Albert Einstein is known to have written to his friend Linus Pauling, "I made one great mistake in my life — when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made." As a result of Einstein's letter, the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)was established in secret, and this is where Robert Oppenheimer and others in the Manhattan Project … [Read more...] about 70 Years After Hiroshima-Nagasaki: Los Alamos Hunger Striker and Call for End to Nuclear Weapons Research
War and Empire/戦争＆支配権力
January 10, 2012: New on TokyoProgressive
Click to read, with links on Fukushima, Okinawa, Homelessness, N. Korea and more...All these stories are from our links at the bottom of the main page. We will shortly resume publishing our own summaries.JAPAN DISASTER BLOG Pt 1-Japanese Expert Says Fukushima II (not I) Nuke Plant's Containment Vessel Has Been Damaged by the Quake-Fuku-I Nuke Plant Blowout Panel Mystery: Were … [Read more...] about January 10, 2012: New on TokyoProgressive
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
Support academic freedom: Give Tony Kushner his honorary degree!
For the first time in its history, CUNY's Board of Trustees has overturned an honorary degree given by one of its colleges, overturning an honorary degree that was to be given to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner. This unprecedented decision came about because Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, a CUNY trustee, disagrees with Tony Kushner over Israeli policy. Wiesenfeld has a long … [Read more...] about Support academic freedom: Give Tony Kushner his honorary degree!