Hiroshima 81: The Looming Risk Of Nuclear Disaster
The essay says Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed 200,000 civilians and argues false claims about nuclear threats still fuel dangerous policy.
- Eighty-One years ago this week, atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed 200,000 civilians, ushering in an atomic age that began with a lie.
- President Eisenhower and Fleet Admiral William Leahy concluded Japan was already defeated, arguing the atomic bomb was unnecessary and provided no material assistance in the war.
- A top-secret intelligence study confirmed that Russia's August 8, 1945 declaration of war against Japan, rather than the atomic blasts, actually ended the conflict.
- The Bush regime's claims about Iraqi nuclear weapons and President Donald Trump's accusations regarding Iran were false, as United States intelligence agencies confirmed these Iranian claims were lies.
- Citizens concerned about existential threats recognize nuclear proliferation remains urgent, especially as desperate and megalomaniacal rulers may feel tempted to use thermonuclear weapons amid extreme global stressors.
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Nuclear age began 81 years ago with lies, could end the same way
The atomic age began with a lie. Eighty-one years ago this week, a single American airplane, flying almost unnoticed over a Japanese city, dropped a single bomb that destroyed the entire city. Three days later another American plane destroyed a second city. The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 killed […] The post Nuclear age began 81 years ago with lies, could end the same way appeared first on A…
Hiroshima 81: The Looming Risk Of Nuclear Disaster
Peter Kuznick, Consortium News. The horrors of 1945 have too often been forgotten or ignored. Despite the heroic struggle of the people of Hiroshima, 81 years ago today, and of Nagasaki. The following is the text of a keynote address the author delivered in Nagasaki on July 25 at an international peace conference sponsored by the Asahi Shimbun, the Nagasaki city government and the Nagasaki peace movement. On June 10, 2025, Tulsi Gabbard, who wa…
A meeting between representatives of different organizations to discuss issues about the nuclear crisis in which Chinese delegates threaten to leave because they are blamed for all the evils. A lot of data and statistics about another crisis, the climate. The image of a woman who is mesmerized by Rembrandt’s three canvases at the National Gallery in London,
Hiroshima at 81: Another Hiroshima is coming — unless we stop it now
By John Pilger [Incisive article by the late John Pilger on the dangers of nuclear war, first published on August 8, 2022.]UPDATE: Title was changed from “Hiroshima at 77” to “Hiroshima at 81” to reflect this year’s anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. (Global Research, August 7, 2026)***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…
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