John LaForge

The Tip of the Radiation Disaster Iceberg

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“The World Nuclear Association says its goal is “to increase global support for nuclear energy” and it repeatedly claims on its website: “There have only been three major accidents across 16,000 cumulative reactor-years of operation in 32 countries.”..”

John LaForge
Published in: Counterpunch, Rinf Alternative News, Nuke Watch Info, The Reader Weekly, Aletho News, Z Net, Gorilla Radio Blog, Rinf Alternative News, Sentinel News, Sierra County Prospect, Gilmer Free Press
Date: August 31, September 2,4,5,14,2018
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Don’t Call It an Explosion: Gaseous Ignition Events with Radioactive Waste

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“Last month’s explosive news from the safe, reliable nuclear deterrence folks is that at least four barrels of military radioactive waste either burst or exploded somewhere inside the Idaho National…”

John LaForge
Published in: The Reader Weekly, Nuke Watch Info, Counterpunch, Gilmer Free Press
Date: April 19, May 18,25,2018
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Maybe All Threats of Mass Destruction are “Mentally Deranged”

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“After Trump’s Sept. 23 bombast at the United Nations where he claimed the US might “have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea,” the propagandists in Pyongyang responded quickly…”

John LaForge
Published in: Antiwar, Rinf Alternative News, Bainbridge Island Review, Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, Nuke Watch Info, Gilmer Free Press
Date: February 21,22,23,March 9,2018
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Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Abolitionists While US Conducts Nuclear War Games

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“This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for its successful effort to establish…”

John LaForge
Published in: Antiwar, The Reader Weekly, World Beyond War, Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, Nuke Watch Info, Baltimore Times, Counterpunch
Date: October 25,27,2017
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US Bomb Tests and Bidding Wars Herald New (Unlawful) $1.5 Trillion Nuclear Weapons Complex

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“While much of the world pursues the abolition of nuclear weapons — embraced by the adoption July 7 by 122 nations of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons…”

John LaForge
Published in: Counterpunch, Critical Studies, The Reader Weekly, The Sunburg News, The PeaceWorker, Bainbridge Island Review
Date: October 5,6,11,16,21,2017
780 Words

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