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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 19^(th) episode, found at our website.

# Eastern TN Nuclear Links

Scott Perez [article](https://app.box.com/s/5bx5k5qojhegrmtx46q00zvzkmjmsx9j) on “economic hostages” available thanks to [Dine CARE](https://www.dine-care.org/nuclear-waste-1)
Dr. Michael Ketterer’s filings on behalf of ECAN (Erwin Citizens Awareness Network) with National Regulatory Commission related to, among other things, levels of radioactivity in the Nolichucky River: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2231/ML22319A251.pdf
Eastern TN Community Coalition: [ETNCC.org](https://ETNCC.org/)
wise-uranium.org
[Plowshares Movement wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plowshares_movement)
A book about the Transform Now Plowshares action in Oak Ridge, TN

# The Ulm 5 Case in Germany

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After this, you’ll hear a recording from May 14^(th), 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

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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:

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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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# Featured Track:

TFSR by [The Willows Whisper](https://soundcloud.com/willows-whisper)
Certain Kind of Bounce by The Willows Whisper

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Support Defendants & Prisoners From the George Floyd Uprisings

Khalif Miller – Pennsylvania

Follow @freekhalifphilly on Instagram, and support this fundraiser for Khalif’s commissary. “Khalif Miller is a political prisoner serving time for his role in the 2020 rebellion in Phi…

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Clare Follman on Humans in Nature and How We Imagine Belonging

[The book cover of \\"Scapegoat::What the Invasive Species Story Gets Wrong\\" showing a number of animals and plants with X's across them, plus \\"TFSR 8-2-26 | Clare Follman on Humans in Nature and How We Imagine Belonging\\"](https://preview.redd.it/immutyx9wzgh1.jpg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4bb081fbcab5813d6d5f2d6079f45e314b53b11)

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This week we’re sharing a conversation with Clare Follman, a writer, activist and gardener with a masters in environmental science about her 2026 AK Press book, [*Scapegoat: What the Invasive Species Story Gets Wrong*](https://firestorm.coop/products/24645-scapegoat.html?referral=FinalStraw). The conversation covers questions of ecological balance, belonging, linguistic clarity and the stories we tell about our relationship to the rest of nature.

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# Featured Track:

* TFSR by [The Willows Whisper](https://soundcloud.com/willows-whisper)

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