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Tag Archives: Japan
Superpowers and Concrete Towers: Katsuhiro Otomo’s ‘Domu: A Child’s Dream’
By Patrick Haddad Source: We Are the Mutants In 1989, almost a year after it was released in Japan, the Western world was given its first cinematic taste of anime with the sci-fi epic Akira. Acclaimed writer Katsuhiro Otomo’s vision … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, History, media, Philosophy, society, Sociology
Tagged Akira, Architecture, Art, culture, Domu, Domu: A Child's Dream, Dystopia, Japan, Katsuhiro Otomo, Manga, Modernism, Science fiction, society
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FIGHTING FOR OKINAWA — MY HOME, NOT A MILITARY BASE
By Moé Yonamine Source: Rethinking Schools My family moved to the United States from Okinawa when I was 7. But Okinawa is still home — and I’m hurt and angered at how the United States and Japan continue to treat … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, culture, education, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, society, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, anti-war, culture, empire, environment, Futenma, geopolitics, Global Hegemony, imperialism, Japan, Militarism, Military, Okinawa, Peace, resistance, U.S. Foreign Policy, Uchinanchu, United States, US Military Bases, World War 2
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Why Okinawa Should Matter
By Richard Falk Source: Foreign Policy Journal Okinawa has been a mostly unhappy host of American military bases, and the issue has been prominent at times on the agenda of the Japanese peace movement. When President Barack Obama visited Hiroshima … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, military spending, Social Control, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Colonialism, Emperialism, empire, geopolitics, Japan, Kadena Air Base, Military Bases, Neocolonialism, Okinawa, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Military, World War II
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America’s Barbaric Logic of Hiroshima 70 Years On
By Finnian Cunningham Source: Strategic Culture Foundation Even if we accept that there was a plausible military imperative to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki – to bring about a swift defeat of Japan and thus an end … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, society, State Crime, war
Tagged A-Bomb, Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Dwight Eisenhower, empire, Gar Alperovitz, Genocide, Government Psychopothy, Harry Truman, Hiroshima, Japan, Nagasaki, Nuclear War, radiation poisoning, Soviet Union, State Terror, The Greatest Generation, War Crime, World War 2, WW2
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Saturday Matinee: Battle Royale
With the recent release of the Hunger Games sequel, it seems fitting to feature a cult classic that may have been the inspiration for that series: “Battle Royale”. Released in 2000, it was Kinji Fukasaku’s final film, a director previously … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Art, conditioning, consciousness, culture, education, Film, Saturday Matinee, society, Video
Tagged Battle Royale, Battle Royale II: Requiem, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, cult cinema, Cult film, cult movie, Hunger Games, Japan, Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku, World War II
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The Ocean is Broken
A recent article from Australia’s Newcastle Herald has been going viral, and for good reason. It’s a chilling and heartbreaking first-hand account of the state of the Pacific Ocean. These observations in particular depict a hellish scenario: “After we left … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, Consumerism, Environment, Science
Tagged Australia, Dophins, ecosystems, environment, Fukushima, Greg Ray, Hawaii, Herring, Ivan Macfadyen, Japan, mass die-offs, Newcastle Herald, over-consumption, over-fishing, Pacific Ocean, Polar Bears, pollution, Salmon, Sardines, Starfish, United States, whales
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Fukushima: The Curse That Keeps on Cursing
Today The Internet Post brought to my attention a series of updates on Fukushima that paints a grim picture of the scope of ongoing radiation hazards (a story which gets relatively little coverage in corporate news outlets). On this clip … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, Energy, Environment, news, Privatization, Science, society, Technology
Tagged AJ Floyd, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan, Pacific Ocean, Plant, radiation, radiation sickness, Radioactive decay, Tepco, The Internet Post, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Water pollution
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“All Wars Are Based on Deception” – Sun Tzu
I’ve been thinking of Sun Tzu’s line from “The Art of War” a lot lately because of the blatant lies about Syria currently being pushed by U.S. government officials and the corporate media. The quote is just as true today … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, divide and conquer, Economics, Empire, Energy, False Flag, Geopolitics, History, military spending, news, society, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Art of War, deception, Edmund Burke, empire, fake terror, False Flag, geopolitics, government lies, history, Japan, Michael Rivero, Sun Tzue, war, what really happened, World War 2, World War II, WW2
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