Wounds of War
Wounds of War
Wounds of War
The Dehumanizing Nature of War
Nov 9, 2023 A Veterans Day meditation.
Wounds of War
For Decades, the U.S. Called Hiroshima and Nagasaki ‘Tests’
Aug 3, 2023 “Perhaps 10,000 military personnel lost their lives in the bomb but the vast majority of the 125,000 dead in Hiroshima would be women and children.” Three days later, when an atomic bomb fell on Nagasaki, “it was officially described as a ‘naval base’ yet less than 200 of the 90,000 dead were military personnel.”
Pope Denounces ‘Evil’ of Nuclear Weapons in Japan Trip
Nov 23, 2019 He goes further than any other pontiff, saying merely having atomic bombs is to be condemned, ahead of his visits to Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
George Orwell Predicted Our Current Dystopia
Aug 19, 2019 In the real-life version of the dystopian novel "1984" we seem to be caught in, Trump is our very own idiosyncratic version of Big Brother.
America’s Forgotten Support of Adolf Hitler
Jun 6, 2019 On the anniversary of D-Day, American University's Peter Kuznick reflects on one of the most shameful chapters in our nation's history.
A Statement of Peace, or an Epitaph
Aug 6, 2018 The story of how an iconic sculpture in Southern California was saved leads our commemoration of the 73rd anniversary of the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan.
The Chomsky Challenge for Americans
Jun 13, 2018 Monstrous U.S. war crimes since the early 1950s have gone down George Orwell's "memory hole." Now, we have no concept of empathy—or reality.
Never Forget Nagasaki
Jan 20, 2018 Two U.S. military veterans go to Japan to discuss the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the urgent need for nuclear disarmament.
Pope Francis Fears the Possibility of Nuclear War
Jan 15, 2018 The world now stands "at the very limit," said the leader of the Catholic Church. "I am really afraid of this.”Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Urges World to Ban Nukes
Dec 10, 2017 Setsuko Thurlow, who was 13 when a U.S. atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima, heads a group that is urging 50 countries to ratify an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
