Tag Archives: Hiroshima/Nagasaki

WILLIAM GIBSON’S NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL TAKES NUCLEAR ANXIETY TO ITS TERRIFYING END via Wired

Posted on 2017/10/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

LIKE A LOT of children of the 1950s, William Gibson grew up haunted by the specter of the atomic bomb, and enthralled by science fiction stories. His latest project combines his two childhood preoccupations by imagining a very different outcome … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Apocalypse Now? via The New York Review of Books

Posted on 2017/09/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Ariel Dorfman Seventy-two years ago, the United States launched a pre-emptive nuclear strike against a hated faraway Asian nation. The bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, which killed some 146,000 men, women, and children—and the subsequent devastation of Nagasaki, … Continue reading →

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In the shadow of Fat Man and Little Boy: how the stigma of nuclear war was unravelled via The Guardian

Posted on 2017/09/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Atomic bombs ‘Fat Man’ and ‘Little Boy’ exploded over Nagasaki and Hiroshima 72 years ago creating a lasting nuclear taboo – until now. What has changed? Until recently, a significant taboo has existed around the use of nuclear weaponsin war. … Continue reading →

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Hibakusha, abductees’ kin blast North Korean nuclear test during rally in Hiroshima via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/09/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Hibakusha, abductees’ kin, biz lobbies decry Pyongyang nuke test HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI – Atomic bomb survivors and anti-nuclear campaigners on Monday held a sit-in at Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park to protest North Korea’s sixth nuclear test the previous day. About 90 protesters … Continue reading →

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‘IT WAS A SEA OF FIRE’Nagasaki atom bomb survivor whose badly burned body became a symbol of the Ban the Bomb movement dies of cancer aged 88 via The Sun

Posted on 2017/09/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Sumiteru Taniguchi died from cancer at a hospital in the southwestern Japanese city at the age of 88 earlier this week. A NAGASAKI victim who was delivering letters when the US dropped a nuclear bomb on the Japanese city on … Continue reading →

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U.S. WON WORLD WAR II BY BOMBING JAPAN AND THEN MAKING ITS OWN SOLDIERS SICK FROM NUCLEAR CLEANUP DUTY via Newsweek

Posted on 2017/08/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Newsweek published this story under the headline of “A-Bomb Veterans: A Plea for Help” on November 26, 1979. Due to World War II Veterans denouncing emerging neo-Nazi groups, Newsweek is republishing the story. “Nobody told us anything about radiation,” says 59-year-old Harry Coppola, who … Continue reading →

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Trump’s N. Korea WARGASM! Will It Come? A Different Perspective w/Space4Peace’s Bruce Gagon & Bo Jacobs in Hiroshima – NH #321 via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2017/08/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

This Week’s Featured Interviews – North Korea Close-up: Bruce Gagnon is the secretary/coordinator of Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.  He provides the history of US/N. Korea relations, a context for understanding what the countries are threatening, … Continue reading →

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Nagasaki Peace Declaration 2017

Posted on 2017/08/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

“No more hibakusha” These words express the heartfelt wish of the hibakusha that in the future nobody in the world ever again has to experience the disastrous damage caused by nuclear weapons. This summer, the wish has moved many nations … Continue reading →

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Peace Activists Observe Hiroshima Anniversary at “Nuclear Energy” Sculpture via Hyde Park Herald

Posted on 2017/08/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] On Sunday afternoon, a crowd of about 50 people assembled once again on the Ellis Avenue sidewalk to hear speeches, poems and songs from an assortment of peace activists, academics and religious leaders. Most were veterans of a pacifist … Continue reading →

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North Korean missiles add urgency to Hiroshima A-bomb appeals via The Morning Journal

Posted on 2017/08/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

HIROSHIMA, Japan >> Hiroshima’s appeal of “never again” on the 72nd anniversary Sunday of the world’s first atomic bomb attack has gained urgency as North Korea accelerates work on its nuclear weapons program, showing its growing prowess with increasingly frequent … Continue reading →

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