Today in Labor History May 20, 1956: In Operation Redwing, the U.S. dropped the first airborne hydrogen bomb over the Bikini Atoll. From May to July, the U.S. detonated 17 nuclear devices in the Bikini and Enewetak atolls. They tested both thermonuclear and fission weapons. They cynically named each of the tests after a different Native American tribe, and then, in the following years, went on to devastate indigenous lands within the U.S. mainland through nuclear mining, testing and waste storage.
Between 1946 and 1958, the U.S. detonated 67 nuclear devices in the Marshall Islands. According to anthropologist Holly Barker, it was the equivalent of 1.6 Hiroshima-sized bombs dropped on the islands every day for 12 years. As a result of these tests, the U.S. completely vaporized three of the Bikini Islands and polluted huge swaths of water and land, poisoning countless indigenous people there. Many starved to death because they were relocated to places that couldn’t produce enough food. Each resident now receives a paltry $550 annually from the U.S. government to cover medical treatment related to radiation poisoning.
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While the precise details of #COFA agreements—which have only ever been extended to the small island nations of #Micronesia, the #MarshallIslands & #Palau—vary depending on the signatory, the US govt typically provides many essential services, from mail delivery to emergency management [which under #Trump’s #FEMA reductions isn’t even provided in the US] to #military protection. In exchange, the #USmilitary operates freely in COFA countries & #trade w/the US is largely duty-free.
We’ve visited ground zero. Not once, but three times. But for generations, before these locations were designated as such, they were the ancestral home to the people of the Marshall Islands.
Putin's terror state spy vessel Akademik Nemchinov spotted on Marine Traffic with a heading and speed (9 hours ago) that would put it north of Oahu in 4 days.
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From @greenpeace on the "Blue Bird"
We stand alongside the people of the Marshall Islands once again as they fight for nuclear justice, accountability, and reparations. Jimwe im Maron - Justice! 👇
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/73458/we-are-not-just-welcoming-you-as-allies-but-as-family-why-the-rainbow-warrior-is-back-to-marshall-islands-40-years-later/
#MarshallIslands #NuclearJustice #History #JusticeforMarshallIslands #climatejustice
The Marshallese are not just survivors of past injustices; they are champions of a just future. Their leadership reminds us that those most affected by climate change are not only calling for action—they are showing the way forward.
“We're not just welcoming you as allies, but as family”
Why The Rainbow Warrior is back in the Marshall Islands 40 years on.
#NuclearJustice #ClimateJustice #Pacific #MarshallIslands #Greenpeace
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