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California peace advocates marked the 69th Anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the Livermore Lab, where the U.S. is spending billions of dollars to create new and modified nuclear weapons. The aptly titled event, “Failure to Disarm,” highlighted the landmark litigation filed recently by the tiny Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), used as a U.S. nuclear test site for 12 years, against the nine nuclear weapons states for their failure to disarm under the Nuclear Non-­‐Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and customary international law. The RMI also filed a separate case against the U.S. in Federal Court in San Francisco. The complaint specifically cites Livermore Lab’s activities to modernize the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile as a breach of the NPT and flagrant violation of international law. Rick Wayman delivered the keynote. Wayman is Director of Programs for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. He worked on nuclear policy with the UK Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament before moving to Santa Barbara in 2007 to join NAPF. Wayman works closely with the government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to coordinate the educational, policy and legal components of the litigation. Failure to Disarm - Chizu Hamada - Hiroshima & Fukushima http://youtu.be/gCnLfUTCio0 Chizu Hamada speaks on the links between nuclear weapons, nuclear power and the ongoing dangers at Fukushima Daiichi. Hamada is a San Francisco business owner and spokesperson for the No Nukes Action Committee, a group of Japanese citizens, Japanese-­‐Americans and others who came together after the 3/11/2011 earthquake, tsunami and meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Nuclear Health Risks - Dr. Robert Gould http://youtu.be/o9ikP5NLEoY President of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR.org) talks about the risks to public health, the human genome and the global environment posed by nuclear weapons and energy. Failure to Disarm - Scott Yundt - New Nuclear Weapons http://youtu.be/BRBLxSUnOhs Scott Yundt details weapons activities currently underway at Livermore Lab. Yundt is Staff Attorney at the Livermore-­‐based Tri-­‐Valley CAREs. He manages the group’s environmental and “right to know” litigation, and is preparing an amicus brief in support of the Marshall Islands’ Federal case. Yundt facilitates a support group for Livermore Lab and other workers made ill by on the job exposures. Failure to Disarm - Jackie Cabasso - Nuclear Militarism http://youtu.be/gEeUj7GTJLg Jackie Cabasso addresses resurgent U.S. militarism in Asia-­‐Pacific and the growing dangers of great power wars among nuclear armed nations. Cabasso, Executive Director of the Oakland-­‐based Western States Legal Foundation since 1984, is an internationally recognized leading voice for nuclear weapons abolition. She was the recipient of the 2008 Sean McBride Peace Prize. Excertps 3 http://youtu.be/j46da6BNVw4 August 6, 2014 - Hiroshima Commemoration, Protest & Nonviolent Direct Action at Livermore Lab Highlights Courageous “Nuclear Zero” Lawsuits brought by the Marshall Islands. California peace advocates marked the 69th Anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the Livermore Lab, where the U.S. is spending billions of dollars to create new and modified nuclear weapons. The aptly titled event, “Failure to Disarm,” highlighted the landmark litigation filed recently by the tiny Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), used as a U.S. nuclear test site for 12 years, against the nine nuclear weapons states for their failure to disarm under the Nuclear Non-­‐Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and customary international law. The RMI also filed a separate case against the U.S. in Federal Court in San Francisco. The complaint specifically cites Livermore Lab’s activities to modernize the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile as a breach of the NPT and flagrant violation of international law. Failure to Disarm - Rick Wayman - Keynote http://youtu.be/7IC_Tw0PkSA?list=UUju... August 6, 2014 - Hiroshima Commemoration, Protest & Nonviolent Direct Action at Livermore Lab Highlights Courageous “Nuclear Zero” Lawsuits brought by the Marshall Islands. all credits go to eon3