In Episode 240 [13] of the CounterVortex podcast [14], Bill Weinberg discusses China's hubristic plans for massive expansion [15] of its nuclear power sector—and notes that some of the new plants are slated for the southern province of Guangdong, which in recent years has seen repeated outbursts of protest [16] over land-grabs and industrial pollution as well as wildcat labor actions [17] (and was, in fact, the site of a nuclear accident [18] in 2021). China's expropriated peasant class [19] has been left behind by the breakneck industrialization [20] of the past decades, and may prove a source of resistance to the new thrust of nuclear development that would further accelerate it—despite the current crackdown on dissent [20].
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