Native Musician Rodney Brown releases music video for up to date “Freight Practice Derailed“

THUNDER BAY – Native musician Rodney Brown has launched a brand new music video that protests the transportation and storage of spent nuclear materials in Northwestern Ontario. 

Brown, in collaboration with Surroundings North and We the Nuclear Free North and with assist from Ryan McDonald, from the Sincere Coronary heart Collective and videographer Chad Kirvin, Brown says he was in a position to re-record his track, Freight Practice Derailed, and shoot new footage for the music video. 

There have been ongoing protests round Northwestern Ontario opposing the potential burying of nuclear waste close to Ignace and Brown, who’s an activist himself, says he was approached by Peter Lang from Surroundings North to create a music video to convey consciousness to the state of affairs. 

The video options clips from a current protest in Thunder Bay the place Nuclear Free Thunder Bay held a walk from MP Patty Hajdu’s office to MPP Lise Vaugeois’ office  

Brown says the track may be very becoming for the state of affairs, including that it’s in regards to the risks of transportation of hazardous materials. 

“Nuclear waste is a really, very harmful factor, they’re not likely certain what to do with it. We and others would really like them to maintain it the place it’s as an alternative of going by means of all of the processes of transportation, you understand, they’re speaking about transportation by rail or truck,” he stated. 

“If it turns into a global web site, they’re going to in all probability transport by ship up the Nice Lakes, possibly throughout the Atlantic, who is aware of.” 

Brown says music is a worthwhile instrument to let the group know what’s going on on the earth, and songs can wield a variety of affect on individuals, and he provides that he hopes the music video evokes others to talk up and are available out to protest. 

“You recognize, it is disappointing; generally we expect our voices aren’t being heard, particularly when the current authorities decides that they need to construct one other nuclear energy plant once they nonetheless have not discovered precisely what to do with all of the wastes,” he stated. 

“So, I hope individuals assume twice, hopefully this track makes them assume twice about what is going on on and possibly they’re going to turn into extra concerned.”