The Arlington Premiere of The War Game at the Regent Theatre
Friday August 6th: Screening @ 7:00, Doors @ 6:00
Mass. Peace Action and Physicians for Social Responsibility are sponsoring a special live, in-person screening of Peter Watkins’ Academy-award winning film The War Game 7 pm ET August 6th at the Regent Theatre in Arlington. This 1966 docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Great Britain was so provocative that it was banned from broadcast by the BBC. After the screening, internationally renowned nuclear disarmament expert Dr. Ira Helfand will take questions and discuss practical steps for engagement. Afterwards, attendees are welcome to attend a candlelight vigil at Spy Pond, a short distance from the theater. If your group would like to join the growing list of cosponsors please write to info@masspeaceaction.org. $10 suggested donation.
Join a Hiroshima-Nagasaki Event, or Organize your own
This August marks the 76 years since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and 51 years of inexcusable inaction by the five original nuclear powers that have failed to honor the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Massachusetts Peace Action is calling on all peace activists to plan or join commemorative events in their communities for Hiroshima-Nagasaki week, August 2nd to 9th. For a list of events click here. To list your own, click here!
All events will be held in conjunction with global “Peace Wave 2021” initiated by Japan Council against A and H Bombs (Gensuikyo). Here in the United States, these vital steps need to be taken right now:
- Halt the current nuclear “modernization” plan, with a special focus on defunding the ICBM “Money Pit” Missile
- Adopt a “No First Use” doctrine: the U.S. must never be the first to use nuclear weapons
- Eliminate the president’s “sole, unchecked authority” to initiate nuclear war
- Remove U.S. nuclear weapons off “hair-trigger” alert
- Support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons that entered into force on January 22nd of this year
Over a dozen events from Pittsfield to Marthas’ Vineyard have been scheduled.
Add yours to our list! No matter the size of your event register your information with us so that we can promote and include it in our calendar.
This is a solemn and urgent moment, but one filled with the possibility of action to insure a future free of nuclear weapons. We are counting on you to take the first steps with us. Please join us!
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In peace and solidarity, Maryellen Kurkulos Massachusetts Peace Action Board PS: Get your ticket for the War Game at Arlington's Regent Theater Join the Peace Wave, buy attending a Hiroshima and Nagasaki event! |
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