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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Chernobyl disaster, on its anniversary
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, I’m posting two pieces. Below is a talk I gave in Memphis, Tennessee, on the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, which I think speaks directly to today’s situation, especially … Continue reading
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Tagged 1989 collapse of Communism, 1989 fall of Berlin Wall, Al Gore, Alexander Nikitin, Belarus, Bellona, Boris Yeltsin, Chernobyl, Chernobyl disaster, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Chernobyl syndrome, Fukushima, Gorleben, Hazel O'Leary, IAEA, Igor Kudrin, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iodine-131, John Gaston Hospital, Kazakhstan, Minatom, Natural Resources Defense Council, Nuclear power, Nuclear safety, nuclear waste, Oak Ridge, Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, radiation experiments, Three Mile Island, TVA, Ukraine, United States, USSR
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Chernobyl on its 25th anniversary
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, I’m reproducing an article I wrote about it in the April 1992 issue of News & Letters. Watch this space for a related post in the next couple of days. Does … Continue reading
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Tagged Chernobyl, Chernobyl disaster, energy, Fukushima, Nuclear, Nuclear power, Nuclear reactor technology, Soviet Union, USSR
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World in View: Greek youth continue the struggle
From the March-April 2011 issue of News & Letters: World in View: Greek youth continue the struggle Once again demonstrators took to the street in Athens–the first general strike of the year–against the austerity drive of the Greek “socialist” government. … Continue reading
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Tagged Athens, Easter, General strike, George Papandreou, Greece, Greek language, Tear gas, Working class, youth
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World in View: Whither Bolivia?
From the March-April 2011 issue of News & Letters: World in View: Whither Bolivia? It took five days of protests, but the social movements, which brought Evo Morales to power in 2006 forced his government to back off of a … Continue reading
World in View: Famine in North Korea
From the March-April 2011 issue of News & Letters: World in View: Famine in North Korea by Gerry Emmett North Korea is approaching another famine with reports of 50% to 80% of the barley and wheat harvest wiped out by … Continue reading
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Tagged Aid, Asia, Famine, food, grain, Kim Jong-il, Korea, Malnutrition, North Korea, North Koreans, United States
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World in View: Racist convicted
From the March-April 2011 issue of News & Letters: World in View: Racist convicted by Gerry Emmett Racist Shawna Forde was convicted of first degree murder in Pima County, Ariz., Feb. 14. The coordinator of the Minuteman American Defense (MAD) … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Gaxiola, American Border Patrol, Arivaca, Arivaca Arizona, Aryan Nations, Gina Gonzalez, Glenn Spencer, Jason Eugene "Gunny" Bush, Jim Gilchrist, Minuteman American Defense, Murder, Murders of Raul and Brisenia Flores, Pima County Arizona, racism, Robert Flores, Shawna Forde, United States
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World in View: Murder in Juárez
From the March-April 2011 issue of News & Letters: World in View: Murder in Juárez by Gerry Emmett Violence attributed to rival drug cartels has again fallen heavily on the border areas around Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. In one weekend in … Continue reading
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Tagged Chihuahua, Cipriana Jurado, Ciudad Juárez, Condor, drug cartel, drug war, femicide, feminism, Human Rights Watch, Irma Monreal, Josefina Reyes, Luis Humberto Peralta Hernández, María Luisa García Andrade, Marisela Escobedo Ortiz, Marisela Reyes Salazar, Mexico, Murder, narco-war, Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa, Paula Flores, Rubén Reyes, Sangre clara y definida, Sara Salazar, States, Susana Chávez Castillo, women's liberation, Women's rights
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Queer Notes, March-April 2011
From the March-April 2011 issue of News & Letters: Queer Notes by Elise Transphobia is alive and well. Transgender woman Chrissie Bates was found stabbed to death Jan. 10 in her apartment in Minneapolis, Minn. She’s identified as Christopher P. … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American Queer women, Black Lesbians Matter, Chrissie Bates, David Kato, glbt, honduras, lgbt, lgbtq, New York City, Nsubuga Enock, OutFront Minnesota, queer, San Francisco, Sexual Minorities Uganda, transgender, transphobia, Uganda, United States, Violence against LGBT people, Zuna Institute
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