Love bikes, hate nukes? Bike Around the Bomb 2016

[LDaigle]

Global Zero’s Annual Bike Around the Bomb

What would a nuclear blast look like in downtown Washington, D.C.?

The world is bristling with more than 15,000 nuclear weapons. The risk that these weapons will be used is growing and the consequences are greater than ever.

Join Global Zero on the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japan as we cycle what would be the edge of a “small” nuclear blast in downtown D.C. Together we will commemorate the bombings and call on 2016 presidential candidates to commit to working for a world without nuclear weapons.

Bike Around the Bomb is free, open to the public, family friendly, and will bring everyone from Global Zero movement leaders to brand new activists together to urge world leaders to remember and to act.

When: Saturday, August 6th, 10:00am

Where: Lafayette Park, in front of the White House

Register: http://www.globalzero.org/bikeDC

Questions? Email ldaigle@globalzero.org

Cosponsored by CodePink, Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee, and the Washington Peace Center

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[Fairlington124]

I question if this is a biking event, or an unrelated political event that happens to involve bicycles. For the record, I do not support the position of the organizers of the event.

[creadinger]

@Fairlington124 142883 wrote:

I question if this is a biking event, or an unrelated political event that happens to involve bicycles. For the record, I do not support the position of the organizers of the event.

I think they use bikes because it’s the easiest way to get around the large perimeter of the blast of a hypothetical small nuclear weapon in DC.

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