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As well as writting a letter to us at WSM, PO Box 1528, Dublin 8 you can also comment on any of the articles in this issue at www.struggle.ws/wsm/comment.html This edition is No68 published in Jan 2002 |
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As we enter an election year - all the major parties are falling over themselves to be seen to be against this poisonous plant in Cumbria. Some like the Greens' John Gormely even went over there to protest at the opening of the Mox plant. Others stay at home and organise demonstrations outside the British Embassy. They all want your votes and they all know the answer to "are you in favor of Sellafield" but in reality they do precious little to stop it from expanding and growing. Fianna Fáil even took out a full-page critical advertisement against Sellafield in the Times of London newspaper thus neatly illustrating the incapacity of the Irish government to act or do anything meaningful about this issue.
Some committed environmentalist activists like Gluaiseach have backed up opposition to Sellafield with actions outside the plant. This issue is too important to be left to the bungling fools in power who do nothing while our coastal waters are polluted and poisoned. We need to make links with groups across Britain against this plant. We need to come up with imaginative direct action that will make the costs of operating these plants too high a price for the bosses to pay. This is about our planet and we need to take action now to give ourselves a chance at a cleaner safer future.
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As well as writting a letter to us at WSM, PO Box 1528, Dublin 8 you can also comment on any of the articles in this issue at www.struggle.ws/wsm/comment.html This edition is No68 published in Jan 2002 |
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