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“Serious Danger of a Full Core Meltdown”: Update on Japan’s Nuclear Catastrophe; Report from Sendai: Fears of Radioactivity Are Hampering Relief Efforts; Hiroshima Organizes Scientific Teams and Medical Treatment Centers to Receive Victims of Radiation Poisoning; Prominent Japanese Environmentalist Keibo Oiwa Urges Global Movement to End Nuclear Power and Confront the “Crazy System Based on … Continued
Amy Goodman Reports from South Africa on Aristide’s Planned Return Trip to Haiti After Seven Years in Exile; “No Happy Ending”: Nuclear Experts Say Japan’s Disaster is Intensifying; South Africans Question the Push To “Go Down the Nuclear Road” to Meet Rising Energy Demand. Today’s Headlines * Japan Races to Cool Reactors as Radiation … Continued
“This Could Become Chernobyl on Steroids”: Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen on Japan’s Growing Nuclear Crisis; Vermont Gov. Fights to Close Vermont Yankee, One of 23 U.S. Nuclear Power Facilities Nearly Identical to Failed Japanese Plant; “Get the Children Away from the Reactors”: Japan Urged to Expand Evacuation Area Around Nuclear Plants as Leaking Radiation Spreads; … Continued
Japan Facing Biggest Catastrophe Since Dawn of Nuclear Age; Worker Uprising: Up to 185,000 Protest In Madison As Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Signs Union-Busting Bill. Today’s Headlines * Japan: Estimated Death Toll Reaches 10,000 Amid Fears of Nuclear Meltdown * Wisconsin Sees Largest Protests Ever Following Passage of Anti-Union Bill * Labor Protests Spread … Continued
Outrage in Wisconsin: Thousands Flood Capitol After GOP Strips Public Workers of Bargaining Rights in Surprise Senate Vote; “This is a Class War”: Michael Moore Calls for Renewed Pro-Democracy Movement as Anti-Union Bills Approved in Wisconsin and Michigan; “We Have Reached a Turning Point”: Journalist Frank Emspak Says Protests Will Grow in Response to WI … Continued
Naomi Klein: Tim DeChristopher Guilty Verdict Exposes “Double Standard” of How “Oil and Gas Companies Privatize Profits…Externalize the Cost”; “My Fear is that Climate Change is the Biggest Crisis of All”: Naomi Klein Warns Global Warming Could Be Exploited by Capitalism and Militarism. Headlines * Libyan Gov’t Claims Control of Rebel-Held Zawiyah; U.S., U.K. … Continued
“Women’s Rights are Workers’ Rights:” Kavita Ramdas on History of International Women’s Day and Challenges Women Face 100 Years Later; and Novelist Ahdaf Soueif on Egypt’s Revolution: “People Were Rediscovering Themselves” Today’s Headlines * Obama Orders Guantánamo Tribunals to Resume * U.N.: 1 Million Trapped in Libya, Need Emergency Aid * Report: U.S. Develops … Continued
Hopes of Peaceful Revolution in Libya End as Opposition Prepares for Long Battle Against Gaddafi Forces; Thousands of Migrant Workers Stranded at Libyan Borders and Ports as Violent Clashes Spread: Video Report by Anjali Kamat in Benghazi ; As Public Broadcasting and Community Media Face Potentially Massive Cuts At Home, Hillary Clinton Calls For Increased … Continued
