ZNet Commentary News Media's Love-Hate for Nuclear Weapons August 19, 2006 By Norman SolomonSince the Soviet Union collapsed a decade and a half ago, nuclear weaponry has been mostly relegated to back pages and mental back burners in the United States. A big media uproar about nuclear weapons is apt to happen only when the man in the Oval Office has chosen to make an issue of … [Read more...] about IRAN, NORTH KOREA, ISRAEL AND…HIROSHIMA
Japan News
Koizumi pulls out troops because it is too dangerous
The INDEPENDENT is reporting this, giving the lie to the claim that Japan is leaving Iraq because it has succeeded.REPRINTED UNDER FAIR USE RULESPublished: 21 June 2006Iraq's death toll continues its apparently inexorable rise. Yesterday the bodies of two missing American soldiers were discovered south of Baghdad, apparently showing signs of torture. But in Iraq no … [Read more...] about Koizumi pulls out troops because it is too dangerous
Feb7 2006 News Japan
Anti-Nuclear News Japan/原子力資料情報室のNews書籍・論文 : 『原子力市民年鑑2005』発行 Read more書籍・論文 : JCO臨界事故総合評価会議『青い光の警告－原子力は変わったか』（再入荷） … [Read more...] about Feb7 2006 News Japan
Is Japan REALLY a democracy? Peace campaigners locked up for free speech
The media in nominally democratic countries like Japan and the U.S. like to quote poliicians who talk about the lack of democracy in countries such as China or Burma. But the onus is on those who decry the lack of "democracy" in other countries to demonstrate their own commitment to it. Locking peace activists away for more than two months, as Japan has done in the case of … [Read more...] about Is Japan REALLY a democracy? Peace campaigners locked up for free speech
Chinese/English Links:民間監察世貿聯盟/Hong Kong People’s Alliance on the WTO, more links
People's Action Week is the people's alternative to the World Trade Organization's 6th Ministerical Conference. Beginning on the 8th of December, and continuing until the end of the MC6, various local and international organizations have organized a wide range of workshops, seminars, and cultural events all focusing on the impact of the World Trade Organization on people. Keep … [Read more...] about Chinese/English Links:民間監察世貿聯盟/Hong Kong People’s Alliance on the WTO, more links