[van-announce] Come Sign My Bomb

[Steve Kisby]

http://www.alternatives.com/prms/2003/aaw-0724.pdf

Artists Against War
For Immediate Release
July 24, 2003

Come Sign My Bomb

VANCOUVER -- On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima. 200,000 people, mostly women and children, died. The bomb was a tiny 15 Kiloton bomb, a humble comparison to the 100,000 Kiloton bombs of today. Three days later a second Atomic Bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Though the amount of energy generated by that bomb was significantly larger, the damage given to that city was slighter due to the geographic structure of the city. Another 70,000 people died from that bombing.
  
The Bush administration has asked United States congress to authorize the use of a new generation of nuclear bombs. The US is also in negotiations with Canada to install a common Ballistic Missile Defence System. The missile defence system being proposed is similar to the ongoing Stars Wars program.
  
Star Wars is a failure because: (1) it was too expensive, (2) the technology does not exist, (3) it encouraged other nations to build smaller nuclear bombs that could be smuggled into target areas, and (4) it forced other nations into a potentially catastrophic arms race.
  
On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Artists Against War is planning “Come Sign My Bomb” in remembrance of the 270,000 people that died and to prove that the planned missile defence system is flawed. We will display a paper maché version of the bomb that killed 200 000 people when dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
  
People are invited to come sign and write a message on the bomb. This non-explosive paper maché bomb will then be mailed to the Pentagon. Our Message is: (1) terrorists are more likely to use a courier freight service than an Intercontinental ballistic missile, (2) the USA must not force the rest of the world into another costly arms race, and (3) we will not let Canada be a launching ground for American weapons.

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For more info, please contact:
Conrad, 604-537-2044
http://www.ArtistsAgainstWar.org
  
PDF Poster: http://www.ArtistsAgainstWar.org/hiroshima.pdf