Westminster Friends mark Hiroshima Day

Westminster Meeting welcomed Seishi Morikawa, a campaigner against nuclear weapons and second generation ‘Hibakusha’, to mark Hiroshima Day

by Rebecca Hardy 16th August 2024

The Quaker Socialist Society (QSS) welcomed a ‘Hibakusha’ to Westminster Meeting House earlier this month. Seishi Morikawa, a campaigner against nuclear weapons, is a second generation ‘Hibakusha’, which is the name for a survivor of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. Seishi originally came to London in July to speak at a meeting in parliament planned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, which was cancelled because of the general election. This prompted QSS to invite Seishi to publish his undelivered speech on QSS’s website.