from the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice email list:

Hiroshima Day, Sunday, August 6 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Candlelight Vigil to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to call for the global abolition of nuclear weapons, starting with our own

Gather 6 p.m. for bannering; Program at 6:30 p.m. followed by Candlelight Procession

In front of the Midway Carrier Museum on Harbor Drive, one block south of Broadway

Special Guest Speaker: Leuren Moret
Independent Scientist; President, Scientists for Indigenous People; City of Berkeley Environmental Commissioner; and whistleblower at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab. She is an expert on the environmental and public health effects of low level radiation from atmospheric testing fallout, nuclear power plants and depleted uranium weaponry.

Nagasaki Day, Wednesday, August 9 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

The War Machine Reveled: Bechtel Corporation-Merchant of Death

From Hiroshima & Nagasaki to Yucca Mountain to the Middle East, Bechtel has reaped human, environmental and community devastation. Besides being the world’s largest engineering firm and #1 nuclear profiteer, Bechtel is a leading beneficiary of the Iraq war and corporate globalization policies. Bechtel “connects the dots” for the anti-nuke, anti-war and global justice movements! Through its sordid corporate history and 100 years of revolving-door relationships with government, Bechtel illustrates the connections between profiteering and war, between nuclear power and nuclear weapons proliferation, between “free trade” and the exploitation of indigenous peoples, and between corporate power-brokers and decision-makers at the highest levels of government.

Gather at the Federal Building, Front and Broadway, 11:30 a.m. We will proceed through the downtown area and arrive at Bechtel’s office at 1230 Columbia at 12:15 p.m.

For more information on either event, contact the PRC or SDCPJ at 619-263-9301 or prcsandiego@igc.org or info@sdcpj.org