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In Place of Austerity
By Dexter Whitfield
In Place of Austerity sets out a framework for policies that reconstruct the economy, invest in local economies, create jobs and rebuild public infrastructure. In so doing, it uncovers the realities of ‘big society’ empowerment fraud and the systematic undermining of public services and the welfare state. Incisive and detailed, this timely new book is an important resource for all who support public service.
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 New issue of The SpokesmanFrom Hiroshima to Fukushima
The Spokesman 114
'A nuclear explosion (dubbed 'Little Boy') was detonated some 600 metres above Hiroshima at 8.15 on 6 August 1945 ... a second, over Nagasaki three days later, was a plutonium bomb, dubbed 'Fat Man'. It is 66 years since those terrible experiments, which instantly killed hundreds of thousands of people, many of them civilians. Tens of thousands more suffered lingering deaths due to their injuries, caused by intense heat, blast, and radiation sickness ... As the nuclear disaster at Fukushima continues to unfold, Japanese perceptions have probed more deeply. Sumiteru Taniguchi survived extensive injuries suffered during the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki and, at 82 years of age, maintains a lively presence on behalf of the Nagasaki Council of A-Bomb Sufferers (or Hibakusha, in Japanese). He recently observed that
'Nuclear power and mankind cannot co-exist. We survivors of the atomic bomb have said this all along. And yet, the use of nuclear power was camouflaged as "peaceful" and continued to progress. You never know when there's going to be a natural disaster. You can never say that there will never be a nuclear accident.'
There is a rising tide of opposition to nuclear power in Japan. In response to all this, something is moving in Japan. It was reflected in this year's World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, which we report in this issue of The Spokesman.'
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December 2011
In Place of Austerity - An article by Dexter in The Guardian
Global Auction by Dexter Whitfield - Reviewed by Hugo Radice for Capital & Class
November 2011
From Hiroshima to Fukushima - The Spokesman 114
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine can promote peace, truth and reconciliation - By Desmond Tutu and Michael Mansfield
October 2011
Key Words 9 - Raymond Williams in Japan is OUT NOW.
September 2011
Key Words Journal - Key Words 5, Working Spaces, Working Lives is NOW an eBook.
August 2011
The Country and the City - new edition of a Raymond Williams title.
July 2011
Peace activists arrested in South Korea -There is worrying news to report from Jeju Island South Korea.
Shannon Airport Demonstration - Sunday 10 July 2011.
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