(2021-08-06). Rejection of US Hiroshima Myths Long Overdue. counterpunch.org Hiroshima was "a military base." The US atomic bombings "ended the war," and they "prevented an invasion and saved lives." Our government's tests of atomic weapons on people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 76 years ago were rationalized using these myths which transformed indiscriminate destruction into a "good thing." This mythology stands as a roadblock to
(2021-08-06). 76 Years After Hiroshima Bombing, Fresh Call for End to All Nuclear Weapons. commondreams.org There is an urgent need for action to protect the vote and our democracy, and it's time that our leaders started acting like they understand this.
(2021-08-06). 76 years since Hiroshima bombing: sign the nuclear weapons prohibition treaty. greenleft.org.au Peace groups have used the 76 year anniversary of the United States' bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan to demand the federal government sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Kerry Smith reports.
(2021-08-06). New CDC Data Shows Covid-19 Reinfection Risk Double for Unvaccinated People. commondreams.org These weapons do not make us safer and benefit no one except the multibillion dollar arms production corporations who build these immoral instruments of death.
(2021-08-06). Nuclear Weapons Still a Clear and Present Danger 76 Years After Hiroshima. commondreams.org "Choosing a FERC nominee that will reject new fossil fuel development would be a strong sign that Biden intends to take our climate crisis seriously."
(2021-08-06). Any Delay to Save Democracy Is a Loser's Game. commondreams.org "Nuclear weapons are the ultimate human violence," said Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui. "If civil society decides to live without them, the door to a nuclear-weapon-free world will open wide."
(2021-08-05). CAA Opens UK Skies to Military Drones. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-05). Security U.S. Fears of China Nuclear Expansion… Déjà Vu of Soviet Missile Gap Hype. dissidentvoice.org China is providing the equivalent scaremongering of the Soviet "missile gap" in order to sustain America's militarist-dependent capitalist economy. Media reports from the U.S. this week — regurgitated by the European press — highlighted concerns that China is embarking on a massive scale-up of underground silos for launching nuclear weapons. Hundreds of silos are alleged …
(2021-08-05). Biden Administration Approves First Arms Sale to Taiwan. sputniknews.com Late last year, the Chinese Foreign Ministry imposed sanctions on several US defense contractors, including Lockheed Martin, after learning then-US President Donald Trump's administration approved an arms sale to Taiwan valued at $1.8 billion.
(2021-08-05). Secret deal between U.S. Fort Detrick, Japanese germ warfare unit revealed. ecns.cn The United States pardoned members of a notorious Japanese germ warfare unit after World War II in exchange for their data on biological weapons, research by a Chinese historian has revealed.