"Crouched in a ditch with his bike, near the Alice Springs airport, 34-year-old Bob Boughton was about to attempt the craziest political stunt of his life.  It was 1985…" Alex Barwick - Spies in the Outback.

In the era of Ronald Reagan's Star Wars, Pine Gap facility was expanding. Four men kept a US military Galaxy plane from landing at the Alice Springs airport by riding their bicycles on the tarmac.

This morning on the Big Brekky Show, he shared his reflection on the last forty years. Now an adjunct Professor at University of New England, Bob continues his activism in Central Australia, highlighting the anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist dimension of campaigns against Pine Gap and other US bases in the Asia-Pacific region and the solidarity that this movement sought to build with Indigenous and colonised peoples in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Rallies out on the road into Pine Gap are currently planned fortnightly, the next one on Sunday 20 July from 10am. 

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Tim Whiting had a call with 8CCC Big Brekky to tell listeners about this weekend's events. As part of a not-for-profit community organisation, The Brahma Kumaris, he has taught and studied meditation and the supporting philosophy for 26 years.Starting in India in the 1930's the Brahma Kumaris (BKs for short) are a global community who teach meditation and self development. They recently celebrated 50 years of service in Australia. The BKs are the largest spiritual group in the world led by women. Their programs are run on a not for profit basis, funded by voluntary contributions.
Tim has arranged a couple of talks to take place in July at Unit 10/10 Smith Street in Ciccone, free to attend. The topics are; The Gift of the Present (Saturday 19th July from 2:30pm to 4:30pm) and Soul Purpose, (Sunday 20th July 11:30am to 1:30pm). Each of the sessions will include a talk and guided meditation.

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Prashant has been teaching since 1978 and finds it very fulfilling to give this simple but very powerful technique of meditation. In Mparntwe for 10 days, he dropped into the 8CCC Big Brekky Show to tell us more. There is no philosophy or lifestyle change required. It's great for anyone, even those who would not normally consider it. Health improves and it is effortless. 12.30pm today at Corkwood Collective or get in touch and join the 4-day workshop.

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Tonight the Walk-in Cinema at Watch This Space includes a screening of trailers and shorts concerning momentum, opacity and translation including works by Katarina Zdjelar (Serbia), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Mexico), Simon Ward (Aotearoa), Beth Sometimes (Mparntwe) and Ernabella Video and Television (Pukatja, SA) curated by beth. She spoke this morning on the Big Brekky Show about the event, as well as her wider PhD work.

What Happened At The Library is a research-based film project considering how How It Feels is related to What We Know. It revolves around the idea of the library as an imperfect archive and public institution subject to the unruly forces at play in Mparntwe Alice Springs. The project plays with language and the interpretation of language to build a story about neoliberal public management, institutional racism and the liberatory fantasies and possibilities of reading. 

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Launching a regular commitment to highlighting housing and architecture unique to the Centre, 8CCC has teamed up with the local design legends who present Mparntwe Speaks, a series of local events and talks at the Old Hartley Street School. This week, Owen Kelly from Dogspike Design and Architecture joined 8CCC's Kate Lyons- Dawson for the inaugural talk, focused on housing guru Paul Pholeros. A gifted architect, he understood very early in his career the impacts that living environments have on health conditions and this led to Healthabitat. His work continues since his death, thorough Healthabitat and the Paul Pholeros Foundation.

In the lead up to the Regional Architecture Association experience in September the series will continue.

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Wanta Jampijinpa, his father Jerry Jangala Patrick and Marc 'Monkey' Peckham are on the last stage to finish Crown and Country, a transcendental, reflective and deeply enveloping body of work to be released worldwide via ABC Music and French label Akuphone on 1 August 2025. The film shot by filmmaker James Gillot, with support from filmmaker Jeff Bruer, will see its debut screening as part of Darwin Festival’s opening weekend, before travelling to Melbourne to screen as part of the interdisciplinary art festival Now or Never in late August.

Wanta and Monkey Marc took some time out when they passed through Katherine to chat with 8CCC's Kate Lyons- Dawson about the journey this has taken and what it means to be ready to share it. At the heart of Crown and Country is the voice of  Wanta Jampijinpa Pawu-Kurlpurlurnu, from the desert community of Lajamanu in the north Tanami, a critically important figure in contemporary Warlpiri philosophy and research, a leader in cultural education and community-based art, and an international ambassador for Warlpiri culture.

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Kate Walsh, Alice Springs Town Council Manager of Community and Cultural Development was joined by Carmel, the Community Inclusion Officer, to talk to 8CCC Big Brekky listeners about the first stage in Council's Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) framework. Drawing on the national structure to assist organisations to sustainably and strategically take meaningful action to advance reconciliation, they recently completed their Reflect RAP, renamed meeting rooms, based on Arrerndte animals. The chosen animals are Aherre (Red Kangaroo), Arleye (Emu), Yerrampe (Honey Ant), Atywenpe (Perentie), Irretye (Wedge-Tailed Eagle), Artnwere (Dingo) and Unyerre (Thorny Devil)

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