Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Posted: 10th February 2025

We are often guilty of not celebrating our (rare) victories. But we can and must celebrate the unsung heroes of our movement, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. That’s what the Nuclear-Free Future Awards are for. Democracy and equity will survive if the mainstream media covers the actions of civil society over the hot air of autocrats, argues Ralph Nader. 

Heroes of our movement

The 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Award laureates will be celebrated at a ceremony on March 4 in New York City. S.P. Udayakumar took risks for nuclear resistance in India. Márcia Gomes de Oliveira and Norbert Suchanek educate international audiences with their Uranium Film Festival. Edwick Madzimure knows our nuclear challenges will not be solved without honoring the rights and voices of women. And we remain perpetually blessed with the wisdom and teachings of Joanna Macy and the late Klee Benally. READ MORE

Media must unshackle itself

How often do we find the quotes of those of us in opposition at the very end of a newspaper article on nuclear power? That needs to change insists longtime campaigner Ralph Nader. Major media outlets must stop parroting the lines (and lies) of politicians and corporations and give voice to civil society and the “aroused resistance” if we are to see real change and hold onto democracy, he says. READ MORE

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