The Occupy Wall Street protesters have released a statement of intent, which they're calling their Declaration of Occupation.

As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that ( Read more... )

So I was reading this discussion on
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For those of you who can read Japanese, this here is an interesting little article about an American serviceman who visited Hiroshima for the anniversary this year. Apparently it was his first time seeing the city in 64 years, as he hadn't been back once since the war.

A quote that struck me:
(flying over Hiroshima as they left Japan) ( Read more... )