{"id":306419,"date":"2017-05-03T09:28:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T08:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-danger-of-nuclear-war-in-north-east-asia\/"},"modified":"2017-05-03T09:28:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T08:28:37","slug":"the-danger-of-nuclear-war-in-north-east-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-danger-of-nuclear-war-in-north-east-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"The danger of nuclear war in North East Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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May Day 2017<\/h4>\n

The danger of nuclear war in North East Asia<\/h2>\n

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By
\n Peter Symonds
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3 May 2017<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n

This s<\/em>peech was delivered by Peter Symonds<\/em>,<\/em> national editor in Australia of the World Socialist Web Site,<\/em> to the 2017 International May Day Online Rally held on April 30.<\/em><\/p>\n

For the first time since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, workers around the world confront the real and immediate danger of nuclear war. Amid a rising frenzy of media vilification of North Korea, the Trump administration has repeatedly declared that it will not tolerate that country\u2019s continued nuclear- and missile-testing, and that \u201call options are on the table\u201d to stop it.<\/p>\n

In reality, the White House has already ruled out many of the obvious \u201coptions.\u201d Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has rejected any talks with the North Korean regime unless it submits to Washington\u2019s demands in advance. He has also declared that the sanctions policy of the Obama administration\u2014so-called \u201cstrategic patience\u201d\u2014has failed.<\/p>\n