Examines the rise of the anti-nuclear power movement in the former Soviet Union during the early perestroika period, its unexpected successes in the late 1980s, and its decline after 1991. This book argues that anti-nuclear activism was a surrogate for nationalism, and a means o…
"This book explores the politics of anti-nuclear activism in Tokyo after the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011. Analysing the protests in the context of a longer history of citizen activism in Tokyo, it also situates the movement within the framework of a global struggle …
Elegantly tracing the intellectual history of computer science, Foer puts the DNA of the very idea of "tech" under the microscope. Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon, he argues, are breaking laws intended to protect intellectual property and privacy. This is not the path toward…
Setting the stage -- Nostalgia wars -- In the shadow of Vietnam -- Seeing Reds -- No nukes -- The wars for Central America -- The end of the line -- Conclusion. "In the moments before his weekly radio address hit the airwaves in 1984, Ronald Reagan made an off-the-record joke: …
"Outraged conscience, careful argument, poetry and political analysis -- gathered here is the diversity of voices, traditions, and approaches that are weaving themselves into an anti-nuclear and peace movement in India and Pakistan. In these essays, written before, during, and a…
Based on over a decade of historical and ethnographic research, the book discusses the anti-nuclear campaign's part in 'right to lives' movements, the (re)production of knowledge and ignorance in the understanding of radiation, and tactics to create an evidence-base in response …