This week we mark 75 years since the tragic and unnecessary atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Beyond Nuclear and the Nuclear Free Takoma Park Committee are pleased to let you know that you can now see a film free online about the decades-long anti-nuclear activism that has pushed to eliminate nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth. What: The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons, a 56-minute documentary about efforts to bring a nuclear weapon ban treaty into international law and the role of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, told through the voices of leading activists from several different organizations and countries and the president of the negotiating conference.
When: Anytime. Now free to view on YouTube.
The story: Told through a brief history of the bomb and a deep look at the nuclear abolition movement, the film considers the humanitarian initiative that successfully challenged the dominant security narrative, and the historic steps taken since 2010 to turn the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons from a dream into a reality. The film also shows what can be done by anyone to help bring the treaty into force (only 10 ratifications are now still needed to achieve this) and to stigmatize nuclear weapons until they are finally eradicated.