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Tokyo Spring Film and DIscussion at Cafe Lavanderia

January 19, 2012 by Paul

From Tokyo Spring:
The next TOKYO SPRING film/discussion is on JANUARY 22 from 15:00 NOT 16:00
It will be about THE MEDIA and the film is THE INSIDER (David's choice)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140352/

it will be held at the usual place: CAFE LAVANDERIA in shinjuku
http://cafelavanderia.blogspot.com/search/label/MAP

From  15:00 SHARP to 15:30, 3 or 4 Japanese musicians will perform Brasilian music-percussions and singing

ドキュメンタリー映画「渋谷ブランニューデイズ」製作カンパ募集中！

September 15, 2011 by Paul

Japanese caught in a blizzard of conflicting information

September 12, 2011 by Paul

DAVID McNEILL in Soma City

Millions of Japanese are struggling to interpret wildly diverging assessments of the radiation threat after the Fukushima disaster

The United States and Terror on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11

September 12, 2011 by Paul

C. Douglas Lummis

11 September 2011 marks ten years since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington DC.  However, I would also like to call attention to the date, 20 September, which marks ten years since the United States entered its present condition of perpetual war.  It was on 20 September 2001 that then U.S. President George W. Bush declared the opening of the “war on terror.”

Understanding the Ongoing Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima: A “Two-Headed Dragon” Descends into the Earth’s Biosphere

September 12, 2011 by Paul

The author assesses the Fukushima nuclear disaster in light of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Hanford, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and the nexus between nuclear weapons and nuclear power.

Radiation Effects on Health:

August 12, 2011 by Paul

放射能防御プロジェクト

August 12, 2011 by Paul

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」  http://www.facebook.com/groups/fukushimadaiichi/ が母体となっています。

http://www.radiationdefense.jp/

Life sentences for Bahrain dissidents

June 23, 2011 by Paul

Protesters take to the streets, clashing with police after eight Shia activists are given life sentences.
Last Modified: 22 Jun 2011 14:24

 Bahrain's government says it has only tried a small number of those involved in recent mass protests [Reuters]
Police and protesters have clashed in Bahrain after eight Shia Muslim activists accused of plotting a coup to overthrow the Gulf Arab state's Sunni monarchy were sentenced to life in prison.

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Blog: Disability Activists and more

May 6, 2011 by Paul