Families of ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man’ Victims Still Struggling
By Suvendrini KakuchiTOKYO, Aug 11 2012 (IPS)Sachiko Masumura (79) was standing just two kilometres away from the hypocentre of Little Boy, the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan over six...
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The Frightening Scenario of the Nuclear War
By Ira Helfand*NORTHAMPTON, U.S., Dec 18 2012 (IPS)Soon after President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, hundreds of leaders of the global medical community wrote an open letter to him, and to newly...
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The New Fascism
Fascism means unlimited surveillance of one's own people and others, made possible by postmodern technology. Credit: Frédéric BISSON/CC-BY-2.0By Johan GaltungALFAZ, Spain, Jul 1 2013 (IPS)The atrocious...
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Atom Bomb Anniversary Spotlights Persistent Nuclear Threat
The atomic bomb dome at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Credit: Freedom II Andres_Imahinasyon/CC-BY-2.0By Suvendrini KakuchiTOKYO, Aug 7...
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OPINION: Why Nuclear Disarmament Could Still Be the Most Important Thing...
In this column, Risto Isomäki, Finnish environmental activist and award-winning writer whose novels have been translated into several languages, describes the practically unimaginable capacity for...
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OPINION: Humanitarian Impact of Nukes Calls For Concerted Action
Daisaku Ikeda is a Japanese Buddhist philosopher and peace-builder and president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) grassroots Buddhist movement (www.sgi.org).By Daisaku IkedaTOKYO, Nov 21 2014...
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki Cast Shadow Over Nuclear Conference in Vienna
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received the 2014 Humanitarian of the Year award from Harvard University’s Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Credit: UN...
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Civil Society Support for Marshall Islands Against Nuclear Weapons
Mushroom cloud over Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands from Castle Bravo, the largest nuclear test ever conducted by the United States. Credit: United States Department of Energy [Public domain] via...
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Faiths United Against Nuclear Weapons
By Julia RainerVIENNA, Dec 10 2014 (IPS)“Never was there a greater need than now for all the religions to combine, to pull their wisdom and to give the benefit of that combined, huge repository of...
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Opinion: Shared Action for a Nuclear Weapon Free World
Daisaku Ikeda is a Japanese Buddhist philosopher and peace-builder, and president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) grassroots Buddhist movement (www.sgi.org)By Daisaku IkedaTOKYO, Apr 9 2015...
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Churches Seek to Amplify Echo of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Atomic Bomb Dome serves as a memorial to the people who died in the Aug. 6, 1945 bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. The building was the only structure left standing near the bomb’s hypocentre. Credit:...
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No More Hiroshimas, No More Nagasakis, Vows U.N. Chief
A Hibakusha, one of the survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, speaks at a special event commemorating Disarmament Week in October 2011. Credit: UN Photo/Paulo FilgueirasBy Thalif...
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Opinion: Look at Nuclear Weapons in a New Way
Jan Oberg is co-founder and Director of the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF) in Lund, Sweden.By Jan ObergLUND, Sweden, Aug 7 2015 (IPS)It’s absolutely necessary to remember...
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Mayors Plead for a Nuclear Weapons Free World
The mayor of Nagasaki, Tomihisa Taue, presents the Nagasaki Peace Declaration, saying that “rather than envisioning a nuclear-free world as a faraway dream, we must quickly decide to solve this issue...
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Call for Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons Testing
A group of eminent persons (GEM) launched a concerted campaign on Aug. 25, 2015, for entry into force of a global ban on nuclear weapon tests such as this one at Bikini Atoll in 1946. Credit: United...
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Disarmament Conference Ends with Ambitious Goal – But How to Get There?
Cloud from an atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, in November 1952. Photo credit: US GovernmentBy Ramesh JauraHIROSHIMA, Aug 28 2015 (IPS)A...
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