Russell-Einstein Manifesto

There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? We appeal as human beings to human beings: Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, there lies before you the risk of universal death.

Resolution:   We invite this Congress, and through it the scientists of the world and the general public, to subscribe to the following resolution:

“In view of the fact that in any future world war nuclear weapons will certainly be employed, and that such weapons threaten the continued existence of mankind, we urge the governments of the world to realize, and to acknowledge publicly, that their purpose cannot be furthered by a world war, and we urge them, consequently, to find peaceful means for the settlement of all matters of dispute between them.”

 

This week is the 50^th anniversary of  the Russell-Einstein Manifesto  9 July 1955 signed by

Max Born
Percy W. Bridgman
Albert Einstein
Leopold Infeld
Frederic Joliot-Curie
Herman J. Muller
Linus Pauling
Cecil F. Powell
Joseph Rotblat
Bertrand Russell
Hideki Yukawa

all (excepting Leopold Infeld andJoseph Rotblat) were Nobel Laureates.

http://www.countercurrents.org/avery140215.htm

 

http://pugwash.org/1955/07/09/statement-manifesto/

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%E2%80%93Einstein_Manifesto

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pugwash_Conferences_on_Science_and_World_Affairs