Anti-nuclear

Letters—Unions should boost climate fight, not back nuclear power

I believe the NEU union was wrong to support the GMB’s motion on climate change at this years TUC congress.

SNP and Greens agree power-sharing deal that avoids key issues

The deal has no clear policies for genuine action over climate change, Trident and independence

Tories find cash for war

Just as the government says there’s no money for more than a 1 percent pay rise for NHS workers, it unveils a 40 percent increase in nuclear warheads. Its plan for war and waste, called the defence and foreign policy review, was unveiled on Tuesday.

Fukushima—a nuclear warning

It’s ten years since two disasters compromised one of the largest nuclear plants in the world. It showed that nuclear power can never be safe, says Martin Empson

Tories put safety and environment at risk with plans for new nuclear plant

The Tories have restarted negotiations over funding a new £20 billion nuclear power plant at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Letters - Don’t be fooled by the false promise of nuclear jobs

Socialists and environmental campaigners should have no illusions in nuclear power.

It’s right to be this afraid

17 March 2020
Coronavirus, climate catastrophe and nuclear war make us feel existential dread about the future of the world. But there is an emergency brake says Simon Basketter

Final week to win massive strike vote in Royal Mail

10 March 2020
Royal Mail workers are campaigning hard to win a national strike ballot by the biggest majority possible.

Fury after Fukushima nuclear plant bosses walk free

19 September 2019
The executives in charge during the 2011 nuclear plant meltdown have been found not guilty of negligence

The bosses go nuclear over strikes at Sellafield

16 April 2019
Outsourcer Mitie has turned to bullying measures in an effort to weaken a strike at Sellafield nuclear processing plant which was set to start on Friday this week.

Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan close to war over Kashmir

21 February 2019
India and Pakistan are once more on the brink of terrible conflict.

Trump goes nuclear with treaty meltdown

02 February 2019
US president Donald Trump has made another terrifying move that increases the threat of nuclear war. The Tories are helping him.

Bad reaction—the hazard of saving nuclear

22 January 2019
The future of nuclear energy is Britain is under intense discussion after two proposed nuclear reactors were scrapped.

Trump attacks migrants and the planet - and increases the nuclear threat

10 January 2018
The explosive revelations of The Fire and the Fury book on US president Donald Trump has dominated headlines over the past week.

‘No Trump, No war’ protests greet US president in South Korea

08 November 2017
Donald Trump had to slink away from protesters who are building an anti-war movement

Capitalism's nuclear fallout

26 September 2017
We can’t rely on another Henry Kissinger stopping a drunk US president pressing the button, writes Simon Basketter. Removing the nuclear threat requires changing the system

Trump's chilling speech at UN makes threats of nuclear war

19 September 2017
Warmonger in chief Donald Trump threatened to “totally destroy North Korea” at the United Nations (UN) on Tuesday.

Nuclear delusions sideline renewable energy

12 September 2017
The case against renewable energy took a severe blow this week after wind power firms won the rigged race for a government subsidy.

Trump—horseman of imperialist apocalypse

05 September 2017
Two deeply unpleasant men are facing off over North Korea’s nuclear weapons. The world feels closer to the possibility of nuclear war than at any time for half a century.