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Dec 10, 2024 | 
smirkingchimp.com | Joseph Gerson
The following is the text of a speech given in Oslo, Norway on the Eve of Nihon Hidankyo receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Thanks first to Ingeborg Brienes for organizing today’s event. It was an unexpected honor to be invited to join Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel Peace Prize delegation.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
commondreams.org | Joseph Gerson
The following is the text of a speech given in Oslo, Norway on the Eve of Nihon Hidankyo receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Thanks first to Ingeborg Brienes for organizing today’s event. It was an unexpected honor to be invited to join Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel Peace Prize delegation.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
pressenza.com | Joseph Gerson
On November 6, many of us woke to the reality that our nation is even more corrupt and dangerous than we had realized as a majority of U.S. voters embraced and voted for a fascist, racist, convicted rapist and felon, compulsive liar, insurrectionist, and would be a dictator. During the election, the country was warned that a Trump election could signal the end of constitutional democracy here.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
smirkingchimp.com | Joseph Gerson
On the morning of November 6, many of us woke to the reality that what we thought of as our nation was even more corrupt and dangerous than we had realized. Manipulated by oligarchs and frustrated by status quo Democrats, a majority of the U.S. electorate embraced and voted for a fascist, racist, rapist, convicted felon, compulsive liar, insurrectionist, would-be dictator.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
commondreams.org | Joseph Gerson
On the morning of November 6, many of us woke to the reality that what we thought of as our nation was even more corrupt and dangerous than we had realized. Manipulated by oligarchs and frustrated by status quo Democrats, a majority of the U.S. electorate embraced and voted for a fascist, racist, rapist, convicted felon, compulsive liar, insurrectionist, would-be dictator.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Prerna Gupta |Binoy Kampmark |Arun Mitra |Joseph Gerson
Prerna Gupta talks to Dilnaz Boga about those affected by Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) in India’s thirst for electricityWhat was the government narrative around nuclear technology in India post-independence? What are the effects of linking development and nationalism to atomic energy? In post-independence India, nuclear energy was envisioned as a crucial driver in propelling the country out of the shadows of British colonialism and into modernity and development.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
smirkingchimp.com | Joseph Gerson
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nihon Hidankyo is long overdue and could not come at a more important time. The Hibakusha (A-bomb witness/survivors) of Nihon Hidankyo have been among the world’s most courageous and steadfast advocates of nuclear disarmament. The organization has focused on three core demands: preventing nuclear war, eliminating nuclear weapons, and obtaining essential medical care for A-bomb victims.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sanjay N. Parate |Joseph Gerson |Vidya Bhushan Rawat |Bharat Dogra
In South Mumbai, BEST (electricity distribution company) has postponed the work of installing smart electricity meters. This company has 10.8 lakh residential and commercial consumers and it has already installed 3 lakh smart meters. All the houses and shops where these meters have been installed complain that they are getting double or triple electricity bills than before. The opposition of consumers is so strong that BEST has had to postpone this project of installing smart electricity meters.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Joseph Gerson |Bharat Dogra |Pratap Antony |Alice Slater
With the world, our species, facing the greatest danger of nuclear apocalypse since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, this year’s Peace Prize will refocus world attention on the urgency of renewing nuclear disarmament diplomacy. The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nihon Hidankyo is long overdue and could not come at a more important time. The Hibakusha (A-bomb witness/survivors) of Nihon Hidankyo have been among the world’s most courageous and steadfast advocates of nuclear disarmament.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
commondreams.org | Joseph Gerson
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nihon Hidankyo is long overdue and could not come at a more important time. The Hibakusha (A-bomb witness/survivors) of Nihon Hidankyo have been among the world’s most courageous and steadfast advocates of nuclear disarmament. The organization has focused on three core demands: preventing nuclear war, eliminating nuclear weapons, and obtaining essential medical care for A-bomb victims.
