Michael Douglas, Jane Fonda, Viggo Mortesen, Julianne Moore
and
Emma Thompson
, among other film and music stars, affirm in an open letter that "one nuclear weapon is one too many" and urge disarmament as part of a campaign that aims flag the film Oppenheimer.
Charles Oppenheimer, grandson of the scientist Robert Oppenheimer, who was fundamental in the development of the first atomic weapons and ended up warning of the danger they entailed for Humanity, is another of the signatories of this open letter from the "Make Nukes History" campaign. in history of nuclear weapons) launched by the organization The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NIT).
The campaign tries to raise awareness about the nuclear threat in the heat of the success of the film
Oppenheimer
, by Christopher Nolan, which
has 13 nominations
at the Oscars held on March 10 in Los Angeles.
"
Oppenheimer
describes the history of the origin of nuclear weapons, the history of the Manhattan Project, and Robert Oppenheimer's subsequent warnings against an arms race and the development of even more powerful weapons. Oppenheimer was right to warn us," says the open letter he publishes. this Thursday the
Los Angeles Times
.
The signatories, among whom are also the singer
Annie Lennox
and the actress
Kristen Stewart
, recall that currently "nine countries possess 13,000 nuclear weapons. Some are 80 times more powerful than those that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945."
John Fitzgerald Kennedy's warning
"Oppenheimer," with Cillian Murphy, has 13 Oscar nominations.
Photo: Universal Pictures via AP
They also cite the warning of assassinated US President John F. Kennedy to the United Nations in 1961: "Today, every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet is no longer habitable."
"Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the thinnest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident, miscalculation or madness," underline these artists who seek with their open letter to remember that
"while Oppenheimer is history, nuclear weapons are not
. "
"In times of great uncertainty, even a single nuclear weapon - on land, sea, air or space - is one too many. To protect our families, our communities and our world, we must demand that world leaders work to make nuclear weapons go down in history and build a better future," they add before asking people to join this campaign "before our luck runs out."
Viggo Mortensen is one of the actors in the open letter from celebrities calling for disarmament.
Photo: EFE/ Enrique García Medina
On Friday, March 8, as part of the campaign, a large art installation will open at the Original Farmers Market, near The Grove in Los Angeles, from where
prominent TikTokers with millions of followers will record live videos of anti-nuclear content
, notes a statement from the organization.
Antinuclear education
“Every person should be educated about the incredible destructive power of nuclear weapons.
Understanding the threat illuminates a necessary path toward its elimination,” said actor
Matthew Modine
, a member of the award-winning cast of
Oppenheimer
.
NIT highlights that Modine has produced the new documentary
Downwind
about the impact of nuclear weapons testing during the Cold War.
Emma Thompson, another of the actresses who signed the antinuclear manifesto.
Photo: Jane Barlow / POOL / AFP
“Hundreds of thousands of Americans have been directly harmed by radioactive fallout from hundreds of nuclear explosions carried out on American soil.
From the moment of the first atomic bomb test at Los Alamos, New Mexico, our entire planet has been at risk.
We need to stop this madness,” he notes in the statement.
Source: EFE