Sunday 9th August 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the bombing in 1945 of the Japanese city of Nagasaki.  This was three days after the bombing of Hiroshima.  

The destructive power of today's nuclear weapons is far greater than the power of either of the bombs which destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

We will all have noticed to our alarm that the public relations between the leaderships of the nuclear powers is far less co-operative than it has been at any time since the Cold War. 

As well as that there is a powerful arms industry profiting from and intent on inventing more and more ways for people to eliminate other people.

We need more than ever a global movement of people dedicated to the promotion of peace and prosperity. 

Let the memory of the awful events of August 1945 encourage us to rededicate ourselves to the cause of peace.