The urgency of adapting our energy supply to mitigate climate change brings the question of nuclear energy to the fore.  Over two episodes we will bring you each side of the debate.  First up, in a discussion ranging from Patricia Hewitt to Engels, from the immediate issues to the inherent characteristics of technologies, Dave Cullen of the Nuclear Information Service presents the left wing case against. 

 

Plus, the political life of Taylor Swift.  

 

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Stop Trying to Make Nuclear Power Happen - Dave Cullen in The New Socialist (2021) 

 

Nuclear Information Service website 

 

Information on Calder Hall 

 

Outlook: Patricia Hewitt signs the nuclear industry's death warrant - Jeremy Warner in The Independent (2003) 

 

Government loses nuclear power case - Deborah Summer and 'agencies' in The Guardian (2007) 

 

Do Artifacts Have Politics? - Langdon Winner (1980) 

 

Authoritarian and Democratic Technics - Lewis Mumford (1964) 

 

On Authority - Frederick Engels (1874) 

 

Manifesto of Libertarian Communism - George Fontenis (1953) 

 

Shining a light on the UK's nuclear deterrent - University of Sussex 

 

Unclear nuclear: How UK energy consumers unwittingly pay for military infrastructures - Neil Vowles for University of Sussex (2019) 

 

A Vernacular of Surveillance: Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus Perform White Authenticity - Rachel E Dubrofsky (2016) 

 

‘She isn’t whoring herself out like a lot of other girls we see’: Identification and “Authentic” American Girlhood on Taylor Swift Fan Forums - Adriane Brown (2012) 

 

The video to Shake It Off