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Why the Left Must Oppose Nuclear Power w/ Journalist Joshua Frank (G&R 230)

Why the Left Must Oppose Nuclear Power w/ Journalist Joshua Frank (G&R 230)

FromGreen & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals


Why the Left Must Oppose Nuclear Power w/ Journalist Joshua Frank (G&R 230)

FromGreen & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Jun 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In our latest episode, we talk with journalist Joshua Frank (@joshua_frank) about his book, "Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America," which details the story of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State and a $677 billion environmental cleanup site. We also talk about the resurgence of nuclear power, its toxic legacy and the deadly impacts of its entire life cycle. We also discuss the left's recent embrace of it as a "renewable energy" source, how the pro-nuke leftists are doing the bidding of the nuclear industry and why the left must oppose nuclear power.

Bio//
Joshua Frank is an award-winning California-based journalist and co-editor of the political magazine CounterPunch. He is the editor and co-author of several books. Most recently, he is the author of the book "Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America" (Haymarket Books 2022).
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Outro- "We Almost Lost Detroit" by Gil Scott Heron


Links//
+Atomic Days on Haymarket (https://bit.ly/3MZ6bSC)
+The Case Against Nuclear Power (https://bit.ly/3X1XxHG)
+Counterpunch: http://CounterPunch.org
+The Pentagon Is Helping Bring the Next Generation of Nuclear Technology
to Life (https://bit.ly/43R0Ljb)


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This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Isaac.
Released:
Jun 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Welcome to our scrappy podcast. Bob Buzzanco and Scott Parkin co-host a regular podcast to discuss radical environmental and anti-capitalist politics with organizers, academics, artists and more. Bob Buzzanco is a professor of history at the University of Houston. He specializes in, writes about and talks on the Vietnam War era, foreign policy, Vietnam, radical social movements, economics, and other stuff. Scott Parkin is climate organizer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has organized campaigns against Wall Street banks, mountaintop removal coal mining and the Keystone XL pipeline.