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[...] the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
-Martin Luther King Jr., Beyond Vietnam
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‘Walkatjurra Walkabout – Walking for Country’
is a celebration of Wangkatja country, a testament to the strength of the community who have fought to stop uranium mining at Yeelirrie for over forty years, and a chance to come together to continue share our commitment to a sustainable future without nuclear. It is a chance to reconnect with the land, and to revive the tradition of walking for country.
Walking for country is to reconnect people with land and culture. The Walkatjurra Walkabout is a pilgrimage across Wangkatja country in the spirit of our ancestors so together, we as present custodians, can protect our land and our culture for future generations.
My people have resisted destructive mining on our land and our sacred sites for generations. For over forty years we have fought to stop uranium mining at Yeelirrie, we stopped the removal of sacred stones from Weebo and for the last twenty years we have stopped destruction of 200 sites at Yakabindie. We are not opposed to responsible development, but cannot stand wanton destruction of our land, our culture, and our environment.
We invite all people, from all places, to come together to walk with us, to send a clear message that we want the environment here, and our sacred places left alone.
Kado Muir, Traditional Owner, Yeelirrie
Pastor Geoffrey Stokes from the Wongutha Birni Cultural Center in Kalgoorlie, WA speaks to Keri from the Walk Away From Uranium Mining Towards Aboriginal Sovereignty
“The company is proposing to leave behind in the landscape tens of million of tonnes of very finely powered carcinogenic radioactive waste and they are asking the taxpayer to take on that liability 10 years after the mine closes.”
(A.C.'s blog) How many nuke free activists does it take to change a lightbulb?
Ten. One to change the bulb and nine to make a documentary about it.
More footage from the walk, will give you idea of what life is like for us 
Ilo & Sanne's blog about the walk
It is a pretty varied group under which a Navaho full blood native indian who has participated in the First nations run visiting all first nation in the United States to promote the vsurvival of traditional language and life styles; a new zealand maori elder working with aboriginal communities all over Australia to fight for their rights, land and cultural survival; a young german girl who’s family on a farm next to the railwayline that transports the castors with nuclear waste to a storage place closeby, which she and her family have been fighting for over 30 years.; a French man who spent months on board of a ship near Mururoa in 1975 to protest against the nuclear testing that took place there at that time. Many have been activists for years and years.
My apologies for the hiatus in walk updates, everyone.
I got pretty sick and dehydrated and had to leave for a while. I’m headed back now, so more updates after the 28th!
Sign the petition to stop a uranium mine at Wiluna
Adios.
