Radiation leak risk after deadly French nuclear plant blast
There is a risk of a radioactive leak after an explosion killed at least one person and injured four others at the Marcoule nuclear site in the south of France, the state regulator said.
The French State's Nuclear Arms could destroy the Planet
National electricity provider EDF confirmed the initial death toll following the explosion in an oven at the site in the Rhone Valley near the southern city of Nimes.
One of the injured is in a serious condition, France’s Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) said.
The blast hit the Centraco nuclear waste treatment centre belonging to EDF subsidiary Socodei, said a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Commissariat (CEA).
The site is around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the historic city of Avignon which is thronged with tourists at this time of the year.
“For the time being nothing has made it outside,” a CEA spokesman said, asking not to be named.
A security perimeter has been set up around the installation, firefighters said, without being able to provide further details. Expatica.com
Media speculations
The media is speculating if there is any truth in claims of radiation leakage risk but like we learned from Fukushima disaster we might never know what actually happened and what is the actual risk.
France is, I think, the most nuclearized state in the world. The French State has staked it’s industrial future on the lie that ‘Fukushima couldn’t happen here’.. Therefore it will do everything possible to cover up any health consequences. Therefore we should not believe any official explanations.
love and rage: life after the collapse of capitalism
Greetings to all, especially you FoFees (friend of the Free) hope you’re enjoying the book
Set in the Collapse of Capitalism our heroes escape their School and Family and fall in with the squatters, anarchists and gays, who are busy getting ready for the final confrontation and the Dawn of a co-op Money Free world.. It’s a thriller as well..
Just to say it is selling well..Not a surprise as it’s FREE (lol). It also makes a very economical present.
Abuse of power being consistent in our culture, where fear colludes with the bully, it is cheering to see victims organising and supporting each other . This will appeal to a great many young people. You give us moments of delight:… rolling her big eyes back to us girls … such scandal would zoom round and round the area – like a bee in a jar … Then her daffodil moment of glory: dancing and swirling, waving the flowers at the grey building … the golden snow. I’ve never heard of ‘testerical laughter’, but it kind of hits the mood of the moment.I really like your book and back it with pleasure. Pia (Course of Mirrors)
Wow; I can’t stop reading! I’ve just finished chapter 8, and I’m only stopping because it’s 1AM! It seems to remind me a little of ‘A Clockwork Orange’, combined with ‘A Child Called It’. I cannot wait to read on. I’m still not entirely sure about a lot of things (such as the political situation) but everything I’ve read so far has been wonderful. If I get the chance, I will buy this book.
Karen Eisenbrey I read three chapters and the glossary. I like your ideas for remaking society, especially the mix of practical, earnest things with more whimsical ideas of fashion etc. I especially like how in the first chapters, it’s not obvious that the story takes place in (I would guess) the near future in a shifting, alternative society. But there are little clues all over the place that things are falling apart and changing, present but not taking over the story. We start with Linda, a real, relatable character. You’ve nailed the voice here. She’s articulate and smart, but not at all formal; young, angry, scared, beaten down but ready to stand up. Good luck with The Free!…Karen Eisenbrey
Aaron Pattis wrote After three chapters, nothing will stop me from reading the rest of this book! Who couldn’t pull for a kid like this and wonder where she’s going to end up? There are some terms that I have difficulty with sometimes, like “lekky” and such, but soon enough figure it out. But I wouldn’t change that voice for this story because it adds to the richness realism in the characters. Great job and backed with pleasure..Aaron,”80 Grit”
Lmfrenchwrote Wow, what can I say? I love how you capture Linda’s voice. It wasn’t too long ago that I was a fifteen year old girl and…well…wow. I read some of this the other day and wasn’t too
Occupy The Planet. Abolish Debt. For a Co-Op world.
impressed, but I re-read it and trudged on to see what happened beyond the first page and I must say, I am very glad I did. I found myself giggling a bit and read on with a smile. It is a fun story. I am not normally a fan of 1st person POV but you seem to be able to still bring your characters to life. Very nice.
Great opening. Fast-paced and spirited way of writing. I like the talk about men drooling over Janice (lol); very typical. It’s real! and the “like a pack of randy dogs snifting after her”…This is what happens most of the time, in real life. Good job Mike. This work is so rich and moving, good humored. I can’t stop reading it.GOOD LUCK!! Emma Philips…The Dark Intruder
Well Mikey…a huge HUGE contemporary tale. Brutal and brave..comical and painful. Your style is enviably quirky. The language stripped yet so incredibly weighted. Congratulations, I wish you every success with THE FREE. . Dawn:ARK
by Phil Dickens..For the English Defence League, today was undoubtedly a spectacular flop. After months and months of hype about “marching into the lion’s den” in Tower Hamlets, they managed only to get 600 people to the final demo point – and that outside of the Tower Hamlets borough! Meanwhile, huge crowds of anti-fascists turned out to defend the streets.
……Anti-fascists are unanimous in declaring the day a victory, but not so much in what was responsible for said victory. In his only acknowledgement that not all anti-fascists agreed with a state ban, Nick Lowles claimed “today has proved that [the ban] was the right decision.” Unite Against Fascism laid the credit at the feet of “the greatest possible opposition to the racists and fascists,” who “ensure[d] the [EDL] could not threaten the borough’s multiracial, multicultural community.” Tower Hamlets ALARM largely agrees, saying that “a mob of locals and antifascists” defended the area and saw the fascists off…..
It was the solidarity of the RMT (effectively threatening illegal strikes to shut the stations down) which saw the EDL’s movements interrupted and foiled rather than any legal measure. And of course the “mob” was the best protection Tower Hamlets could have had.
World stock markets plunge/ Fears of recession intensify…/. Global recession warning rattles stock…/ European bank funding / Unemployment rises sharply / The System is Ready to Blow / Markets in Meltdown /
The world financial system is now one huge mess, The stupid debt system and dog eat dog mentality
have brought the whole thing rolling to a cliff edge. It appears the Central banks have run out of
ideas to slow things down.
If Capitalism blows it’s NOT the end.. it’s just a new ball game.
‘The West’ is immensely rich in property and assets, yet suddenly will be bankrupt.
This is nonsense.. all we need to do is band together in Local Assemblies, pool our resources , skills
and possibilities, and work out an infinitely better future, without destroying the planet. In some places this is already happening.
The Collapse of Capitalism means the rich will lose their ill gotten gains.. For the rest it will be ‘survival as usual’…
Adventure/Thriller.. Maxie rebels and runs away, with anarcha feminists, squatters and gays.. Capitalism goes bottoms up. The climate is revolting.. our heroes live the social and permaculture revolution, and the dawn of a money-free world….The E Book came out on Mayday…. as a FREE pdf download
3,000 march through Hackney & Haringey on Saturday 13th August to demand:
Give Our Kids A Future!
The march was organised and publicised just 2 days before by the hastily formed North London Unity Assembly initiated mainly by Turkish organisations and the Haringey and Hackney Anti-cuts Alliances [see list of some of the supporters at the end].
The aim was to provide a united community response to the recent disturbances, especially those in Tottenham and Hackney, and to the causes of despair and frustration that can result in riots. The march was led all the way by a dozen children behind a huge ‘Give Our Kids A Future!’ banner, followed by a mass of placards and banners from a wide range of community groups, trades union branches and political organisations as well as hand-crafted placards from scores of individuals.
The Unity Assembly is calling for a culture of valuing, not demonising, youth and unemployed people; support for those affected by the rioting, including the immediate rehousing of people made homeless, grants for affected small businesses, and restoration of damaged areas; reversal of all cuts to youth services in our boroughs; no cuts to public services, but instead, investment into community-led regeneration of our communities, including access for all to decent housing, jobs, education and sports facilities; an independent community inquiry into policing methods in our boroughs, and an end to discriminatory stop and search; and availability of legal support for all those people arrested by police.
Last week London police issued an appeal to inform on 'All Anarchist Sympathisers'. Some people complained saying its a political philosophy not a crime, most anarchists are pacifists and feminists as it turns out. We made a badge saying 'I am an anarchist..Report Me'
Today’s badge supports our friends and kids.. now all being witch hunted because a few acted very badly… Tag or share if you like it.
Facebook didnt LIKE this graphic at all. First they BLOCKED it from Tagging (so 800 friends didnt get it). Then they announced repeatedly that it was offensive (to the RICH) and HAD BEEN REMOVED. But it was not removed, maybe they had 2nd thoughts as it had been shared
please share or tag to counter the witch hunt!
This week the upper class and media are foaming at the mouth. screaming ‘Grass Up The Subhuman Slime’
Competing to vilify and criminalise all our friends and children who dared defy them. yelling ‘Punish them Punish the SCUM’
Harping on and on about a tiny minority of really anti social actions to turn half a million brave rebels into ‘Sickening Yobbos’.
Of course a money free shopper can’t defend him/her self.. Even though they’re usually just taking back a bit of what’s been robbed off them to pay for the wars, police, bloated bank accounts, mansions, yachts, private islands, etc that our rulers are addicted to.
We live in an obscene system which is wasting and destroying. We need to band together urgently to make alternatives as this one falls apart.
Lets not be forced into condemning and grassing our kids and each other for fear of a Murdoch inspired witch hunt.
The Free 