In Episode 185 [13] of the CounterVortex podcast [14], Bill Weinberg reviews the Oppenheimer [15] movie, and discusses the legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer 78 years after Hiroshima. Manhattan Project dissidents like Leo Szilard petitioned to stop [16] the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan. But such sentiment was overruled by Harry Truman's geopolitical imperatives [17]—and what Freeman Dyson called [18] the "technical arrogance" of Oppenheimer and his circle. Now, as open Russian nuclear threats [19] continue to mount [20] in Europe, we are poised at the brink of unparalleled catastrophe [21]. Listen on SoundCloud [13] or via Patreon [22].
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