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Anniversary of the first of 193 Nuclear Bomb Tests in the Pacific

5/7/2021

 
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2 July is the 55th anniversary of France’s first nuclear bomb detonation in Maohi Nui (French Occupied Polynesia), the first in a total of 193 bomb “tests” at Mororua and Fangataufa from 1966 to 1996 which left a toxic radioactive legacy
​that continues to cause immense harm to the health and wellbeing of Tahitians and other Pacific peoples, and threatens the future of the Pacific ocean.
“On July 2, 1966 the calm of French Polynesia's Moruroa atoll was shattered by an explosion of unbelievable force. Within a second, the azure tropical sky flashed bright orange, and was ruptured by a towering radioactive cloud that mushroomed into the atmosphere; the placid lagoon was stirred into a tempestuous cauldron, while the coconut trees on the white sand islets were bent by the sheer force of the nuclear explosion.

​"It's beautiful", said President Charles de Gaulle.”, https://www.facebook.com/PeaceMovementAotearoa/posts/2289709457743077

To mark this year’s anniversary, here are some links to resources and further information as a reminder of the tragic and long lasting impact the insane pursuit of nuclear weapons supremacy has had in the Pacific.
No te parau tia, no te parau mau, no te tiamaraa, e tu, e tu - For justice, for truth and for independence, wake up, stand up!
• ‘Tahiti Nui Round Table’, live broadcast today with Oscar Temaru and others speaking from Tahiti, https://www.facebook.com/100070279773360/videos/520248815992567 - the alternative to France's nuclear legacy talks in Paris, https://www.facebook.com/PeaceMovementAotearoa/posts/4089023491144989
• Moruroa e Tatou ‘s commemoration in Papa’ete on Friday, 2 July (3 July NZST), https://www.facebook.com/events/350372219851182 - programme, https://www.facebook.com/moruroaetatou/posts/10159205840370460
• #MoanaManiapoto 's 2020 interview with Oscar Temaru on #TeAoWithMoana, https://www.facebook.com/PeaceMovementAotearoa/posts/2946813915365958
• “France concealed the true impact of its nuclear tests in the Pacific from the 1960s to the 1990s, a new study has found” - ‘The Moruroa Files: Investigation into French nuclear tests in the Pacific’, https://www.facebook.com/PeaceMovementAotearoa/posts/3760894050624603
• Images of the nuclear bomb detonations and associated military base: Moruroa, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq_v-fH4TLY Moruroa et Fangataufa, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOpwFPslXqI Hao, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54YMpk-6Ft8
• “The remarkable story of Cook Islanders’ resistance to nuclear weapons, including sending Te-Au-O-Tonga to Moruroa”, https://www.facebook.com/PeaceMovementAotearoa/posts/3054764037904278
• Our 2021 Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day statement, https://www.facebook.com/PeaceMovementAotearoa/posts/3738034282910580
#PacificLivesMatter #moruroa #fangataufa #Moruroaetatou #TaviniHuiraatira #CookIslands #RMINNC #MarshallIslands #runitdome #OurOceanOurTragedy #NuclearJusticeNow #MyFishIsYourFish #MISA4thePacific #Youngsolwara #YoungsolwaraPacific #NewClearWays for a #NuclearFreeIndependentPacific #Wansolwara #OneOceanOnePeople #ouroceanourstory #PANGmedia #SPNFZ #PeaceMovementA #PeaceMovementAotearoa #PacificPawa #NuclearBan #BanTreaty #banthebomb #TPNW #4disarmament #nuclearfreenz

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