The manifesto was released to the press on July 9, 1955. It calls not just for a reduction of nuclear weapons, but for humanity to find a way to avoid war in general, since "in any future world war nuclear weapons would certainly be used." It was signed by ten scientists of global renown; but it was Einstein, and his death, that gave it the greatest power. Russell described it as "the last public act of Einstein's life."
Further reading; The Origin of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, Remember your Humanity-McMaster University
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