atom bomb

‘Smoking gun’: Declassified memo proves Ethel Rosenberg was not a Soviet spy

September 12, 2024 By Andrew Tucker

Sons urge Biden to issue a proclamation saying she was wrongly convicted and executed.

Japanese Communists defend decision excluding Israel from atomic bomb peace ceremony

August 15, 2024 By Shimbun Akahata

Israel’s military assault in Gaza is deeply unpopular in Japan, where the majority of people are strongly anti-war.

Hiroshima survivor: “We had no idea what happened” when the bomb dropped

August 6, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg

Even now, on the 79th anniversary of the bombing, the full story remains hidden.

The Oppenheimer paradox: Scientists vs. the military-industrial complex

August 4, 2023 By Prabir Purkayastha

The Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb represented multiple ruptures in society, which still cast a cloud over the world today.

June 19, 1953: The murder of the Rosenbergs

June 13, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Think back to the political climate of the early 1950s: Senator Joseph McCarthy on the prowl. Alger Hiss convicted of “losing China.” Eleven leaders of the Communist Party convicted of “conspiracy to teach and advocate the...