This is how the Japanese government almost literally sweeps the problem of nuclear contamination under the rug. Note how the standard for safety has been relaxed to allow this to take place. Original article appears below the translation. While the Kishida administration is pushing for a "return to nuclear power," the current situation in Fukushima is still a mountain of … [Read more...] about “Decontaminated” soil from Fukushima to be spread far and wide
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‘You Have to Learn to Listen’: How a Doctor Cares for Boston’s Homeless
A rare NY Times story about the evolution of a care house and eventual mobile clinic for rough sleepers in Boston founded in the 1980s by feminist nurses in response to the way street people were treated by a paternalistic medical system. Told through the eyes of the clinic’s first doctor, he learned to listen, first to the nurses who saw street people as fellow humans, … [Read more...] about ‘You Have to Learn to Listen’: How a Doctor Cares for Boston’s Homeless
Left Sectarianism and Ukraine
In many left forums on Ukraine and the Russian invasion, we tend to find the same uncritical support of one side or the other. On the one hand, Western (Nato, US, etc.) provision of weapons for Zelensky is glossed over, seen as uncontroversial or, at worst, a necessary compromise given the immorality of the Russian invasion. Or, we get uncritical apologies for Putin’s … [Read more...] about Left Sectarianism and Ukraine
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'We Did It!': Eruption of Joy as Argentine Senate Passes Bill to Legalize Abortion
From CommonDreams Published on Wednesday, December 30, 2020byCommon Dreams'We Did It!': Eruption of Joy as Argentine Senate Passes Bill to Legalize Abortion "This is a victory for the women's movement in Argentina, which has been fighting for its rights for decades."byJake Johnson, staff writer 0 CommentsPro-choice activists celebrate in Buenos … [Read more...] about 'We Did It!': Eruption of Joy as Argentine Senate Passes Bill to Legalize Abortion