A Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, has won the Nobel Peace Prize as fears grow of a new nuclear arms race. The head of the group has compared Gaza today to Japan 80 years ago when the U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

We feature a Democracy Now! interview with Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and an anti-nuclear activist, and get response from Joseph Gerson, president of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, a U.S. nuclear disarmament activist who has spent decades working closely with the group.

  • The Assman
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    5 days ago

    They ought to be comparing Israel to Japan 80 years ago

        • Eheran@lemmy.world
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          4 days ago

          Hamas has 40’000 people, Israels armed forces something like 200’000, so “only” 5x as much. That is not pickup vs. state actor, that is state vs. state level.