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Harvey Wasserman

Harvey Wasserman

Harvey Wasserman is an activist and author. His first book "Harvey Wasserman's History of the United States" was published in 1972. Harvey edits www.nukefree.org.

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The Second Amendment Demands Gun Control

A National Guard, yes. Heavily-armed lunatics roaming the streets unregulated? Never.

Harvey Wasserman ·

Abandoned bumper cars full of rust sit in an amusement park in the ghost city of Pripyat, Ukraine, which was evacuated on the afternoon of April 27, 1986, 36 hours after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster.

Chernobyl Redux?

Russia's attack on Ukraine could release nuclear fallout across the globe.

Harvey Wasserman ·

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How YOU Can Dump Trump

Neither the human race, nor American democracy, nor the US economy will survive more of this. Our further existence as a species depends on you.

Harvey Wasserman ·

The Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant is seen in the early morning hours March 28, 2011 in Middletown, Pennsylvania. (Photo: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)

Terrified Atomic Workers Warn That the COVID-19 Pandemic May Threaten Nuclear Reactor Disaster

Nuclear safety cannot be shortchanged—especially in the midst of an outbreak like what the nation is now experiencing.

Harvey Wasserman ·

The question of ownership—private or public—cannot be answered without accounting for the structural safety and potential liabilities of the two decrepit megaliths at San Luis Obispo. (Photo: Wikimedia)

Final Showdown: PG&E at the Brink of Nuclear Bankruptcy

The same pattern of lethal neglect and deferred maintenance that made PG&E the proven culprit in murderous wildfires is being repeated at Diablo Canyon.

Mimi Kennedy ·

Demonstrators hold signs against HB6

Ohio’s Fascist Pro-Nuke Attack on Democracy Comes Due on Monday

The unprecedented assault threatens the referendum process in Ohio and across the nation.

Harvey Wasserman ·

Diablo Canyon Power Plant. (Photo: Wikimedia)

The Quake to Make Los Angeles a Radioactive Dead Zone

Nothing significant has been done to improve safety at two coastal reactors upwind of ten million people that are surrounded by earthquake faults in a tsunami zone like the one where the four Fukushima reactors have already exploded

Harvey Wasserman ·

In return for footing this bill, the citizens of Ohio stand to gain obsolete burners that doom their state to dirty air, above-market electric rates, and radioactive danger. (Photo: GuenterRuopp)

Ohio Stumbles, With a Team Trump Nudge, Toward Nuclear and Coal

Defying all laws of competitive economics, climate change, and technological progress, the state House has voted in a ratepayer-funded bailout for two aging nuclear power plants

Harvey Wasserman ·

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