September 2005
Issue No. 382
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Nuclear is the new black
Nuclear is becoming cool again, thanks to concerns over global warming. Adam Ma'anit thinks it's all just a lot of hot air.
Liquid sunshine
Paul-E Comeau looks back at some of the cultural impacts of the 'Atomic Age'.
Minority report
Science is often heavily biased towards nuclear technology. Alice Cutler speaks to Dr Ian Fairlie about the impacts of government and industry influence.
Toxic time bomb
Tonnes of poorly contained radioactive waste threatens to become an ecological disaster in Central Asia. Gulnura Toralieva reports from Kyrgyzstan.
Fusion illusion
Proponents of new fusion technology promise it will deliver clean and limitless power to the masses. Peter Montague is having a case of déjà-vu.
A fever of forgetting
As we approach the 20-year anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl, Magnum photographer Paul Fusco meets the children born years later but still suffering from its terrible legacy.
Green & Black
Alex Kelly and Carla Deane find Aboriginal Australians leading the fight against the nuclear industry.
Renew yourself
Think renewables are no match for nuclear? Think again.
Cancer rates near nuclear stations – blight or ‘blip’?
Recent scientific research suggests that higher cancer rates near nuclear power stations are a direct result of higher radiation exposure.
Action
No nukes is good nukes; find out how.
News, views, and & voices
Currents
A despot's disgrace
Uzbek protestors flee after bloody crackdown.
Africa: the sleeping lion rises
Africans sue Disney over copyright infringement.
Birdsong regained
Victory for Paraguay’s landless
Colombia’s abortive laws
Desperation over abortion in Colombia.
Spellbound
Women accused of witchcraft seek sanctuary.
UNESCO stands up
UNESCO member states have decided to recommend an international convention to protect cultural diversity and the right of member states to craft their own cultural policies.
Upheaval in the French Pacific
As the media focus on crises in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Nauru, a political earthquake elsewhere in the Pacific islands has passed largely unnoticed.
Worldbeaters
Sullen, unresponsive and boring he may be, but Than Shwe is Burma’s Number One, leader of one of the world’s most brutal regimes. The banality of evil has rarely been more apparent.
Mixed Media
Film
Arakimentari directed by Travis Klose.
Film
The Night of Truth directed by Fanta Régina Nacro
Music
You’ve Stolen My Heart by The Kronos Quartet and Asha Bhosle.
Music
Zaboum!! by Mina Agossi
Book
Mao - The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
Book
Wild Grass - China’s Revolution from Below
by Ian Johnson
Southern Exposure
A boy carrying firewood home, captured by Kenyan photographer Carol Kaminju.
View from London
Kashmiri poet Murtaza Shibli works on the London Underground, where he thought he was safe from bombings and destruction – until 7/7.
NI Essay
The relationship between English aristocrats and impoverished Indian farmers is all too evident to Rahul Rao.
Big Bad World 382
Two faces of wanton murder, as seen by Polyp.
Making Waves
Trade unionist Hassan Juma’a Awad stood up against Saddam and now he’s standing up for oil workers against the occupation of Iraq and the privatization of its oil.
Letter from Lebanon
Arab women have suddenly started appearing on reality TV, to Reem Haddad's surprise.
Country Profile
Ukraine
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Voices from the margins:
Multimedia: video, podcasts, and more.
- Poetry Slam in Zimbabwe
- The House of Hunger poetry slam held in Zimbabwe in 2006, and organised by the Pamberi Trust, showcased young artists performing inspirational work on issues from corporate power to child soldiers. The video features four of the poets.
Published by Pambazuka News.
- Iranian women speak out
- 3 March 2007, London. Women's rights activists marched through the English capital last week to celebrate International Women's Day with a protest against the misogyny of the Islamic regime in Iran and the threat of invasion by the US. Hear the voices of Iranian feminists Azar and Leila Parnian and the sounds of the demonstration as it passed through the heart of the city. Click here to learn more about the campaign.
Produced by Heidi Bachram.
- Raised Voices audio:
- Benny from West Papua on Corporate Power
- Vinayan from India on agriculture
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