Messages of support

From Caroline Lucas MEP, Leader of Green Party of England and Wales (via Twitter @CarolineLucas - Feb 15, 2010) :

"Wishing you every success. Sorry I can't be with you this time - but what you're doing is hugely important - thank you."



From Page van der Linden, Contributing Editor for www.dailykos.com (via Twitter @plutoniumpage - Feb 16, 2010):

"Congratulations on a great action!"

From Nagasaki Global Citizens Assembly (Feb 6-8, 2010):

"The Fourth Nagasaki Global Citizens' Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons sends our message of support and solidarity to the participants in the Trident Ploughshares Peaceful Blockade of the UK Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston on February 15, 2010. Gathered in Nagasaki, February 6-8, we citizens of Japan and the world, including Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) and our families, demand that no-one should ever again suffer from these terrible and inhumane weapons of mass destruction. Any use of nuclear weapons would be a crime against humanity. President Obama's call to build the “peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons” has been endorsed by the Japanese and UK governments, and we call for concrete steps to fulfil these commitments and reduce the role of nuclear weapons in military and security policies. We join in your call on the British Government to take the Trident nuclear weapons out of deployment and not replace them, and to become a global leader in pursuing the abolition of nuclear weapons. We support implementation of the UN Secretary-General's disarmament plan, including preparations for negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention."

Hideo Tsuchiyama
Chairman
Organizing Committee of the Nagasaki Global Citizens’ Assembly
for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

Message of Solidarity from Japan for the Aldermaston Big Blockade on February 15, 2010

We sign our names to the Nagasaki Global Citizens' Assembly's message of support and solidarity to the participants in the Trident Ploughshares Peaceful Blockade of the UK Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston on February 15, 2010. We demand that no-one should ever again suffer from these terrible and inhumane weapons of mass destruction. Any use of nuclear weapons would be a crime against humanity. We join in the call on the British Government to cancel the Trident nuclear weapons system and not replace it, and to become a global leader in supporting the UN Secretary-General's disarmament plan and President Obama's call to build the 'peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons'.

Revised, February 14, 2010

Signatories


Academics

Akira KIMURA Professor of Kagoshima University

Atsushi Fujioka Professor of Economics, College of Economics, Ritsumeikan University

Hiroyuki Takeya Emeritus Professor of Nagoya University

Ishikawa Shoji Professor, Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka

Makiko Miyahara Lecturer, Fukuoka

NOMURA Osami Dr. Eng.

ODA Sen-ichi PhD, Professor of Nagoya University

Shozo Yoshida professore di Universita' di Nagasaki

Sumio TOJO Professor Emeritus at Saga University, Agriculture

Takayuki KOJIMA Professor Emeritus at Saga University, Agriculture

Takeshi Yoshida Former Professor, Fukuoka Institute of Technology

TERAO Terumi Professor Emeritus at Nagoya Institute of Technology

Toshio HATAYAMA Professor, University of Saga

TOYOSHIMA Kouichi Professor of Physics, University of Saga

Yasunori Fukuoka Professor of Sociology at Saitama University

Yoshikazu Shibano Nagasaki, Vice-chairman of Executive Committee of The 4th Nagasaki Global Citizens' Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

Yuuta Aono Research Associate, Kyushu University, Fukuoka


Diverse sectors

Akiko ISHIKAWA Fukuoka

Azuma KURATA Buddhist, Fukishima Prefecture

Filo Hirota JPIC coordinator

FUJITANI Hideo Sagamihara

Haruko Ishikawa Catholic Religious

Haruko Shibasaki Tokyo

Hayashida Riki Author of "The Suit TOKYU Land Corp's Fraud"

Hiro UMEBAYASHI Special Advisor, Peace Depot, Inc. Japan

Hiroshi IDEO The Vice President of Nagasaki Retired Teachers' Union

Hirosi HAMANAKA teacher, Kyoto

Izumi Tanaka Tokyo

Junko Abe translator, Matsuyama

Jyunpei MINAMI farmar, Kyoto

Kanji Ito Photo Group Patorone, Kitakyusyu

Kazuko SHIOMACHI Artist, Kanzaki-City, Saga

Kazuyo Furuyashiki Catholic nun

Keigo SUGITANI Ski Patrol, Yosano-cho, Kyoto Prefecture

Kenji Kawashima A retiree, also a member of NPJ

Kimihiko Ootsuru misato saitama

KIMURA Mari Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Koji Sugihara NO！to Nukes and Missile Defense Campaign

Kuniyo KAWABATA Secretary of NGO, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Mari Morozumi Office Worker

Masako Ikeda Office Worker

Masako SIMIZU teacher, Kyoto

Masami Imagawa Ex-member of the House of Representatives

Masumi Mukai Translator

Mayumi Nito Therapist, Suzumenoki Counseling Center, Nisshin

Michiko Oki Saitama

Mieko Iwasaki

Miharu KUSAKABE teacher, Kyoto

Mitsugi Moriguchi The Nagasaki Global Citizens'Assembly for the Eliminaition of nuclear Weapons Executive, Nagasaki

Mitsumasa Ohta Chiba

MURATA koji editor

Nobuyoshi Sato

OHASHI Shinji Shizuoka-City

Reiko INABA 73, Kamata, Toyookasi, Hyogo

Ryoko SUGITANI teacher, Kyoto

Shinya Moriguchi Fukuoka

Sigeru HIRABAYASI teacher, Kyoto

Taro Abe Teacher

TOKITA Akihiro Tokyo

Toshiko Nakashima Yoshinogari, Saga

Tsuneaki Gunjima Priest

Yasuji Waku Teacher, Kyoto

Yoko Nakamura Aichi Prefecture

Yuko Matsukawa Tokyo

Yutaka　OHATA Saitama

Yuuko Mizonishi Pharmacist, Saga City

Naoko Kugo Eko tua gaid, Miyazaki, Kyoto

Shinji Kugo Farmer, Miyazaki, Kyoto,

Satoru Mitsuoka MD, Phd, Director of the Mitsuoka Naika Clinic, Saga City


From Andrew Smith MP, Oxford East:

"I send my best wishes and support to you peacefully demonstrating opposition to the renewal of Trident nuclear weapons. These weapons are abhorrent, do not contribute to our defence or security, and consume vast resources which could so evidently be better deployed elsewhere, in combating poverty and climate change as well as better equipping conventional forces. It is encouraging that public opinion increasingly understands this, and I hope your campaigning effort today raises further the profile of this vital issue and wins support for saying no to Trident."

Mr Smith voted against replacing Trident in 2007.

From Green Councillors in Ladywell, Lewisham, south London (via Twitter  @greenladywell - Feb 15, 2010):

"Well done to the anti-nuclear protestors at AWE - how dare the govt tell us to accept cuts in services when they waste money on Trident etc."


From Matthew Butcher, Green Party candidate for Nottingham South (via Twitter @matthew1butcher - Feb 15, 2010):

"Well done to those at #aldermaston. £76 Bn on nuclear weapons is a waste of taxpayers money."



(Last updated: 22 Feb 2010, 16:04)