Here we go with another Throwback Thursday.

During the 1970s, there were widespread protests around the world against the nuclear testing program of the French government, which was conducting weapon tests in French Polynesia.

There were several groups that conducted protests in Honolulu against the French tests, including the Honolulu Friends Meeting (Quakers) and the affiliated American Friends Service Committee. The Quaker protests against nuclear weapons had roots back in to the 1950s, when Honolulu Friends had supported attempts to sail the yacht, Golden Rule, into the American nuclear test zone in Micronesia.

This picture of me was taken before or after one of those protests in downtown Honolulu. I’m guessing this was in the 1973-75 time frame. “The Bomb” shows there was a sense of humor behind the protests.