{"id":28956,"date":"2024-03-06T21:02:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T21:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/annie-lennox-graham-nash-more-sign-oppenheimer-inspired-letter-warning-of-nuclear-threat\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T21:02:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T21:02:26","slug":"annie-lennox-graham-nash-more-sign-oppenheimer-inspired-letter-warning-of-nuclear-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/annie-lennox-graham-nash-more-sign-oppenheimer-inspired-letter-warning-of-nuclear-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Annie Lennox, Graham Nash & more sign ‘Oppenheimer’-inspired letter warning of nuclear threat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Annie Lennox<\/strong>, Graham Nash<\/strong> and Jackson Browne<\/strong> are among the artists who\u2019ve signed an open letter published in the <\/span>Los Angeles Times<\/span><\/em> that uses the Oscar-nominated film <\/span>Oppenheimer<\/span><\/em> to remind the public that nuclear weapons are not a thing of the past.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Oppenheimer<\/span><\/em> depicts the origin story of nuclear weapons, the history of the Manhattan Project, and Robert<\/strong> Oppenheimer<\/strong>\u2019s subsequent warnings against an arms race and the development of even more powerful weapons,\u201d reads the letter, which is\u00a0also posted to the website <\/span>makenukeshistory.org<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. \u201cOppenheimer was right to warn us.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

They add, \u201cAs artists and advocates, we want to raise our voices to remind people that while <\/span>Oppenheimer<\/span><\/em> is history, nuclear weapons are not.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The letter was published as <\/span>Oppenheimer<\/span><\/em> is in the running for 13 Oscars on Sunday, March 10. It\u2019s part of a campaign started by the nonprofit Nuclear Threat Initiative, which is \u201cfocused on reducing nuclear and biological threats imperiling humanity.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other artists signing the letter include Jane Fonda<\/strong>, Emma Thompson<\/strong>, Lily Tomlin<\/strong>, Michael Douglas<\/strong>, Julianne Moore<\/strong> and Viggo Mortensen<\/strong>, as well as Oppenheimer\u2019s own grandson,\u00a0Charles Oppenheimer<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The letter concludes, \u201cTo protect our families, our communities, and our world, we must demand that global leaders work to make nuclear weapons history\u2014and build a brighter future. Please join us\u2014before our luck runs out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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