New Signs of Hope: Resistance in China Today source: Asia Left Observer Au Loong Yu and Bai Ruixue [1] The number of cases of resistance in China continues to grow. Protests both large and small are an extremely frequent occurrence in China. They range in scale and nature from workers’ protests against unpaid wages or… [Read more…]
April 7, 2012
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster – One Year Later (Socialist Action, April 2012) On March 11 last year, Honshu Island of Japan was hit by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake at a subduction zone, followed by a horrendous tsunami that knocked out the emergency diesel generators and cooling pumps at the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear power station. The… [Read more…]
April 6, 2012
Why does South African Metal Workers Union Push Green Energy? Frank Hammer interviews Cedric Gina, president of the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa about the need that workers lead the transition to a green economy source: youtube
April 4, 2012
Japan: Nuclear power on the ropes as movement grows By Alexander Brown, Tokyo source: Green Left Weekly Last week I had a dream that my house in the western part of Tokyo was shaking violently around me. Then I woke up and discovered it wasn’t a dream at all. It was a 5.3 magnitude earthquake… [Read more…]
April 4, 2012
Fukushima, one year later – and what about France? Michael Löwy, Vincent Gay source: International Viewpoint A year after the catastrophe of Fukushima, a big mobilization is being organized to demand the abandoning of nuclear power. In the history of nuclear energy, there will be a before- and an after-Fukushima. After Chernobyl, the Western nuclear… [Read more…]
March 8, 2012
One Year after Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Kenji Kunitomi Source: International Viewpoint One year has passed since tremendous scale of earthquake and tsunami catastrophe which severely attacked and destroyed towns and villages in North-East coastal region of Japan. Nearly 20,000 people were killed and missing, 341,000 have been evacuated, and many people lived in affected zones… [Read more…]
May 14, 2011
Pennsylvania blowout unmasks fracking dangers by Wayne Deluca PHILADELPHIA—On April 19, a natural gas well in Bradford County in northeastern Pennsylvania had to be shut down for several days in order to stop a leak of fluid used to break rocks and force out gas buried deep underground. The well is being sealed, while… [Read more…]
April 21, 2011
How bad is the Fukushima fallout? Yomiuri Shimbun Source: International Viewpoint The crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has released a large amount of radioactive substances into the air and water, raising serious concerns over possible health risks. The government and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. have repeatedly said there… [Read more…]
April 21, 2011
Fukushima, a slow Chernobyl Koji Saito Source: International Viewpoint We can still describe the situation in Fukushima Daiichi as a “slow Chernobyl.” At the time of the accident at Three Mile Island [in the United States], the fuel bar was exposed 1 hour and 40 minutes after the accident, and 52% of the core came… [Read more…]
March 18, 2011
The worst is unleashed in Fukushima! Daniel Tanuro source: International Viewpoint The gravity of the situation is worsening by the hour at the site of the nuclear power station at Fukushima, in Japan. The managers of the installations are apparently no longer in control of the sequence of events. The risk is growing of a… [Read more…]
April 29, 2012
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