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2 months ago | 
smirkingchimp.com | Robert Dodge
by Robert Dodge and Talia WilcoxEighty years ago saw the dawn of the nuclear age with the development and subsequent sole use of nuclear weapons when the United States dropped them on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing roughly 200,000, mainly civilian Japanese citizens. These events and the subsequent nuclear arms race driven by the myth of nuclear deterrence have hung over civilization to this day, threatening our very existence.
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2 months ago | 
commondreams.org | Robert Dodge
Eighty years ago saw the dawn of the nuclear age with the development and subsequent sole use of nuclear weapons when the United States dropped them on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing roughly 200,000, mainly civilian Japanese citizens. These events and the subsequent nuclear arms race driven by the myth of nuclear deterrence have hung over civilization to this day, threatening our very existence.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
commondreams.org | Robert Dodge
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
smirkingchimp.com | Robert Dodge
Thursday was the United Nations International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. This day was initially declared in 2013 as a way to heighten awareness of the threat of nuclear weapons in an attempt to educate the world community and reaffirm its commitment to global nuclear disarmament.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
commondreams.org | Robert Dodge
Thursday was the United Nations International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons . This day was initially declared in 2013 as a way to heighten awareness of the threat of nuclear weapons in an attempt to educate the world community and reaffirm its commitment to global nuclear disarmament.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
vcstar.com | Robert Dodge |Larry Yee
There are times when the citizens of Ventura County need to stand in solidarity for our shared interests. Now is such a time. While many of us are potentially affected, the residents of the East County are directly in harm’s way from the toxic chemical and radioactive pollution at the Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL). The 2850 acres of the SSFL sits on a plateau just south of Simi Valley and west of Chatsworth with over 700,000 people in the surrounding communities.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
smirkingchimp.com | Robert Dodge
Today, April 15, is the day we fund our nation's priorities as determined by our elected leaders. Last month the United Way released its 2023 211 Impact Survey of roughly 16 million requests, offering insights into the trends and challenges faced by households and communities across the country. Topping the list were housing, utilities, and food assistance as the top needs of people seeking support nationwide.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
commondreams.org | Robert Dodge
Today, April 15, is the day we fund our nation's priorities as determined by our elected leaders. Last month the United Way released its of roughly 16 million requests, offering insights into the trends and challenges faced by households and communities across the country. Topping the list were housing, utilities, and food assistance as the top needs of people seeking support nationwide.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
smirkingchimp.com | Robert Dodge
Nuclear War. Not an easy topic to think about, one we’d rather ignore, pretend the risk is not real, or that the weapons no longer exist. This altered reality we live in denies the stark reality that the risk of nuclear war is real, with us every moment, and actually higher than at any point since the dawn of the nuclear age and the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
commondreams.org | Robert Dodge
Nuclear War. Not an easy topic to think about, one we’d rather ignore, pretend the risk is not real, or that the weapons no longer exist. This altered reality we live in denies the stark reality that the risk of nuclear war is real, with us every moment, and actually higher than at any point since the dawn of the nuclear age and the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
