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Obama’s Non-Nuclear World: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Thoughts
Hiroshima: Ten Years Later. “I’m Just Waiting For Death.” Those are the words of Mrs. Yoskio Nishikawa, 43, bedridden “A-Bomb widow” who lives on $22 a month in charity. Yukiko, 15, one of her four children, cools her forehead with … Continue reading
Food Safety Meets Organic Farming: Destroying the Conceptual Foundations by Hyper-Technologizing
Farmworkers harvest organically grown lettuce at Lakeside Organic Gardens Farm in Watsonville. Photo: Paul Chinn/The Chronicle.Crops, ponds destroyed in quest for food safetyBy Carolyn Lochhead / July 13, 2009 Washington — Dick Peixoto planted hedges of fennel and flowering cilantro … Continue reading
Obama’s Nuclear Gambit : Savvy or Softy?
Above, John Bolton: a neocon looks backward. Below, Barack Obama with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. Photo by Dmitry Astakhov / AFP / Getty Images.Obama’s nuclear gambit:Cold warrior Bolton says he gave too much These views never made much sense during … Continue reading
‘Magic’ Poet, ‘Weed Ambassador’ Simon Vinkenoog Dead at 80
Poet Simon Vinkenoog, a Sixties icon. With the death of Simon Vinkenoog Amsterdam loses one more of its iconic ambassadors of the ‘Swinging Sixties’… when the Dutch capital gained its reputation as a drugs-friendly Magic Centre… By Rob Kievit / … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Deaths, Drugs, Marijuana, Poets, Psychedelics, Sixties
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Contempt for Humanity: Increasingly Commonplace
Ad Showing West Bank Barrier Angers PalestiniansJuly 13, 2009 JERUSALEM — An Israeli cell phone commercial showing soldiers playing football near Israel’s West Bank separation barrier has angered Palestinians who say it is in poor taste and exploits their suffering. … Continue reading
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Bhopal: Twenty-Five Years Later, Hundreds of New Victims Born Each Year
Nida, 17 months old Bhopali girl with a congenital birth defect. Photograph: Money Sharma/EPA.Poisoned legacyBy Billy Briggs / July 12, 2009 The Hiroshima of the chemical industry is still claiming victims – babies born 25 years later with serious birth … Continue reading
The Spirit of Humanity: An Interview with Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia McKinney is a former US Representative who served from 1993-2003 and from 2005-2008 . She was the 2008 Green Party presidential nominee and has been an active member of the Free Gaza Movement. In 2004, The Backbone Campaign awarded … Continue reading
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Tagged Crimes Against Humanity, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian Blockade
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Singin’ on Sunday – Dick Gaughan
Dick Gaughan – Handful of Earth From a 1983 BBC Spectrum Documentary. Dedicated to all the workers out there. Thanks to Erich Seifert / The Rag Blog
Woodstock: The Memories Live On for These Two
Love It: Everyone quoted in the story sounds like they’re still trippin’! Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog Iconic Woodstock Couple Keeps Festival Spirit Alive By Adam Horne / July 11, 2009 Forty years after the legendary festival in Bethel, … Continue reading
Evidence of War Crimes in Afghanistan Coming to Light
Juan Cole says it as well as it can be said: “I can tell by various web metrics that you guys are not interested in the Afghanistan story. You should be and I am going to parse it today anyway. … Continue reading
