About 80 people participated in Winnipeg’s annual Lanterns for Peace commemoration of the 1945 U.S. nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The event was organized by Project Peacemakers, the National Association of Japanese Canadians and Peace Alliance Winnipeg. Here are…
The People v. The Bomb
In a World Opinion Forum TV, DVD and Google Video special from the United Nations, Kevin Sanders reports on world reaction to the failure of the last Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), described as the most important…
Hiroshima Day Peace Declaration
Another August 6, and the horrors of 63 years ago arise undiminished in the minds of our hibakusha, whose average age now exceeds 75. “Water, please!” “Help me!””Mommy!” ― On this day, we, too, etch in our hearts the voices,…
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Endangered
Nuking the Treaty Iran is the least of the world’s offenders against non-proliferation. By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 28th July 2008 What is the Iranian government up to? For once the imperial coalition, overstretched in Iraq and unpopular…
End the Occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan
Tuesday 29 July 2008 by Marjorie Cohn, t r u t h o u t | Perspective So far, Bush’s plan to maintain a permanent US military presence in Iraq has been stymied by resistance from the Iraqi government. Barack…
Conference to plan prosecutions of U.S. war criminals
A two-day conference on obtaining prosecutions of high level American war criminals will open September 13th, in Andover, Mass. The conference will explore the legal grounds for, and plan for, obtaining prosecutions of President Bush and top officials of his…