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Episode 216: Building Our New World in the Shell of the Old – Transformative Justice

Posted: November 1, 2018 in Uncategorized
Tags: animal activism, Anne-lise Ah-fat, anti-fascism, anti-psychiatry movement, creative activism, family violence, horse racing, me too, medication, mental health, police, prison abolition, sexual assault, The Melbourne Cup, transformative justice, Undercurrent, utopias

Me Too and Transformative Justice, Anne-lise, Jess and Beth

Anne-lise Ah-fat (on the left) who is featured on this episode.

You can listen to this episode above and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. You can also listen to this episode on Stitcher, Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (47mins, 38MB).

This episode features Anne-lise Ah-fat on her work with Undercurrent doing transformative justice in the community, as an alternative to police and prisons.

We also discuss creative activism against fascism and for animals.

Love the creativity of this action against the #MelbourneCup #NupToTheCup https://t.co/uRDoDUzCD4 pic.twitter.com/LeBPTf3gAH

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) October 31, 2018

Links:

Annal-lise’s talk is from the panel discussion ‘Transformative Justice and Me Too’. This is from the Community As Activism event which we covered on episode 213. You can listen to audio of all of the sessions from this event here.
Farshans on the Field – Melbourne Cup Protest! See this year’s event on Facebook and this site + you can read about last year’s event.
Revolutionary Left Radio: Demand Utopia & PopMob: Art, Imagination, & Coalition Building on the Left Coast.
We discussed anti-fascist activism on episode 94.
Check out the documentary Charlottesville: Documenting Hate on SBS On Demand.
Please share around our Melbourne Cup betting “ad” (shown below) on Facebook and Twitter.

We wouldn’t usually encourage people to bet on the #MelbourneCup but we’re making an exception here!

Which horse will be killed first?

Best odds:
Marmelo 4
Jameka 12
Magic Circle 26
Yucatan 34

Place your bet at: https://t.co/s7GwgbHFCt pic.twitter.com/aEPlg0IiNg

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) November 1, 2018

Here are some recent Freedom of Species episodes Nick has done. This is an animal advocacy radio show and you can hear all of these episodes at freedomofspecies.org and on iTunes:

Horse Racing Kills – Protect Horses.
Single Issue Campaigns and Veganism.
Esther Alloun – Animal Activism in Palestine/Israel (also featuring Katie!).

Please spread the word about our show, for example by sharing our episodes on Facebook and Twitter, so they reach more people. Our most recent episode is always our pinned post at the top. Thanks 🙂

Clips:

Ramshackle Glory ‘From Here to Utopia’, Wingnut Dishwashers Union ‘My Idea of Fun’, Anne-lise Ah-fat from the panel discussion ‘Transformative Justice and Me Too’, Peep Show ‘Sectioning’.

If you enjoy the music we play on our show, check out our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’!

Episode 215: Calling Doctor Jones (Advertise Now)

Posted: October 11, 2018 in Uncategorized
Tags: activist tactics, Alan Jones, Charles Firth, creative activism, direct action, Donald Trump, Electoral College, horse racing, Hunt For The Trump Tapes, Kesha, Labor party, Liberal party, neoliberalism, Opera House, public space, sexual assault, survivors, The Chaser

Prank by The Chaser in response to Alan Jones advocating for horse racing advertising on the Sydney Opera House. Pic from The Chaser FB page: https://www.facebook.com/thechaser/

We cover the recent protests against horse racing advertising on the Sydney Opera House, including one where Charles Firth from the Chaser projected the phone number of Alan Jones, who was advocating for the advertising, on the Opera House.

On the episode Katie also responds to a flyer from the Liberal party plus we discuss the show Hunt For The Trump Tapes, the Labor party introducing neoliberalism to Australia and Kesha’s live show in Melbourne.

Links:

Charles Firth from the Chaser on Studio 10 with Kerri-Anne Kennerley.
The Chaser discuss their prank on their radio show.
For more on creative activism, check out a talk on this by Olly Hornung on our 187^th episode.
On ethics and activism, looking at the impact of our actions, we mentioned The Weather Underground who we covered on our 27^th episode.
I couldn’t find Samantha Bee’s clip on the problems of the Electoral College in US elections but check out Adam Ruins Everything ‘Why the Electoral College Ruins Democracy’ instead.
Watch Hunt For The Trump Tapes on SBS on Demand.
For more of our critiques of “trickle down economics”, check out our 203^rd episode.
If you’d like to read more about the Labor party introducing neoliberalism to Australia, check out the academic article ‘The Contours of Neoliberal Hegemony in Australia’ by Damien Cahill.

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Clips:

Charles Firth from the Chaser on Studio 10 with Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Aqua ‘Doctor Jones’, Kesha ‘Learn To Let Go’.

If you enjoy the music we play on our show, check out our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’!

Episode 214: Mad As Hell about being in a TV Audience…Coconut!

Posted: October 1, 2018 in Uncategorized
Tags: animal rights, emotional labour, Jacinda Arden, Mad As Hell, media, Pauline Hanson, quiz/panel shows, Shaun Micallef, television

Image from @madashelltv on Twitter.

We give a behind-the-scenes look at the media, discussing our experiences of being in the audience for the taping of two Shaun Micallef shows.

Got my #Collingwood scarf ready for tomorrow #AFLGFParade #AFLGF #AFLFinals Grand Final Parade pic.twitter.com/EzR80Nas3o

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) September 28, 2018

We also cover: why we hate quiz/panel shows, commercial constraints in the media, different forms of media and their impact, emotional labour, animal rights and not just welfare, Stic Man of Dead Prez on Which Side podcast, Pauline Hanson’s motion that “it’s okay to be white”, and Aotearoa (New Zealand) Prime Minister Jacinda Arden speaking at the UN and on Stephen Colbert.

Just in case anyone is interested, the Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation episode we were in the audience for was episode 1 of the 2018 series. But do yourself a favour and check out Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell instead!

Clips:

Dead Prez ‘Propaganda’, Spice Girls ‘Move Over (Generation Next)’ – I’m not linking to the film clip for this song coz it’s a fucking Pepsi commercial!

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Episode 213: Privileged White People on the Road Again

Posted: September 22, 2018 in Uncategorized
Tags: Beth Allan, BlacKkKlansman, Community As Activism, Dear White People, ethical sneakers, ethical travel, feminism, Leah Avene, privilege, Quinn Eades, sexism, state repression, travel, utopias

Dear White People

Katie is back for this episode and we discuss the Netflix show Dear White People, as well as ethical sneakers and ethical travel. Katie recommends Newton sneakers for the most ethical option if you’re buying new sneakers – according to Shop Ethical. Although since Katie bought these, she found an even better option – fair trade sneakers at Vegan Wares.

You can listen in to the talk 'An #Anarchist Analysis of the Campaign to #BanLiveExport' that I gave at the Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair on the weekend with @queerspeciesism and Lara Drew here: https://t.co/nyz7Sx58II

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) August 17, 2018

We also bring you some of the talks from the Community as Activism event that we discussed on episode 211, including Leah Avene on privilege, Beth Allan on challenging sexism in animal advocacy and Quinn Eades on imagining the future we want to create. Audio of this entire event is online – you can listen to the session with Leah and Quinn ‘Building Community – Lessons from a Range of Movements’, the session with Beth ‘Transformative Justice and Me Too’ and also the session ‘Intersectionality In Practice’ – featuring Nick and others.

We have now uploaded audio of all of the sessions from our #CommunityAsActivism event online, you can listen to all of the sessions here: https://t.co/iVniWsaGkV

Topics include:#Intersectionality In Practice
Transformative Justice and #MeToo
Building Community pic.twitter.com/mfvj8prjfR

— ICAS Oceania (@icasoceania) August 17, 2018

Some of the other things touched on throughout the episode are: the movie BlacKkKlansman, Will Potter and Ward Churchill on state repression of activists, Nick’s article on different factions within the civil rights movement, Revolutionary Left Radio on the Black Panther Party, hip hop etc, and our take on the anti-psychiatry movement/concept.

On this episode we cover some connections between animal and environmental issues and movements, including discussing the recent plastic bag ban by the major supermarkets and the ABC series #WarOnWasteAU https://t.co/U9nQmiaVJH pic.twitter.com/k2pA4YC8vL

— Freedom of Species (@FOSradio) August 21, 2018

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Clips:

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes ‘On the Road Again’, The IT Crowd ‘Jen’s New Shoes’, Leah Avene from the session ‘Building Community – Lessons from a Range of Movements’, Beth Allan from the session ‘Transformative Justice and Me Too’, Ramshackle Glory ‘We are all Compost in Training’, Quinn Eades from the session ‘Building Community – Lessons from a Range of Movements’.

If you enjoy the music we play on our show, check out our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’!

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