02 | The battle lines: 'Greenies' vs workers
The Franklin Dam proposal symbolised a lifeline to struggling
communities on Tasmania's West Coast, recovering from the end of a
mining era. Yet for environmentalists, it symbolised destruction
and greed. In this episode of Saving the Franklin, the battle
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Revisit the biggest environmental movement Australia has ever seen: the 1982 Franklin River Blockade. This story is nuts. Missing people, death threats, savage political moves, young people flooding into Tasmania to put their bodies in front of bulldoz...
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vor 2 Jahren
The Franklin Dam proposal symbolised a lifeline to struggling
communities on Tasmania's West Coast, recovering from the end of
a mining era. Yet for environmentalists, it symbolised
destruction and greed.
In this episode of Saving the Franklin, the battle lines are
drawn between pro-dammers and environmentalists and the State
Government is caught in the middle, until it's forced to act.
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