Bruce K. Gagnon
Our opposition grows: Dangers of launching nukes into space
By Bruce Gagnon coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. The US began launching space probes with nuclear power in the early 1960’s. One of these military satellites powered with a nuclear reactor fell back to Earth in April of 1964. It was called… »
Trump: Who Really Knows?
It was a late night at our house. It would be an understatement to say I was surprised that Trump pulled off a massive victory in the election. I surely didn’t see this coming. I figured that with the mainstream media support for Clinton and the support from the banksters,… »
Obama’s nuclear summit – it wasn’t…
Obama gathered ‘world leaders’ in Washington this past week to once again attempt to justify his ‘Nobel Peace Prize’. He failed. (In the final group photo Kiev’s Petro Poroshenko is standing behind Obama. He grabbed $335 million in US military aid while at the event. That should tell you… »
Okinawa, Japan: fighting to save nature and culture
The right-wing newspaper, Washington Times, ran a piece on Monday entitled “The other side to the Okinawa story: The ‘All Okinawa’ opposition to US military presence [occupation] is a leftist ruse”. The hit piece was written by Robert Eldridge (former political affairs and public diplomacy officer, Marine Corps Installations Pacific… »
US on the wrong side of history
This is what it has all come down to…. the US and the corrupt, dictatorial Gulf monarchies meeting at Camp David Thursday and agreeing on a plan to flood the Middle East with ‘missile defense’ (MD) systems. These Gulf monarchies are the essential allies of the US in the world… »
Proactive organizing gets best results
We often in the peace movement are in a reactive mode. But in order to successfully achieve our goals of ending war we have to flip the switch and become more proactive and force those in power to be reacting to us. Unless we begin to have a strategic discussion within the peace community then this will not likely happen. »
Missile Defense on the Peace Island
"During my last two days I was visiting Jeju Island (about 500 miles south of the Korean peninsula) which is recognized by UNESCO as being a place of world class environmental quality and one that hosts many endangered forms of corals. To say it is a jewel would be an understatement", writes the Coordinator of Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. »