August 6

[blackoak]

http://wsws.org/articles/2012/aug2012/hiro-a06.shtml

A sobering, very well-researched read. I know there's a lot of interest in Japan generally here, so I thought I'd share.

I've been to the memorial and museum in Hiroshima twice. It was the first place I really wanted to see in Japan. I was obsessed with nuclear weapons when I was younger, and especially with post-apocalyptic scenarios. I used to organize a little yearly film festival in San Francisco on the subject. As I've gotten older and studied history more, I still have a great interest in such things, but the sheen of kitsch and romanticized new frontiers has been replaced by a growing, actual knowledge about history.

[trap15]

Thanks for the link, very well-written and well-researched read.