From "Footprints for Peace", Australia
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The last week has been amazing and we have come out of the dirt road walking being led through country by
Kado Muir and many visits on the walk from other local Traditional Custodians from the area.
We are now in Leanora and have been welcomed by many here and treated to an Amazing BBQ at Richard & Sandra Evans.
The country here has been some of the most beautiful country that I have ever seen in my life.
It is hard to belive that BHP, Toro and other companies want to destroy this country for uranium mining.
The impact of other mining in this area is very evedent around us and it is easy to see the mines that have just been abandoned.
Uranium is such at different substance with its long life of radiactive materials that will poison the land for a thiusand generations to come..
We have already witnessed the tactics of these companies and have heard from the Traitional elders how their perants and uncles & Aunties stopped
them from mining uranium here decades ago and how much passion and strength there is in the communities here to stop it from happening again..
We need o understand that this country is something very special that the people here have been fighting for and will continue to fight for.
We must all come together and stand with the people from this area to not allow the Government and uranium mining companies to come in and push their
weight around.
At the end of the day they will destroy this land to send the poision over to another country for use in Nuclear power and weapons..
WE CAN STOP IT.....
PLEASE JOIN US ON THE WALK....
There are currently 40 people walking from Wiluna to Perth including special guests from France, the US and New Zealand and Traditional Owners.
Please join them as they walk into Kalgoorlie in a few weeks.
This is a great opportunity to meet Traditional Owners who are battling to save their country from a nuclear future,
as well as amazing activists from around the globe with news about the nuclear industry globally.
The weekend events will also include talks from Labor and Greens MPs who have been supporting the
"Walk Away From Uranium Mining-Towards Aboriginal Sovereignty"
We have confirmed the bus to Kalgoorlie leaving Perth on the 15th September and returning on the 19th.
See below the schedule for the Kalgoorlie weekend
Thursday 15th September
9am Leave East Perth Station
6pm Arrive at Camp with Walkers (20km north of Kalgoorlie)
Friday 16th September
Morning- Walk into Kalgoorlie
Evening- Camp at Wongutha Birni Aboriginal Centre
Saturday 17th September
Day with the Walkers meet and greet
Sunday 18th September
1-3pm public meeting- Centennial Park Kalgoorlie
Speakers, Face Painting, BBQ
Monday 19th September-
9am- Bus to Perth or/
Stay and keep walking J
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TAKE ACTION
No Uranium Mining in Wiluna- sign the submission to the EPA
JUMP on the Bus from Perth and back to be part of the "Walk Away From Uranium Mining- Towards Aboriginal Sovereignty" as they head in to Kalgoorlie.
We have confirmed the bus to Kalgoorlie leaving Perth on the 15th September and returning on the 19th.
Great opportunity to be part of the walk meet activists from France, USA and New Zealand as well as inspiring Traditional Owners who need your support
in this fight to keep WA nuclear free.
Call 0415380808 to book your seat on the bus
Dave Sweeney of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) wants to see you on the streets of Berlin come September 18th at the Anti-Atom Demonstration. Find out more at nuking the climate.
