80 Years of Lies: The US Finally Admits It Knew It Didn’t Need to Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a trove of military and presidential admissions dismantles the myth of necessity.
The Satanic Nature of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What follows is a revised and updated version of an essay from my 2020 book, Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies.
Modernizing Nuclear War
Seventy-nine years ago, the Truman administration dropped atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, instantly killing approximately 100,000 innocent civilians. Host Robert Scheer calls these horrific incidents…
Western Ambassadors Boycott Nagasaki Memorial After Israel Excluded
The Japanese city did not invite Israel's ambassador to the ceremony to avoid the risk of protests against the Gaza genocide.
US Mayors for Peace Call for Dialogue in a Time of Nuclear Danger
“If you don’t think nuclear weapons are a local issue, just ask the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”
Critics Picked Up on Oppenheimer’s All-Too-Timely Warning on Nuclear War
Oppenheimer can provide the opening of a window that can help new generations of people learn about nuclear weapons.
Atomic Bombing of Japan Was Not Necessary to End WWII. US Gov’t Documents Admit It
US government documents admit the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary to end WWII. Japan was on the verge of surrendering. The nuclear attack was the first…
78 Years Ago in Hiroshima and Nagasaki: What Oppenheimer Wrought
The official U.S. bombing survey on what happened in Hiroshima 78 years ago today.
The Movie & the Moment to Stop Nuclear Rearmament
Oppenheimer should be required viewing by all those in Washington who are bent on spending $1.7 trillion over the next decades to build new nuclear weapons to kill us all,…
Oppenheimer’s Deadly Legacy of Nuclear Terror
For every second you sit in the air conditioned theater with a warm buttery popcorn bucket in your lap, 18 people dead in the blink of an eye. Thanks to…
Hiroshima Survivors Decry Link to Pearl Harbor
A U.S.-Japan “sister peace park” agreement angers representatives of the survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Japan, who want Washington to admit the “A-bomb did not end the war…
Hiroshima Survivors Decry US-Japan Agreement Equating Pearl Harbor With Atomic Bombing
"The historical backgrounds of the two parks will forever be different," said one survivor and peace activist.
Nagasaki Survivor Denounces ‘Absolute Evil’ of Nuclear Bombs on Eve of Vienna Summit
"The atomic bomb is a weapon of inhumanity and of absolute evil, with which human beings cannot exist," said 82-year-old Sueichi Kido.
Hedges: The Lie of American Innocence
Our hypocrisy on war crimes makes a rules-based world, one that abides by international law, impossible.