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Financial vested interests in nuclear weapons and war

No more bombs’ says anti-nuclear advocate Smart Planet By  | December 15, 2011, MELBOURNE 

“…… Smart Planet: What can we do to get closer to achieving a global treaty on nuclear disarmament?

Tim Wright : We need to look at financial vested interests in maintaining nuclear weapons. Governments spend about US$105 billion every year on maintaining and modernising their nuclear forces. Much of this goes to private enterprises. We need to discourage banks and other financial institutions from investing in companies that are involved in such work. Divestment is something that anyone can work on — encouraging people to invest their superannuation in funds that refuse to support nuclear weapons production. People can also take part in our Bombs No More community campaign, transforming images of nuclear bombs into something peaceful. We call it citizen disarmament. Continue reading →

December 17, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Nuclear bombing of Hiroshima immoral and unnecessary

the Americans and British had long crossed the moral frontier about terror-bombing civilians…

The Americans didn’t want the Japanese to surrender before they had a chance to drop the bomb.

Weapon of choice, Review By Hamish Mcdonald,December 17, 2011 “……. Now Paul Ham, already established as the best of Australia’s popular war historians, has painted more detail on a wider canvas. Through individual stories, he doesn’t spare us the horrifying reality on the
ground. Almost as excruciatingly, he takes us through the practical and moral decisions about using the bomb……..
Many of the scientists who had urged the development of the atomic bomb to pre-empt Hitler became opposed to its use against Japan. Some petitioned for a demonstration explosion instead. ….. Continue reading →

December 17, 2011 Posted by | history, Religion and ethics, resources - print, USA | Leave a comment