Daisy Tibbs-Dawson has been thinking a lot recently about a chapter of her rich life that she, a famous Seattle peace activist, and the citizens of Hiroshima wrote 63 years ago. A 25-year-old volunteer on a 1949 project to help…
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How an early Aug. 6 memorial surprised a peace activist
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While working on an upcoming article about a new exhibition facility in Hiroshima, I came across a rather striking reference to the Aug. 6, 1949 ceremony by Seattle peace activist Floyd Schmoe. Schmoe was there with other volunteers for a…
Lessons from Takashi Nagai, an early leader of survivors
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More than six decades after his death, Dr. Takashi Nagai remains relevant to how we look at the pursuit of peace today. In the immediate aftermath of World War II, Nagai became one of the most famous survivors of the…
Nagasaki: The historical debate
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As we mark the 65th anniversary of Nagasaki’s hellish destruction, it has always seemed to me that, of the two atomic bombings, this was the one more clearly unnecessary. After all, as Martin J. Sherwin argued in his classic work,…
A Hiroshima survivor who became a leader on many issues in Seattle
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Akira “Ken” Nakano was a big influence on me and helped me plan my work in Hiroshima in 2009. He died a few months before I left on the Fulbright-sponsored research that led to this blog. Just before the anniversary…
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists says world is (a little) safer
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Here’s an article I wrote for YES! Magazine (reprinted with permission): In recognition of progress toward creating a safer world, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists turned back its famed Doomsday Clock by one minute. The clock now is set…