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Episode 125: #LetThemStay – ‘They Don’t Give a Shit in that Parliament!’*

Posted: February 8, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: Activism, activist tactics, Amnesty International, Asylum Seekers, boat turnbacks, civil disobedience, direct action, High Court, Let Them Stay, Nauru, offshore processing, people smugglers, protest marches, Refugee Action Collective, refugee activism, refugees, tactics

Image from @Snarkathon on Twitter.

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This episode covers the High Court ruling that offshore detention is legal, which clears the way for the Australian government to return about 250 asylum seekers in Australia, including 37 babies, to Nauru.

Christopher Downs from @themercurycomau #LetThemStay #gst #auspol #tag ? pic.twitter.com/qift17FTnm

— Tim Jones (@Forthleft2) February 7, 2016

We also play some of the speeches from outside the Department of Immigration at the Melbourne ‪#‎LetThemStay‬ rally for refugees (embedded at the bottom of this post). See the Soundcloud description for more information on the speakers.

#Melbourne is filled with people standing up for #refugees #LetThemStay pic.twitter.com/qQEdAatg74

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) February 4, 2016

We finish the episode by discussing: getting active with the Refugee Action Collective, different activist tactics (check out episode 118 for more on this), Amnesty International find that the Australian government paid people smugglers and the How to Make Trouble and Influence People 2016 Diary.

If @TonyAbbottMHR is paying people smugglers, isn't he creating more demand? Ethics aside, how's that stopping boats? http://t.co/S2fWDML8pv

— Nazeem Hussain (@nazeem_hussain) June 12, 2015

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Clips:

Propagandhi ‘Note to Self‘, Speeches from the Melbourne ‪#‎LetThemStay‬ Rally for Refugees, Logic ‘Humans‘.

You can listen to a short (12 minute) version of this episode, which features speeches from the Melbourne #LetThemStay rally, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

*Quote taken from Christalo’s speech from the Melbourne ‪#‎LetThemStay‬ rally for refugees, which was played on the episode and is also embedded above.

Episode 124: ‘Borders – What’s up with that?’* Hitting Racism for Six with Tamil Eelam Cricket

Posted: December 31, 2015 in Uncategorized
Tags: Activism, animal rights, Asylum Seekers, effective activism, environment, human rights, intersectionality, Kaliyugan Pathmanathan, Reclaim Australia, refugee activism, refugees, Sarah Ross, Sri Lanka, Tad Tietze, Tamil diaspora, Tamil Eelam Cricket, Tamils

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 (46mins, 37MB).

Nick is joined by Sarah Ross from the Refugee Rights Action Network and Kaliyugan Pathmanathan, Project Coordinator of Tamil Eelam Cricket. Cali had to leave Sri Lanka as a refugee to Australia himself and he co-founded this project in order to create a platform for the Tamil diaspora around the world to participate in national and international cricket competitions and also to bridge the gap between newly arrived Tamils in the local community and the pre-existing Tamil community.

We also discuss the importance of the voices of refugees in the movement for refugees, strategies for effective refugee activism and who is to blame for harsh policies towards asylum seekers?

'Nothing About Us Without Us'

RISE is the first refugee organisation governed entirely by refugees in Australia. pic.twitter.com/kcpGhp8FU5

— eX-detainees (@riserefugee) January 1, 2016

Cali and Sarah also give some critiques of the counter movement against Reclaim Australia. For more critiques, check out Tad Tietze’s article ‘Tackling Reclaim Australia Requires More than a Good Shirt Fronting: So What to Do?’, Sanmita Verma’s article ‘Why Were Most of the Anti-Reclaim Australia Protestors White?’ and our 97^th episode.

We finish by playing some of the panel discussion linking human rights, animal rights and environmentalism – featuring Nick, Sarah and Jeff Hansen from Sea Shepherd. We also discuss attitudes towards animals in human rights movements.

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Clips:

Pussy Riot ‘Refugees In’, Kaliyugan Pathmanathan on Tamil Eelam Cricket, Kaber Vasuki ‘Ulagathin Sondhakaran’, Panel discussion linking human rights, animal rights and environmentalism – featuring Nick, Sarah and Jeff Hansen from Sea Shepherd, M.I.A. ‘Borders’.

You can listen to a short (8 minute) version of this episode, which features our discussion on refugee activism in Australia, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

*Quote from the M.I.A. song ‘Borders’, which we finished the episode with.

Episode 123: The Emotional Lives of Animals – Adrenalin Junkie Orangutans and Individualist Sheep

Posted: December 24, 2015 in Uncategorized
Tags: animal behaviour, animal emotions, animal sanctuaries, animal science, animal sentience, animals, companion animals, farmed animals, Jennifer S Holland, Jonathan Balcombe, non-human animals, Unlikely Loves, Veganism

This episode features Nick’s talk ‘The Emotional Lives of Animals – Adrenalin Junkie Orangutans and Individualist Sheep’. This talk is embedded below and you can also listen to the full talk as well as the Q and A afterwards here. You can view the PowerPoint presentation for this talk here (it is also embedded below). This presentation features visuals and links to all of the sources referred to throughout the talk.

Videos from the talk:

‘Crow Makes Tools’ – audio NOT featured in the recording of the talk.
‘Sophie’s Choice’ from Melanie Joy’s talk ‘Carnism: The Psychology of Eating Meat’ (it starts at 25 minutes) – audio featured in the recording of the talk.
‘Karma’s Reunion’ by The Gentle Barn – only a little bit of the audio is featured in the recording of the talk.
‘Edgar’s Mission Trip: Off to see Baby Piglets’ by Soy Cappucino – audio NOT featured in the recording of the talk.
‘Stephen Colbert on Temple Grandin’ – audio featured in the recording of the talk.

We also discuss how central veganism should be to the animal advocacy movement (in reaction to the Q and A following the talk played on this episode), mention Nick’s article on vegan dogs and encourage people to support Vine Sanctuary – check out Jess’s interview with pattrice jones from Vine Sanctuary for more about this sanctuary.

Book Recommendation:

Unlikely Loves by Jennifer S. Holland.

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Clips:

The Smith Street Band ‘When I Was a Boy I thought I was a Fish’, Lowkey ‘Tell Me Why’, Nick’s talk ‘The Emotional Lives of Animals – Adrenalin Junkie Orangutans and Individualist Sheep’ – PowerPoint for the talk and full version with Q and A, Western Addiction ‘Animals and Children’.

You can listen to a short (4 minute) version of this episode, which features our book recommendation for ‘Unlikely Loves’, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 122: #FloodTheSystem – ‘It’s time we do more than march’*

Posted: December 16, 2015 in Uncategorized
Tags: anti-capitalism, capitalism, civil disobedience, climate change, climate justice, Coggo, Cosmos, direct action, environment, environmental protests, Flood the System, Malcolm Turnbull, marches, Melbourne Street Medic Collective, Paris Climate Agreement, protest, protest marches

This episode features an interview with Coggo from Melbourne Street Medic Collective on the recent #FloodTheSystem direct action for climate justice. This was an Australian-wide action and Coggo focuses on the Melbourne action, where activists shut down the entrances to Westpac, BHPBilliton and part of the CBD. You can see videos of the action on the No Frontiers Facebook page and Counteract have done a write-up on the event. In the interview with Coggo, he also discusses critiques of climate marches, Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett says he will only tolerate “passive” protests, the importance of direct action and the need for social movements to always encourage people to do more.

Pic from @InsurrectNews on Twitter.

Also covered on the episode some analysis of the Paris Climate Agreement, thanks to Alex Whisson and Caroline Smith from RTR92.1FM Indymedia. You can listen to episodes of this show here and you can listen to individual interviews through perthindymedia.net and Soundcloud. You can also read the full Paris Climate Agreement here. There is also some discussion on Malcolm Turnbull’s (in)action on climate change.

#ParisAgreement = pledge to keep within 1.5 degrees of warming but countries pledges will lead to over 2.7 degrees https://t.co/TFa6l5k58H

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) December 13, 2015

We finish the episode with some points on the science show Cosmos and anti-capitalism.

Pic from @InsurrectNews on Twitter.

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Clips:

The Lurkers ‘Whose Got a Padlock and Chain?’ – see a video of #FloodTheSystem activists singing this during the action, Indymedia – 14/12/15 episode – with Alex Whisson and Caroline Smith, Interview with Coggo from Melbourne Street Medic Collective, Logic ft Muslimah ‘This is our World’.

You can listen to a short (10 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of the interview with Coggo on #FloodTheSystem, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

*Quote from the Logic song ‘This is our World’, which we finish the episode with.

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