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Israel`s Test of Goodwill - the Freedom of Nuclear Weapons Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu

New Video examines plight of engineer who spilled the beans about Israel's arsenal of undeclared nuclear weapons. Officials there decide this week if after nearly 20 years in prison, Vanunu can leave.

(TEL AVIV / SALEM) - Most Americans are unaware of Israel's possession of several hundred undeclared nuclear weapons that have been aimed at neighboring countries for decades, leaving regions in this world just a red button's push away from full blown nuclear disaster.

Strong words, but true words.

66 Years of Nuclear Insanity and Real Change will do US good

I am the clerk, the technician, the mechanic, the driver. They said, Do this, do that, don't look left or right, don't read the text. Don't look at the whole machine. - Mordechai Vanunu, 1987 Ashkelon Prison

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - This August 6th and 9th mark the 66th anniversaries of the most brutal acts of terrorism upon innocent people; America's atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

It has been spun ad’nauseum those actions “saved thousands of American lives” but the Pentagon and White House knew that Japan was ready to surrender and all they wanted was to “save face” and retain their emperor.

A Few Questions CNN`s Piers Morgan Failed to Ask PM Netanyahu

Everybody understands that he has no more secrets. What can a technician know after 18 years in jail, during which technology has advanced with giant steps?

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - On March 17, 2011 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared his thoughts with CNN’s Piers Morgan. An Excerpt:

MORGAN: Do you have nuclear weapons?
NETANYAHU: Well, we have a long-standing policy that we won’t be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East and that hasn’t changed.

Reactor Reax: Roundup of Stories Related to Nuclear Power

One story explores the growing populations around nuclear facilities that were never intended to see so many human lives.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In this week's Reactor Reax, U.S. Rep. Edward Markey says a request to start building two Toshiba Corp. reactors in Georgia before the design is approved should be rejected.

We learn that the U.S. is undercharging for Nuclear Loan Guarantees – from a Congressional Report, and one story in this week's roundup of nuclear-related developments, explores the idea of growing populations around nuclear facilities.

`My Friend Came to me with Sadness in his eyes` - it wasn`t about Bangladesh or Somalia but Palestine

"The formula is simple and it's reduced to four words every kid in the world knows: Tell me a story. It's that easy."- Don Hewitt

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Forty years ago, on the first day of August, George Harrison and Friends and fans got together for two shows at Madison Square Garden, New York City and blew the roof off at The Concert for Bangladesh.

Everyone checked their egos at the door and in harmonious rocking solidarity with George, Ringo, Clapton, Dylan, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar and more raised awareness and funds that were- and still are- being dispersed through UNICEF.

The Allegation that Iran is Developing Nuclear Weapons is a Mirage: Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

Dr. Adib-Moghaddam's articles and commentaries have appeared on Guardian, CNN, Monthly Review, Independent, Open Democracy, Antiwar and Daily Star.

(TEHRAN) - Dr. Arshin Adib-Moghaddam is a political commentator and lecturer in the comparative and international politics of western Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

He joined me in an in-depth interview and answered my questions regarding the continued controversy over Iran's nuclear program, the Western media's black propaganda against Iran, the prospect of Iran's Green Movement and the future of Iran-West relations.

Multiple Events Around Puget Sound for Peace and Nuclear Abolition this Week

Each D-5 missile costs approximately $60 million.

(SEATTLE) - Three different events are happening this week to raise awareness and engage people to work for a peaceful and nuclear weapons-free world.

Desperate Families Say Soviets Reacted More Efficiently to Chernobyl, than Japan to Fukushima

This could happen to anybody's little civilized community anywhere...

(FUKUSHIMA / SALEM) - When officials want to investigate what you do in your private life, they order a urine test.

But when urine tests might reveal high levels of nuclear radiation contamination, government suddenly loses interest in inspecting your bodily fluids, why is that? More importantly, is what is happening in Fukushima a Japanese problem, or everyone alive on this earth's problem?

The Fighting Father, a Christian Anarchist and God Part III

“You glorify the past, when the future dries up.”-U2, God Part II.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Native Australian, Professional boxer and social justice Anglican priest, Rev. David B. Smith is currently in the midst of a 17 day USA speaking tour that began in California and concludes in D.C.

While in Florida, Rev. Dave and this reporter got together around my kitchen table and began a two day conversation about God, Israel, Palestine, Zionism, Human Rights, Mordechai Vanunu, etc. and we began with a few of my theological questions...

Researcher calls Fukushima Radioactive Steam - `Nuclear Hell on Earth`

The news is far worse than what the governments and companies are revealing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - For almost three months the bad nuclear news has been shouting at us, warning us, but even the professionals in the area of toxicity are not abandoning their lives or homes.

Is it an everyone-goes-down-with-the-ship paradigm that has a hold on these people?