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Testimonies of the Fakushima Nuclear Disaster

Video Testimonies from Fukushima in 7 Languages: Ms Oga Ayako, who evacuated from Okuma Town in Fukushima Prefecture to Niigata Prefecture In cooperation with the environmental NGO Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan), Peace Boat has launched the next…

Where Did the War on Cancer Come From?

Did you ever wonder whether Western culture focuses on destroying rather than preventing cancer, and talks about it with all the language of a war against an enemy, just because that’s how this culture does things, or whether the approach…

27 Things You Can Do to Let There Be Peace on Earth

1. Reports on the climate collapse have stopped in some cases the nonsense talk about needing the United States to “lead,” and even gone beyond urging it to get out of last place, and begun demanding that it do its…

Victory! Seville cancels Electronic Warfare Europe arms fair

In October, Liverpool, UK cancelled EWE’s planned arms fair there. The Seville cancellation follows protests by progressive, anti-war and anti-racist groups. In a press release on the 11th of December by the City Council of Seville, the Councilor of Urban…

I agree with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Foreign Bases

You may have heard that the U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill to spend $741 billion renaming military bases that have been heretofore named for Confederates. You may think that’s a grand idea but still wonder at the…

Every second counts

Opportunities to listen to Hibakusha are diminishing as they age and pass From Peace Boat The 75th anniversaries of the atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 2020 renewed focus on the push for the elimination of nuclear weapons…

Face 2 Face with David Rothauser

LIVE SHOW: Wednesday, December 9 at 5 PM EST On this show we are speaking with David Rothauser, filmmaker, writer, teacher, actor and producer of “Hibakusha, Our Life to Live”. This documentary tells the story of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima…

Doubts Whether Space Is Being Used Only for Peaceful Purposes

By Ramesh Jaura A Soviet cosmonaut and an American astronaut shook hands high above the planet Earth, on July 17, 1975, where the Soviet spaceship Soyuz-19 and the U.S. spacecraft Apollo had met and docked. In a message of greeting, the Soviet…

Trump Exits Somalia

By Dr Binoy Kampmark These are things that might have been done earlier.  During the last, flickering days of the Trump administration, activity is being witnessed across countries which have a US troop presence.  Numbers are being reduced.  Security wonks…

Referendum in Switzerland: economic interests prevailed over ethical values

Switzerland missed two opportunities to move towards a more just world. Last weekend, Swiss voters voted on two referendums, both of which were rejected. The first referendum question, a popular initiative “For responsible companies – to protect human beings and…

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