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A waste processing facility at the nickel processing complex operated by Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) in Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia, on 14 August 2024. Photo: Garry Lotulung

The cost of the nickel rush

As the world rushes towards ‘green’ technology, Indonesia’s nickel-rich Halmahera island is being torn apart. Neelanjana Rai explores the impacts on Indigenous communities and the land.

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Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, on an inspection visit to what his government says is an institute of nuclear weapons and a facility for nuclear materials at a secret location in North Korea. Provided by the North Korean government in 2024. Photo: Associated Press

Security or death

As the US clutches on to world dominance, common security for all nations is the only solution to the threat of nuclear war, argues Dae-Han Song.

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A view over the buildings and works of a uranium mine in South Africa, 1952. Uranium would have been a valuable part of the country’s nuclear weapons programme. Photo: Allan Cash Picture Library

Disarmament dividend

South Africa is the only country to develop its own nuclear weapons – and then dismantle them. Robin E Möser explores what can be learned from apartheid’s atomic secret.

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Protesters tug at the fence at RAF Greenham Common in 1983. Cruise missiles were removed from Greenham Common in 1991 which was a big win for the movement. Photo: PA Images

Thatcher’s secret war on peace

At the height of the Cold War the British state launched a sprawling surveillance campaign against the peace movement. Bethany Rielly tells the extraordinary story.

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Dispatches from the frontlines

Dispatches from the frontlines

There are some serious social and environmental justice concerns associated with the production, testing and maintenance of nuclear weapons – and communities who pay the price.

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A view of French nuclear test site at In Ekker, southern Algeria, on 25 February 2010. People in the area are still dealing with the radioactive contamination. Photo: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Open wounds

The legacy of French nuclear weapons testing still blights lives in the Algerian Sahara. Tenere Majhoul reports on the fight for justice.

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WTF are nuclear weapons?

WTF are nuclear weapons?

Nuclear weapons and nuclear energy share a common ancestry. Here’s how the nuclear story goes, from mining to meltdowns and everything in between.

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Nuclear weapons - The Facts

Nuclear weapons - The Facts

Who has what? Nukenomics, toxic testing, and atomic opinions.

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B-207, a semi-subterranean concrete ‘igloo’ built during World War Two to protect munitions. When this photo was taken property developer Robert Vicino had plans to get it ready for rent to doomsday preppers looking for a refuge. Photo: Bradley Garrett

To the bunker!

From secret government hideouts to bunkers for the masses, are shelters a realistic way to survive a nuclear blast? Amy Hall investigates.

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Action & Info

Action & Info

Action, and further reading on nuclear weapons.

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The world’s first hydrogen bomb, codenamed ‘Mike’ is detonated by the US during ‘Operation Ivy’ in the Marshall Islands. Nuclear weapons testing conducted at Bikini and Enewetak atolls in the Pacific Ocean during 1946–1958 exposed local people to radioactive fallout. Photo: Science History Images/Photo Researchers

Flashpoints to fallout

Could the threat of nuclear war be closer than ever? Amy Hall explores how we got here and the pathways out of the crisis.

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Books Essay: Balls of wax

Books Essay: Balls of wax

A collection of short stories and vignettes from a feminist pioneer pinpoints the absurd details of the normalizing state, writes Caitlín Doherty.

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Mixed Media: Film

Mixed Media: Film

Souleymane’s Story; The Mastermind.

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The cost of the nickel rush

As the world rushes towards ‘green’ technology, Indonesia’s nickel-rich Halmahera island is being torn apart. Neelanjana Rai explores the impacts on Indigenous communities and the land.

Neelanjana Rai January, 2026 559 Preview
Security or death

As the US clutches on to world dominance, common security for all nations is the only solution to the threat of nuclear war, argues Dae-Han Song.

Dae-Han Song January, 2026 559 Preview
Disarmament dividend

South Africa is the only country to develop its own nuclear weapons – and then dismantle them. Robin E Möser explores what can be learned from apartheid’s atomic secret.

Robin E Möser January, 2026 559 Preview
Thatcher’s secret war on peace

At the height of the Cold War the British state launched a sprawling surveillance campaign against the peace movement. Bethany Rielly tells the extraordinary story.

Bethany Rielly January, 2026 559 Preview
Dispatches from the frontlines

There are some serious social and environmental justice concerns associated with the production, testing and maintenance of nuclear weapons – and communities who pay the price.

Amy Hall and Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina January, 2026 559 Preview
Open wounds

The legacy of French nuclear weapons testing still blights lives in the Algerian Sahara. Tenere Majhoul reports on the fight for justice.

Tenere Majhoul January, 2026 559 Preview
WTF are nuclear weapons?

Nuclear weapons and nuclear energy share a common ancestry. Here’s how the nuclear story goes, from mining to meltdowns and everything in between.

January, 2026 559 Preview
Nuclear weapons - The Facts

Who has what? Nukenomics, toxic testing, and atomic opinions.

January, 2026 559 Preview
To the bunker!

From secret government hideouts to bunkers for the masses, are shelters a realistic way to survive a nuclear blast? Amy Hall investigates.

Amy Hall January, 2026 559 Preview
Action & Info

Action, and further reading on nuclear weapons.

January, 2026 559 Preview
Flashpoints to fallout

Could the threat of nuclear war be closer than ever? Amy Hall explores how we got here and the pathways out of the crisis.

Amy Hall January, 2026 559 Preview
Spotlight: Aqsa Arif

Words by Conrad Landin.

Conrad Landin November, 2025 558 Preview
Books Essay: Balls of wax

A collection of short stories and vignettes from a feminist pioneer pinpoints the absurd details of the normalizing state, writes Caitlín Doherty.

Caitlín Doherty November, 2025 558 Preview
Mixed Media: Music

Radio Lusaka; Mon Balo.

November, 2025 558 Preview
Mixed Media: Film

Souleymane’s Story; The Mastermind.

November, 2025 558 Preview