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HIROSHIMA DAY - Must-Read Articles
Discover Better World Info’s hand-curated selection of must-read articles on Hiroshima Day and learn how you can actively advocate for global peace and nuclear disarmament.
Our essential guide offers you in-depth information on the vital importance of remembrance, honouring the survivors, and raising widespread awareness to ensure the catastrophic horrors of August 1945 are never repeated.
These articles highlight how history’s hardest lessons have still not been learnt, exposing the dangerous reality as nuclear-armed states continue to stockpile, expand, and modernise their nuclear arsenals.
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- Even Churchill thought Hiroshima was unnecessay briefing - Peace News 420428
- A Global Call to Action : For Democracy That Delivers Peace and Prosperity For All - IPB 486237
- That Day at Hiroshima - Atlantic 10/46 364422
- Hiroshima, Nagasaki to Urge Trust-Building, Nuclear Abolition - Jiji Pres 31.07.26 521001
- Scientists make a startling discovery about the Hiroshima atomic bombing after nearly 81 years - WION 30.07.26 521000
- Strange never-before-seen material found at Hiroshima atomic bombing site - Independent 30.07.26 521002
- ‘I never mentioned it for 25 years. I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: Hiroshima survivor Koko Kondo on horror, anger and forgiveness - Guardian 25.07.26 520999
- Advocating World without Nuclear Weapons, Youth Begin Historic Visit to Hiroshima, Nagasaki to Meet with Atomic Bomb Survivors, Outline Concrete Steps for Change - UN 29.06.26 520009
- Lost memoir of Hiroshima survivor found after decades in US archive - Guardian 23.06.26 520008
- Cycling for world peace from Hiroshima to Nagasaki - Peace Health Blog 29.09.25 492450
- The nuclear threat: policy, science, and public opinion - Lancet 06.09.25 500941
- Cardinal Cupich joins visit to Japan on anniversary of nuclear bombings - Chicago Catholic 20.08.25 484760
- 80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: “Human beings and nuclear weapons cannot coexist” - Peoples Dispatch 19.08.25 484757
- The neglected Korean victims of the US nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - ICAN 12.08.25 484759
- Military Veteran Speaks Out On Nuclear War And GI Resistance - Popular Resitance 12.08.25 502657
- Leaders shouldn’t just talk about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They should visit. - Bulletin 12.08.25 484752
- Nagasaki marks 80th anniversary of US atomic bomb attack on Japan - Al Jazeera 09.08.25 484758
- Nagasaki Marks 80 Years Since Atomic Bombing Amid Calls for Nuclear Abolition - Europe Says 09.08.25 491670
- Japan commemorates 80 years since Nagasaki nuclear bomb attack - Africa News 09.08.25 484753
- My Generation’s Deadly Inheritance - NY Times 09.08.25 484512
- Nagasaki marks 80 years since U.S. atomic bombing as survivors place hopes of nuclear ban in hands of youth - PBS 09.08.25 484750
- Japan marks 80th anniversary of atomic bombing in Hiroshima - ABC 06.08.25 484749
- I Survived an Atomic Bomb. It’s Time to End the Nuclear Threat - NY Times 06.08.25 486494
- Hiroshima Lives On - in Gaza - Biljana Vankovska 06.08.25 484736
- Why are we commemorating Hiroshima’s 80th anniversary with new nuclear weapons? - Independent 06.08.25 484509
- On the 80th Anniversary of the World’s First Atomic Attack, Hiroshima’s Youngest Survivors Call for Disarmament - Ink Stick 06.08.25 484795
- Eighty Years After the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons Continue to Harm Us All - WILPF 06.08.25 484719
- 80 Years After Hiroshima & Nagasaki, U.S. Keeps Covering Up Horrors of Atomic Bombing: Greg Mitchell - DN! 06.08.25 483347
- Remembering the Children of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - CD 06.08.25 483346
- Eighty Years After the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons Continue to Harm Us All - WILPF 06.08.25 483345
- Japan’s Hiroshima marks 80 years since US atomic bombing - Al Jazeera 06.08.25 484755
- Reflections on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years on - The Bulletin 06.08.25 483350
- Even Hiroshima’s Pacifist Cause Is Losing Believers - NY Times 06.08.25 483348
- Hiroshima anniversary: mayor says Ukraine and Middle East crises show world ignoring nuclear ‘tragedies’ - Guardian 06.08.25 483349
- Schoolboy makes Hiroshima bombing personal for Peace Park visitors - Al Jazeera 05.08.25 484714
- 80 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan - NYT 05.08.25 483145
- Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing - BBC 05.08.25 484754
- Japan: Passing on the pain of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - DW 05.08.25 483141
- Hiroshima’s fading legacy: the race to secure survivors’ memories amid a new era of nuclear brinkmanship - Guardian 05.08.25 483128
- Survivors’ voices 80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki sound a warning and a call to action - Conversation 04.08.25 484756
- Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Genocide - CP 04.08.25 482944
- How the Atomic Bombs Reshaped the World - FP 03.08.25 483142
- Jane Mayer on John Hersey’s “Hiroshima” - New Yorker 03.08.25 482945
- 80 years of the atomic age - Sonnenseite 02.08.25 486503
- The treaty meant to control nuclear risks is under strain 80 years after the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Conversation 01.08.25 482823
- Never Again: Commemorate Hiroshima & Nagasaki – CND - Labour Outlook 01.08.25 482825
- 80 years since Hiroshima. How much longer can the world’s luck hold? - Washington Post 01.08.25 482822
- Hiroshima, Nagasaki to Renew Push to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - Jiji Press 01.08.25 482824
- Jeremy Corbyn and Caroline Lucas to represent CND in Japan commemorating 80th anniversary of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - CNDUK 30.07.25 482539
- U.S. public opinion divided over atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Japan Times 29.07.25 482540
- 80 years later, Americans have mixed views on whether use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima, Nagasaki was justified - PEW Research 28.07.25 484751
- Video: No more Hiroshimas, No more Nagasakis - UNAC 28.07.25 484436
- HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI BOMBINGS 80 YEARS ON - Pana 27.07.25 484433
- ‘Then the city started to burn, the fires were chasing me’ – 80 years on, Hiroshima survivors describe how the atomic blast echoed down generations - The Conversation 25.07.25 482542
- We have turned the Nagasaki 80th into a celebration of Israeli genocide - Solidarity 22.07.25 484435
- Trinity, 80 Years Later, Still Threatens a “Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” - DN! 17.07.25 480675
- Tweet: I recently visited Hiroshima, and stood at the epicenter of a city scarred by the unimaginable horror caused by a single nuclear bomb dropped in 1945 - @TulsiGabbard 1… 475863
- The Elders visit Hiroshima to mark 80th anniversary of atomic bombing - The Elders 14.05.25 469182
- “No More Hiroshimas”: the Elders call for urgent nuclear dialogue as conflict risks rise - The Elders 14.05.25 469181
- Statement by MATSUI Kazumi President of Mayors for Peace and Mayor of Hiroshima (pdf) - Mayor For Peace 30.04.25 486504
- Statement by SUZUKI Shiro Vice-President of Mayors for Peace and Mayor of Nagasaki (pdf) - Mayor For Peace 30.04.25 486505
- Podcast: The Books that Changed Us — Hiroshima - abc 18.12.24 448125
- Nagasaki defends decision not to invite Israel to atomic bomb memorial - Al Jazeera 08.08.24 429357
- Hiroshima Survivors Warn Against Nuclear War 79 Years After US Bombing - CD 06.08.24 426838
- Hiroshima survivor: “We had no idea what happened” when the bomb dropped - Peoples World 06.08.24 429336
- Hiroşima'nın 79. Yılında Nükleer Tehdit Alarm Veriyor - NKP 05.08.24 - tr 426828
- Hiroşima ve Nagazaki'nin 79. yıldönümünde barış ve silahsızlanma çağrısı - Bianet 05.08.24 - tr 426830
- What do Americans really think about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? - The Bulletin 05.08.24 426296
- Nükleer Karşıtı Platform: Hiroşima’nın 79. yılında nükleer tehdit alarm veriyor - Duvar 05.08.24 - tr 426829
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki must never be forgotten - Morning Star 03.08.24 426177
- Nuclear weapons are weapons of terror - Sonnenseite 03.08.24 430976
- Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki as the world draws closer to nuclear war than ever before - Labour Outlook 02.08.24 426274
- Hiroshima & Nagasaki, 79 years on: CND to mark atomic bombings with warning of increased risks - CND UK 02.08.24 426176
- Telling the Story of the 12 American POWs Who Died in the Hiroshima Bombing and the Japanese Man Who Refused to Let Them Be Forgotten - UNIDIR 26.07.24 426275
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki exhibition: What can you do? - CND 10.07.24 427236
- Watch Melted By Hiroshima Blast Sold at Auction - Greg Mitchell Substack 24.02.24 400739
- Peace Gathering in front of the Japanese Consulate in NYC - Pressenza 08.08.23 365097
- 78th anniversary of US atomic bombing of Hiroshima: In 2023, socialism or barbarism - WSWS 06.08.23 364719
- On 78th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing, Mayor Decries 'Folly' of Deterrence Theory - CD 06.08.23 366235
- 78 Years Ago: Truman’s Announcement Set the ‘Hiroshima Narrative’ That Endures Today - Anti War Blog 06.08.23 364295
- Hiroshima Mayor Calls Nuclear Deterrence a ‘Folly’ - Anti War Blog 06.08.23 364296
- The US Government Once Called Hiroshima and Nagasaki ‘Nuclear Tests’ - CD 06.08.23 366232
- The truth about Hiroshima - CND 06.08.23 365142
- The truth about Hiroshima - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament 06.08.23 364297
- Hiroşima ve Nagazaki'nin 78. yılında tehdit büyüyor: 9 ülke 13 bin nükleer başlığa sahip - Birgün 06.08.23 - tr 364395
- Hiroşima'nın 78. yılında küresel güvenliğe yönelik tehlike tırmanıyor - NKP 05.08.23 - tr 364393
- Before Hiroshima - The Bulletin 05.08.23 364020
- Hiroshima Day 2023: The global footprint of nuclear fallout - Down To Earth 05.08.23 364018
- Nükleer Karşıtı Platform: Hiroşima'nın 78. yılında küresel güvenliğe yönelik tehlike tırmanıyor - SOL 05.08.23 - tr 364396
- Hiroşima'nın 78. yılında küresel güvenliğe yönelik tehlike tırmanıyor - EMO 05.08.23 - tr 364397
- Hiroşima ve Nagazaki'nin 78. yılında tehdit daha da büyüdü: Nükleer silahlar yasaklansın! - Evrensel 05.08.23 - tr 364394
- CND to mark 78th anniversary of Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings amid increased nuclear risk - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament 04.08.23 364021
- Hiroshima A-bombing: Its lessons of unnecessary mass destruction could help guide future nuclear arms talks - Japan Today 04.08.23 363935
- Remember Hiroshima - Labour Outlook 04.08.23 364019
- Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki - Conscience Online 03.08.23 364017
- One of Hiroshima’s last survivors says the world must wake up to the growing nuclear threat - Analyst News 02.08.23 363932
- Even Churchill Thought Hiroshima was Unnecessary - Peace News 01.08.23 365588
- Decades Later, the U.S. Government Called Hiroshima and Nagasaki “Nuclear Tests” - World Beyond War 01.08.23 363933
- Hiroshima attack marks its 78th anniversary – its lessons of unnecessary mass destruction could help guide future nuclear arms talks - The Conversation 31.07.23 363227
- The atomic bomb shocked the world, but not enough to stop killing civilians - Religion News 27.07.23 363931