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America's New Nuke Showdown Starts Now
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 9:41 am | Harvey Wasserman
As Fukushima continues to leak and smolder, what may be the definitive battle over new nukes in America has begun. The critical first US House vote on a proposed $36 billion loan guarantee package for reactor construction may come as early as June ... More >>
Let's join Japan & junk new nukes
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 12:36 pm | Harvey Wasserman
Japan will build no new nuclear reactors. It's a huge body blow to the global industry, and could mark a major turning point in the future of energy. Says Prime Minister Naoto Kan: "We need to start from scratch… and do more to promote renewables." ... More >>
Will the Nuclear Power Industry Melt Down?
Monday, 2 May 2011, 1:08 pm | Harvey Wasserman
"There's never been a death because of radiation ... in a civilian nuclear power plant. ... In Texas, if there's any kind of a serious earthquake or natural disaster, I want to be in the control room at Comanche Peak [Nuclear Power Plant] because that ... More >>
Ohio GOP sends a stealth death notice to teachers
Monday, 4 April 2011, 3:23 pm | Harvey Wasserman
An obscure clause that was slipped into Ohio's infamous anti-union Senate Bill 5 may spell the end of collective bargaining for the state's public college teachers. SB-5 was passed in the face of bitter controversy and mass public demonstrations ... More >>
"Safe" Radiation is a Lethal TMI Lie
Monday, 28 March 2011, 1:32 pm | Harvey Wasserman
There is no safe dose of radiation. We do not x-ray pregnant women. Any detectable fallout can kill. With erratic radiation spikes, major air and water emissions and at least three reactors and waste pools in serious danger at Fukushima, we must prepare ... More >>
Corporate union busters draw first blood in Ohio
Friday, 4 March 2011, 10:47 am | Harvey Wasserman
The national corporate campaign to destroy America’s public sector unions has drawn first blood in Ohio. But a counter-attack centered on one or more statewide initiatives or constitutional amendments has become highly likely. While thousands of protestors ... More >>
Obama's $36 Billion Nuke-Powered Giveaway
Friday, 18 February 2011, 2:18 pm | Harvey Wasserman
Barack Obama's 2012 budget marks a major escalation in the nuclear war against a green-powered future, whose advocates are already fighting back. Amidst massive budget cuts for social and environmental programs, Obama wants $36 billion in loan guarantees ... More >>
Socialism triumphs at Super Bowl as class war looms
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 10:40 am | Harvey Wasserman
Socialism has again triumphed at the Super Bowl. The only major sports team owned by the community in which it lives has toughed out its fourth modern-era National Football League championship. But the billionaire bosses of the rest of the league ... More >>
Obama & our Disney nukes
Tuesday, 25 January 2011, 9:31 am | Harvey Wasserman
Barack Obama is about to address a nation whose greatest potential liability is its Disneyesque illusion of atomic power. Despite the nation's huge debts and fears of foreign terror, America's 104 licensed reactors are the most dangerous threat to ... More >>
The Second Amendment Demands gun control
Friday, 14 January 2011, 11:19 am | Harvey Wasserman
The Second Amendment supports those of us who would CONTROL guns---and thus prevent the insane slaughter that compromises our security. James Madison and the Founders of this nation would be enraged to see the Second Amendment being used to put guns ... More >>
Will Karl Rove bury the record of his 2004 election theft?
Thursday, 13 January 2011, 10:03 am | Harvey Wasserman
An epic legal battle now rages between Karl Rove and Ohio election rights attorneys. The question is whether the public has the right to see full transcripts of a court deposition that could shed explosive new light on the bitterly contested presidential ... More >>
Today’s $7 Billion New Nuke Attack
Friday, 10 December 2010, 1:04 pm | Harvey Wasserman
The White House and nuclear power industry are on the brink of grabbing $7 billion in new taxpayer-funded loan guarantees for new reactors. But they can be stopped ( www.nukefree.org ). More >>
Afghanistan is about perpetual war
Monday, 29 November 2010, 3:38 pm | Harvey Wasserman
The war in Afghanistan is about perpetual war, not Afghanistan. It's about preventing democracy in the United States, not bringing it to Southwest Asia. And it is the tombstone of the Obama Presidency. To justify the fight, they've rounded up the usual ... More >>
Harvey Wasserman: America's eggshell nukes
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 10:21 am | Harvey Wasserman
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made it clear that America's 104 licensed atomic power reactors are not accidents waiting to happen. They are accidents in progress. And proposals to build a "new generation" of reactors are not mere scams. ... More >>
Vermont's Great Green Election-Day Victory
Tuesday, 9 November 2010, 5:35 pm | Harvey Wasserman
Vermont has elected a governor pledged to make the state truly green by shutting its decrepit, leaking nuclear plant. And the town closest to that reactor has voted to take it by eminent domain if necessary, a step unprecedented in world history. More >>
Hemp is the hidden key to legal marijuana
Monday, 18 October 2010, 5:12 pm | Harvey Wasserman
Hemp is the far bigger economic issue hiding behind legal marijuana. If the upcoming pot legalization ballot in California were decided by hemp farmers like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, it would be no contest. For purely economic reasons, if you ... More >>
Hey Tea/GOP: Ben Franklin's NOT your guy!
Saturday, 2 October 2010, 1:02 pm | Harvey Wasserman
This is a Greco-Roman nation, gathered in a Hodenosaunee longhouse. As they wrap themselves in the Constitution they mean to shred, that is the self-evident Truth the Tea/GOP Party ultimately cannot face. More >>
Another feeble-headed nuke drops dead
Saturday, 25 September 2010, 12:02 pm | Harvey Wasserman
As the "reactor renaissance" desperately demands new billions from a lame duck Congress, one of its shining stars has dropped dead. Other much-hyped "new generation" plans may soon die with it. More >>
Is the "nuclear renaissance" dead yet?
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 5:28 pm | Harvey Wasserman
America's much hyped "reactor renaissance" is facing a quadruple bypass. In actual new construction, proposed projects and overseas sales, soaring costs are killing new nukes. And the old ones are leaking like Dark Age relics teetering on the brink ... More >>
Harvey Wasserman: Glenn Beck Could Happen Here
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 5:49 pm | Harvey Wasserman
Now that the dust has settled from Glenn Beck’s weekend revival at the Lincoln Memorial, two messages need to be delivered loud and clear. First: the United States of America has NEVER been a Christian nation, but there are those who would make ... More >>
