Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Through Anti-atomic Bomb Museums (2016)

Important factors that help to explain the lack of progress in the global campaign for the abolition of nuclear weapons are widespread public ignorance, official censorship, and media manipulation. The creation of anti-atomic bomb museums such as those in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the capital cities of the nuclear weapon states (starting with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council) would greatly raise awareness and result in a change of public opinion forcing governments to abide by their legal obligations to disarm their nuclear weapons. The investment required is relatively modest and should be provided by philanthropists. They should follow the examples of Alfred Nobel and Andrew Carnegie whose substantial legacies for peace more than a century ago continue to benefit society today.