The next meeting of the Nuclear Weapons Abolition Reading Room will take place on Tuesday, August 19th at 7:30 pm.  We'll discuss Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, by Lawrence Wittner.  The book was published in 2009, so it predates the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by eight years.  In my view, this fact doesn't diminish the book's power or relevance.  Rather, Confronting the Bomb chronicles and assesses the wealth of international action that came before the TPNW and what might still have value for the movement today.  Here's a short review:

"Wittner gives us something no one has ever shown us. He chronicles how global civil society grew its own capacity to stop the rulers—in democracies and dictatorships alike—from firing the omnicidal weaponry the rulers developed. If you've ever signed a petition, voted against nukes in a referendum, been to an anti-nuclear demonstration, written a letter opposing any piece of the nuclear arsenal, gone to visit a politician to lobby against any atomic bomb component, or been arrested for your nonviolent refusal to let them do this bad business in your name, this book is for you."—The Peaceworker

Interested in joining? Contact Facilitator Dan at dworthen54@gmail.com

During the meeting, Dan will also give a report on his upcoming visit to Hiroshima for the 80th annual commemoration of the bombing.