Friday, 8 November , 2024

pACIFIC

The new nuclear strategy of the West. “Madder” than MAD

In July 1980, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, at the instigation of his National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, signed the secret Presidential Directive 59 (PD-59,...

Japan’s new PM may have a bone to pick with the...

Shigeru Ishiba views the relationship as 'asymmetrical' — with Washington largely dictating Tokyo's foreign policy By Walter Hatch* Sep 27, 2024 Alliance minders in Washington and Tokyo...

Radioactive Japan

by Fritz Schumann Tokyo, Japan, Since August 22, 2023, the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been discharging contaminated water into the...

The List of Shame. Countries supporting the genocide of Palestinians

Who voted against ceasefire in UN? Israel  US Papua New Guinea Paraguay Austria Czechia Guatemala Liberia Micronesia Nauru Which countries abstained against ceasefire? Argentina Bulgaria Cabo Verde Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Georgia Germany Hungary Italy Lithuania Malawi Marshall Islands Netherlands Palau Panama Romania Slovakia South Sudan Togo Tonga Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay We remind our readers that publication of articles...

Blinken Says US Needs to Fund Wars in Ukraine, Gaza Because...

The admnistration is still pushing for the massive $105 billion spending package it has requested osted on October 31, 2023 Categories Biden administration officials are arguing...

How Agencies That Promote Nuclear Power Are Quietly Managing Its Disaster...

by Kolin Kobayashi Sep 27, 2023 This year marks the 13th year since the Fukushima accident began, yet the path to a conclusion is by no...

Why Japan should stop its Fukushima nuclear wastewater ocean release

By Tatsujiro Suzuki September 22, 2023 On August 24, 2023, Japanese electric utility holding company Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced that it has started discharging...

Le cri de philosophes

Par Dimitris Konstantakopoulos  Il y a un an, en juillet 2022, nous avons souligné dans un appel international lancé par des centaines d'intellectuels du monde...

Despite Warnings, IAEA Approves Japan Release Plan for Contaminated Fukushima Water

"Piping water into the sea is an outrage. The sea is not a garbage dump," said one local fisherman earlier this year. By Jon Queally Jul...

The arrogance of old and new colonial powers

By Frank Schumann There are many islands and atolls in the Pacific. Their existence is threatened by the rising water level of the oceans. This...