Oppenheimer: From the Oscars to nuclear disarmament plus Letter from Hollywood Stars: Make Nukes History and
LAW not War & nuclear disarmament
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March 9, 2024
Dear friends,
Oppenheimer, the 2023 biographical epic movie about American theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, leads the number of nominations for the Oscar Awards tomorrow (March 10) with 13 nominations.
Upon witnessing the first successful nuclear test, Mr Oppenheimer, who is credited with being the father of the atomic bomb, quoted from the Bhagavad Gita (Hindu scripture) 'Now I am Death: the destroyer of the worlds.'
Indeed, Oppenheimer was so impacted by the potential of the nuclear bomb to destroy the world that, following the end of the Second World War, he became deeply involved in international nuclear weapons control, peace and the promotion of world governance. The movie should remind us of how important and relevant these ideas are today - as wars are raging, tensions between nuclear armed States are increasing and the threat of nuclear war is as high as it has ever been. . . .
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