Radioactive Show

On this weeks show we speak with Lyn Hovey - activist, artist and curator of the Arabunna gallery in Marree about the upcoming launch of her friend and Arabunna man, Reg Dodd’s, book 'Talking Sideways'.We also hear from Mara Bonacci - community organiser for Friends of the Earth’s SA No waste dump campaign gives for an insight on future directions and how to get involved.

On this Radioactive Show we look at the ongoing role and important contributions of the Maritime Union of Australia in the nuclear and peace campaigns in this country.  We’ll hear from Jamie Newlyn, the state secretary of the MUA’s South Australian Branch as well as from Nat Wasley, who has been active in the nuclear free movement in Australia for many years and is now also an active rank and file...

In 1987, the signing of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty between US and Russia, was pivotal in ending the Cold War and the arms race that had seen a massive build up of nuclear weapons with the superpowers subscribing to a doctrine of mutually assured destruction.  With Trump and Putin announcing their withdrawal from the treaty this month and fears of another cold war or global arms r...

Young Mirrar Traditional Owners talk about the future of Jabiru and Kakadu beyond uranium mining, 20 years on from the Jabiluka mine win and with uranium ore processing coming to an end at Ranger uranium mine in 2021. Today we hear Simon and Jimmy Mujandi speaking alongside some activists deeply involved in the Jabiluka campaign Dave Sweeney, Sarojini Krishnapillai and Kirsten Blair at a film scre...

Today we are joined by Dr. Jim Green - National Anti-nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth for an update on the state of play for the nuclear industry internationally and a look ahead to nuclear free campaigning in Australia for the coming year.   Jim is the editor of the World Information Service on Energy's Nuclear Monitor.  Read online or subscribe www.wiseinternational.org.  To sign up...

A show exploring the ALP's adoption of a new policy platform, commiting them to Australia's signing and ratification of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, if elected in 2019. Featuring audio from the ALP National Conference which was held in Adelaide, in December 2018. Speeches and interviews with Karina Lester, a Yankunytjatjara Anangu woman from APY lands, Gem Romuld, Australia...

On this show we hear recordings from the press conference ATLA, the Adnyamathanha Traditional Lands Association, held on Tuesday 18th December 2018 about the formal complaint they lodged with the Human Rights Commission about the way that Adnyamathanha people have been treated as part of the federal government’s push to site a radioactive waste facility near a sacred women’s site on their country....

Cedar is a young person scared for the future of their climate. So Cedar decided to put their body on the line to slow down coal exports. Here's their story.

This radioactive show features some of the speakers from the Don’t Dump on SA rally held on the steps of Parliament House in Adelaide on 3rd November. Over 1000 people from all over South Australia and beyond came together to say no, to tell the federal government to take all the sites in SA off the table and to hold a full independent inquiry into the best way to manage our most dangerous waste....

Over in Western Australia, the nucelar free campaign are celebrating 10 years since former Premier Colin Barnett lifted the ban on uranium mining in the State.  10 years ago, uranium was promoted as being a new mining sector that would be like 'iron ore on steroids' but with collective efforts of resistance, solidarity and tireless campaigning the uranium sector has been halted in WA.  On this wee...

Why is there so much opposition from queer people and their communities to the nuclear industry? A show inspired by artist Jessie Boylan's recent essay, 'This Is Not Nowhere', about Queer resistance to the nuclear industry. Jessie Boylan’s essay featured photos and quotes from 5 queer identifying nuclear free activists, including Jessie herself. The show features an interview with Jessie followed...

Today we head out onto the streets to hear voices from the community rally at the opening of the International Mining and Resources Conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre on Tuesday 30th October.  We hear from Lucho Riquelme from the Latin American Solidarity Network, Rebecca Hayden and Anthony Amis from the Rainforest Action Group and AC Hunter from Friends of the Earth's Nuclear-free camp...

Over the weekend of 19-21 October 2018, members of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA) met on Kaurna and Peramangk country in the Adelaide Hills. Dozens of Aboriginal Nations and civil society organisations were represented; people came together to share stories, strategy and solidarity at ANFA’s 21st annual gathering. On this radioactive show we hear a snapshot of the uranium industry in...

Twenty years ago the Mirarr traditional owners of parts of Kakadu and Western Arnhem land invited protestors to stand with them on country against the Jabiluka mine at the peak of a 10 year long campaign that saw the mine stopped.20 years on, with the Ranger uranium mine coming to a close, the Mirarr are planning to transition the township of Jabiru to a future beyond mining that supports Binnij c...

On this Radioactive Show we hear from the Leonora Public Meeting held on Wongatha country, that was held after this years Walkatjurra Walkabout in the Goldfields of Western Australia. The public meeting was held on Saturday 1st September in Leonora, Goldfields, Western Australia.  It shed light on WA's nuclear free campaign and the proposed Yeelirrie and Wiluna uranium mines and the radioactive wa...

This show is about the history of African American resistance to nuclear weapons. Professor Vincent Intondi isDirector of the Institute for Race, Justice, and Civic Engagement in Maryland in the US, and Author of the book 'African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement'. He is speaking here about that book connecting racial injustice, nuclear injus...

On this Radioactive Show we hear about the Black Mist Burnt Country art exhibition and symposium which was organised by Burrinja Cultural Centre. The symposium was held on Saturday 9th September in Adelaide.  It shed light on South Australia’s nuclear history and related environmental and social effects: ranging from the British atomic tests at Maralinga in the 1950s and 1960s, to the effects of u...

On this show I speak with Candyce Paul. Candyce is a mother, a grandmother, an educator, and a protector - not an environmentalist nor activist - responding to a serious threat to ALL future generations. She and her family are members of English River First Nation, Denesuline, and are still gleaning their sustenance from the lands and waters of LaPlonge Reserve in northwestern Saskatchewan. She is...

Activists have gathered in Newcastle to push for an end to coal and calling for the Governments to radically tackle this dire problem. They're willing to risk arrest and doing lots of dishes....

On Sunday 2nd September about 100 people gathered at Victorian parliament to send off a group of cyclists travelling to Canberra as a part of the ICAN Nobel Peace ride. ICAN is of course the international Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, an organisation that began in Melbourne just over 10 years ago and who, less than a year ago, won the Nobel Peace prize for their work towards a nuclear weapo...

Today we bring you an interview with Tilman Ruff from International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) about the Nobel Peace Ride.  The Nobel Peace Ride will take the Nobel Peace Prize medal won by ICAN all the way from the birthplace of ICAN in Naarm Melbourne departing Sunday 2nd September, to Canberra arriving 20th September . ICAN is working hard to gather signatures for the UN weapons...

Recordings form the 'Walk The Walk - Dump the Dump' Rally and March in Port Augusta on Sunday 19th August. Featuring Vivienne, Regina and Heather McKenzie - Adnyamathanha, Linda and Harry Dare - Barnagala, and Dr Susan Andersson - Flinders Local Action Group. Recordings by Mara Bonacci.https://www.foe.org.au/waste

I’m Michaela and one todays program we’ll be getting an update on the proposed nuclear waste dump in south Australia as the campaign continues to heat up with legal action by the Barngala traditional owner group putting on hold a community ballot that was set to start on Monday. First up I spoke with Friends of the Earth's ACE Nuclear-free Collective coordinator AC Hunter, who has just returned fr...

A brief analysis of the Australian anti-war movement and what might need to happen to build a movement to curb war and promote environmental sustainability.

This radioactive show we commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by sharing Seksuko Thurlow's story of survival from that devastating event. This is from a recording of an event heldin March 2017, at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, part of SOAS University of London. The original video recording can be found here: https://www.soas.ac.uk/cisd/events/21...