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DESCRIPTION:The traumatic health and environmental impacts of uranium minin
 g on the Diné (Navajo) peoples of the American Southwest in the late 20th
  century have become well-known cases of radioactive injustice.  Yet much 
 less recognized is how Diné experiences with uranium were also significan
 t on a global stage.  This paper examines the revealing trans-Pacific and 
 trans-Indigenous networks forged among Diné and allied activists from Jap
 an and various Pacific Island nations in the late 1970s and early 1980s.  
 First\, through their shared experiences of nuclear suffering\, Diné anti
 -uranium activists found common ground with Japanese actors from an array 
 of environmental\, anti-nuclear\, and peace movements.  Solidarities and p
 ersonal bonds were developed at rallies\, workshops\, and conferences acro
 ss the U.S. and Japan – from the Navajo Reservation to Nagasaki.  Moreov
 er\, through these exchanges\, Diné participants’ personal accounts of 
 uranium mining’s toxic toll had a transformative effect on many Japanese
  activists’ understanding of the nature and scope of global nuclear prob
 lems.  These dialogues helped foster a growing awareness within Japanese a
 nti-nuclear and peace organizations of the need to expand activist efforts
  beyond conventional concerns over bombs and energy production\, to confro
 nt all stages of the nuclear fuel cycle and their toxic impacts – from u
 ranium mining on Indigenous lands in North America to nuclear waste dumpin
 g’s effects on Pacific Islanders.  At the same time\, Diné activists wo
 rked alongside Indigenous actors from across the Pacific\, at internationa
 l fora in Japan and beyond\, to highlight for global audiences the unique 
 toxic predicaments and vulnerabilities of Indigenous people worldwide.
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LOCATION:Room 403 PC Desk (Seats 30)
SUMMARY:Rethinking Global Anti-Nuclearism in the 1970s and 1980s: Activist 
 Solidarities among Diné (Navajo)\, Japanese\, and Pacific Islanders - Jac
 ob Tropp
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/KXTNLF/
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