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Stepping Out for Peace: A history of CANE and PND (WA)
| Author | B.Kearns |
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| Classification | 4.22.0.00/12 (AUSTRALIA - GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
Introduction DAVE WORTH: This book was made possible by a 2001 Lotteries Commission Grant dedicated to recording the highlights of the twenty-year history of People for Nuclear Disarmament (WA) and its forerunner the Campaign Against Nuclear Energy. Based primarily on oral history interviews conducted by Leonie Stella, Barbara Kearns and myself, with fourteen former coordinators and activists, it records the remarkable shift in public attitudes to nuclear issues, which occurred at the end of the twentieth century, in Western Australia and beyond. This change was part of a global awakening to the interconnectedness of all environmental concerns and is a vital and vibrant part of our community's social history. Several of the activists interviewed have been directly involved in collating this history. We have scoured the CANE and PND collections at the Battye Library and Murdoch University for the details missing from our reminiscences and, in some instances, have re-worked excerpts of our own interviews, in order to form a more cohesive text. The quotes used therefore, are all our own words, even though they may vary occasionally from the original interviews, which have since been lodged in the Battye Library. We hope that future generations of activists, facing their own political and social battles, may be further motivated by the stories of what can be achieved against overwhelming odds. They may also find some practical ideas to help their own campaigns.
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