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On this show we respond to common criticisms of the Left, covering “woke culture”, “virtue signalling” and “cancel culture”. We also have some additional discussion on the Australian bushfires and climate change, which we covered on our last episode.

This is a Social Justice Warrior Happy Hour Summer Special on 3CR Community Radio 855AM.

Links:

• ‘“I don’t see a contradiction”: Albanese backs coal exports’ (article on thenewdaily.com.au).
• Audio of the ‘PROTEST: Sack Scomo – Fund the Firies – Climate Action Now (VIC)’ (audio on archive.org).

Audio of the speeches from the #climateprotest: Sack Scomo – Fund the Firies – #ClimateAction Now (VIC) by Uni Students for #ClimateJustice https://t.co/Nye3UBPuDL pic.twitter.com/XxFe8YrMg2

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) January 11, 2020

• ‘Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews blasts climate protest “for diverting resources”’ (article now behind The Australian paywall!).
• Yara Murray-Atfield ‘Bushfire protests targeting Scott Morrison to go ahead in Melbourne despite Victoria Police fears of “resource drain”’ (article on ABC News).
• Gabrielle de Vietri’s response to the Victorian government and police’s requests to postpone the rally (Facebook post).
• David Holmes ‘The fossil-fuelled political economy of Australian elections’ (article on The Conversation).
• The Young Turks ‘Residents Confront Australian Prime Minister Over Wildfires’ (Youtube video).

• The Ezra Klein show ‘The moral philosophy of The Good Place’ and ‘Peter Singer on the lives you can save’ (podcast episodes).
• Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack! ‘246 Contextualizing Context: Nuance’s Best Friend’ (podcast episode).
• Katie’s post on our blog ‘The New Normal’.
• Nick’s Facebook post on the relevance of the music of hip hop artist Lowkey in light of the smog in Melbourne.

As I walked around in the #melbournesmoke today I was reminded of the @Lowkey0nline song ‘Soundtrack to the Struggle 2’: ‘Can't detoxify as we watch the sky fade to grey.’

With this smoke we could add to those lyrics:
‘How can we speak of health, with this air we’re breathing?’

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) January 6, 2020

• ‘HARLEY & CHRISTIAN – BRINGING CREATIVITY AND FUN TO ANIMAL ACTIVISM’ (Freedom of Species radio show recapping the Liberated Futures Conference).
• Siobhan O’Sullivan ‘The animals we rescue, and the animals we don’t’ (article on the ABC).

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Clips:

NOFX ‘The Marxist Brothers’, The Daily Show With Trevor Noah ‘Obama Challenges ‘Woke Culture‘, Adam Bandt ‘Anthony Coalbanese’ – from the ‘PROTEST: Sack Scomo – Fund the Firies – Climate Action Now (VIC)’ (audio on archive.org), David Rovics ‘I’m a better anarchist than you’, Colour Me Wednesday ‘Cat Hair’, Lowkey ‘Soundtrack to the Struggle 2 (feat. Noam Chomsky)’.

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