Passing the torch: A history of nuclear survival in the Pacific

Earth Matters · May 5, 2019

Passing the torch: A history of nuclear survival in the PacificFrom 1946 to 1998 world players in the nuclear armaments industry conducted more than two thousand nuclear test explosions around the world, including more than 310 nuclear tests that were conducted on Indigenous lands and water, in the Pacific region, by the United States, Britain & France.Protests, direct action campaigns & lobbying against nuclear testing and for the rights of survivors were organised from the 1950s, and continues to this day. Pacific Islands based journalist & researcher Nic Maclellan explains how many of the…