NO
MORE RADIO-ACTIVE GENOCIDE GATHERING
14th JULY-18th JULY 2003 (SET-UP CAMP JULY 13th)
Australia is plagued by an expansionist nuclear industry: Ranger, Roxby-Downs,
Beverley, Honeymoon uranium mines; a new nuclear reactor and a dump to
take it's waste. Aussie uranium is poisoning land and people, fuelling
nuclear weapons and reactors and killing thousands of Iraqi, Afghani and
Kosovo civilians in the form of depleted uranium.
The aim of this gathering is to come together and:
· forge a strong, respectful alliance between
indigenous and non-indigenous peoples to confront the nuclear industry.
· promote understanding / organising around the anti-nuke big picture.
· organise immediate and ongoing ACTION!
Activities will include respectful discussion, music,
films etc…
To fit in with the wishes and location of participating
indigenous people, the Gathering will be held 26km out of Broken Hill
in Silverton, NSW. Broken Hill is centred between major capital cities,
accessible by public transport and near major nuclear sites. This area
is Barkinjil land upon which we have been welcomed. We will stay in Penrose
Park: a beautiful, bush, camping ground complete with showers, toilets,
BBQs, kitchen, cooking fires, playgrounds.
The Gathering will be ALCOHOL FREE-please respect!
BYO: tent, food, extra water, hat etc…, communal
kitchen, cost $4 per day.
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The Gathering is being organised by a network of
grassroots indigenous and non-indigenous people including the Adnyamathnya
people, Uncle Kevin Buzzacott-Arabunna Elder and NUS Environment
Department.
"We don't want uranium from our country to
be used to hurt other people. The Aboriginal experience with uranium
mining continues to result in genocide of our community and destruction
of our homelands and country.
"Our future depends on all our cultures remaining
strong. Our cultural values cannot be traded for money" From
Declaration of the first Alliance Against Uranium meeting, Alice
Springs, 1997.
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