Today marks seventy years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. On this day seventy years ago, my grandfather was working in the top-secret lab in Oak Ridge, Tennessee that was responsible for enriching the uranium that fueled the Hiroshima bomb. If he understood the extent of the project before news of the bombing crackled over the radio that day, I’ll never know. He would … [Read more...] about Emily Strasser: Letter from Hiroshima
War and Empire/戦争＆支配権力
Christian Appy, America’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 Years Later
OpEdNews Op Eds 8/4/2015 at 10:28:13 See original and reprinted versions … [Read more...] about Christian Appy, America’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 Years Later
Four Demonstrably False Claims About The Iran Deal That Are Showing Up On The Opinion Pages
Conservative opposition to the internationally-negotiated deal to limit Iran's ability to obtain a nuclear weapon has been the subject of numerous editorials and op-eds in U.S. newspapers that have pushed false information about the agreement and warned that it compromises U.S. and Israeli security, despite widespread praise from nuclear arms control experts who say the deal is … [Read more...] about Four Demonstrably False Claims About The Iran Deal That Are Showing Up On The Opinion Pages
‘We are proud of them’ – “誇りに思っています’: Stop Construction of Henoko Military Base
At the meeting point of all kinds of power, from the geopolitical to the familial, the climatic to the spiritual, Okinawa is a coveted, cherished and sometimes tumultuous place. As the Japan and US governments push forward with building an unwanted major military airbase on the bio-diverse treasure of Henoko bay in Nago, A Rope … [Read more...] about ‘We are proud of them’ – “誇りに思っています’: Stop Construction of Henoko Military Base
Japan’s fascist Nippon Kaigi and the LDP
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in April delivered a speech to the U.S. Congress — the first by a Japanese leader — that lauded deepening trade ties and the military alliance with the United States.The speech, carefully tuned for his U.S. audience, cast Abe as a defender of strong democratic principles, a leader with “deep repentance” in his heart for the “lost dreams of young … [Read more...] about Japan’s fascist Nippon Kaigi and the LDP