Posts Tagged ‘Marxism’

Capitalism is a Pyramid Scheme! Exploring Anti-Capitalist Alternatives

Posted: January 16, 2024 in Uncategorized
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Meg and Nick in the 3CR studio.

You can listen to this episode above, on Libysn and you can also download it on Archive.org (50mins, 35MB). Subscribe to our podcast on your favourite app – we’re on a bunch including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible and Podcast Addict.

On episode 299 Nick is joined by Meg and Lottie to discuss anti-capitalist alternatives, with a focus on socialism and anarchism.

This show is a Summer Special from 3CR Community Radio – you can hear this discussion with the music included on the Freedom of Species page on the 3CR website.

Additional resources:

Movies and TV shows referred to:

  • I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson.
  • Peep Show.
  • Office Space.
  • On Becoming a God in Central Florida.

You can listen to the 3CR Palestine Special mentioned during this show here.

Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR.

Relevant songs that we mentioned but didn’t play were Everything I Am by Lowkey and The Wasteland by Chumbawamba. You can hear these songs on the Freedom of Species page as mentioned above, as well as on our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’. Nick also gives daily music recommendations on the Spotify playlist ‘Song of the Day by NicksSong’.

Episode 243: Corona, Casualisation and Capitalism

Posted: March 14, 2020 in Uncategorized
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Image from the article ‘Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now’ which we link to below.

You can listen to this episode above, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and add us to your favourites on Stitcher. You can also listen to it on Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (46mins, 35MB).

On this show Nick is joined by his cousin Emil Raji who is currently in Jakarta and we discuss the Coronavirus and the substantial impacts that it will have, particularly on the casualised workforce and small business owners.

We really encourage people to check out the article ‘Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now’ on the importance of social distancing and isolating yourself to prevent the spread of the corona virus. The more people do this and the sooner, the more controllable the virus will be.

If you’re in Australia and you think that you might have Corona virus, you can do a symptom check on healthdirect.gov.au and you can also call 1800 022 222 to speak to a registered nurse. For general information about the virus, call the Australian Government’s Coronavirus Health Information Line on 1800 020 080.

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 and we also encourage people to share the article ‘Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now’ that we discuss on this show.

Clips:

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ‘When Rehearsal Becomes The Show: Stephen Colbert’s First-Ever No-Audience Late Show Monologue’, Morrissey ‘I’m Okay By Myself’.

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

Episode 191: #MeToo – Where To From Here?

Posted: December 2, 2017 in Uncategorized
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Image from subversify.com

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 (61mins, 48MB).

On this episode we give our take on the #metoo campaign and get onto a number of other related issues, such as gender and domestic violence.

https://twitter.com/lpbradley/status/928718999222972416

We also discuss some solutions to the issues highlighted by the #metoo campaign, including bringing in Marxist perspectives from Alyx Gorman and Helen Razer from the event ‘On Your Marx’.

https://twitter.com/AlyxG/status/936055266675535872

Other stuff covered on the episode is ‘Harry Potter fan gets blocked by J.K. Rowling after asking Johnny Depp question‘ and the wage penalty for motherhood but the opposite for fathers.

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Clips:

War on Women ‘Broken Record’, Michigan Democrat says vote for her because she has no penis, #MeToo: What’s next? – The Feed, Kesha ‘Praying’.