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The new nuclear strategy of the West. “Madder” than MAD
In July 1980, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, at the instigation of his National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, signed the secret Presidential Directive 59 (PD-59,...
Japan’s new PM may have a bone to pick with the...
Shigeru Ishiba views the relationship as 'asymmetrical' — with Washington largely dictating Tokyo's foreign policy
By Walter Hatch*
Sep 27, 2024
Alliance minders in Washington and Tokyo...
Radioactive Japan
by Fritz Schumann
Tokyo, Japan,
Since August 22, 2023, the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been discharging contaminated water into the...
The List of Shame. Countries supporting the genocide of Palestinians
Who voted against ceasefire in UN?
Israel
US
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Austria
Czechia
Guatemala
Liberia
Micronesia
Nauru
Which countries abstained against ceasefire?
Argentina
Bulgaria
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea
Georgia
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Lithuania
Malawi
Marshall Islands
Netherlands
Palau
Panama
Romania
Slovakia
South Sudan
Togo
Tonga
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uruguay
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Blinken Says US Needs to Fund Wars in Ukraine, Gaza Because...
The admnistration is still pushing for the massive $105 billion spending package it has requested
osted on October 31, 2023
Categories Biden administration officials are arguing...
How Agencies That Promote Nuclear Power Are Quietly Managing Its Disaster...
by Kolin Kobayashi
Sep 27, 2023
This year marks the 13th year since the Fukushima accident began, yet the path to a conclusion is by no...
Why Japan should stop its Fukushima nuclear wastewater ocean release
By Tatsujiro Suzuki
September 22, 2023
On August 24, 2023, Japanese electric utility holding company Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced that it has started discharging...
Le cri de philosophes
Par Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Il y a un an, en juillet 2022, nous avons souligné dans un appel international lancé par des centaines d'intellectuels du monde...
Despite Warnings, IAEA Approves Japan Release Plan for Contaminated Fukushima Water
"Piping water into the sea is an outrage. The sea is not a garbage dump," said one local fisherman earlier this year.
By Jon Queally
Jul...
The arrogance of old and new colonial powers
By Frank Schumann
There are many islands and atolls in the Pacific. Their existence is threatened by the rising water level of the oceans. This...