On the sixtieth anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Democracy Now! looks at Hiroshima, cover-ups, and activists who continue to fight against nuclear weapons.

Hiroshima Cover-up: Stripping the War Department’s Timesman of His Pulitzer
William Laurence, the New York Times reporter who covered the bombings, was also on the US government payroll. Journalists Amy Goodman and David Goodman call for the Pulitzer Board to strip Laurence and his paper, The New York Times, of the undeserved prize.

The Atomic Bombers Speak
Colonel Paul Tibbets named his plane the Enola Gay after his mother. He bombed Hiroshima. Captain Kermit Beahan describes the bombing of Nagasaki.

Long-Suppressed Nagasaki Article Discovered
Defying US occupation forces, George Weller was the first reporter into Nagasaki after the US dropped the atomic bomb. His 25,000 word report did not get past the US military censors. Now dead, we speak with Weller’s son who has just discovered the carbon copy of the long-suppressed article.

Film Suppressed: The US Government Hides Hiroshima Nagasaki Footage For Decades
Footage of the devastation after the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that was commissioned by the US occupying forces was suppressed for decades. Erik Barnouw reads the words of the Japanese filmmaker Akira Iwasaki.

From Oak Ridge to Lawrence Livermore to Los Alamos: Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembered
Activists around the nation are commemorating the 60th anniversary of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Grass-roots organizers speak about the ongoing nuclear weapons activity and community resistance.

Hiroshima Survivor: No More Hiroshimas, No More Nagasakis, No More War
Sunao Tsuboi survived the bombing of Hiroshima. Speaking at an anti-nuclear weapons rally in New York, he said, "Even if you luckily survive you...suffer from psychological and physical disruption...until your life ends."

Audio of documentary Hiroshima Countdown by Andrew Phillips
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