THREAD: On the 75th anniversary of the first nuclear weapon test, conducted by the US govt in New Mexico on 16 July 1945, the UN Special Rapporteur on toxics urges us not to forget the discriminatory legacy of nuclear testing: bit.ly/2DGuzbs #nuclearban #NeverAgain 
"From the detonation of hundreds of nuclear bombs over communities in the Pacific to the disposal of hazardous radioactive waste on lands & territories of indigenous peoples, the legacy of nuclear testing is one of the cruellest examples of environmental injustice." #nuclearban
"Today it is important that we stop and reflect on the racial and ethnic discrimination of nuclear testing, and the victims of this legacy that continue to suffer," says @SRtoxics. This is crucial to confront the structures of white supremacy throughout our societies. #nuclearban
There are direct connections between the white supremacist nuclear policies from 1945 through to today, which have disproportionately harmed Indigenous and other communities of colour around the world, and the structural racism in policing, war, borders, and more. #nuclearban
The same racist ideology that enables the US to explode nuclear bombs, dig up radioactive materials, and bury nuclear waste on Indigenous lands and near poor communities also lies within the US carceral system, its border policies, and in its wars. #nuclearban
Radioactive racism is not just a legacy, it is a current lived reality. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons recongises the nuclear violence against Indigenous nations and includes provisions for victim assistance and environmental remediation. #nuclearban
Indigenous groups helped negotiate the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, including with a joint statement delivered by Karina Lester, a Yankunytjatjara Anangu woman whose family survived British nuclear testing in Australia: bit.ly/2DPNyAz #nuclearban
Abolishing nuclear weapons is an anti-racist project. It is a contribution to dismantling systems of injustice and violence like police and prisons, borders, military bases, wars, the arms trade. It is a project for environmental justice. It is a project for peace. #nuclearban
If you're interested in joining this work, check out the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: icanw.org. For more on connections between structures of violence, check out the ongoing @WILPF series on abolition: bit.ly/3eAAr2S #nuclearban
For more on racism and nuclear weapons, check out (among others!) @VincentIntondi's "African Americans Against the Bomb"; and Taylor N. Johnson, "‘The most bombed nation on Earth’: Western Shoshone resistance to the Nevada National Security Site". #nuclearban
Also have a look at @kathykijiner's beautiful video poem “Anointed,” which explores the nuclear testing legacy of the Marshall Islands through the legends and stories of Runit Island: #nuclearban #NeverAgain
And check out the webinar hosted by @ican_australia to mark the 75th anniversary of the #Trinity nuclear test, featuring activists and survivors from Indigenous and other downwind communities. #nuclearban facebook.com/watch/live/?v=…
