DIJON: Activists name “climaticidal banks that finance atomic bombs”
The Bourgogne Franche-Comté collective for the abolition of nuclear weapons targets eight banking establishments.
Press release from the Bourgogne Franche-Comté collective for the abolition of nuclear weapons:
Action against the banks which finance the atomic bombs in Dijon
As part of the international commemorations, from August 6 to 9, of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 77 years ago, non-violent and reasoned actions were avoided against the destructive policy of eight French banking establishments in Dijon, and others in Bordeaux.
Name the climate-killing banks that finance atomic bombs
After the commemoration of Hiroshima on August 6 in front of the CEA (Commissariat for Atomic Energy and Renewable Energies) in Valduc, whistleblowers and fasters took an original action: they were posted on eight Dijon banks their own advertisements, but with a comment asking them to stop funding the bomb. The posters are visible and downloadable on the site of ICAN, Nobel Peace Prize 2017, which animates this campaign:
http://icanfrance.org/engage-votre-banque/
In France, the main organizations (banks and pension funds) involved in the financing of nuclear weapon systems are: Axa, BNP Paribas, Banque Populaire, Groupe BPCE, Carmignac Gestion, Crédit Agricole, Crédit Mutuel, CIC, Dassault Famille, AG2R Group, La Française Group, Societe Generale, Oddo BHF, Viel & Cie.
Many questions exist about organizations such as the Postal Bank, Macif, Groupama. Banks and financial institutions are a key link in the nuclear weapons industry. By divesting, they can accelerate the stigmatization and elimination of these weapons of mass destruction.
They must adopt the international standard represented by the TIAN (Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, in force since January 2021) in their financial policies.
Change banks easily, with the Friends of the Earth guide on:
www.amisdelaterre.org/choisis-ta-banque-le-guide-eco-citoyen-des-amis-de-la-terre/
International actions take place on 4 continents
From August 6 to 9, 2022, actions and fasts are taking place in several cities in France, including two in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region: Dijon and Dampierre (Jura). But also Bordeaux, Épinal, Mont Saint-Michel, Tours, and in Germany, Ivory Coast, United States, New Zealand, Nigeria, United Kingdom.
These concerned citizens:
– In solidarity with the victims of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and those of the more than 2,000 nuclear tests.
– They demand that France adhere to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TIAN). This Treaty entered into force on January 22, 2021: nuclear weapons are illegal under international law. Adopted by 122 states at the UN in 2017, the TIAN prohibits the possession, manufacture, use and threat of use of nuclear weapons, hence the strategy of “nuclear deterrence”.
A treaty that the nine nuclear powers and their allies refuse to consider in defiance of respect for international democracy and their own commitments made in particular within the framework of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), whose tenth Review Conference is currently taking place at UN Headquarters in New York, from August 1 to 26, 2022.
Indeed, Article VI of the NPT, which entered into force in 1970, stipulates that Member States undertake to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to the cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament.
These four days of action make it possible to challenge Emmanuel Macron who has just announced a new increase in military spending, 13% of which is devoted to the maintenance and renewal of the nuclear arsenal; i.e. 5.3 billion euros in 2022.
Program in Dijon for the last 2 days: August 8 and 9
August 8:
– 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Information stand at Place de la République in Dijon.
– 7:30 p.m.: Fasters for the abolition of nuclear weapons make an intervention during the conference of Extinction Rebellion Dijon (XR):
“Why are we heading towards our own extinction and how do we avoid it? », at Urbanalis, 4 rue du Pont des Tanneries in Dijon.
August 9:
– 10.30 a.m.: Meeting point for the commemoration of Nagasaki, Place de la République.
– 12 p.m.: Welcome at the town hall of Dijon with a break-fast snack, wedding waiting room.
Bourgogne Franche-Comté collective for the abolition of nuclear weapons
contact: [email protected] / 06 14 24 86 96