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Article: Kiwis fix nukes with number 8 wire.(ANTI-NUKE ACTION ACROSS THE WORLD)(Brief article)
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- New Internationalist
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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Many of the most effective citizens' initiatives to abolish nuclear weapons have their origins in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In the 1980s Kiwis established their homes, schools, churches, workplaces, and cities as Nuclear Weapon Free Zones - 'much to the annoyance of the US who used to bring nuclear weapons into our ports on warships!' reminisces Alyn Ware, a central figure in the country's peace movement.
In the 1990s, Alyn and others campaigned for an International Court of Justice (World Court) ruling, which found that the threat or use of nuclear weapons is illegal, and that countries are obliged to eliminate nuclear stockpiles. He helped found Abolition 2000-an ...