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The power (and fun) of protest!

New book, No To Nuclear, delivers serious anti-nuclear messages with a little fun as well.

Linda Pentz Gunter, Oct 23, 2025

On October 18, the people of the United States came out in record numbers to protest the presidency of Donald Trump and his unacceptable descent into dictatorship. No Kings day saw seven million people on US streets across the country, many in costume — whether the now ubiquitous inflatable frogs, Tyrannosauruses against Tyranny or your favorite ‘Aunt Tifa’.

In my forthcoming book, No To Nuclear. Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War, I remind readers that the anti-nuclear movement, too, has delivered its share of street theatre along with an important message; end the Nuclear Age in all its forms.

My book will be published next March by Pluto Press but you are encouraged to pre-order your copies now using this form.

In it, I describe the defiance of French anti-nuclear activists in a country that has a long history of often colorful rebellion. Sometimes it’s human “owls” residing in trees under threat at a proposed nuclear waste site. Or stubborn goats, “hard-headed activists” proclaiming their “right to graze in peace” rather than see their pastures plowed up for another nuclear fuel pool at the La Hague reprocessing center. At every turn, the French deliver “considerable numbers, abundant creativity — and sometimes a lot of useful tractors as well.” 

It’s a reminder that even though our task to eliminate nuclear power and nuclear weapons can sometimes — even often — feel insurmountable, it’s important to inspire and uplift, just as the millions who protested No Kings last weekend did to their own spirits and that of countless others.

No To Nuclear is intended to provide a chapter-by-chapter indictment of nuclear power (and its connection to nuclear weapons), debunking the mythology around both sectors. There is a lot of serious material in those 220-plus pages and it’s heavily focused on the persistent human right violations by every aspect of the nuclear complex. But I hope some of the stories will bring a smile, too, along with a hefty dose of optimism that we will win this one in the end.

If you’d like to set up a book event in person or online, please contact me at linda@beyondnuclear.org. Thank you! Linda Pentz Gunter

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October 24, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | media