spent the summer in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

This detailed article is written by Sidney D. Drell, a member of the Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons. The article was published in a magazine titled Physics Today. Dr. Drell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor of theoretical physics (emeritus) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Stanford University.

The following article is written by Dr. Jonathan Granoff.  He is president of the Global Security Institute and a founding member of the Voices for a  World Free of Nuclear Weapons Cooperation Circle.  He is also an attorney, author and international advocate emphasizing the legal, ethical and spiritual dimensions of human development and security, with a specific focus on advancing the rule of law to address the threats posed by nuclear weapons.  

If you live in a city which is a nuclear weapons target, if you live in a country which aims nuclear weapons at other regions, if you live in a world which would be devastated by nuclear weapons, you probably don’t have the opportunity to vote on the use of nuclear weapons.  Until now.  Now a voice vote by grassroots people is being called, and your voice will be counted.

In response to the cry of pain from Uganda, URI colleague John Paul Lederach sends his 9/11 essay to suggest constructive actions in pursuit of durable and peaceful change now.

The purpose of this CC is to fulfill our dream of a grassroots media campaign to give voice to the voiceless and attention to the healing of the world.

Every crisis presents an opportunity. Let's hope that we can respond to the crisis of the Gulf oil spill to heal collective grief and move toward a sustainable future.