The Center for Pacific Islands Studies, Center for Biographical Research, Pacific Islands
Development Program at the East-West Center, and Oceania Rising present
America’s Nuclear Test Legacy:
Still an Issue for the Marshall Islands
by Giff Johnson
Friday, 1 November 2013
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
John Burns Hall room 3015/3019
Giff Johnson will speak on the current nuclear situation in the Republic of the Marshall
Islands. His talk will highlight formerly secret US government documents about its nuclear
testing program and how these alter the "official" version of the Bravo hydrogen bomb test at
Bikini Atoll in 1954. He will also address recent developments concerning the nuclear issue
from the Pacific Islands Forum held in Majuro, a UN Special Rapporteur's report on the US
nuclear testing legacy, and other issues in the Marshall Islands.
Johnson is the author of the recently published biography Don't Ever Whisper—Darlene
Keju: Pacific Health Pioneer, Champion for Nuclear Survivors. This book tells the powerful
story of Marshall Islander Darlene Keju, who championed the cause of nuclear weapons test
survivors when others were silent, and who implemented innovative community health
programs that gave hope to a generation of troubled youth. For more information about Don’t
Ever Whisper, visit www.donteverwhisper.com/.
Giff Johnson has lived in the Marshall Islands since the mid-1980s. He edits the weekly
Marshall Islands Journal and is a regular contributor to several regional news media. His
previous books include Collision Course at Kwajalein: Marshall Islanders in the Shadow of
the Bomb (1984) and Nuclear Past, Unclear Future (2009).
(Fwd by Kyle Kajihiro)