Frida Berrigan | Privatizing the Apocalypse

Privatization" has been in the news ever since George W. Bush became president. His administration has radically reduced the size of government, turning over to private companies critical governmental functions involving prisons, schools, water, welfare, Medicare, and utilities as well as war-fighting. Now, the long arm of privatization is reaching deep into an almost unimaginable place at the heart of the national security apparatus - the laboratory where scientists learned to harness the power of the atom more than 60 years ago and created weapons of apocalyptic proportions. Construction giant Bechtel won a contract to run the sprawling complex. Why this urge to privatize the apocalypse, asks Frida Berrigan.



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