Tag: nuclear

Barrow-in-Furness: The Small Town at the Centre of Britain’s Nuclear Arsenal
Barrow-in-Furness, population 69,087, is the hub of Britain's nuclear weapons arsenal. Matt Kennard talked to residents about the town's questionable industrial heritage, the local dominance of BAE Systems, and what nuclear disarmament would mean for the town and its workers.
6 Reasons We Really Could Stop Trident in 2016
From austerity to climate change, the case for scrapping the UK’s nuclear weapons programme is more convincing than ever.
6 Misconceptions About the Iran Nuclear Deal
The deal on Iran’s nuclear programme has the potential to break with the tensions of the past. Yet the deal was made on wrongheaded assumptions about Iran. To this day we still view the country through a prism of falsehoods.