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Pentagon Whistle-Blower Karen Kwiatkowski’s Secret History of the Iraq War

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The Iraq whistle-blower reminds us that Bush lied. Plus: Obama in the Holy Land, antagonizing fat people and fighting to save a great work of political art. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky: ‘Who Owns the World?’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 27, 2012 President Obama and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney may ignore the issues of global warming and nuclear proliferation, but Noam Chomsky addresses those and other topics in a talk he gave last month at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Missile Crisis That Never Went Away

By Steven Starr, David Krieger and Daniel Ellsberg Oct 16, 2012 Fifty years after the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, and more than 20 years after the end of the Cold War, the US and Russian nuclear confrontation continues Each nation still keeps a total of about 800 ICBMs at launch-ready status, ready to be fired on a few minutes' warningWith approximately 1,700 nukes at launch-ready status 50 years after the Cuban missile crisis, it is naive to assume that Russia and the U will never again be in a military confrontation. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Romney and Obama: Too Cowardly to Discuss What Really Matters

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 6, 2012 Acclaimed social philosopher Noam Chomsky wants you to know that presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are ignoring two of the gravest threats to humankind: climate change and nuclear war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Castro Back in the Spotlight

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2010 A week shy of his 84th birthday, Fidel Castro took to the podium Saturday to address the Cuban parliament on the threat of nuclear war, his first such address in more than four years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

North Korea Threatens a Nuclear ‘Fire Shower’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2009 In the latest North Korean madness, the communist country has declared it would respond to any attack by the US with a nuclear "fire shower" and said it would increase its nuclear arsenal The statement came on Thursday, the day after President Obama warned of the "unusual and extraordinary threat" that Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program poses to the U. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

S. Korea Expected to Seek Official U.S. Nuclear Protection

Staff / Truthdig Jun 15, 2009 Shortly after the U.N. Security Council imposed new sanctions against North Korea for carrying out a nuclear test, the communist country has reacted by warning of possible nuclear war. As a result, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who is to meet with President Obama on Tuesday, is expected to seek a written commitment of nuclear protection from the U.S. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )