Tag Archives: Hiroshima

Declassified photos show the US’s final preparations for the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki via AOL.News

Posted on 2017/08/07 by nfield

On August 6, 1945, the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, following up three days later with another bomb on Nagasaki. The bombs, known as “Little Boy” and “Fat Man,” were loaded onto bombers at the … Continue reading →

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The Link Between Uranium From the Congo and Hiroshima: A Story of Twin Tragedies via Truthout

Posted on 2016/09/05 by norma field

On August 6 — Hiroshima Day — I participated in a groundbreaking event at the South African Museum in Cape Town entitled The Missing Link: Peace and Security Surrounding Uranium. The event had been organised by the Congolese Civil Society … Continue reading →

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Senator Ed Markey Scolds Obama for Preaching ‘Nuclear Temperance From a Bar Stool’ via the Intercept (Reader Supported News)

Posted on 2016/06/01 by norma field

By Alex Emmons hile President Obama called for a “moral awakening” in Hiroshima and restated his ambition for a nuclear-weapon free future, back in Washington, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., criticized him for moving forward with a costly plan to renovate … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima survivors look to Obama visit for disarmament, not apology via Reuters

Posted on 2016/04/14 by norma field

Progress on ridding the world of nuclear weapons, not an apology, is what Hiroshima would want from a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Japanese city hit by an American nuclear attack 71 years ago, survivors and other … Continue reading →

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Children’s book connects stories of Fukushima and Chernobyl via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2016/04/08 by norma field

Inspired by a letter sent to her by a young reader, author Shoko Nakazawa revived a past work and penned an entirely new illustrated children’s book on nuclear disasters in Fukushima and Chernobyl. In 1988, Nakazawa’s “Ashita wa Hareta Sora … Continue reading →

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JAPANESE PEOPLE SHUN FUKUSHIMA SURVIVORS WHILE DOCTORS REFUSE THEM CARE via www.jeffereyjaxen.com

Posted on 2016/03/08 by norma field

[…]The world is rapidly approaching the five year anniversary of the worst nuclear disaster in human history. The triple meltdown at the Fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant has seen shameful omissions by global leaders and officials at every level. To … Continue reading →

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Japanese student activist to keep up lifelong fight against nuclear arms　via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/01/11 by norma field

YOKOHAMA – For aging atomic bomb survivors, it is a matter of grave concern whether their long-running campaign to see the abolition of nuclear weapons will be continued by the next generation, and just as important to them as passing … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima hibakusha area in South Korea to get A-bomb museum via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/12/21 by norma field

HIROSHIMA – Construction will begin next year on a museum in South Korea dedicated to showing the horror of the August 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui has revealed. The museum in southern Hapcheon County, where many … Continue reading →

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INTERVIEW/ William Perry: Obama should visit Hiroshima to underscore inhumanity of nuclear weapons via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/09/20 by norma field

HIROSHIMA–Former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry says President Barack Obama should visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki “not to apologize” but to use the experience of being at ground zero of the 1945 atomic bombings as a “vehicle” for getting his message … Continue reading →

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Nuclear War Theme Parks: Mass Destruction for the Whole Family via Counterpunch

Posted on 2015/09/07 by norma field

By John Laforge […]Hoping perhaps to show that the bomb from hell can be transformed from a vengeful, self-destructive, nightmare demon, into a benign, peace-loving, fairy-tale prince, nuclear propagandists and their friends in Congress are establishing nuclear war theme parks … Continue reading →

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