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Nuclear news in this week of genocide

Some bits of good news.  Largest Dam Removal in History Begins Restoring Salmon and California Tribal Way of Life.   The world’s largest offshore wind farm powered up.            Global poverty reduction efforts are back on track.

TOP STORIES. This Way for the Genocide, Ladies and Gentlemen.  Some Israeli actions ‘against international law’ – EU. What is Jericho missile system? Israel’s potential ‘doomsday’ nuclear option.   

How “Dumb Money” Nukes Boil & Bankrupt The Earth.  US weapons costs way beyond $886billion: call for nuclear weapons spending blowout -USA congressional commission.   

The case of Yaroslav Hunka, and its echoes in Australia’s history.     

Climate. How criminalisation is being used to silence climate activists across the world.

Christina notes. The monstrous lie – that Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians is OK. Meanwhile, in Australia, Trumpian style lies and subterfuge have undermined a wonderful plan to bring a voice from Australia’s First Nations people into the Parliament. Cunning false arguments from the Opposition Coalition, quietly promoted by mining interests, and their pro-nuclear Aboriginal spokesman, Warren Mundine have prevailed, on Murdoch media and social media to defeat the referendum on an Aboriginal Voice included in the Constitution.  Nuclear and other polluting industries are readily heard by the politicians – but First Nations people – back into their colonial box!

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AUSTRALIA. 

• Seventy years on, Indigenous victims of UK’s nuclear tests in South Australia still await justice. Emu Fields Atomic Bomb 70th Anniversary shines spotlight on Nuclear Weapons Treaty.  
• David McBride facing life sentence as war criminals go unpunished. 
• Coalition are ‘climate charlatans’ making false claims about Australia’s nuclear power potential, energy minister says. 
• Australian government funds pro nuclear propaganda in schools – (even making it “fun”). 
• Two Australian firms want to join in a thorium nuclear power project in the Philippines. ‘Cottage industry’: Gurus say nuclear no match for solar energy. 
• Australia might be better off to cancel the nuclear submarine plan. 
• No charges or fines for Western Australia’s wayward radioactive capsule.

CIVIL LIBERTIES. Israel-Hamas war – another excuse to shut down free speech. France uses teargas on banned pro-Palestinian rally . Glenn Greenwald: Pro-Palestine Protests Outlawed in France/Germany. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsMJVHttAGI&t=6   Past Time to End the Persecution of Julian Assange.

ECONOMICS. Motor fault, legal problems, future delays …. giant costly Vogtle nuclear project struggles on.

ENERGY. Endless electricity and water use: the Artificial-Intelligence-Blockchain-Data Centre -Nuclear-NuScale nightmare to come.

ENVIRONMENT. Deadly radioactive dust. Public comments sought on waste water permit for Fermi 2 nuclear plant. Sunken Nuclear Submarine May Be Leaking Radiation Into The Ocean.

EVENTS. WEBINAR. Thursday, October 19 Is New Nuclear a Good Investment for Ontario.

HEALTH. Fresh stock of iodine tablets for Swiss living near nuclear plants.

HISTORY. The Arab-Israeli war 50 years ago brought us close to nuclear Armageddon. What the media forgets to tell you about Israel and Gaza.

LEGAL. ‘Humanity Must Prevail’ in Gaza, Says UN Official as Refugee Shelters Become IDF Targets. 

Judicial review will hear appeal against UK govt’s consent for Sizewell C nuclear. Boss of Sizewell nuclear project calls for “curbing protestors powers’ to block them in the courts. New Mexico could try again to challenge nuclear waste storage project in court,

MEDIA. Propaganda Blitz: How Mainstream Media is Pushing Fake Palestine Stories. ‘The Day After’ Director Returns to Sound the Alarm with ‘How to Stop a Nuclear War‘. SOS – The San Onofre Syndrome: Nuclear Power’s Legacy.

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. Ten reasons why nuclear power has no future. New Brunswick small nuclear tech could be used for nuclear war: physicist.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Protest: Keep Space For Peace – Croughton US Base, 7 October 2023. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2dxft1P_XM      PETITION: Stop calling uranium mined fuels “clean energy”.

POLITICS. UK Labour should follow Welsh government and commit to nuclear weapon prohibition, fringe meeting hears.       Skills gap and grid connections key hurdles in UK’s nuclear energy ambitions, says Great British Nuclear chair.           Sweden: Vattenfall going too slow on developing nuclear reactors?.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. US bails on Ukraine…but doesn’t tell Zelensky. Time to implement UN decisions on Palestine – Lavrov. Fascism in the West to Enable Genocide in Palestine . US diplomats told to avoid calls for Gaza ‘ceasefire’. . The nuclear dispute driving a wedge between France and Germany.

PUBLIC OPINION. Ukrainians joining Americans in supporting negotiated end to Russo Ukraine war. Half of China’s people are worried about Fukushima water release: poll.

SAFETY. Zelensky pledged not to directly attack nuclear plant in Zaporizhzhia, says IAEA chiefSlovenian nuclear plant to stay closed until leak fixed. South Carolina nuclear plant gets warning over another cracked emergency fuel pipe. Regulators reject request to shutter nuclear reactor. Finland’s government wants to yet again extend the operating licenses of 2 old nuclear reactors – Olkiluoto 1 and 2. Fukushima Up Close, 13 Years Later.Question from Jamaica: are we being the world’s guinea pig for SMR nuclear power?

SECRETS and LIES. Israeli army says it does not have ‘confirmation’ about allegations that ‘Hamas beheaded babies’ Biden says he saw evidence of Hamas ‘beheading’ Israeli children; White House clarifies. How To Explain U.S. Empire’s Support For Israel Right Or Wrong? Was the massacre in a Ukrainian village in fact a false-flag provocation by the Kiev regime?     Are more weapons that USA will send to Ukraine likely to end up in the hands of Hamas ?           Canada funding Ukrainian groups that celebrate WW2 Nazis – media.

  SPINBUSTER. The US Is Just As Culpable As Israel For The Atrocities Committed In Gaza.   Who finances RePlanet and its love for nuclear energy?         Critics are sceptical over County Council’s ‘nuclear engagement officer role’ funded by the industry.       Interest, but skepticism, on nuclear microreactors, fusion , and thorium .

WASTES. Fukui governor accepts utility’s nuclear fuel plan, comes under fire . Decommissioning: Vermont Yankee nuclear plant teardown ahead of schedule, but removal of the spent fuel is a problem. Nuclear reactor that operated for only 9 years will take many (expensive) decades to decommission .          UK’s old nuclear submarines, dead for over 40 years, and a new plan for turning them into “tin cans and razor blades”.

WAR and CONFLICT. Why are we avoiding the ‘what if’ of nuclear war? 

We condemn atrocities from both Hamas and Israel – Veterans for Peace, and Roots Action. It’s Not The ‘Israel-Hamas War’, It’s The Israel-Gaza Massacre. THE PLAN TO WIPE OUT HAMAS. “Collateral damage” is unintentional, but Israel’s bombing of Gaza kids IS INTENTIONAL. Ministry confirms Israel’s deployment of white phosphorous bombs against Gaza. Flashback: Israel’s 2009 firing of white phosphorous mutilated & murdered Palestinian civilians. In 1981, Israel Bombed Nuclear Reactor In Iraq. Why It’s Relevant Today,

Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War Against the Palestinian People: Jewish Voices for Peace. Report From Gaza: Fears That Israeli Army Is Preparing for Ethnic Cleansing. Israeli Army Bombs a Single Neighborhood in Gaza 450 Times in 24 Hours.       Israel Accused of ‘Blatant War Crime’ as Human Rights Watch Confirms White Phosphorus Used in Gaza.           This is one scary opinion about the Israeli-Palestine war – “Get Ready, Because The U.S. Is Going To War In The Middle East”.        

 Ukraine admits to conducting 3 commando raids against the city that hosts Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Ex-CIA analyst ‘100% sure’ Hamas using US-supplied weapons. Are Hamas fighters using American weapons meant for Ukraine? White House hopes to merge Ukraine and Israel aid – media. Israel’s nuclear weapons and their history. EU facing ‘huge shortage’ of ammunition – media. Zelensky fears Israel will distract from Western weapons aid to Kiev. 

NATO will hold a major nuclear exercise next week as Russia plans to pull out of a test ban treaty.       Drone Warfare in the Nuclear Age.            Entrenched Belief in Nuclear Deterrence as Defence Keeps Fear of Annihilation Alive, UN First Committee Hears in Thematic Debate.

October 17, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews