Lisa McCrea is an environmental and human rights activist, and the mother of five. She lived on the former George Air Force Base in California from 1987 to 1991. She found out 30 years after first stepping foot on the base that it was and is extremely contaminated with numerous toxic substances, including nuclear waste. She became partially disabled in 1990 and completely disabled in 2003, at the age of 35, as a direct result of her contamination exposure. In 2017, she switched her focus from
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, On Misreading Victory
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In a way, many of us spent the Cold War years under our school desks. It was there that we kids were taught to “duck and cover,” theoretically sheltering ourselves against a Soviet nuclear attack. However, when only a
Charlottesville City Council Passes Resolution Against War on Iran
Charlottesville Virginia’s City Council voted Monday evening to adopt a resolution opposing war on Iran and urging passage by Congress of Senator Tim Kaine’s privileged resolution.
The City Council re-affirmed the position it had taken in 2012 in passing a resolution against war on Iran.
The latest threat of war on Iran is particularly Trumpian, but it has also been in the works for decades. Many in the U.S. government have wanted to attack Iran since 1979, and the Shah’s son has been waiting
Iran War: Connect the Dots
I had a great conversation this morning on KPFK with Harvey Wasserman and Alan Minsky on Connect the Dots, Lila Garrett’s show. You can listen here.
Tomgram: Nick Turse, America’s Plans to “Win” the Afghan War
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Next August 6th and 9th will be the 75th anniversaries of the devastating U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. To this day, they remain the only wartime uses of nuclear weapons. Given
Live: Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehqan: Iran to retaliate directly against U.S. military sites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW3gmHu8988&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0yPHUz5m6jLXQpmshIVc4jKYbtrmvEbL4Y2CPKrn_eQPHPClTeCzAJ-eQ
A Historian Reflects on the Rise of Fascism
Back in 1941, the year of my birth, fascism stood on the brink of conquering the world. During the preceding decades, movements of the Radical Right―mobilized by demagogues into a cult of virulent nationalism, racial and religious hatred, and militarism―had made great strides in nations around the globe. By the end of 1941, fascist Germany, Italy, and Japan, having launched massive military invasions of other lands, where they were assisted by local rightwing collaborators, had conquered
David Swanson on U.S.-Iran War with Harvey Wasserman on KPFK
Pentagon’s 2020 budget surpasses $700 billion
I discussed the problem of military spending here:
Talk Nation Radio: Nukes, Space Force, and War Pigs in Space
Alice Slater serves on the Board of Directors of World BEYOND War and is the UN NGO Representative of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. She is on the Board of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, the Global Council of Abolition 2000, and the Advisory Board of Nuclear Ban-US, supporting the mission of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
Total run time: 29:00
Host: David Swanson.
Producer: David Swanson.
Music by Duke Ellington.
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