The mere possession of nuclear weapons violates the Nuremberg Principles (decreed a day before Nagasaki) and other international laws, argues international law professor Francis Boyle.
ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 75: The Illegality of Nuclear Weapons
American Empire, Column, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Germany, International News Analysis, Militarism, Trump Administration, U.S.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: A United State of Delusion
Americans are caught in a kind of national psychosis, wherein little of what is said about foreign conduct — from Germany to the South China Sea — can be taken at face value.
ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 75: Hiroshima Cover-up — How Timesman Won a Pulitzer While on War Dept. Payroll
The NYT reversed itself to the official narrative of categorically dismissing reports of deadly effects of radiation in articles by a Times correspondent who was being paid by the government, report Amy and David Goodman.
ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 75: Truman’s ‘Human Sacrifice’ to Subdue Moscow
In this introduction to the memoir of a Nagasaki bombing victim, historian Peter Kuznick shows why the bombs were dropped and how some victims’ anger propelled the Japanese anti-nuclear movement.
VIPS MEMO: To Nancy Pelosi — Did Russia Hack the DNC Emails?
The lack of detail demanded by Pelosi may simply mean the absence of credible evidence of Russian interference as well as the absence of Clapperesque officials to conjure it up.
Australia, Commentary, History, International, Japan, Militarism, Obama Administration, U.S., WikiLeaks
ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 75: John Pilger — Another Hiroshima is Coming — Unless We Stop It Now
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were acts of premeditated mass murder unleashing a weapon of intrinsic criminality. It was justified by lies that form the bedrock of 21st century U.S. war propaganda, casting a new enemy, and target – China.
LEE CAMP: 28 Million Evictions Loom as Houses Sit Empty
America is not based on hard work. Get it out of your head that this society is set up to be fair. Fair would be everyone with a roof over their head.
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.
UPRISING: Don’t. Side. With. The. Powerful.
Caitlin Johnstone calls reflexive subservience a zombie infection; a mental virus spread by propaganda and toxic ideologies.
UPRISING: Urban Planning as Tool of White Supremacy – The Other Lesson from Minneapolis
The legacy of structural racism was laid bare at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and East 38th Street, writes Julian Agyeman.
UPRISING: Militias’ Warning of Excessive Federal Power Comes True – But Where Are They?
Amy Cooter has been tracking developments within the U.S. domestic militia movement during the nation’s uprisings.
UK Refuses to Release Information on Assange Judge Who Has 96 Percent Approval Rate in Extradition Cases
Britain’s Ministry of Justice is blocking the release of basic information about the judge who is to rule on Julian Assange’s extradition, reports Declassified UK.
COVID-19: Poverty Weaponized By Elite as US Eviction Crisis Looms
This is America, writes Caitlin Johnstone. This is what America is designed to be. The head of a vast, globe-spanning empire needs its rank-and-file citizens to be poor, powerless, and brainwashed at all times.
COVID-19: Neglected, Sacrificed: Over 65 During the Pandemic
Shortages of beds, staff and equipment made doctors discriminate against older persons and prioritize those younger, with more chances of survival, writes Isabel Ortiz.
COVID-19: Brazilian Health Workers File ICC Complaint Against Bolsonaro
Catholic bishops in Brazil are also accusing the government of systematically using “unscientific arguments.”
COVID-19: New Government Loan ‘Could Accelerate Demise of US Postal Service’
The U.S. Treasury Secretary and U.S. Postal Service leaders appear to be exploiting the pandemic to hold the Postal Service to unreasonable loan terms without even consulting Congress.
COVID-19: Australia Pours Money Into Insane US War Games Yet Won’t Support Its Own Citizens
Australia is not a real country, and it doesn’t have a real government, writes Caitlin Johnstone. It is functionally nothing more than a U.S. military/intelligence asset.
Chris Hedges: America’s Social Hell
25 YEARS OF CN: ‘Galveston’s BioLab Amid Global Warming’ — Oct. 2, 2017
As the U.S. hurricane season begins in the midst of a pandemic, we republish this article about a Bio-Safety Level 4 lab built on sand and seashells in a major storm zone while containing the world’s most dangerous microbes.
American Empire, Australia, Britain, Canada, China, Commentary, International, Iran, Iraq, Opinion, Russia
OPINION: Bellicose anti-China and anti-Russian Rhetoric is Meant for Us, Not Them
As in the dystopian novel 1984, Western propaganda that seems aimed at Moscow and Beijing is really intended for the citizens of the so-called Free World, writes retired Australian diplomat Tony Kevin.