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Countdown to Doomsday: Daniel Ellsberg and the Nuclear Papers
Countdown to Doomsday: Daniel Ellsberg and the Nuclear Papers Photo by August Muench | CC BY 2.0 Just as the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the Doomsday Clock closer than it has ever been to our species extinction point reports show that the U.S. warfare state is moving its latest high-tech rendition of tactical […]
“One Typhoon Away From Full Breach” – US Nuke-Test Dome Leaking Fatal Radiation Into Pacific Ocean
“One Typhoon Away From Full Breach” – US Nuke-Test Dome Leaking Fatal Radiation Into Pacific Ocean Before the 1970s, the United States and other nuclear-armed countries conducted more than 500 atomic weapons tests in the atmosphere. During these tests, radioactive debris and gases were flung up into the atmosphere and traveled around the world. The Centers […]
UK’s Secret Cold War Plan For Middle East Oil Fields
UK’s Secret Cold War Plan For Middle East Oil Fields The 1950s were a turbulent time on both sides of the Iron Curtain. With the Second World War over and the star role played by crude oil in its outcome, British and U.S. intelligence agencies wasted no time working out scenarios should the Soviets invade […]
Prevention is the Only Solution: a Hiroshima Native’s View of Nuclear Weapons
Prevention is the Only Solution: a Hiroshima Native’s View of Nuclear Weapons Photo by Gerry Lauzon | CC BY 2.0 At 8:07 on Saturday morning, Hawaii residents woke up to an emergency alert on their cellphones: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Until a second message called […]
Missile False Alarm in Hawaii: How Wrong Buttons Can Wreak Havoc
Mobile phone users in Hawaii saw this message. Missile False Alarm in Hawaii: How Wrong Buttons Can Wreak Havoc Should the survival of humanity hinge on bureaucratic protocols? On Saturday at 8:05 am, residents of Hawaii were terrified by a text message that said a missile was heading their way, and they should “seek shelter […]
Another Step Toward Armageddon
Another Step Toward Armageddon The US military/security complex has taken another step toward Armageddon. The Pentagon has prepared a nuclear posture review (NPR) that gives the OK to development of smaller “useable” nuclear weapons and permits their use in response to a non-nuclear attack. As Reagan and Gorbachev understood, but the warmongers who have taken […]
‘Preparing for the Unthinkable’: CDC to Hold Briefing on How to Prepare the Public for a Nuclear Detonation in America
‘PREPARING FOR THE UNTHINKABLE’: CDC TO HOLD BRIEFING ON HOW TO PREPARE THE PUBLIC FOR A NUCLEAR DETONATION IN AMERICA Amid rising tensions between the United States and North Korea, the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention have scheduled a briefing for later this month that will teach healthcare professionals how to better prepare the […]
The World’s Real Nuclear Menace Isn’t North Korea
The World’s Real Nuclear Menace Isn’t North Korea Photo by Toby Scott | CC BY 2.0 With growing speculation of war with North Korea and familiar apocalyptic rhetoric in recent times, the United States and North Korea have participated in increasingly bellicose exchanges. These recent exchanges range from President Trump calling on other nations to […]
North Korea Declares New Sanctions An ‘Act Of War,’ Refuses To Ever Abandon Its Nukes
North Korea Declares New Sanctions An ‘Act Of War,’ Refuses To Ever Abandon Its Nukes North Korea strongly rejected the latest United Nations sanctions resolution, calling it an “act of war” against the rogue regime. The U.N. Security Council unanimously decided Friday to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea in response to the North’s […]
Putin Warns “Russia Has Right To Respond” To US Military Buildup, Hints At Use Of Nuclear Weapons
Putin Warns “Russia Has Right To Respond” To US Military Buildup, Hints At Use Of Nuclear Weapons Multiple Russian state media outlets are reporting that President Vladimir Putin has stressed that Russia has a right to respond to US military build-up in Europe while furthering its strategic nuclear deterrence capabilities in a speech delivered before a […]
Saving Humanity From Itself
Saving Humanity From Itself Since the beginning of the nuclear age and the dropping of the first atomic bombs, humankind has struggled with the reality of being able to destroy the planet on the one hand and the abolition of these weapons on the other. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to […]
Little Rocket Man’s Risky Game
Little Rocket Man’s Risky Game In the morning darkness of Wednesday, Kim Jong Un launched an ICBM that rose almost 2,800 miles into the sky before falling into the Sea of Japan. North Korea now has the proven ability to hit Washington, D.C. Unproven still is whether Kim can put a miniaturized nuclear warhead atop […]
What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today
Photo: Bettman/Getty Images What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today Sixty years after the nuclear tests, the groundwater is contaminated and the coconuts are radioactive. But are the coral reefs thriving? Nearly 60 years after the last of 23 nuclear explosions in its land, air and water, Bikini Atoll again looks like the idyllic Pacific paradise it […]
Is Korea Just a Smokescreen?
Is Korea Just a Smokescreen? In my last article (Sticking the arson charge on a couple of patsies) I questioned why North Korea’s nuclear program was attracting such attention from the United States. North Korea is a very poor and backwards country whose bellicosity reflects the regime’s need for an external enemy like the United […]
