The UK government is eager to expand nuclear power, following the example of the United States. It asserts that nuclear power is “domestic” energy, protects national security, provides jobs and keeps electricity bills down. But is any of this true?
In her new book, No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War, Linda Pentz Gunter debunks the pro-nuclear myths, and shows how choosing nuclear power will guarantee continued use of fossil fuels, squeezing out renewables and actually making climate change worse.
But she also looks at the nuclear power and nuclear weapons story —inextricably linked, especially through Britain’s Trident nuclear submarine fleet — from the perspective of the people the entire nuclear sector harms.
In an articulate, compelling, and vivid writing style, Pentz Gunter brings home the significant toll on people, animals and nature, reflecting on our destructive compulsion to damage the only place we can call home.
She reveals how Indigenous communities and working people, especially those of colour, are deliberately targeted by every aspect of the nuclear power and weapons complex, preyed upon for profit, a form of colonialist adventurism that ensures the suffering of the many to enrich the few. The book is guaranteed to provoke a lively debate and is essential reading for those who care about climate and the sustainable stewardship of Planet Earth.
Come along on Saturday and get 30% off the book!
Linda Pentz Gunter will be in conversation with Manchester-based campaigner Martin Empson, a long-standing member of Campaign Against Climate Change. He is the treasurer of the campaign’s trade union group and helped initiate the Million Climate Jobs campaign. Martin is a socialist, based in Manchester and has written on questions relating to the environment and capitalism as well as the social movements needed to stop environmental disaster. He is the author of System Change Not Climate Change: A Revolutionary Repsonse to Environmental Crisis (Booksmarks, 2019).
Join us on Saturday 14th March from 2-4pm at Cross St Chapel, to meet Linda and discuss the issues!
