HIroshima

US Ambassador Pulls Out of Nagasaki Peace Event Because Israel Was Excluded

August 20, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Genocide, History, Israel, Japan, Nuclear Weapons, US Politics

by Sharon Zhang, published on Truthout, August 7, 2024 Editor’s Note: Thank you Mayor Suzuki. Your integrity is U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel is reportedly skipping an annual memorial ceremony for the U.S.’s atomic bombing of Nagasaki after organizers of the event decided to exclude the Israeli ambassador from the event due to pressure from activist groups. The U.S.[…]

De-Escalation Can Start with Ending All Nuclear Weapons ‘Sharing’

June 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Nuclear Weapons, US Meddling in Europe

by John LaForge, published on Antiwar.com, June 14, 2023 Ukraine, the United States, and NATO have condemned what they correctly called Russian President Putin’s “dangerous and irresponsible” plan to soon deploy nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus. On June 9, Mr. Putin announced that Moscow would deploy its nuclear weapons next month, reporting that work on new facilities for housing the[…]

When Will US Join Global Call to End Ukraine War?

June 10, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Imperial Wars, NATO, Political Analysis, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies, May 30, 2023 This article came in while I was offline as a response to the G7 meeting in Hiroshima. However there are people at a conference in Vienna right now meeting to discuss ways and means to end the war in Ukraine. [jb] When Japan invited the leaders of Brazil, India and Indonesia[…]

Another Hiroshima Is Coming — Unless We Stop It Now

August 16, 2022 UNAC Editor Asia Pivot, China, Nuclear Weapons, Solomon Islands, U.S. Aggression, War and Weapons

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was an act of premeditated mass murder that unleashed a weapon of intrinsic criminality. It was justified by lies that form the bedrock of America’s war propaganda in the 21st century, casting a new enemy, and target – China.

The Myths, the Silence, and the Propaganda That Keep Nuclear Weapons in Existence

August 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Imperialism, Nuclear Agendas

Remarks by David Swanson, August 4, 2019, Poulsboro, WA This week, 74 years ago, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were each hit with a single nuclear bomb that had the power of a third to a half of what NPR calls a low-yield or “usable” weapon. By NPR I mean both the Nuclear Posture Review and National Public Radio,[…]