Against Nuclear War

Contribuição do AMICOR Enrique Barros:

Mobilize for peace

1. Jonathan A. King1,*, 
2. Aron Bernstein2,†

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Science  01 Mar 2019:
Vol. 363, Issue 6430, pp. 907
DOI: 10.1126/science.aax1180

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Fifty years ago, on 4 March 1969, research and teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) came to a halt as students, faculty, and staff held a “research strike” for peace. The strike protested United States involvement in the Vietnam War and MIT's complicity in this engagement through its Instrumentation Laboratory (now the Draper Laboratory), a major contracting lab for the U.S. Department of Defense. The anniversary of this activism by scientists (see the Book Review on page 935 ) is a reminder that the scientific community must continue to recognize its social responsibilities and promote science as a benefit for all people and for a peaceful world./.../