{"id":4666,"date":"2009-07-16T21:25:31","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T11:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=4666"},"modified":"2009-07-16T21:25:31","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T11:25:31","slug":"whatever-would-peter-have-said-to-his-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=4666","title":{"rendered":"Whatever would Peter have said to his God?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I visited the shrine at Hiroshima<\/a>. I know the history of Maralinga<\/a>. And I\u2019ve witnessed the struggle at Jabiluka<\/a>. I have long been opposed to uranium mining, and I remain opposed to it. I am unapologetic about this. In fact, I am proud of it.” ~ Peter Garrett<\/a>, debate on uranium<\/a>, 2007 ALP National Conference, July 31–August 2 | Lessons of Peter Garrett\u2019s evolution: from radical activist to Australian Labor politician<\/a>, James Cogan (SEP candidate for Kingsford Smith [214 votes (0.3%) ~versus<\/em>~ Garrett: 36,565 votes (49.6%)]), wsws.org, October 5, 2004.<\/p>\n

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“Brighter Than a Thousand Suns”<\/p>\n

We are not the sons of God
\nWe are not His chosen people now
\nWe have crossed the path He trod
\nWe will feel the pain of His beginning<\/p>\n

Shadow fingers rise above
\nIron fingers stab the desert sky
\nOh behold the power of man
\nOn its tower ready for the fall<\/p>\n

Knocking heads together well
\nRaise a city build a living hell
\nJoin the race to suicide
\nListen for the tolling of the bell<\/p>\n

Out of the universe, a strange love is born
\nUnholy union, trinity reformed<\/p>\n

Yellow sun its evil twin
\nIn the black the winds deliver him
\nWe will split our souls within
\nAtom seed to nuclear dust is riven<\/p>\n

Out of the universe, a strange light is born
\nUnholy union, trinity reformed<\/p>\n

Out of the darkness
\nBrighter than a thousand suns
\nOut of the darkness
\nBrighter than a thousand suns
\nOut of the darkness
\nBrighter than a thousand suns
\nOut of the darkness
\nBrighter than a thousand suns<\/p>\n

Bury your problems and bury your dead
\nBury your head in the sand
\nE=MC squared you can relate
\nHow we made God with our hands<\/p>\n

Whatever would Robert have said to his God
\nAbout how we made war with the Sun
\nE=MC squared you can relate
\nHow we made God with our hands<\/p>\n

All nations are rising
\nThrough acid veils of love and hate
\nChain letters of Satan
\nUncertainty led us all to this
\nAll nations are rising
\nThrough acid veils of love and hate
\nCold fusion and fury<\/p>\n

Divide and conquer while ye may
\nOthers preach and others fall and pray
\nIn the bunkers where we’ll die
\nWhere the executioners they lie<\/p>\n

Bombers launch with no recall
\nMinute warning of the missile fall
\nTake a look at your last sky
\nGuessing you won\u2019t have the time to cry<\/p>\n

Out of the universe, a strange light is born
\nUnholy union, trinity reformed<\/p>\n

Out of the darkness
\nOut of the darkness
\nOut of the darkness
\nBrighter than a thousands suns
\nOut of the darkness
\nBrighter than a thousand suns
\nOut of the darkness
\nBrighter than a thousand suns
\nOut of the darkness
\nBrighter than a thousand suns
\nOut of the darkness
\nBrighter than a thousand suns<\/p>\n

Holy Father we have sinned<\/p>\n

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The Death of Ilya Borodaenko Commemorated in Several Russian Cities<\/a>
\nCOBA \/ SOVA
\nJuly 22, 2008<\/p>\n

Exactly one year ago yesterday, activist Ilya Borodaenko was murdered during an attack by a group of Nazi skinheads on a ecology protest action to which he was taking part. In his memory<\/a>, groups of people gathered in several Russian towns, among which Irkutsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Samara.<\/p>\n

On July 21, 2007, a group of ecologists in Angarsk (Irkutsk region) had gathered to protest against the development of nuclear energy undertaken by the Russian government, the unsafe storage of radioactive waste, and the growth in capacity of the uranium enrichment enterprise in the town. At 5 a.m., a time when the protesters were sleeping in their tents, about 25 people screaming slogans reported as characteristic of Nazi-skinhead movements, attacked the camp armed with compressed air guns, baseball bats, knives, and iron rods. More than 20 people were arrested in the following few days, but the investigation is not yet over (the underage attackers are not allowed to leave the locality, while the adults are in custody).<\/p>\n

In Novosibirsk, people gathered in the evening in the Pervamaiscaya (First of May) Square; they lit candles underneath Ilya\u2019s portrait, and displayed banners with the slogan \u201cRadiation kills nature, Nazism kills people\u201d.<\/p>\n

In Moscow, close to 30 people gathered on the Mal. Ordynka Street, in front of the administrative building of ROSATOM \u2013 the company against the uranium enrichment projects of which Ilya and his group were protesting. The participants lit candles and declared that \u201cToday we grieve, but tomorrow we will continue our fight [\u2026] against the fascist plague and the atomic mafia\u201d.<\/p>\n

In Irkutsk, about 20 people gathered to honor Ilya\u2019s memory. Three participants, climbed on an apartment building displayed a banner with the inscription \u201cOn July 21, 2007, Ilya Borodaenko was killed by neo-Nazis. We will not forget, we will not forgive!\u201d; the others stood below holding photographs of the activist. However, within half an hour from the commencement of the memorial action, four participants, including an elderly woman, were arrested by the police. According to the officers, the four are accused of \u201cbreaking the rules of conducting meetings, mass actions, and protests\u201d (Article 20, Paragraph 2 of the Russian Penal Code).<\/p>\n

See also<\/em> : New Nukes First Casualty<\/a>, Michael Steinberg, Z Magazine<\/em>, October 2007.<\/p>\n

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Uranium mine linked to US arms dealer<\/a>
\nBen Cubby
\nThe Age<\/em>
\nJuly 16, 2009<\/p>\n

THE new uranium mine approved by Environment Minister Peter Garrett will be owned by a subsidiary of one of the world’s biggest arms dealers. A colourful but reclusive billionaire named James Neal Blue, who helped devise the Predator unmanned aircraft being used in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, is a director of Quasar Resources, the company that will control the Four Mile mine. Quasar Resources is an affiliate of General Atomics, a US weapons and nuclear energy corporation that is chaired by Mr Blue, and reportedly holds $US700 million ($A877 million) in Pentagon contracts. Mr Blue first came to prominence during the 1980s as a self-described “enthusiastic supporter” of US involvement in a covert war against the left-wing government in Nicaragua. Next to the new Four Mile mine is the Beverley uranium mine, which is owned by Heathgate Resources, also affiliated to Mr Blue’s General Atomics…<\/p>\n

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Combat Wombat<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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