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WIDF, 'I Want To Live: Ban Atomic Weapons' (1954)

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WIDF pamphlet 'I Want To Live' (Berlin, May 1954) campaigning to ban atomic weapons after the March 1954 Bikini H-bomb test, with Hiroshima testimonies, the Stockholm Appeal and WIDF appeals. Page 25 cites a resolution of 1 April 1954 in Jakarta by the National Congress of the 'Indonesian Women's Democratic Organisation', 80,000 women (apparently Gerwis), urging peace; PM Ali Sastroamidjojo's protest is also noted.

Pamflet WIDF 'I Want To Live' (Berlin, Mei 1954) yang mengampanyekan pelarangan senjata atom setelah uji bom H Bikini Maret 1954, memuat kesaksian Hiroshima, Seruan Stockholm dan seruan WIDF. Halaman 25 mengutip resolusi 1 April 1954 di Jakarta oleh Kongres Nasional 'Organisasi Wanita Demokratis Indonesia' (80.000 perempuan, tampaknya Gerwis) yang menyerukan perdamaian; protes PM Ali Sastroamidjojo juga dicatat.

“p.25: 'The National Congress of the Indonesian Women's Democratic Organisation representing 80,000 women adopted a resolution on April 1st at Djakarta, urging people of all lands to establish a lasting peace.'”

People

Eugénie CottonAli SastroamidjojoMasako Hosotani

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationWorld Peace CouncilIndonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)

Places

JakartaBikini AtollHiroshimaJapanBerlin

Topics

peace and anti-imperialismWIDF and international women's movementGerwisJapan and Koreacongresses and meetings

Tags

nuclear disarmamentprotest telegram campaignresolutioneyewitness account

Details

Date
1954
Creator
WIDF
Publication
Document type
organisational document (WIDF / international women's movement record)
Language
English
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
International (WIDF)
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Alexander Street - Women and Social Movements (WASI / Modern Empires WASG) via Columbia proxy · source link
Access
library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.11 WIDF and International Women's Movement Records/WIDF and WFTU publications (1949-1967) - pamphlets, letters and reports (Alexander Street WASI)/WIDF (1954) - I Want To Live [WASI].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.966) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.11 WIDF and International Women's Movement Records › WIDF and WFTU publications (1949-1967) - pamphlets, letters and reports (Alexander Street WASI)
Summary basis
full text read

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