DAVID McNEILL in Soma CityMillions of Japanese are struggling to interpret wildly diverging assessments of the radiation threat after the Fukushima disasterYOSHIO ICHIDA is recalling the worst day of his 53 years: March 11th, when the sea swallowed up his home and killed his friends. The Fukushima fisherman was in the bath when the huge quake hit, and barely made it to the open … [Read more...] about Japanese caught in a blizzard of conflicting information
Remembering Victims of Agent Orange in the Shadow of 9/11
By Roger PulversIntroduction by John JunkermanAs the drum rolls sound once again for those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Roger Pulvers has provided a poignant reminder of those other, far more numerous, victims the United States has left in the wake of its wars overseas. In particular, the victims of the dioxin-contaminated herbicide Agent Orange, whose suffering … [Read more...] about Remembering Victims of Agent Orange in the Shadow of 9/11
The United States and Terror on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11
C. Douglas Lummis11 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 … [Read more...] about The United States and Terror on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11
US Military Defoliants on Okinawa: Agent Orange
Jon MitchellIntroductionOn August 19th, 2011, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement in response to recent media coverage about the US military’s use and storage of defoliants (including Agent Orange) on Okinawa during the Vietnam War. MOFA announced that, although it had requested the US Department of Defense to investigate these allegations, Washington had … [Read more...] about US Military Defoliants on Okinawa: Agent Orange
Understanding the Ongoing Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima: A “Two-Headed Dragon” Descends into the Earth’s Biosphere
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.This summer, I participated in the seventeenth “Pilgrimage for Peace,” traveling to Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a group that included seventeen American students led by Professor Peter Kuznick of … [Read more...] about Understanding the Ongoing Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima: A “Two-Headed Dragon” Descends into the Earth’s Biosphere