The Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were both devastated in August 1945 by atomic bombs dropped by the USA military. The devastation these bombs caused shocked the world.

In the decades after 1945, millions of people campaigned to limit and abolish atomic weapons. Unfortunately they are still around and these bombs, and the industry and research that develops them, are a serious threat to working class people everywhere.

APC spokle to Denis Doherty from the Hiroshima Day Committee in Sydney about the relevance of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki anniversary 74 years after the bombs were first dropped, and what activities the Hiroshima Day Committee is undertaking.

Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia