When I say the hungry should have foodI speak for manyWhen I say no one should have seven homesWhile some don't have anyThough I may find myself stranded in some strange placeWith naught but a vapid stareI remember the world and I knowWe are everywhere When I say the time for the rich, it will comeLet me count the waysVictories or hints of the futureHavana, Caracas, Chiapas, … [Read more...] about David Rovics: We are Everywhere
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David Rovics: Occupy Wall Street
Because this is where they buy the politiciansBecause this is where power has its seatBecause ninety-nine percent of us are sufferingAt the mercy of the madmen on this streetBecause all of us are victims of class warfareBeing waged on us by the one percentBecause these greedy banksters rob the countryLeaving us without the means to pay the rentBecause the last time that we had … [Read more...] about David Rovics: Occupy Wall Street
Okinawa, 9-11, Agent Orange
As the drum rolls sound once again for those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Roger Pulvers has provided a poignant reminder of those other, far more numerous, victims the United States has left in the wake of its wars overseas. In particular, the victims of the dioxin-contaminated herbicide Agent Orange, whose suffering continues decades after the Vietnam War … [Read more...] about Okinawa, 9-11, Agent Orange
What happened at Fukushima? (revised version of an article earlier in the Atlantic)
David McNeill & Jake Adelstein It is one of the mysteries of Japan’s ongoing nuclear crisis: How much damage did the March 11 earthquake do to the Fukushima Daiichi reactors before the tsunami hit? The stakes are high: If the quake structurally compromised the plant and the safety of its nuclear fuel, then every other similar reactor in Japan will have to be … [Read more...] about What happened at Fukushima? (revised version of an article earlier in the Atlantic)
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http://www.radiationdefense.jp/福島第一原発事故についての正確な情報を共有し、放射能から未来を守るために立ち上がりました！ 「世界最大規模の原子力事故」福島第一原発事故によって放射性物質が拡散し、空気、大地、河川、湖、地下水、海への汚染、食糧への汚染が広がり続けています。情報を隠し、基準値を上げての「安全」宣言のなかで、健康被害が発生・拡大していくことを防ぐために私たちは活動を始めました。正しい情報を発信し、放射能からこの国を守るための具体的な提案や活動をおこなうことを目的とした市民グループです。首 都圏をはじめ日本全国、さらには世界各国から、「福島第一原発事故の真実を知りたい」という思いでつながった約5000人のメンバーを有する Facebookグループ「福島第一原発を考えます」 … [Read more...] about 放射能防御プロジェクト