Jackson Browne and Graham Nash sign open letter against nuclear weapons

Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Annie Lennox, Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas and others signed the letter “ Make Nukes History “.

Jackson Browne and Graham Nash, co-founders of Musicians United for Safe Energy and the famous No Nukes concert in 1979, are among the artists, actors and activists who signed an open letter warning of the dangers of nuclear weapons.

Annie Lennox, Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, Julianne Moore, Bill Nye and more also signed the open letter. Make Nukes History ”, which is linked to the film Oppenheimer and the windfall of awards he is expected to receive at the Oscars this weekend.

« Oppenheimer depicts 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 weaponswe can read in the open letter. Oppenheimer was right to warn us. Today, nine countries hold 13,000 nuclear weapons. Some are 80 times more powerful than those that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. »

The open letter, published by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, was also signed by Christoph Waltz, Lily Tomlin, Viggo Mortensen, Rosanna Arquette, Alan Cumming, Ellen Burstyn and Charles Oppenheimer, the grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

“ As artists and defenders of human rights, we want to make our voices heard to remind us that while Oppenheimer belongs to history, nuclear weapons are not.the letter continues. In this time of great uncertainty, one nuclear weapon – on land, under the sea, in the air or in space – is too many. To protect our families, our communities and our world, we must demand that world leaders work to relegate nuclear weapons to the past and build a brighter future. Join us, before your luck runs out. »