Oppenheimer: From the Oscars to nuclear disarmament plus Let

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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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Oscar nods honor 'Oppenheimer,' but what about Americans still suffering from nuke tests?

[ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/ ... 801220007/

There were nearly 1,000 nuclear weapons detonations on American soil 1951-92. What about the repercussions for marginalized communities left to collect the detritus from history? - Mark ShapiroOpinion contributor

EXCERPT: "There’s a signature moment in the blockbuster film "Oppenheimer." Scientists are on edge; they are about to detonate the world’s first nuclear weapon. A man begins a countdown, and the most respected scientific and engineering minds place side bets on whether the earth will survive this initial detonation. Then there’s a flash and a deep boom.

After a pregnant pause, an anxious celebration ensues. Handshakes all around. Hooray for J. Robert Oppenheimer and the lads!

In American cinema we celebrate icons and moments in time. We rarely ponder the consequence after our popcorn tub is empty. A consequence of that 21-kiloton nuclear test at Trinity in the remote New Mexico desert was the unrestricted drift of toxic radiation that blanketed the ground below. . . . .

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