Appalachians Against Uranium + the Case of the Ulm 5

Appalachians Against Uranium + the Case of the Ulm 5

This week, we’re sharing two segments.

Appalachians Against Uranium

Photo of protestors in Jonesborough holding signs as BWXT truck drives by, plus "TFSR 7-26-26 | Appalachians Against Uranium on BWXT and Radioactive Weapons Development in Eastern TN"
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First up is a conversation with two activists of Appalachians Against Uranium in eastern Tennessee about the expansion of a nuclear weapons development in Jonesborough in the Tri-Cities near the border with North Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains. For the interview we speak about the legacy of the nuclear industry in the region, health impacts on locals, some of the companies (like BWXT) involved, concerns of pollution and building off the work of past and ongoing civic activism in the region. Find our guests online at their website or find them on bluesky for further information.

If you missed our prior interview talking about other and related elements of the nuclear industries in the US, check out the chat with M.V. Ramana from our July 19th episode, found at our website.

Eastern TN Nuclear Links

The Ulm 5 Case in Germany

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After this, you’ll hear a recording from May 14th, 2026 of journalist Roser Garí Pérez speaking in Freiberg, Germany, about the the case of the Ulm 5: five activists from various countries held in pre-trial detention since September of 2025 in Germany on charges of taking action against an Elbit Systems Deutschland factory in that country. Elbit Systems is an Israeli arms manufacturer whose products bring death to people in Palestine. The defendants have experienced long term isolation, extraordinarily long pre-trial detention without the option of bail. This segment appears in episode 104 of B(A)D News from the A-Radio Network, and was submitted and recorded by Radio Ausbruch from Freiberg

As a note for US listeners, the use of the term protocol in this segment can be translated to mean taken notes. You can keep up on the case, find how to write letters or send support, at https://ulm5.info/ and find updated writings on the case by Roser Garí Pérez on their instagram or their author page at The Left Berlin

Announcement

Support Request by 2020 Uprising Prisoner Khalif Miller

We received correspondence from Khalif Miller who was arrested in Philadelphia. Acording to his GoFundMe, “Khalif was held on pre-trial detention for 2 years and eventually sentenced to 5 years in Federal prison. As he was on probation at the time of his indictment he was additionally given a 1-10 year state sentence for probation violation.” According to his page on UprisingSupport.org, Khalif had this to say:

“I was working, I was trying to get my business up and running, I was going to school. I was doing things not just to help my family, I was trying to help communities. The day that I went to the protest… the night before when I was even making my signs. I spent 4 hours just making signs and writing down a bunch of people who were unfairly killed by police officers. This is something I really feel passionate about.
People say all the time, you can do anything you want in America. You can be whatever you want to be. Growing up, I heard it but I never really believed it because I felt like my resources were limited. The world has so many possibilities. I would like to teach that. That’s one of the things I would like to be able to pass along to the younger generations when I come home.”

Check the show notes for links to how you can write to Khalif and how you can offer him support during this long period of repression.

Write letters:
Smart Communications / PA DOC
Khalif Miller / #QQ9287
SCI Forest
PO Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

Send books:
Khalif Miller
#QQ9287
268 Bricker Road
Bellefonte, PA 16823

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A Long and Deadly Con: Nuclear Power and Weapons with M.V. Ramana

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This week, we’re sharing an interview with M.V. Ramana about Nuclear energy, it’s proposal as a clean option for power generation to counter the fossil fuel industry-exacerbated climate crisis, it’s ties to weapons development and other topics.

Next week, we’ll be sharing a chat with two local activists affiliated with Appalachians Against Uranium and their research on weapons production expansion underway in eastern Tennessee.

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Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on June ‘26 Anti-Immigrant Pogroms in Belfast, Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Ireland

book cover of "Burn Them Out!: A History of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland featuring a photo of right wing riots and fire, plus "TFSR 7-12-26 | Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on June ‘26 Anti-Immigrant Pogroms in Belfast, Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Ireland"
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This week, an interview with Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc about the June 2026 anti-immigrant pogroms in Belfast, a bit about the sectarian legacy they operated in, anti-immigrant riots in the north and south of Ireland, overlaps with fascist organizing locally and abroad as well as antifascism and how it relates to Irish Republicanism. We invite you to check out other books by Pádraig and recent interviews he’s conducted, linked below.

Books (some may not be available new in the US at this time from the link)

Other interviews mentioned

Announcement

Support Flora Anarchist Space in Valparaiso, ¢hile

The Flora Anarchist Space is requesting help staying open. The space for meeting, organizing, and struggle in Valparaíso, a territory dominated by the Chilean State began as an initiative of the 2019 uprising and plays an important role in ongoing community rebelliousness: https://www.firefund.net/espacioflora

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Prairieland Defendants Federal Sentencing plus Flock Sabotage in the Great Lakes

This week, we’re sharing two segments on the episode: updates on the federal sentencing in the Prairieland Antifa terrorism case; followed by a discussion of a recent anti-Flock surveillance sabotage case in the Great Lakes region.

Prairieland Federal Sentencing Updates

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First up, two members of the DFW Support Committee return to give a rundown of the sentencing in that case with people receiving decades in relation to a noise demonstration in support of detainees at the Prairieland ICE Detention facility on July 4th of 2025.

This case, framed in terms of Trump’s State Dept declaration of Antifa as a terrorist organization and his NSPM-7 memo titled “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence” declaring the intention to prosecute those motivated to violence by views of “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.”

Links

Great Lakes Anti-Flock action

Then you’ll hear a guest speak about a recent court case involving two individuals in the Great Lakes region who took action against flock surveillance cameras. You’ll hear some insights into the sorts of evidence presented, the defendants experiences of incarceration and how you can send support their way as they do their bid.

You can send funds to support them at @deez_zines on venmo. If you donate $20 or more to the fundraiser, send proof of donation and an address to deez_zines@tutamail.com and you’ll be sent a thank you gift from the support team.

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