Box 98, Item 1865: Richard Routley to The Editor, ANU Reporter, 10 Feb 1981
Title
Box 98, Item 1865: Richard Routley to The Editor, ANU Reporter, 10 Feb 1981
Subject
Typescript letter, with emendations. Letter on a Australian National University letter head. Richard Routley (later Sylvan) writes about ANU’s "…abandoned any semblance of neutrality on the issue of nuclear and uranium mining…", through the promotion of Professor Ringwood and "his pro-nuclear position", and the purchase of shares in uranium mining. Sylvan suggests some possible ways staff could protest.
Creator
Source
The University of Queensland's Richard Sylvan Papers UQFL291, Box 98, Item 1865
Date
February 10, 1981
Contributor
This item was identified for digitisation at the request of The University of Queensland's 2020 Fryer Library Fellow, Dr. N.A.J. Taylor.
Rights
For all enquiries about this work, please contact the Fryer Library, The University of Queensland Library.
Format
Letter, [1] leaf. 2.12 MB.
Type
Correspondences
Coverage
Australian National University - Far Bookcase - Second Bay - Second Shelf - Pile 1
Text
The Research Schoot oi Sociai Sciences
Post Office Box 4 Canberra ACT 2600
Telegrams & cables NATUNiv Canberra
Telex AA 62694 sopAC
Telephone 062-49 5111
Department of Philosophy
reference
10 February 1981.
The Editor,
A.N.U. Reporter
Dear Editor,
In the eyes of many the A.N.U. had already abandoned any
semblance of neutrality on the issue of nuclear power and uranium
mining ^me time ago, especially by the use of official university
resources for the promotion of Professor Ringwood and his pro-nuclear
position. Now we have the news that the A.N.U. has even more thoroughly
compromised its neutrality on the issue through the purchase of /2(^0,00^
-weath'TKf shares in uranium mining. In view of the university's use of
its funds and other resources to sponsor nuclear development, the
initials A.N.U. could perhaps be better taken to stand for Australian
Nuclear University.
This suggests some possible ways in which the many people within
the university who object to uranium mining and nuclear development
could protest and express their awareness of and distaste for its pronuclear character, for example:
* Sign published work with the home address to avoid the
embarrassment of being associated with this thoroughly compromised
institution, adding a note to explain why.
* Sign published work 'Australian Nuclear University', appending
a footnote to explain why this name is more appropriate.
* Substitute 'Australian Nuclear University' on letterheads,
envelopes, in letters to colleagues, and in other appropriate places,
so that the character of the university and its political commitments
become more widely known.
No doubt others will be able to think of many appropriate
variations on the theme,
Yours,
Richard Routley.
Post Office Box 4 Canberra ACT 2600
Telegrams & cables NATUNiv Canberra
Telex AA 62694 sopAC
Telephone 062-49 5111
Department of Philosophy
reference
10 February 1981.
The Editor,
A.N.U. Reporter
Dear Editor,
In the eyes of many the A.N.U. had already abandoned any
semblance of neutrality on the issue of nuclear power and uranium
mining ^me time ago, especially by the use of official university
resources for the promotion of Professor Ringwood and his pro-nuclear
position. Now we have the news that the A.N.U. has even more thoroughly
compromised its neutrality on the issue through the purchase of /2(^0,00^
-weath'TKf shares in uranium mining. In view of the university's use of
its funds and other resources to sponsor nuclear development, the
initials A.N.U. could perhaps be better taken to stand for Australian
Nuclear University.
This suggests some possible ways in which the many people within
the university who object to uranium mining and nuclear development
could protest and express their awareness of and distaste for its pronuclear character, for example:
* Sign published work with the home address to avoid the
embarrassment of being associated with this thoroughly compromised
institution, adding a note to explain why.
* Sign published work 'Australian Nuclear University', appending
a footnote to explain why this name is more appropriate.
* Substitute 'Australian Nuclear University' on letterheads,
envelopes, in letters to colleagues, and in other appropriate places,
so that the character of the university and its political commitments
become more widely known.
No doubt others will be able to think of many appropriate
variations on the theme,
Yours,
Richard Routley.
Collection
Citation
Richard Routley, “Box 98, Item 1865: Richard Routley to The Editor, ANU Reporter, 10 Feb 1981,” Antipodean Antinuclearism, accessed April 20, 2024, https://antipodean-antinuclearism.org/items/show/141.