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Today we are joined by Disrupt Wars organiser, Nathalie Farah, to talk about the Disrupt Land Forces 2024 Festival of Resistance. Running from September 8 - 14 in Melbourne, Disrupt Land Forces seeks to disrupt the largest arms fair in the southern hemisphere at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. Later in the program we bring you some ar…
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This week's show hosted by Johan on Musqueam lands shares recordings from Don't Nuke the Climate's webinar on 3.08.24. We hear from the voices of Scott Ludlam and Trish Frail. We also share an archival recording of John Trudell speaking on Liberation at the Black Hills' Survival Gathering 1980.By Johan Kettle
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On this program we celebrate the fantastic news that the Jabiluka mine lease will not be renewed! On July 26 Minister Monaghan refused Energy Resources of Australia's application for an extension of the Jabiluka lease which means that when the current lease expires on August 11 the site will be protected and arrangements for inclusion back into Kak…
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On the show today we feature part 3 of audio from an online forum held on Tuesday 18th June by the Nuclear Truth Project, entitled, "AUKUS Beyond Borders: global and regional ramifications of the unfolding AUKUS nuclear and military alliance."We'll hear from Ray Acheson, who is living in New York on Turtle Island, and was interviewed for the Radioa…
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On today's show we're looking at the anti military protest movement on this continent with Mercedes Zanker from the Renegade Activists, Tasnim Sammak a Palestinian organiser and Jasper Coen-Hunter from the Blak Peoples Union. First up on the show we bring you Mercedes Zanker and Tasnim Sammak speaking at a protest against the deepening militarisati…
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On the show today we feature audio from a forum held on Tuesday 18th June by the Nuclear Truth Project. The online forum, entitled, AUKUS Beyond Borders: global and regional ramifications of the unfolding AUKUS nuclear and military alliance, was hosted by Dimity Hawkins, Pam Fisher and Rico Robertson.In this show we’ll hear from Teanau Tuiono, a Gr…
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On the show today we feature audio from a forum held on Tuesday 18th June by the Nuclear Truth Project. The online forum, entitled, AUKUS Beyond Borders: global and regional ramifications of the unfolding AUKUS nuclear and military alliance, hosted by Dimity Hawkins, Pam Fisher and Rico Robertson.The forum eatured Dave Sweeney (Australia), Teanau T…
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186. Lucas Patchett on front loaders, friends & founding Orange Sky
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Lucas Patchett on front loaders, friends & founding Orange Sky - To volunteer with Orange Sky, go to orangesky.org.auBy Andrew Leigh
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On today’s show I speak to two teachers involved with Teachers and School Staff for Palestine (TSS4P), Victoria. Teachers and School Staff for Palestine formed last year, building on existing connections forged through Union activism and teachers working for Social Justice, as well as drawing in teachers and school staff who wanted to speak out aga…
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This week we speak with Old Country Calling organiser Manju about the upcoming 'Big Boss Fire Tour - Tribute to Uncle Kev' that will take place on Arabunna country from 22 June - 5 July before travelling to Kokatha country for 7-21 July. We bring you a recording from the late great warrior for peace and justice Arabunna elder Uncle Kevin that was r…
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Today's we bring you nuclear news with Friends of the Earth Australia's National Nuclear-free campaigner Dr. Jim Green. We discuss Dutton's push for nuclear power in Australia; the UK nuclear power construction at Hinkley Point; the growing threat of nuclear war and the latest nuclear waste threat under AUKUS - the Australia, UK and US military pac…
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185. Sean Turnell on Finding Hope in Myanmar's Most Notorious Jail
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185. Sean Turnell on Finding Hope in Myanmar's Most Notorious JailBy Andrew Leigh
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This week we hear about two campaigns at the forefront of opposition to the military expansion on this continent. ‘Native Title Rockets’ Campaign Coordinator and documentary Director Rocky speaks with Priya Kunjan (Thursday Breakfast) about Southern Launch’s Koonibba rocket testing range that has begun commercial operation with its first rocket lau…
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This week's show shares recordings from the Nuclear Truth Project panel hosted at the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance Meeting, 2024. It includes stories of First Nation survival and solidarity from this continent and abroad. Voices include Dimity Hawkins (ICAN Australia), Petuuche Gilbert (Elder of Acoma Puebla), Yalata community in conversation i…
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Part two of the Community Speak out for Peace held at the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance meeting 2024.Strong words from Mitch, Eastern Arrernte and Luritja woman, and a 20 year nuclear free activist who fought a nuclear waste dump proposal for her Country by starting a direct action beside the road. Followed by MUA vice-president Garry Keane, spe…
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In conversation with Ray Acheson: Finding global solidarity against the military industrial complex
An in studio conversation with Ray Acheson, a writer and activist, visiting from their current home of New York. Ray is the director of Reaching Critical Will, a member of the ICAN, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons steering committee, which is the disarmament program of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. We dis…
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In today’s show we share with you audio recorded at the Community Speak out at the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance meeting, March 15-17th.ANFA is a grassroots alliance that has brought together Aboriginal people and civil society groups concerned about existing or proposed nuclear developments in ‘so called’ Australia since 1997. The was the first…
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This week we bring you more presentations from the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance meeting in Wollongong, 16-18 March. We hear from Mirarr representative Corben Mujandi about the long struggle of the Mirrar to end uranium mining in Kakadu and the pressure from mining companies and the Government that continue today. Kirsten Blair who works with th…
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It’s been a year since the Australian government unveiled its AUKUS military pact with the US and the UK that will see it acquire nuclear-powered submarines, forecast to cost up to AU$368 billion. It's a deal that poses serious threat to regional and global health and security, runs counter to our commitment to nuclear non-proliferation and brings …
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184. Tanya Plibersek on crime fictionBy Andrew Leigh
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This week we discuss a Federal Government's public consultation for the “Northern Water Desalination and Pipeline Infrastructure Project” in South Australia that could be critical to the campaign to attain protection for the Mound Springs of the Great Artesian Basin – sacred sites to the Arabunna people who's land BHP draws water from for their Rox…
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Today’s show features audio and discussion about the Teachers and School Staff for Palestine (Vic) March 3rd launch of a Teaching for Palestine resource, and a campaign to boycott STEM programs in Victorian schools sponsored by Weapons companies. We hear an interview by Phuong Tran of 3CR with Elise West, Director of Teachers for Peace and Medical …
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This week we speak to Margaret Wiliamson from No AUKUS Coalition - Victoria about the upcoming weekend of Australia-wide actions opposing the AUKUS deal starting on March 14. We also speak with Dave Sweeney Nuclear-free campaigner with the Australian Conservation Foundation about what's happening with nuclear power being pushed as a climate solutio…
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We speak with Winiata & Karina from Beyond Uranium Canberra about the upcoming Peace Walk Against AUKUS - a month long walk from Port Kembla to Canberra that starts on March 17. They are raising funds to support the walk so please donate if you can! We are also joned by Maeve Larkins from Students Against War to hear about their protest at the open…
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This show features two interviews concerning people's solidarity actions with Palestine. The first interview is between Inez Winters, from the Thursday Breakfast show on 3CR, and Hume For Palestine member, Waseem Razvi, he speaks about the organising of Hume for Palestine, the rallies they have been holding at HTA (Heat Treatment Australia) In Camp…
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183. Pat Farmer on Running Across Continents
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Pat Farmer on Running Across ContinentsBy Andrew Leigh
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182. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on creatively crunching data and the AI revolution
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On today's program, we will be hearing from Mia Pepper from Nuclear Free WA speaking outside the Deep Yellow AGM in Perth on Friday 24 November. Deep Yellow are the owners of the Mulga Rock uranium project and the proposal would involve the clearing of almost 4,000 hectares of native vegetation that is home to many species including the endangered …
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On today's program, we hear from 3 fantastic community organisers about the work of demilitarisation, countering extractivism and building for peace, justice and the elimination of weapons of mass destruction. Zelda Grimshaw from Wage Peace brings us report backs from recent actions at Defence Minister Richard Marles office in Geelong and Thales Au…
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As we approach the CoP 28, United Nations Climate Change Conference that starts in Dubai on November 30, the nuclear industry continues to promote itself as climate friendly in a massive and well-funded distraction from effective action to address the climate catastrophe.Don’t Nuke the Climate, a global civil society initiative with members and sup…
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The 2023 AGM of BHP Group Limited was held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, on Wednesday 1 November 2023. Arabunna Elder Kevin Buzzacott prepared a statement and today we hear from Donna Abdulla who attended the AGM to present the statement. The wide ranging conversation shows many intersecting issues at …
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181. Dana Suskind on building a parent nation
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Dana Suskind on building a parent nationBy Andrew Leigh
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Arabunna Elder, Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, has returned to be on Country, by the sacred Mound Springs and Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre). In today’s show we feature current recordings of Uncle Kevin, speaking from Country, about the ongoing struggle to protect Country. We also cast back to audio from the 2016 Lizard Bites Back, a protestival at the gates of t…
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This week we bring you recordings from two public events on Collins Street Melbourne that are calling for justice and reparations for those directly impacted by industrial disasters. On 15 September a delegation of First Nations people representing communities experiencing the ongoing consequences of the Mariana tailings dam collapse at BHP's Samar…
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Today we speak with Zelda Grimshaw from Wage Peace about the upcoming ‘Disrupt Sea Forces’ mobilisation that aims to disrupt the naval version of Land Forces, ‘Indo Pacific 2023’ at the Sydney Harbour Convention Centre from 5-9 November. They are welcoming peace and climate justice allies to gather in opposition to the weapons manufacture and to wo…
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On the 15th of October 1953, the first British Atomic test on mainland Australia was undertaken on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands, in the north west of South Australia. 70 years on, the legacy of contamination of the land and the intergenerational health impacts remain unaddressed. First Nations people did not consent to the …
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180. Chris Hammer on writing crime fiction
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On 3 October 2023, I joined Chris Hammer on stage at an ANU / Canberra Times Meet the Author event to discuss crime fiction writing, with a particular focus on his latest book, “The Seven”.By Andrew Leigh
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179. Catharine Lumby on Biography, Betrayal and Bookwriting
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On 28 September 2023, I joined Catharine Lumby on stage at an ANU / Canberra Times Meet the Author event to discuss her new biography of Frank Moorhouse.By Andrew Leigh
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Today on the program we will connect with co-convenors of the newly formed organisation 'Nuclear Free WA', Mia Pepper and KA Garlick, who bring us updates on all things nuclear in Western Australia. They also announce the Nuclear Free West Australia Peace Walk - 2023 on 29 October, that will begin at the WA base of one of the world's largest weapon…
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We're out on the streets again - this time at the Aerospace summit in Ōtautahi Christchurch where attendees were greeted with an unwelcome party. Protesters say the summit is a weapons expo by another name. Learn more about the aerospace industry in Aoteraoa New Zealand, resistence to military rocket launches from Māori land and how AUKUS pillar tw…
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Dr. Jim Green, National Anti-nuclear Campaigner at Friends of the Earth, joins us to discuss the recent visit of UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics & Human Rights. 'Where the Australian Government sees efforts towards stronger regulations to address the risks of chemicals and pollution, communities and civil society denounce the capture of the State f…
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Millions will take to the streets in a global mobilisation to #EndFossilFuels from September 15-17 as political leaders meet in New York City for the UN Secretary General's 'Climate Ambition Summit'. In Melbourne a rally for Whales not Gas is being organised by Extinction Rebellion and Allies of the Victorian Coast to bring the song of the whale to…
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First up we are joined by Margaret Pestorius from Wage Peace Australia to talk about their work, that has seen them be recognised internationally as winner of World Beyond War's Organizational War Abolisher of 2023.We preview their fantastic new podcast series Get Your Armies Off Our Bodies, that shares stories against the war machine, from peace c…
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On Thursday 24th August, 2023, Japan's TEPCO electric company began discharging radioactive waste water into the Pacific. The waste water comes from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which went into meltdown following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in 2011. There is 1.3 million tonnes of water is currently held in tanks at the power pla…
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On today’s Radioactive Show we travel to Meanjin, Brisbane, to hear direct from the nuclear free movement at the Australian Labor Party National Conference. We hear from Gem Romuld, national director for ICAN Australia, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Gem takes us through ICAN’s position coming into the ALP national conferenc…
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On Thursday 10 August, Resources Minister Madeleine King announced that the Federal Government will not be appealing the Federal Court's decision that quashed the declaration of the Napandee nuclear waste dump site in Kimba on July 18. This is the result of the strong resistance of Barngarla Traditional Owners. Today we speak with Aunty Dawn Taylor…
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As the Talisman Sabre military war games held on this continent draw to close and we mark the 78th anniversary of the dropping of a nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki we take a look at the corporate greed and colonisation that see the ongoing manufacture of these weapons and create the conditions for their use.Today we’ll hear from Monaeka Flo…
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178. Michael Brosowski on helping street kids and fighting human trafficking
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To make a donation to support Blue Dragon Children Foundation, go to www.bluedragon.org Michael’s blog is at lifeisalongstory.comBy Andrew Leigh
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In one blinding moment in July 1945 on the white sand desert of New Mexico, humanity entered the nuclear age. Project Trinity was the first nuclear explosion, paving the way for the nuclear incineration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki three weeks later, and the ensuing arms race that plagues us still. The communities living near the Trinity site are know…
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177. Emma Johnston on seas, science and sailing
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Emma Johnston on seas, science and sailingBy Andrew Leigh
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