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'X marks the spot': ICANW launch in Melbourne
by pc
Monday April 23, 2007 at 02:37 PM
The Australian branch of the International Campaign against Nuclear Weapons announced its official launch today at Parliament House in Melbourne...
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There was a large red cross on the steps and a map of Melbourne with rings at 3, 5 10, 20 and 80km radii from the centre asking the question 'What would happen if a 1 Megaton nuclear bomb landed in Melbourne's CBD?', while 'doctors' in white coats tended 'victims'. A leaflet from MAPW* offered some gruesome answers - 100% immediate fatalities within 3km, acute radiation sickness, usually fatal, within 5km, bomb flash causing temporary if not permanent blindness within 80km and so on. Ending with the further question 'Is that okay with you?'
The event on the steps was followed by a press conference inside Parliament House and a luncheon, as already announced on this site (http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143698.php)
*MAPW - Medical Association for Prevention of War - http://www.mapw.org.au
www.mapw.org.au/ican.html
The map - closer view
by pc
Monday April 23, 2007 at 02:37 PM
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- see the MAPW website for more resources - http://www.mapw.org.au/index.html and http://www.mapw.org.au/ican.html
www.mapw.org.au/ican.html
Former PM: Abolish Nuclear Weapons
by Adam
Monday April 23, 2007 at 07:19 PM
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Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser was one of the guests speaking at the launch of ICAN, at Parliament House, Melbourne.
Fraser urges end to nuclear weapons, April 23, 2007
"There will be proliferation, they will not be able to stop it unless the major nuclear states make up their minds that nuclear weapons must be abolished."
Watch the website and You Tube for the ican video.
www.icanw.org
Such a jovial event
by me
Saturday May 05, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Look at the smiles on the faces of the 'doctors' at the event. They're having a great time!
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