Radioactive Show

Today is a special Nakba Day show, highlighting the recent struggle of Palestinians in Jerusalem against displacement and the settler colonial violence of the Israeli state. I’ll share with you a talk given by Badour Hassan and Aseel Albajeh, who talk about the resistance of Sheikh Jarrah families to forced eviction from their homes in East Jerusalem and the broader Palestinian resistance to colon...

Today we speal with Zelda and Porobibi from the Make West Papua Safe campaign about Disrupt Land Forces. A festival of resistance to the Land Forces Defence Exposition that runs from May 28-June 3 in Meanjin, Brisbane on the lands of the Jagera people. #disruptlandforces

On this radioactive show, we take a look at the work done by aboriginal people around Australia caring for Country. This work is not only mostly unpaid, but also comes at enormous personal cost. While on May Day people around the world stand in solidarity with workers, it is important that unpaid workers are also remembered and acknowledged. We hear from Kuyani woman Regina McKenzie about her work...

Features audio from series of Inependent and Peaceful Australia Network webinars on Australia and US alliance. We’ll hear an introduction by Kelly Tranter followed by a speech from Vince Scappatura, Politics and International Relations Professor at Macquarie Unitersity. To find out more about the IPAN Inquiry: https://ipan.org.au/the-ipan-inquiry/https://independentpeacefulaustralia.com.au/   

  Today we hear from Lee Tan, who is working with Aid/Watch to stop the radioactive activities of  Australian company Lynas Rare Earths in both Western Australia and Malaysia. Lynas seem to be getting special treatment in both Malaysia and Australia for geopolitical reasons, yet the potential impacts on human and environmental health are enormous. While rare earths are important for many renewable...

  On this Radioactive Show, to coincide with World Water Day, Ayumi Fukakusa, the Climate Change and Energy campaigner at Friends of the Earth Japan talks about the proposal to release radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean. Sign the PetitionWatch Video by the Fukushima Mieruka Project called Fishermen from Fukushima "Don't dump 'contaminated water'!" Music creditRankin & Dub Ainu...

On this show, we hear a detailed description of how the disaster unfolded by Dr Philip White, who is an expert in Japanese nuclear power policy and was living in Tokyo at the time of the disaster. In the second part of the show we hear from Kirsten Blair, a non-Indigenous woman who works as media officer for the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, which represents the rights of Mirrar people. She s...

We hear from Aunty June Mills - Larrakia elder speaking about the community campaign against gas fracking proposed for the Beetaloo Basin in the Nothern Territory.  This speech is from an online forum ‘Protecting Country from Gas & Fracking in so called "Australia" that was part of the Beyond Mining Counter Conference organised by Blockade IMARC on Friday 27 November, 2020.The project led by Origi...

Anangu Spinifex woman, Debbie Carmody, shares the story of the her people’s displacement after the nuclear weapons testing at Maralinga in South Australia. Debbie is a Traditional Owner of Mulga Rock, east of Kalgoorlie, which is currently under threat from a uranium mine proposed by mining company Vimy resources. This recording is one of two taken from the Yellow Cake country webinar “Maralinga t...

Anangu Spinifex woman, Debbie Carmody, shares the story of the her people’s displacement after the nuclear weapons testing at Maralinga in South Australia. Debbie is a Traditional Owner of Mulga Rock, east of Kalgoorlie, which is currently under threat from a uranium mine proposed by mining company Vimy resources. This recording is one of two taken from the Yellow Cake country webinar “Maralinga t...

 On December 30, 2020, in a joint police and military operation, Tumandok indigenous leaders were tortured and shot in their homes. 16 others were arrested. Some were over 70 years old. These Tumandok people were branded terrorists because they were opposed to the construction of the Jalaur Mega Dam. On today’s show, we hear from May Kotsakis from the Philippines Australia Solidarity Association a...

On this episode of the Radioactive show, we bring you recordings from some speeches and interviews from Invasion Day.  We hear from Celeste Liddle and Tish King in Naarm, or so-called melbourne, Regina Mckenzie in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, and Tameeka Tighe in Sydney.  

 This episode of the Radioactive Show is a repeat of a show that originally went to air in August 2020. It was produced by Emma Crunch and features interviews with two organisers for peace, Annette Brownlie of the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN), and Margie Beavis from the Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW). Annette speaks about RIMPAC 2020, which is the Rim of...

Independent and Peaceful Australia, or IPAN, advocate for an Australia free of foreign military bases and free of interventions by other foreign governments, corporations or vested interests that seek to exert undue influence in shaping Australia’s foreign and defence policies in a manner that diminishes Australia's sovereignty. They have recently launched A People’s Inquiry - Exploring the case f...

As part of 3CR’s 16 Days of Action against Gender-Based Violence we're joined by Dimity Hawkins and Marianne Hanson to discuss nuclear weapons, gender and the feminist ‘Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons’ that was introduced by the UN in 2017 and that will finally see nuclear weapons made illegal under international law on 22 January 2021.Marianne Hanson who has been teaching at Uni QLD...

In this show, I speak with Del Cuddihy and Valerie Joy from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) in Brisbane, who travelled over 3000 kms via plane, train and bus across regional Queensland, promoting the ICAN Cities Appeal and encouraging remote towns and shires to sign on in support of the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty.https://icanw.org.au/cities/https://www.wilpf.org.au/

On this week’s program we speak to Smriti Keshari, who is an Indian-American director and artist whose work covers a spectrum of the moving image from traditional, linear filmmaking to art installations. We discuss her acclaimed multi-media installation, the bomb, which was heralded as “a stunning avant-garde approach to a plea for nuclear disarmament.”  the bomb is an immersive film, music and ar...

Repeat show: Hear from Tjiwarl woman, Vicki Abdullah who was one of the recipients of this years Australian Conservation Foundation's 2019 Rawlinson award winner with her two aunties, Shirley and Lizzie Wonyabong. You will also hear from Mia Pepper who travelled with Aunty Shirley and Vicki to receive the award at ACF’s annual general meeting. KA also gives campaign wrap and where each of the four...

  This week we hear an interview about the Sentencing of 2 of the 7 Plow Shares activists in the United States. The Kings Bay Plowshares 7 performed an action as part of their campaign for nuclear disarmament two years ago inside the Kings Bay Trident Submarine base in southern Georgia. 3CRs Jan Barlett spoke to Brian Terrell, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Non Violence. Read an article abo...

The Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Bill 2020 has had little media coverage despite concerns the bill will erode human rights and vastly expand government powers to use the military domestically. Activist and Lawyer Kellie Trantor has been an outspoken critic of the proposed legislation - she says “This bill fails to properly define ‘other emerg...

On this weeks episode listen to highlights from the recent Yellowcake Country webinar - Don't Nuke the Climate. An excellent panel of speakers to hear about why nuclear power is not the answer to climate change, the solutions and an update on the Federal environment legislation - EPBC Act that is currently under review includes, Fremantle MP, Josh Wilson speaks on the findings and outcomes from th...

 RIMPAC, the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, is the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise. There is a strong movement to stop RIMPAC, even in lockdown.  On today’s show, we hear from some speakers from the Koa Futures: A Demilitarized Pacific Future. The webinar was organised by the cancel RIMPAc coalitionGet in touch with the Cancel RIMPAC crew via facebook To show your support for...

We catch up with stalwart legends of the nuclear free movement, honorary presidents of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance, Arabana man Uncle Kevin Buzzacott and Kokatha Mula woman, Aunty Sue Coleman Haseldine. You’ll hear strong words in these troubled times as we get updates about their struggles on Country and some advice on staying the distance. Australian Nuclear Free Alliance 

Barry Wakelin shares his story about how the government’s attempt to put a radioactive waste dump in his community made him a de-liberalised Liberal and how the site selection process “makes the sports rorts look like petty cash”. From politician in Canberra to the frontline of the campaign to stop a waste dump being sited on agricultural land in his community of Kimba.