Berlingske inviterer til fredsmøde mod atomtruslen
"Hvis man tilhører de yngre generationer i dag, kan det opfattes som en overdreven frygtsomhed, grænsende til det hysteriske. Men for os, der var der dengang, var angsten reel nok. Koldkrigsmistroen var allestedsnærværende. Og hvad værre var - der var noget at have frygten i", skriver Berlingske-koncernens butik Rejseliv.
"At en tåbelig misforståelse skulle udløse et atomragnarok og lægge kloden øde, var en bekymring, især mange andre unge havde dengang. Men som bekendt endte det hele jo godt. Berlinmuren faldt i 1989, Jerntæppet blev trukket fra (selv om Vladimir Putin er begyndt at trække det for igen), atombombearsenalerne blev formindsket."
Så for at fejre afslutningen på Den Kolde Krig inviterede Berlingske læserne til "en af de mest spektakulære aktiviteter i forbindelse med fejringen af 25-året for Murens fald. Her vil 8.000 mennesker fra hele verden den 9. november 2014 danne en 15 km lang menneskemur langs det område, hvor betonmuren i sin tid delte byen. Hver deltager vil holde en stor, hvid og oplyst heliumballon i hånden, og på slaget 20 lade de 8.000 balloner stige til himmels i aftenmørket som et symbol på fred."
Berlingske når dog at nævne, at arsenalerne med atombomber blot blev formindsket - men ikke at truslen fra atomvåben stadig både er reel og overhængende. I følge Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists råder verden i dag fortsat over omkring 16.300 atomvåben spredt på 100 placeringer i 14 lande. Rusland og USA har langt de fleste, mens resten er ejet af Frankrig, Indien, Israel, Kina, Nordkorea, Pakistan og Storbritannien.
Sydafrika har vist at det er muligt for en nation at opgive sine atomvåben, sammen med de tidligere sovjetrepublikker Hviderusland, Kasakhstan og Ukraine, der også frivilligt lod sig afvæbne efter Sovjetunionens sammenbrud.
10.000 af de resterende atombomber står fortsat rundt om i verden på militære baser, 4.000 af dem er sprængklare. De farligste 1.800 står altid klar på startramper, og venter blot på at nogen trykker på den røde knap - eller snubler over ledningen. En del af USAs atomvåben er officielt sendt på pension, men ikke destruerede - ud fra en tåget forklaring om at de kunne bruges mod truende asteroider...
Tom Vilmer Paamand - oktober 2014
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> Peace prize for drone researcher: Refuses to make weapons
”I don't want to build drones for the military”, wrote Dylan Cawthorne in the Danish trade magazine for engineers - and for this attitude the peace organisation ”Aldrig Mere Krig” (”Never More War”) has now honoured him with the association's Peace Rose. Cawthorne is an aerospace engineer and associate professor at the Drone Centre at the University of Southern Denmark.
Cawthorne warns of a ”militarization of public Danish universities”, and that he himself is exposed to ”increased pressure from management to work on military projects”, with ”financial gain as the primary motive”.
Despite the pressure, Cawthorne refuses to work on military projects, and will insist on developing only civilian drones – for the benefit of healthcare and similar humanitarian tasks: ”Then I can combine my love of flight and fabrication, with my dream of making the world a better place.”
The Peace Rose was awarded to Dylan Cawthorne on Sunday the 10th of September in front of his artwork ”Kites for Peace”. The award certificate from the peace organisation honours Cawthorne for ”the courage to demand technology for peace and not for war”.
”In a world where science has made our leaders all too skilled at creating havoc and causing destruction, but not at solving their conflicts peacefully, it is important for daring individuals to speak out against the onslaught of militarisation”, said Tom Vilmer Paamand, who is chairman of the peace organisation, at the presentation:
”Freedom of research is threatened, just as freedom of speech is, when suddenly there is no room for sober thoughts against war. That is why people like Dylan Cawthorne, who dare anyway, are so badly needed.”
”Aldrig Mere Krig” is the Danish section of War Resisters' International, and has been handing out its Peace Roses for over 50 years. Over the years, the prize has been given for many forms of action, and to many types of actors - from dock workers to artists, journalists and even to a commander of the special forces. And in a similar case to Cawthorne's, to the engineering company Rambøll, which at that time had a philosophy of not wanting to ”make money from the arms industry”.
Tom Vilmer Paamand - september 2023
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> Peace prize for drone researcher: Refuses to make weapons
”I don't want to build drones for the military”, wrote Dylan Cawthorne in the Danish trade magazine for engineers - and for this attitude the peace organisation ”Aldrig Mere Krig” (”Never More War”) has now honoured him with the association's Peace Rose. Cawthorne is an aerospace engineer and associate professor at the Drone Centre at the University of Southern Denmark.Cawthorne warns of a ”militarization of public Danish universities”, and that he himself is exposed to ”increased pressure from management to work on military projects”, with ”financial gain as the primary motive”.
Despite the pressure, Cawthorne refuses to work on military projects, and will insist on developing only civilian drones – for the benefit of healthcare and similar humanitarian tasks: ”Then I can combine my love of flight and fabrication, with my dream of making the world a better place.”
The Peace Rose was awarded to Dylan Cawthorne on Sunday the 10th of September in front of his artwork ”Kites for Peace”. The award certificate from the peace organisation honours Cawthorne for ”the courage to demand technology for peace and not for war”.
”In a world where science has made our leaders all too skilled at creating havoc and causing destruction, but not at solving their conflicts peacefully, it is important for daring individuals to speak out against the onslaught of militarisation”, said Tom Vilmer Paamand, who is chairman of the peace organisation, at the presentation:
”Freedom of research is threatened, just as freedom of speech is, when suddenly there is no room for sober thoughts against war. That is why people like Dylan Cawthorne, who dare anyway, are so badly needed.”
”Aldrig Mere Krig” is the Danish section of War Resisters' International, and has been handing out its Peace Roses for over 50 years. Over the years, the prize has been given for many forms of action, and to many types of actors - from dock workers to artists, journalists and even to a commander of the special forces. And in a similar case to Cawthorne's, to the engineering company Rambøll, which at that time had a philosophy of not wanting to ”make money from the arms industry”.
Tom Vilmer Paamand - september 2023
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