EPISODE · Jun 24, 2023
Wasted! Global nuclear weapons spending
from Radioactive Show · host Guests: Alicia Sanders-Zakre, Sanne Deswart, Phuong. Presenter: Michael Stubbs.
On 12 June, 2023 the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons released the report "Wasted: 2022 Global Nuclear Weapons Spending", showing that global spending on nuclear weapons increased in 2022 to $82.9 billion! We speak with Alicia Sanders-Zakre, report co-author and Policy and Research Coordinator at ICAN.We also bring you an interview by Phuong from 3CR's Tuesday Breakfast Show with Sanne Deswart, Coordinator of the Nuclear Free Collective at Friends of the Earth Melbourne, about the work of the collective and their upcoming fundraiser event: '25 years since Jabiluka Blockade - No to AUKUS Art Auction'.Find the event of Facebook here.We also played the track 'Keep On Pushing Back' by Mat Ward from his newly released album called 'Climate Wars – an album for the end of times', available on bandcamp.Thanks to everyone that supported 3CR and The Radioactive Show Radiothon fundraiser. If you would like to donate please go to the crowdraiser.
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On 12 June, 2023 the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons released the report "Wasted: 2022 Global Nuclear Weapons Spending", showing that global spending on nuclear weapons increased in 2022 to $82.9 billion! We speak with Alicia Sanders-Zakre, report co-author and Policy and Research Coordinator at ICAN.We also bring you an interview by Phuong from 3CR's Tuesday Breakfast Show with Sanne Deswart, Coordinator of the Nuclear Free Collective at Friends of the Earth Melbourne, about the work of the collective and their upcoming fundraiser event: '25 years since Jabiluka Blockade - No to AUKUS Art Auction'.Find the event of Facebook here.We also played the track 'Keep On Pushing Back' by Mat Ward from his newly released album called 'Climate Wars – an album for the end of times', available on bandcamp.Thanks to everyone that supported 3CR and The Radioactive Show Radiothon fundraiser. If you would like to donate please go to the crowdraiser.
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