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Tag Archives: Nagasaki
Hiroshima Denial is Terror
By Finian Cunningham Source: Information Clearing House Those who deny history, or who are oblivious, are apt to repeat it. That is the frightening, perhaps most disturbing aspect of the 75th anniversary this week of the American atomic bombing of … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, military spending, society, State Crime, war
Tagged American History, Atomic Bombs, empire, Genocide, geopolitics, Hiroshima, imperialism, Mass Murder, Nagasaki, Nuclear War, State Terror, US Foreign Policy, war, War Crime
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ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 75: Scholars Speak Out Against ‘Unnecessary’ Attacks
Japan was ready to surrender, making the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and Nagasaki two days later, totally unnecessary and morally indefensible, say a panel of scholars in two video discussions. By Consortium News The debate … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, society, State Crime, war
Tagged atomic bombings, Dana Priest, empire, Gar Alperovitz, Genocide, geopolitics, Harry Truman, Hiroshima, imperialism, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin, Nagasaki, Peter Kuznick, US Foreign Policy, Walter Pincus, war
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The Satanic Nature of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
By Edward Curtain Source: Dissident Voice Ahab is forever Ahab, man. This whole act’s immutably decreed. ‘Twas rehearsed by thee and me billion years before this ocean rolled. Fool! I am the Fates’ lieutenant; I act under orders. — Herman Melville, … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, culture, Empire, Geoengineering, History, imperialism, society, State Crime, war
Tagged American History, empire, General Curtis LeMay, Genocide, Hiroshima, imperialism, James Byrnes, Mass Murder, Nagasaki, Nuclear War, State Crime, war, war crimes, War Criminals, World War II
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The World Will Not Mourn the Decline of U.S. Hegemony
By Paul Street Source: Consortium News There are good reasons to bemoan the presence of the childish, racist, sexist and ecocidal, right-wing plutocrat Donald Trump in the White House. One complaint about Trump that should be held at arm’s-length by … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Neocons, Neoliberalism, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, American Century, American History, Chile, CIA, Democracy, Donald Trump, empire, geopolitics, Hiroshima, imperialism, Indonesia, iraq, Korean War, My Lai Massacre, Nagasaki, NATO, Neocons, Neoliberals, Serbia, Syria, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Hegemony, Vietnam, war
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There’s Only One Rogue Nuclear State, and it’s the USA
By Bruce A. Dixon Source: Black Agenda Report This week marks the anniversary of two monstrous war crimes, the nuking of two undefended Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945. The fake history I learned as … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Dystopia, Empire, History, Militarization, society, State Crime, war
Tagged American History, Cold War, empire, Genocide, geopolitics, Hiroshima, imperialism, Nagasaki, Nuclear Terror, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Rogue State, State Terror, US Foreign Policy, war crimes, WWII
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New Era of Global Collective Psychosis
By Gilbert Mercier Source: News Junkie Post Anybody who has been unfortunate to be in a car or plane crash, but lucky enough to survive it and tell the story afterwards knows the inherent paradox: the event occurred in the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Empire, History, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Black Death, brainwashing, Collective Psychosis, corporate media, Hiroshima, industrial society, Known Wolves, Mass Murder, Nagasaki, Nuclear War, propaganda, social conditioning, Social Engineering, Systemic Collapse, terrorism, war on terror, World War 2
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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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