From May 17 to 19, a special screening of a new documentary, “First We Bombed New Mexico,” will be available online. It tells the tragic story of the many “downwinders” whose health was adversely affected by the fallout from the July 1945 Trinity nuclear test and their betrayal by the U.S. government.
In particular, thousands of New Mexicans—mostly Hispanic and Native American—were exposed to catastrophic levels of radioactive fallout, never warned, never acknowledged and never helped afterwards.
You can easily watch this film on your phone, iPad, laptop, or desktop by registering here.
Alongside this special screening is a panel discussion with the filmmakers and a bipartisan group of members of Congress who are fighting to address this wrong.
They are pushing legislation to expand and extend the Radiation Effects Compensation Act (RECA) to include Trinity downwinders and other communities.
This is an urgent and timely issue.
As you may have read in Arms Control Today, RECA will expire June 7, 2024, unless these advocates win Congressional approval to extend it.
