Disrupt Land Forces, A Nuclear-Free Future, Precarious Dwelling and the Ongoing Housing Crisis

Tuesday, 25 June 2024 - 7:00am to 8:30am

We hear from Mai Saif, a Palestinian woman born in the West Bank, part of Free Palestine Melbourne and Palestine Community Association Victoria, who spoke at the Disrupt Land Forces public meeting on 21 June 2024. In her speech, Mai speaks about the realities and consequences of "Australia" being complicit in the current Palestinian genocide through weapons exportation.

Sanne de Swart, Coordinator of Friends of the Earth's Nuclear Free Collective, speaks about the Coalition's nuclear energy proposal, the destructive impacts that nuclear would have on our communities and our environment as well as the long history of First Nations activism and organising against the nuclear and uranium mining industries.

Priya Kunjan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at RMIT and 3CR Thursday Breakfast presenter, speaks about their research project, Precarious Dwelling: Encounters with the housing crisis ARC Discovery Project; home ownership within the context of racial capitalism and settler colonisation in "Australia"; and their upcoming event, No Place Like Home: Australia’s Housing Affordability Crisis, which will be held on 27 June 2024 at the Wheeler Centre.

We hear from Marisol Salinas Caicheo, who is a proud Mapuche Huilliche Indigenous activist from Wallmapu and Puelmapu (Chile and Argentina), member of LASNET (Latin American Solidarity Network), and longtime 3CR volunteer broadcaster (Spanish-language program Mujeres Latinoamericanas). Marisol also spoke at the Disrupt Land Forces public meeting that took place on 21 June 2024. In this speech, Marisol speaks of the importance of organising against militarisation as well as the need for a globalised struggle against imperialism.

Songs:

Texas Ain't That Far, Is It Dear? - Jem Cassar-Daley [3.36]

Blak Nation - Emma Donovan [3.11]

You Wore It Better - Nehmasis [1.56]

Anti-Nuclear Resources:

Don't Nuke the Climate website

Don't Nuke the Climate Facebook Page

Don't Nuke the Climate Instagram Page

Friends of the Earth's statement on climate announcement and Gippsland says NO to nuclear petition. Wendy Farmer from Voices of the Valley and Friend's of the Earth's Yes 2 Renewables is doing some great work in the La Trobe Valley on this.

Australian Conservation Foundation has an email the Coalition action and just published two reports

Power games: Assessing coal to nuclear proposals in Australia (30-page report)

Why nuclear power will never be right for Australia (10 page report)

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