Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation

Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation

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By Prof Michel Chossudovsky

Global Research, June 27, 2018

Global Research 25 January 2012

Region: Asia

Theme: Environment, I-BOOKS SERIES, Science and Medicine

In-depth Report: Nuclear War

In the light of recent reports pertaining to “unimaginable” levels of radiation emanating from Fukushima, we are reposting this I-Book on the Fukushima tragedy, which has been the object of media coverup and distortion. In the words of Dr. Helen Caldicott, “one millionth of a gram of plutonium, if inhaled can cause cancer”.  

Originally published in  January 2012, this study by Michel Chossudovsky confirms what is now unfolding: a Worldwide process of nuclear radiation.

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Originally published in January 2012. The introduction of the I-Book is contained as a chapter in Michel Chossudovsky’s 2015 bestseller:  The Globalization of War, America’s Long War against Humanity,Global Research, Montreal 2015

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Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War

The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation

Michel Chossudovsky (Editor)

I-Book No. 3, January 25  2012

Global Research’s Online Interactive I-Book Reader brings together, in the form of chapters, a collection of Global Research feature articles and videos, including debate and analysis, on a broad theme or subject matter. 

In this Interactive Online I-Book we bring to the attention of our readers an important collection of articles, reports and video material on the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe and its impacts (scroll down for the Table of Contents).

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INTRODUCTION

The World is at a critical crossroads. The Fukushima disaster in Japan has brought to the forefront the dangers of Worldwide nuclear radiation.

The crisis in Japan has been described as “a nuclear war without a war”. In the words of renowned novelist Haruki Murakami:

EN Manlio Dinucci THE ART OF WAR NEOCOLONIALISM AND THE "MIGRANT CRISIS"

« THE ART OF WAR »

Neocolonialism and the « migrant crisis »

by Manlio Dinucci

From the United States to Europe, the “migrant crisis” is causing bitter interior and international controversy about the policies which need to be adopted concerning the migrant flow. However, these movements are being represented by a cliché which is the opposite of reality – that of the “rich countries” obliged to suffer the growing migratory pressure of the “poor countries”. This misrepresentation hides its basic cause  - the world economic system which enables a restricted minority to accumulate wealth at the expense of the growing majority, by impoverishing them and  thus provoking forced emigration.

As concerns the migrant flow towards the United States, the case of Mexico is emblematic. Its agricultural production collapsed when, with the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement ), the USA and Canada flooded the Mexican market with low-cost agricultural products, thanks to their own public subsidies. Millions of agricultural workers found themselves without jobs, thereby increasing the work pool recruited by the “maquiladoras” - thousands of industrial establishments along the frontier, in Mexican territory, possessed or controlled, for the most part, by United States companies, where salaries are very low and trade union rights inexistent.

In a country where approximately half of the population lives in poverty, this situation has increased the mass of people who want to enter the United States. This is the origin of the Wall along the border with Mexico, which was begun by the Democrat President Clinton in 1994 when the NAFTA came into effect, pursued by the Republican Bush, reinforced by the Democrat Obama, the same wall that the Republican Trump now hopes to complete along all 3,000 kilometres of the border.

Concerning the migratory flow towards Europe, the case of Africa is emblematic. The continent is rich in raw materials – gold, platinum, diamonds, uranium, coltan (or tantalite), copper, oil, natural gas, precious woods, cocoa, coffee and many others.

These resources, once exploited by the old European colonialist system with slave-type methods, are today being exploited by European neo-colonialism in collaboration with the African elites in power, a low-cost local work force, and interior and international control of the market-place.

More than one hundred companies listed at the London Stock Exchange, British and others, exploit the mineral resources of 37 sub-Saharan African countries for a value of more than 1,000 billion dollars.

France controls the monetary system of 14 African ex-colonies via the CFA Franc (originally the acronym of the “Colonies Françaises d’Afrique”, now recycled as  “Communauté Financière Africaine”). In order to conserve parity with the Euro, these 14 African countries are obliged to pay the French Treasury half of their monetary reserves.

The Libyan state, which sought to create an autonomous African currency, was demolished by the war of 2011. In the Ivory Coast (a CFA region), French companies control the greater part of the commercialisation of cocoa, of which the country is the world's top producer – the little producers are left with hardly 5% of the value of the end product, such that most of them live in poverty. These are only a few examples of the neo-colonial exploitation of the continent.

Africa, presented as being dependent on foreign aid, in fact pays foreign countries a net annual forfeit of about 58 billion dollars. The social consequences are devastating. In sub-Saharan Africa, where the population is greater than one billion souls, and is composed of 60% children and young people between the ages of 0 and 24 years old, about two thirds of the inhabitants live in poverty and amongst these, about 40% - which is to say 400 million – live in conditions of extreme poverty.

The “migrant crisis” is in reality the crisis of an unsustainable economic and social system.

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Translated by Pete Kimberly

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A MUST -- THE WIRETAP ROOMS The NSA’s Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities

THE WIRETAP ROOMS

The NSA’s Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities

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Ryan Gallagher, Henrik Moltke

June 25 2018, 1:00 p.m.

THE SECRETS ARE hidden behind fortified walls in cities across the United States, inside towering, windowless skyscrapers and fortress-like concrete structures that were built to withstand earthquakes and even nuclear attack. Thousands of people pass by the buildings each day and rarely give them a second glance, because their function is not publicly known. They are an integral part of one of the world’s largest telecommunications networks – and they are also linked to a controversial National Security Agency surveillance program.

Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. In each of these cities, The Intercept has identified an AT&T facility containing networking equipment that transports large quantities of internet traffic across the United States and the world. A body of evidence – including classified NSA documents, public records, and interviews with several former AT&T employees – indicates that the buildings are central to an NSA spying initiative that has for years monitored billions of emails, phone calls, and online chats passing across U.S. territory.

The NSA considers AT&T to be one of its most trusted partners and has lauded the company’s “extreme willingness to help.” It is a collaboration that dates back decades. Little known, however, is that its scope is not restricted to AT&T’s customers. According to the NSA’s documents, it values AT&T not only because it “has access to information that transits the nation,” but also because it maintains unique relationships with other phone and internet providers. The NSA exploits these relationships for surveillance purposes, commandeering AT&T’s massive infrastructure and using it as a platform to covertly tap into communications processed by other companies.

FR -- Manlio Dinucci -- L’art de la guerre -- Néocolonialisme et “crise des migrants”

L’art de la guerre

Néocolonialisme et “crise des migrants”

Manlio Dinucci

Des États-Unis à l’Europe, la “crise des migrants” suscite de vives polémiques intérieures et internationales sur les politiques à adopter à propos des flux migratoires. Partout cependant ceux-ci sont représentés selon un cliché qui inverse la réalité : celui des “pays riches” obligés de subir la croissante pression migratoire des “pays pauvres”. 

On dissimule ainsi la cause de fond : le système économique qui dans le monde permet à une minorité restreinte d’accumuler de la richesse aux dépens de la majorité croissante, en l’appauvrissant et en provoquant ainsi l’émigration forcée.

Concernant les flux migratoires vers les États-Unis, le cas du Mexique est emblématique. Sa production agricole s’est écroulée quand, avec le Nafta (l’accord nord-américain de “libre” commerce), USA et Canada ont inondé le marché mexicain avec des produits agricoles à bas prix grâce à leurs propres subventions publiques. Des millions de paysans se sont retrouvés sans travail, venant grossir le bassin de main d’oeuvre recrutée dans les maquiladoras : des milliers d’établissements industriels le long de la ligne de frontière en territoire mexicain, possédés ou contrôlés, pour la plupart, par des sociétés étasuniennes, dans lesquels les salaires sont très bas et les droits syndicaux inexistants.

  Dans un pays où environ la moitié de la population vit dans la pauvreté, a augmenté la masse de ceux qui cherchent à entrer aux États-Unis. D’où le Mur le long de la frontière avec le Mexique, commencé par le président démocrate Clinton quand en 1994 est entré en vigueur le Nafta, poursuivi par le républicain Bush, renforcé par le démocrate Obama, même mur que le républicain Trump voudrait maintenant compléter sur tous les 3000 Km de frontière.

Concernant les flux migratoires vers l’Europe, est emblématique le cas de l’Afrique. Elle est richissime de matières premières : or, platine, diamants, uranium, coltan, cuivre, pétrole, gaz naturel, bois précieux, cacao, café et de nombreuses autres.

Ces ressources, exploitées par le vieux colonialisme européen avec des méthodes de type esclavagiste, se trouvent aujourd’hui exploitées par le néocolonialisme européen s’appuyant sur des élites africaines au pouvoir, une main d’oeuvre locale à bas coût et un contrôle des marchés intérieurs et internationaux.

Plus de cent compagnies cotées à la Bourse de Londres, britanniques et autres, exploitent dans 37 pays de l’Afrique sub-saharienne des ressources minières d’une valeur de plus de 1000 milliards de dollars.

La France contrôle le système monétaire de 14 ex colonies africaines par le biais du Franc CFA (à l’origine acronyme de “Colonies Françaises d’Afrique”, recyclé en “Communauté Financière Africaine”) : pour conserver la parité avec l’euro, les 14 pays africains doivent verser au Trésor français la moitié de leurs réserves monétaires.

L’État libyen, qui voulait créer une monnaie africaine autonome, a été démoli par la guerre en 2011. En Côte d’Ivoire (aire CFA), des sociétés françaises contrôlent le gros de la commercialisation du cacao, dont le pays est premier producteur mondial : aux petits cultivateurs restent à peine 5% de la valeur du produit final, si bien que la majeure partie vit dans la pauvreté. Ce ne sont que quelques exemples de l’exploitation néo-coloniale du continent.

L’Afrique, présentée comme dépendante de l’aide extérieure, fournit à l’extérieur un paiement net annuel d’environ 58 milliards de dollars. Les conséquences sociales sont dévastantes. En Afrique sub-saharienne, où la population dépasse le milliard et se compose à 60% d’enfants et jeunes d’âge compris entre 0 et 24 ans, environ les deux tiers des habitants vivent dans la pauvreté et, parmi ceux-ci, environ 40% -c’est-à-dire 400 millions- dans des conditions de pauvreté extrême.

La “crise des migrants” est en réalité la crise d’un système économique et social insoutenable.

Edition de mardi 26 juin 2018 de il manifesto

Traduit de l’italien par Marie-Ange Patrizio

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A Arte da Guerra

 Neocolonialismo e «crise dos migrantes»

Manlio Dinucci

Dos Estados Unidos à Europa, a “crise dos migrantes” suscita polémicas acesas, internas e internacionais, sobre a política a adoptar a respeito das correntes migratórias. No entanto, essas polémicas são representadas de acordo com um estereótipo que altera a realidade: o dos “países ricos” forçados a sofrer a crescente pressão migratória dos “países pobres”.

Esconde-se a causa de fundo: o sistema económico que, no mundo, permite que uma pequena minoria acumule riqueza à custa da crescente maioria, empobrecendo-a e provocando, assim, a emigração forçada.

A respeito dos fluxos migratórios para os Estados Unidos, o caso do México é exemplificador. A sua produção agrícola desabou quando, com o NAFTA (o acordo norte-americano  de comercio “livre”), os EUA e o Canadá inundaram o mercado mexicano com produtos agrícolas baratos graças aos seus subsídios estatais. Milhões de agricultores ficaram sem trabalho, avolumando a força de trabalho recrutada nas ‘maquiladoras’  : milhares de plantações industriais ao longo da fronteira no território mexicano, pertencentes ou controladas principalmente por empresas dos EUA, onde os salários são muito baixos e os direitos sindicais inexistentes. Num país onde cerca de metade da população vive na pobreza, a massa daqueles que procuram entrar nos Estados Unidos aumentou. Daí o Muro ao longo da fronteira com o México, iniciado pelo presidente democrata Clinton quando o NAFTA entrouem vigor em 1994, continuado pelo republicano Bush, fortalecido pelo democrata Obama, o mesmo muro que o republicano Trump completaria agora em todos os 3000 km de fronteira.

No que concerne os fluxos migratórios para a Europa, o caso da África é típico. Ela é rica em matérias-primas: ouro, platina, diamantes, urânio, coltan, cobre, petróleo, gás natural, madeira preciosa, cacau, café e muitas outras. Estes recursos, explorados pelo antigo colonialismo europeu com métodos de escravidão, são agora explorados pelo neocolonialismo europeu, fomentando elites africanas no poder,  mão-de-obra local de baixo custo e  controlo dos mercados internos e internacionais. Mais de cem empresas citadas na Bolsa de Valores de Londres, tanto no Reino Unido como noutros lugares, exploram em 37 países da África Subsaariana, recursos minerais num valor superior a 1 bilião de dólares.

A França controla o sistema monetário de 14 antigas colónias africanas através do Franco CFA (originalmente um acrónimo de “Colónias Francesas de África”, reciclado como “Comunidade Financeira Africana”): para manter a paridade com o euro, os 14 países africanos têm de pagar ao Tesouro Francês, metade das suas reservas cambiais. O Estado líbio, que queria criar uma moeda africana autónoma, foi demolido pela guerra, em 2011. Na Costa do Marfim (região CFA), as empresas francesas controlam a maior parte do marketing de cacau, do qual o país é o maior produtor mundial: os pequenos agricultores têm apenas 5% do valor do produto final, tanto que a maioria deles vive na pobreza. Estes são apenas alguns exemplos da exploração neocolonial do continente.

A África, apresentada como dependente de ajuda externa, fornece um pagamento líquido anual de cerca de 58 biliões de dólares ao exterior. As consequências sociais são devastadoras. Na África Subsaariana, cuja população ultrapassa um bilião de habitantes e 60% da mesma é composta  por crianças e jovens de 0 aos 24 anos, cerca de dois terços da população, vive na pobreza e, entre estes, cerca de 40% - isto é 400 milhões – vivem em condições de extrema pobreza.

A “crise dos migrantes” é, na realidade, a crise de um sistema económico e social insustentável.

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L’arte della guerra

 Neocolonialismo e «crisi dei migranti»

Manlio Dinucci

Dagli Stati uniti all’Europa, la «crisi dei migranti» suscita accese polemiche interne e internazionali sulle politiche da adottare riguardo ai flussi migratori. Ovunque però essi vengono rappresentati secondo un cliché che capovolge la realtà: quello dei «paesi ricchi» costretti a subire la crescente pressione migratoria dai «paesi poveri».

Si nasconde la causa di fondo: il sistema economico che nel mondo permette a una ristretta minoranza di accumulare ricchezza a spese della crescente maggioranza, impoverendola e provocando così l’emigrazione forzata.

Riguardo ai flussi migratori verso gli Stati uniti, è emblematico il caso del Messico. La sua produzione agricola è crollata quando, con il Nafta (l’accordo nordamericano di «libero» commercio), Usa e Canada hanno inondato il mercato messicano con prodotti agricoli a basso prezzo grazie alle proprie sovvenzioni statali. Milioni di contadini sono rimasti senza lavoro, ingrossando il bacino di manodopera reclutata nelle maquiladoras: migliaia di stabilimenti industriali lungo la linea di confine in territorio messicano, posseduti o controllati per lo più da società statunitensi, nei quali i salari sono molto bassi e i diritti sindacali inesistenti. In un paese in cui circa la metà della popolazione vive in povertà, è aumentata la massa di coloro che cercano di entrare negli Stati uniti. Da qui il Muro lungo il confine col Messico, iniziato dal presidente democratico Clinton quando nel 1994 è entrato in vigore il Nafta, proseguito dal repubblicano Bush, rafforzato dal democratico Obama, lo stesso che il repubblicano Trump vorrebbe ora completare su tutti i 3000 km di confine.

Riguardo ai flussi migratori verso l’Europa, è emblematico il caso dell’Africa. Essa è ricchissima di materie prime: oro, platino, diamanti, uranio, coltan, rame, petrolio, gas naturale, legname pregiato, cacao, caffè e molte altre. Queste risorse, sfruttate dal vecchio colonialismo europeo con metodi di tipo schiavistico, vengono oggi sfruttate dal neocolonialismo europeo facendo leva su élite africane al potere, manodopera locale a basso costo e controllo dei mercati interni e internazionali. Oltre cento compagnie quotate alla Borsa di Londra, britanniche e altre, sfruttano in 37 paesi dell’Africa subsahariana risorse minerarie del valore di oltre 1000 miliardi di dollari.

La Francia controlla il sistema monetario di 14 ex colonie africane attraverso il Franco CFA (in origine acronimo di «Colonie Francesi d’Africa», riciclato in «Comunità Finanziaria Africana»): per mantenere la parità con l’euro, i 14 paesi africani devono versare al Tesoro francese metà delle loro riserve valutarie. Lo Stato libico, che voleva creare una moneta africana autonoma, è stato demolito con la guerra nel 2011. In Costa d’Avorio (area CFA), società francesi controllano il grosso della commercializzazione del cacao, di cui il paese è primo produttore mondiale: ai piccoli coltivatori resta appena il 5% del valore del prodotto finale, tanto che la maggior parte vive in povertà. Questi sono solo alcuni esempi dello sfruttamento neocoloniale del continente.

L’Africa, presentata come dipendente dall’aiuto estero, fornisce all’estero un pagamento netto annuo di circa 58 miliardi di dollari. Le conseguenze sociali sono devastanti.  Nell’Africa subsahariana, la cui popolazione supera il miliardo ed è composta per il 60% da bambini e giovani di età compresa tra 0 e 24 anni, circa i due terzi degli abitanti vivono in povertà e, tra questi, circa il 40% – cio è 400 milioni – in condizioni di povertà estrema. 

La «crisi dei migranti» è in realtà la crisi di un sistema economico e sociale insostenibile.

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TUR -- Manlio Dinucci -- « Genişletilmiş Akdeniz »’de ölüm turu

« Genişletilmiş Akdeniz »’de ölüm turu

yazan Manlio Dinucci

Akdeniz’de garip bir trafik yaşanıyor: bir yanda Afrika ve Ortadoğu’ya yönelik silahlar, diğer yandan bu silahların kurbanı olan mülteciler. Avrupalı siyasi yetkililer ilginç bir şekilde söz konusu göçlerin asıl nedenini görmezden gelmeyi tercih ediyor.

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Akdeniz üzerinden Güneyden Kuzeye yönelik göçmen akınına odaklanan siyasi-medyatik projektörler, diğer akınları gölgede bırakmaktadır: Akdeniz üzerinden Kuzeyden Güneye askeri güç ve silah akınları. Ya da daha doğrusu, ABD/NATO stratejisi kapsamında Atlantik’ten Karadeniz’e ve Güneyde Basra Körfezi ve Hint Okyanusuna kadar uzanan saha, yani « Genişletilmiş Akdeniz » üzerinden.

Britain in panic as Trump-Putin summit looms

Britain alarmed as John Bolton travels to Moscow to prepare summit

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ALEXANDER MERCOURIS

June 21, 2018, 17:31

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Days after I discussed rumours of an imminent Trump-Putin summit, seeming confirmation that such a summit is indeed in the works has been provided with the Kremlin’s confirmation that President Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton is travelling to Moscow next week apparently to discuss preparations for the summit.

The Kremlin’s confirmation of John Bolton’s visit was given today by President Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov

As far as we know, such a visit is going to take place. This is all we can say for now.

Further suggestions that some sort of easing of tensions between Washington and Moscow may be in the works has been provided by confirmation that a group of US Republican Senators will shortly be visiting Moscow.