80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: nuclear war is closer than ever
The US and Israeli bombings of Iran’s nuclear sites violated basic tenets of nuclear non-proliferation, ironically demonstrating to countries pursuing independent development the need to build nuclear deterrent.
La paradoja de Oppenheimer: el poder de la ciencia y la debilidad de los científicos
La bomba lanzada sobre Hiroshima en 1945 anunció la era atómica e inauguró el complejo militar-industrial que se apoderó de Estados Unidos.
Oppenheimer paradox: power of science, weakness of scientists
The bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 heralded the atomic age and ushered in the military-industrial complex that took over the United States
Mapping Faultlines: 76 years after Hiroshima, nuclear threat still looms large
76 years after Hiroshima, humanity still faces the threat of nuclear annihilation. Treaties which reduced the threat have expired mainly due to the the intransigence of the US. Prabir Purkayastha looks at these issues
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the threat of nuclear extinction
It is difficult to believe that the US view of the justness of its possession of nuclear power, while threatening others, is not underpinned by the belief of many in white supremacy
7 decades after Nagasaki, the possibility of nuclear holocaust looms large
The doomsday clock, set up by the scientists involved in the Manhattan, is now 2 minutes away from midnight that symbolizes annihilation
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