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No More Hiroshimas (4 of 4)
The threat of nuclear war is a worldwide issue, not just confined to the U.S., and likewise, the peace movement is an international one. So we should unite with and support the demands of the international disarmament movement. We can see that nuclear war is an extension of conventional war and just one form of the superpowers' policies of aggression and expansion that have already become a menace to Europe, Japan and the peoples and countries of the third world. The gunfire that echoes from Afghanistan, Kampuchea(Cambodia), Lebanon, the Persian Gulf, Central America and the Malvinas (Falkland Islands), as well as the missiles poised against Europe and Asia attest to the dangers of an escalating war by the two superpowers.
I think it will take a large mass movement of millions of people to achieve disarmament, and we have to fight for it in a way that really challenges the imperialist ambitions of the United States and the Soviet Union. In the long run, we really need a very basic and fundamental change in the whole system to eliminate the source of war.
I believe that Asian Americans, together with other Third World people in America, will play an important role within this movement by linking our struggles against racism and national oppression to the movements of third world peoples and countries internationally. Because Third World people in this country have always strived for justice, equality and self-determination, it is important for us to stand behind those throughout the world who are fighting for the same thing. The struggle of the people of the Philippines, Okinawa and other parts of Asia, who want no part in the storage of nuclear weapons in their countries, is our struggle.
Asian Americans can be proud of our very rich tradition both in the anti-war movement as well as in standing up for justice and equality. As we continue to participate in building the movement, I am confident that our contributions to the disarmament movement will be many.
Mike Murase is a member of the League of Revolutionary Struggle(M-L). He is active in Asian Americans for Nuclear Disarmament and in the Little Tokyo Peoples Rights Organization.
