Podcasts about blockade australia

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Please note that the next interview details sexual experiences and sex work. If you would prefer not to hear this type of content, or have children around, we advise you to tune out for the next 10 minutes. We listened to the second part of interview with Melanie Hawkes - a member of the management committee of Touching Base and NDIS participant with a physical disability, who joined Thursday breakfast to share her experience of sex and disability. Audio from David 's speech at the Sydney Palestine Rally from Sunday 4th Aug. This originally aired on Solidarity Breakfast, thanks to Vivien Langford for the recording. Gem from RMIT Students for Palestine joined us and talked about what RMIT student union has done in support of Palestine. The next interview contains content which some people might find distressing. This includes discussion of strip searches and incarceration. Please take care and use discretion  How brave do you need to be, to be a climate activist? You don't have to be a "disrupter" like Rosie, but her story of a day in the life of a "non-violent, direct, disruptive" climate activist with Blockade Australia is gripping and encouraging. Songs// Halo In the Steam by Saint Ergo Fracking Song by Ray Dimakarri Dixon

We catch up with Ella and Nate from Blockade Australia for the latest about their ongoing spree of actions.We also take a look at why Blockade Australia are taking action, and what some of the consequences being faced by activists.Check out https://www.blockadeaustralia.com/ for links and more details.Featuring music by Monkey Marc and DRMNGNOW.Earth Matters #1461 was produced by Phil Evans on Ngarla Pananykarra

Adam Bandt needs to let dead dogs lie. Emerald and British lad Tom take a quick look at the French election results (13:05). Then, an update on the destruction of Gaza and the government's response to appoint a special envoy against antisemitism. (19:14) Next, major staff cuts have hit Pedestrian and other Nine brands. (49:27) What is the future for youth-focused journalism? Finally, a call to climate action. (1:04:51) New Patreon ep just released - Farming & Agriculture ft. Tammi Jonas from Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Lee Rhiannon, Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like intergenerational warfare, Taylor Swift, Ralph Babet, THE GIANTS movie and the life of Bob Brown, when Friendlyjordies owned us, war crimes, vaping, psychedelic-assisted therapy, killer robots (with Emerald's sister!), a debrief of the 2022 federal results, whether the Greens are too woke, the 18-year plan for Greens government, whether lawns should be banned, Greens memes, bad takes, Joe Hildebrand's small brain, CPAC, Aussie political sketch comedy, internal Greens party shenanigans, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  CALL TO ACTION -  Legal fund for Laura Davy and Blockade Australia -  https://chuffed.org/project/blockade-australia-support-fundraiser  Rising Tide's 2024 People's Blockade will be happening in Newcastle, November 19 - 28  https://www.risingtide.org.au/  Jordy Silverstein in Overland Journal - You Don't End Racism With Envoys: https://overland.org.au/2024/07/you-dont-end-racism-with-envoys/  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  Check out Tom's new special - https://800PGR.lnk.to/BallardID Produced by Michael Griffin https://www.instagram.com/mikeskillz/  Follow us on https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau  https://www.tiktok.com/@seriousdangerau Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sydney Palestine Rally 7th July here II Senator Fatimah Payman's stance followed by Ritta from Doctors for Palestine.Blockade Australia Action here II Blockade Australia has held more than a dozen protests on the Hunter rail line since Tuesday. They have been stopping passenger trains and coal movements into one of the world's biggest coal ports for more than a week. At least 20 climate activists have already been arrested. Let's show solidarity by helping to fund their legal defence. We speak to young activist Aahannah.David Rovics live here II Activist musician David Rovics came to the studio with his harmonizer Kamala  for some tunes and thoughts.This is the week here II Kevin Healy dissects the week with satire.Local Council Elections here II Sue Bolton, Merri-Bek Councillor, explains how Postal ballots and single member Council wards open to dummy candidates are disgraced MP Adem Somyurek's legacy to democracy.

Acknowledgement of Country// From our 12 October 2023 show: Leila interviews Debbie about Building Unity Against Fascism, a six session study circle that ran in late 2023 co-hosted by Radical Women and Freedom Socialist Party in Reservoir. Immersed in the daily fight against racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-trans bigotry, and labor exploitation, Radical Women believes in multi-issue organising around the needs of the most marginalised. The Freedom Socialist Party is a feminist, working-class organisation, fighting for an end to all capitalist exploitation and oppression.// From our 14 December 2023 show: Inez interviews Ahmed Barakat, an activist, writer, and University of Melbourne PhD student. Ahmed is one of the organisers in the University of Melbourne For Palestine (UM4P) group, and has been involved with Palestinian activism on campus for years, including the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) motion. Ahmed came on the show to talk about UniMelb 4 Palestine and recent solidarity actions on campus.// From our 12 October 2023 show: We hear the first instalment of a three part conversation between Spike and "James" an activist from Blockade Australia. Blockade Australia is an organising network established in response to the destruction of the ecosystems that support all human and non-human life. The network helps to build a political movement that can physically resist Australia's planet destroying operations with disruptive and targeted action that shuts down the everyday functioning of this machine. In this segment, Spike and James discuss Blockade's mission, the reasons he got involved with the organisation, the role a commitment to social and environmental justice plays in Blockade's work, and the importance of direct action. Listen back to the second and third segments of this interview on our page.// From our 14 December 2023 show: Have you ever wanted to contribute at a rally but just you're not sure where to start? Well, today is the day you can learn how to take that first step… Marshalling is the perfect way to get involved and support community in the ongoing fight for Palestinian liberation and to end genocide NOW! In this segment, Leila interviews Bugs, a pro-Palestine activist and artist from Naarm who has marshalled for over 12 rallies so far since October 7th. Bugs tells us what it takes to be a marshal, how you can get involved, and what to expect at your first marshalling experience. Donate to the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network here, and Free Palestine Melbourne here.// From our 30 November 2023 show: Priya interviews Carmen from Mparntwe for Palestine about taking action to block access to the Pine Gap military facility. Earlier that week, a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous activists set up their second blockade in a month across the single access road to Pine Gap, which is situated on Arrernte land outside of Mparntwe/Alice Springs. Carmen is one of the activists who participated in the blockade and a member of Mparntwe for Palestine. Carmen joins us to discuss the relationship between Pine Gap and the ongoing genocide of Palestinians, as well as the importance of direct action in solidarity with Palestinians struggling for liberation. Read the article about Pine Gap's surveillance apparatus by Peter Cronau in Declassified Australia here.// Songs//Hard Thing - Yara//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We listen to the final of a three part conversation between Spike and climate activist James from Blockade Australia. Blockade Australia is an organising network established in response to Australia's political and economic systems, and others like it globally, who are facilitating the collapse of the ecosystems that support all human and non human life. Last week we learnt from James that Direct action is synonymous with Blockade Australia and that it is aimed directly at industrial polluters and extractors. He also shared that he believes the major obstacles to achieving a socially and environmentally just world are systemic, connected to how information (scientific data) is produced and disseminated and "catastrophe fatigue" or trauma. Spike and James agreed that primary industry corporations have succeeded in convincing the public that climate degradation is due to individual consumption. Jamess also indicated that he believes that the promotion of activism on social media is a positive and effective way to promote the efforts of the activist community. Listen back to part one here and part two here.// Scott Drummond, Program Manager at the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association, joined us to discuss a statement produced in collaboration with RMIT and supported by 77 health and community agencies highlighting the dire need for a drug checking and enhanced public alert system to be implemented in Victoria. The statement was published on Monday the 23rd of October, and you can read it here. VAADA is the peak body representing Alcohol and Other Drug services in Victoria.// This morning we will be speaking to Anne Wilson, CEO of Emerge Australia - the leading national patient organisation for ME/CFS in Australia. Emerge Australia works to drive policy change and is committed to ensuring that the needs and concerns of Australians living with ME/CFS and Long COVID are heard and addressed. Emerge Australia is currently recruiting people with post-infection diseases to join collaborative research efforts with universities to find a cure for complex illnesses. To learn more about ME/CFS, and hear people with lived experience of illness share their stories, listen to Emerge Australia's Imagine Podcast.// Approximately a month ago the state government announced its plan to demolish all 44 public housing towers in Naarm/Melbourne, stating that the leasing of the public land to developers and proposed rebuild of "social housing" will improve housing availability. In reality, this will lead to the major dislocation of the lives of around 10,000 people from marginalised communities, who learnt about the life changing policy change only 24 hours prior to the announcement through a letter that was shoved underneath their door. To discuss the successful passing of a Merri-bek Council motion to oppose the demolition we spoke with Socialist Alliance activist and Merri-bek Councillor Sue Bolton.// Jamal Nabulsi, a diaspora Palestinian writer and scholar living on unceded Jagera and Turrbal Country, joins us to speak about his writing on Palestinian sovereignty and Indigeneity. This conversation builds on some of Jamal's published work, situating these political claims about Palestinian identity in relation to the present genocidal siege of Gaza by Israel and exploring the importance of Palestinian scholar-activism and the long history of solidarity between Palestinians and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. You can read Jamal's paper 'Reclaiming Palestinian Indigenous Sovereignty', published open access in the Journal of Palestine Studies, here. Jamal will be in conversation with a brilliant selection of scholar activists in the November Symposium on Blackfulla Palestinian Solidarity.//

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Sue-Anne Hunter, proud Wurundjeri and Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman and Deputy Chair and Commissioner of the Yoorrook Justice Commission, joined us to discuss the recent commencement of the Commission's inquiry into land, sky and waters. This phase in the process of truth-telling aims to explore the issue of land injustice in Victoria, with the Commission's findings to inform law, policy and education reform as well as the drafting of future treaties between First Peoples and the Victorian Government. You can find out more about the work of the Commission, including about making submissions to the present inquiry, by heading to yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au// We heard the second instalment of a three part interview with climate activist "James" from Blockade Australia. Blockade Australia is an organising network established in response to the destruction of the ecosystems that support all human and non human life. The network is working to build a political movement that can physically resist Australia's planet destroying operations with disruptive and targeted action that shuts down the everyday functioning of this machine. In today's segment, Spike asked James about how important direct action is to achieving an environmentally and socially just world, and what the main obstacles are to achieving this. They also discussed the general public's apparent suspicion of scientific data, the public information battle and whether the corporate world has succeeded in convincing the community that individual consumption is responsible for environmental degradation.// AJ from Melbourne Activist Legal Support joined us to talk about the recent points of concern legal observers and attendees witnessed at the Free Palestine Rally in Naarm on the 15th of October 2023. They described some of the observations MALS recorded at the event regarding heightened police surveillance, and shared advice about how to keep safe at upcoming events.// Anti-poverty advocate Robert joined us to discuss his personal experiences and analysis of social security ineligibility and poverty in Australia as part of a discussion focused on Antipoverty Week, which is running from the 15th to the 27th of October. Robert is disabled and works a casual job that is not sufficient to cover his basic expenses, but is currently ineligible for social security income because of his partner's income. Last year, he authored the blog 'Poverty 101: A Beginner's Course'. Robert will be sharing more of his story and his analysis of what needs to change in an upcoming piece for the Power to Persuade blog's special Antipoverty Week series moderated by Antipoverty Centre.// Songs// Nada - Clarissa Bitar//

 Building Unity Against Fascism study circle, Palestinian solidarity with Muhib Nabulsi, Jesse Noakes on housing justice for Aboriginal families, Trasharama A-Go-Go Film Festival, Blockade Australia  Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines//  In our first conversation, we will be learning more about Building Unity Against Fascism; a six session study circle co-hosted by Radical Women and Freedom Socialist Party in Reservoir. Immersed in the daily fight against racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-trans bigotry, and labor exploitation, Radical Women believes in multi-issue organising around the needs of the most marginalised. The Freedom Socialist Party is a feminist, working-class organisation, fighting for an end to all capitalist exploitation and oppression. Register and find out more about the Building Unity Against Fascism study circle here.// Muhib Nabulsi is a Palestinian writer, editor, filmmaker and activist living in exile on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Eastern Kulin Nation. He joins us today to speak about the fight for Palestinian liberation and solidarity. Muhib mentioned the following in the interview with Inez, following the Black People's Union and RMIT University's partnerting with ''so called Israel'' arms company Elbit Systems, and showing up for the Palestinian Solidarity Rally this Sunday 12pm at the State Library Victoria in Naarm (so called Melbourne).​// ​Housing justice campaigner Jesse Noakes caught up with Priya earlier this week to discuss the campaign to stop the Western Australian government's Department of Communities from evicting Aboriginal families from public housing and into homelessness. While public housing is frequently referred to as the benchmark for secure rental tenancy in Australia, the Stop Evicting Families campaign highlights how state and territory governments can choose to end public housing tenancies with no reason, process for challenge or sufficient notice to tenants. These decisions are disproportionately made about Aboriginal families in Western Australia's public housing sys​tem, and Jesse speaks about the dire consequences for families as well as their fight to end arbitrary evictions. Find out more about the campaign by heading to StopEvictingFamilies.org, and keep an eye out for news later today about one family's racial discrimination complaint about their eviction notice from public housing, which is currently under investigation by the Australian Human Rights Commission.​// ​We will also be having a phone conversation with the founder of the Trasharama A-Go-Go Australian Short Film Festival Dick Dale. Trasharama A-Go-Go Film Festival caters to the low-budget/no-budget end of the movie market focusing on genre films (Horror/Sci Fi) under 15 minutes in length, it is being held at the Nova Cinema this weekend and Dick is in Naarm/Melbourne to host the festival and screen his feature "Ribspreader". We will be talking to Dick about the video nasty genre, the Trasharama A-Go-Go film festival and his feature "Ribspreader".​// ​Blockade Australia is an organising network established in response to the destruction of the ecosystems that support all human and non human life. The network helps to build a political movement that can physically resist Ausrtralia's planet destroying operations with disruptive and targetted action that shuts down the everyday functioning of this machine. Today we will hear the first instalment of a three part conversation with "James" an activist from Blockade where we discuss Blockades mission, the reasons he got involved with the organisation, the role a commitment to social and environmental justice plays in Blockades work and the importance of direct action.​// 

Robert Patterson (pictured) dug deep into his own pocket to ensure the success of the September 9 "Stepping Up Together" forum at the Melbourne Town Hall driven by two things - first, the inaction of our decision makers (politicians) and the ever-growing concern he has for his grandchildren. During our conversation, Robert mentioned climate action in Newcastle. This story will help people better understand what is happening at the New South Wales city - "Two climate activists cause havoc at ports in Newcastle and Melbourne in Blockade Australia's eighth demonstration this week". Robert, and supporters from Geelong, have created and put to work the Letition idea, which they believe can change the conversation if people from throughout Australia follow guidelines set out on the "Letition.org" web page. The Geelong group is "A Different Approach Community Climate Action in Australia - (ADAC)". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

CLIMATE  ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordECO-SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVES  FROM CANADAEpisode 3 - SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGEPLUSFIREANTS ON THE MOVE interview by Simon Walker When the young Blockade Australia person, dangling over the container port of Brisbane, said "I don't have all the answers, but others are surely working on the system change we need", it was a challenge to us to go and find the thinkers. Derrick O'Keefe in Vancouver thinks we need to be far more ambitious. Instead of wanting to protect our children and grandchildren we need to believe in a future which is safe for at least the next seven generations. He wants to see writers and creative people put their minds to the future we can work towards. Some of the ideas we discuss are from The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. Simon Walker found out about  the march of  Fireants from Reece Pianto. If you are wondering what is the connection with climate change you will be astounded. You can also get involved. The invasive Species Council invites  you to be a citizen scientist Insect Watch: Red imported fire ant (invasives.org.au)Red fire ants now 12km north of Queensland-NSW border prompting calls for funding injection, checkpoints - ABC News Guests:Derrick O'Keefe - EcoSocialist and Founder of Ricochet News in CanadaDerrick O'Keefe is a cofounder and editor of Ricochet Media and is the author of Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil? and A Woman Among Warlords (coauthored with Malalai Joya). Derrick is a longtime political organizer in Vancouver, BC.Imagining the End of Capitalism With Kim Stanley Robinson (jacobin.com)Oil sands lobby group facing Competition Act complaint over false and misleading claims | Ricochet Reece Pianta - Save Australia from fire ants - Invasive Species CouncilReece Pianta is a spokesperson for the Invasive Species Council, an environmental organisation dedicated to strengthening the biosecurity of Australia and reducing the threat of invasive species. Since 2001, fire ants have maintained strongholds in and around Brisbane despite government efforts to eradicate them. With funding due to end in December 2024, federal and state agricultural ministers are convening to decide the fate of the eradication program. As the climate continues to warm, the spread of fire ants across Australia could bring disastrous results.  Fears fire ants on march as eradication funding stalls | Riverine Herald A separate review of the eradication strategy found at least $3 billion would be needed over the next five years."We've essentially agreed to the plan going forward, but most of the jurisdictions have yet to go through their budget process to secure the funding," Senator Watt said."I couldn't really put a dollar figure on how much we'll spend over the next few years."More than $140 million was set aside in June by the NSW and Queensland governments.Fire ants are considered one of the world's most invasive species.   

THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJULY 17TH 2023PRODUCED By Vivien Langford with guest interviewer Simon Walker THE  EXTINTINCTION CURVEEPISODE 2 in the  SERIES : SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGEPlus REWILDING BENEATH THE EARTHAuthors of The Extinction Curve: Growth and Globalisation in the Climate Endgame, John van der Velden and Rob White argue that the climate crisis is happening now and they are proposing a radical solution to alter the global warming trajectory: democratic nationalisation. How has green capitalism failed and what does this alternative provide? Is it really too late to stop global warming? Following the daring direct action of Blockade Australia we explore what System change is possible and how to achieve it. Here is one option. We welcome your suggestions on other approaches. GuestsJohn van der Velden is an independent socialist writer living in Canberra, Australia. Activist and author, he writes on matters of political economy, class structure and the climate emergency.Rob White is  Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Criminology at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Considered a pioneer in the field of green criminology, he has particular interest in transnational environmental crime and eco-justice. His published books include Crimes Against Nature (2008), Transnational Environmental Crime (2011), Environmental Harm (2013) and Climate Change Criminology (2018). Dr Heidi- Jayne Harkins - Conservancy International and University of Cape town.‪Heidi-Jayne Hawkins‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬World's vast networks of underground fungi to be mapped for first time | Fungi | The Guardian

I'm Ayla, I just took action with blockade Australia and blocked a coal train line for 6 hours. www.blockadeaustralia.com https://patron.com/Activismuncensored

Kalpa Goldflam lives in Djiringanj Country, in so called Australia, on land that was never ceded. Kalpa is a part of the Blockade Australia network and recently was arrested for stopping coal trains for over 6 hours that were transporting coal to the world's largest coal port for export. She is currently on bail.

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW  JULY 3RD 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordFear and Wonder produced by Michael Green for The Conversation THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET Blockade Australia and Fear and Wonder - What is fair? Guests:Niabh -  She abseiled off a bridge in Melbourne with  Blockade Australia.They blocked 6 lanes of traffic leading to the port  Aida Diongue-Niang - Senegalese meteorologist  and IPCC Author on Loss and damageGueladio Cisse -    Mauritanian public health expert on water Throwing down the gauntletAt the end of June Blockade Australia had a week of action stopping the flow of commerce into the ports of 4 major cities in Australia. In Newcastle they drew attention to the exported coal which is fuelling climate chaos.. In BRisbane, Sydney and Melbourne climbers were suspended over  container ports. They are throwing down the gauntlet to our system based on high carbon lifestyles and consumerism. We talk to Niebh to learn why.About - Blockade Australia Fear and Wonder produced by Michael Green and Dr Joelle Gergis for The ConversationThe concept of "loss and damage" was debated at the United Nations COP27 climate summit in Egypt in November 2022 – which resulted in an historic agreement to establish a loss and damage fund to compensate countries that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In our final episode of Fear & Wonder, we hear from Senegalese meteorologist Aïda Diongue-Niang, who called us from COP27. She explains how African nations are already highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. She also takes us inside the gruelling final approval session of the IPCC's Synthesis Report. Her behind-the-scenes account reveals the dedication and determination of the scientists involved. We also hear from Mauritanian public health expert Guéladio Cissé, who details how more intense rainfall is already increasing the risk of water-borne and vector-borne diseases. Finally, we recap what we've learned throughout this podcast. We reflect on how the event that sparked its creation – the Australian Black Summer bushfires of 2019–20 – has inspired survivors to fight for climate action.Humanity's Moment by Joelle GergisIf you'd like to support the Climate Council and receive your free copy of Joelle's book Humanity's Moment, click here: https://bit.ly/40sQ4BP.    

Another climate change protest led by Blockade Australia is occurring but is now in Musgrave Park. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Josh chats with a climate activist from Blockade Australia. Claudia (22) locked on and glued on, suspended off a bipod over four hours, blocking the most significant economic bottleneck of the coal industry in the world as a part of a co-ordinated mobilisation against Australia's ports.

Headlines//  Niamh O'Connor from Blockade Australia speaks to Vivien Langford on the Climate Action Show about the reasons behind her suspension over Footscray Rd that stopped traffic into the Container Terminal at Port Melbourne last week//Daisy, Naarm based family violence lawyer and queer parent of a newborn, speaks to Phuong on Women on the Line about navigating the medical maternity system, the lack of continuity of care for birthing people, and the learning and unlearning that was required to avoid a traumatic birthing experience//Writer, artist and producer Madison Griffiths on her new book Tissue, a considered and compelling look at abortion that invites the reader into the messy and complex realities embedded in this politicised act of agency. Tissue is out on 5 July through Ultimo Press//Associate Professor Dr Yaqoot Fatima from UQ La Poche Centre for Indigenous Health talking to us about her research into First Nations' adolescent sleep health and the first health program addressing this issue by taking a culturally focused approach// Songs- Selfish Soul (ODESZA Remix) - Sudan Archives- Mariella - Kate Nash- On My Own - Kayan (language warning)

The Teals are doing a Maccas run, want anything? Emerald and Tom look at another bad bill that the Greens have to oppose (sigh) - is the Nature Repair Market Bill healing? Then the most hated man on Sussex Street, the Griffith MP with the biggest ego in the country and the smallest heart, student politician and Greens housing spokesperson, Max Chandler-Mather returns to the show! What's next in his ongoing campaign of evil? Will he again cowardly stand by and do nothing as the Prime Minister is brutally called a rude word in a joke during a comedy show by a coked-up former Triple J host? Finally, a call to action. Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Geraldine Hickey, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like war crimes, vaping, psychedelic-assisted therapy, killer robots (with Emerald's sister!), a debrief of the 2022 federal results, whether the Greens are too woke, the 18-year plan for Greens government, whether lawns should be banned, Greens memes, bad takes, Joe Hildebrand's small brain, CPAC, Aussie political sketch comedy, internal Greens party shenanigans, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Links - Greens Housing Town Hall -   https://www.maxchandlermather.com/housingplan Read Max's piece on the Greens' strategy around the HAFF in Jacobin (and make sure you have a printed copy handy or Albo will DESTROY you!!!) -   https://jacobin.com/2023/06/australia-labor-greens-housing-future-fund-affordability  Blockade Australia -   https://chuffed.org/project/blockade-australia-support-fundraiser The Australia Institute submission on the Nature Repair Market Bill - https://australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/P1356-Beyond-Repair.pdf   Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAUSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand set to introduce a race-based surgery waitlist where ethnicity is used to determine rankings, climate warriors from Blockade Australia continue protesting. Plus, is the Hunter Biden scandal riddled with bias?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cashless Debit Card Morphs here II We talk with Jay Coonan from the Antipoverty Centre, about how the Cashless Debit Card or it's nasty little brother the Basics Card has morphed into the Enhanced Income Management Card. Whatever it is called, it is still non-voluntary quarantining of social security payments. The legislation passed on June 22 entrenches income control into Australia's social security system.We Need to Talk About Modi here II Peter Job from Declassified Australia, talks about how our PM's lauding of the Indian Prime Minister Modi's during the recent visit will work against people in India experiencing human rights abuses.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy dices through the week with satire.MelbUni Student Support Striking Teachers here II NTEU members at Melbourne University took strike action in May and with no movement from management on pay, job insecurity, better parental leave, work from home rights, paid gender affirmation leave & First Nations employment targets.there is more actions in the wings. MelbUni Students are supporting their teachers with a Gofundme Campaign. We speak with Oly about the issues and why students are standing with their teachers.Blockade Australia stops traffic here II In a coordinated action across 4 major cities in Australia Blockade Australia targeted Container Terminals at the Ports to highlight the system that supports the destruction of our environment. Vivian Langford from 3cr Climate Action Show talks with Niamh O'Connor about the reasons behind her suspension over Footscray Rd that stopped traffic into the Container Terminal at Port Melbourne last week.(Blockade Australia facebook/ Instagram)

Catherine Porter (pictured) journeys along the D-Day coasts and see evidence of another assault - "D-Day's Historic Beaches Face a New Onslaught: Rising Seas"; "Is climate change outpacing our ability to predict extreme heatwaves?"; "After “difficult experience” at Cop27, Mexico leads anti-harassment push in Bonn"; "Blockade Australia climate protests cause traffic chaos in Brisbane and Melbourne"; "Peacock in the Pacific: Inside Australia's bid to host COP31"; "Video: Canary hits the airwaves to chat about hydrogen fuel-cell buses"; "A profitable fuel-cell company finally emerges amid industrywide losses"; "‘Unheard of' marine heatwave off UK and Irish coasts poses serious threat"; "Vertical take-off: Energy grid to get $16 billion renewables upgrade"; "1 killed and almost 2 dozen injured in overnight storms in Mississippi, officials say"; "Climate protesters suspend themselves above major roads in two capital cities"; "Woodside presses go on $10b Trion Mexican oil project"; "‘Call to action': One thing Aussies not prepared for"; "Australians far less aware of biodiversity loss than climate crisis, research finds"; "7 of the Greenest Small Towns in America"; "Wildfires 101: Everything You Need to Know"; "Himalayan Glacier Loss Speeding Up, New Report Finds"; "Managing pine plantations in a climate crisis"; "Global average sea and air temperatures are spiking in 2023, before El Niño has fully arrived. We should be very concerned"; "Dutton's climate ‘stunt' sacrifices tax cut promise: Labor"; "‘Unprecedented': Experts raise alarm over record temperatures"; "Trillions in Oil and Farm Subsidies Are Causing “Environmental Havoc”"; "Southern Green Hydrogen poses $12b+ cost to society - report"; "‘Bullshit ambush': Gas levy urgently passed on Budget night"; "Wind Power's Explosive Growth Is Blowing Past Green Energy Goals"; "Reviving the Lost Waterways of India's ‘City of Lakes'"; "‘A Cultural Shift Toward Living With Fire'"; "Global Forest Watch goes to India"; NGT restrains PMC from cutting trees for riverfront work till July 31"; "There's No Uber or Lyft. There Is a Communal Tesla."; "Vertical take-off: Energy grid to get $16 billion renewables upgrade"; ‘Just the start': Andrew Forrest aims to take on Chinese battery producers with UK investment"; The government can't explain how net zero will change your life, so I will". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

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John MacKenzie chats with Senator Matthew Canavan about the vigilante actions made by climate change extremists. Blockade Australia has vowed to continue its disruptive and dangerous style of vigilantism after a 23-year-old woman was arrested recently for blocking coal shipments at the Port of Brisbane. The climate "activist" group also blocked shipments in Newcastle and Melbourne. "Everyone has a right to express their view... [but] you do not have the right to disrupt other people going about their day" Senator Canavan explained.

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJUNE 19TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordMOTHER EARTH? ....PALLIATIVE CARE A comment made  by a nurse in the human chain around the NAB Sydney HQ hit like a depth charge.Her placard showed Mother Earth with a thermometer in her mouth. I said  "She looks like she's in intensive care". "No, said the nurse, she's palliative".It chilled me because palliative suggests no more heroic measures, just smooth the dying pillow. This week watching videos of  Blockade Australia people hanging in harnesses above the Port in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, I thought something is indeed dying. Our economic system of infinite growth is leading to ecological collapse. We need to let it go.One of the young people livestreaming his comments said " People recognise the system is not broken. It is designed this way and it is tearing away our future"They were not disrupting the export of coal and gas, which has a long history. They were interrupting the flow of goods that fuels consumerism.Another dangling  person said" We're digging ourselves a hole and the port is a big part of the shovel. We need to put that shovel down. We are here for life, for earth and all her peoples".There are so many ways to take Climate Action. Today's show highlights  people taking on the financiers of climate failure. It also introduces us to international energy experts in the fine Fear and Wonder podcast sponsored by The Climate Council Cooperation with the US could drive Australia's clean energy shift – but we must act fast | Climate Council Guests:Move Beyond Coal group taking action as a human chain around the NAB HQ in SydneyCan you take some action at a NAB branch near you ? Deliver the 'Banking Climate Failure Report' - Move Beyond CoalWho we are - Move Beyond Coal Market Forces : Their report reveals just how loopholes are used for NAB to go on financing Whitehaven Coal and other  companies that are fuelling the climate crisis. Banking Climate Failure 2023 - Market Forces"In the last two years, the big four banks loaned a combined $13.1 billion to the fossil fuel industry. The banks also arranged $2.2 billion through the bond market for fossil fuel companies during this period".  Fear and Wonder Episode 6 Solutions“The problem is getting worse,” explains Greg Nemet, a Canadian renewable policy expert and IPCC author. “But we've got solutions now that are so much more affordable than they were.”After studying advances in solar technology, which has seen rapid expansion and price reductions, he's optimistic about our capacity to avert the worst possible climate outcomes.In this week's episode of our climate podcast Fear and Wonder, we speak to Greg about the pace of change in the solar industry and whether it can be replicated for other technologies. We also hear from fellow IPCC author and Algerian energy policy expert Yamina Saheb, about the emission reductions that are possible by adopting age-old sustainability concepts. She explains the idea of “sufficiency”, which aims to reduce the overall demand for energy, materials, land and water, while still delivering human wellbeing for all.Fear and Wonder podcast: the solutions needed to address climate change already exist (theconversation.com)

Healthy Futures No New Gas here II Healthy Futures is made up of concerned medical practitioners who are fighting for clean air, clean energy and a safe climate. Members came to Victorian Parliament on Wednesday to give Climate Action Minister Lily D'Ambrosio an open letter calling for no new gas connections in new builds in Victoria. We go to the steps of Parliament for this report.Gambling Reform Now here II As the gambling industry works to groom children into being the losers of the future with the games that simulate online gambling and winners are excluded from online gambling sites while losers are encouraged to keep playing the Alliance for Gambling Reform has released a report that leads the way to better laws and policies in an Australia far behind oversea gambling control. We speak to Carol Bennett from the Alliance about their report The Bank of Dave here II Dave Fishwick started a bank in England, the first new bank in England for 150 years. It is in Burnley, a local bank for local people. It is such a phenomenon they have made a feature film about which is in cinemas now. I got to speak to the inspiration for the film The Bank of Dave.This is the Week here II Kevin is in sizzling form this weekX Rebellion Occupy Naarm here II a report from the slow march through Naarm CBD on May 27th as part of the 3 day occupation of Melbourne. We hear from speakers including Tim Neville, from Blockade Australia and Greens Adam Bandt.

This week's guest, Timothy Neville, is on indefinite bail here in Naarm and once broke into the world's largest coal port as part of Blockade Australia. Timothy has seemingly been a life-long activist, beginning with a plan to ban plastic at his primary school at age 8. Timothy has always been aware of the world's geo-political, economic and environmental problems and has always tried to make the world a better place, joining with others in activist activities around climate change, whistle-blowing, indigenous sovereignty to Julian Assange. In this conversation with Timothy we learn some things about the draconian activist laws which have come into effect in some states of Australia and Timothy's personal jouney to find justice in the world. Thanks so much for being our guest this week, Timothy.

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We replay a segment of Tuesday's episode of Dirt Radio featuring Tim from Blockade Australia and Isabelle from Friends of The Earth discuss resisting Australia's climate destruction with organised disruption and the authoritarian response by NSW police. Catch Dirt Radio on Tuesdays at 9:30AM on 3CR.// On this week's Doin' Time show, Marisa interviewed Felicity, proud Ngarrindjeri woman with lived experience of incarceration, about her participation in The Torch program. Felicity speaks about how she began learning more about her mob, culture and art while participating inside, and her ongoing connection with the program from the other side of the prison walls - as an in-community participant. You can listen to Doin' Time on Mondays from 4-5PM on 3CR.// Kelly Rowe, co-host of Footy, Actually on Play on Radio joins us to talk about AFLW season 7, which kicks off today, and the push for greater inclusivity in community sports. Kelly is a graphic designer with a background in creative communications and has combined this experience with her love of footy to inform her 5-9 as a local footy journalist, photographer and podcaster.// El Gibbs, an award-winning writer with a focus on disability and social issues, speaks with us about the systemic issues with Disability Employment Services and breaks down current government approaches to disability employment in the lead up to the September Jobs and Skills Summit. You can follow El on Twitter and support their writing on Patreon. During the interview, El also recommended the work of the Antipoverty Centre on issues at the intersection of disability justice and social security reform.// Songs// FELL IN LOVE - Jesswar// Opportunity - Caution ft. P. Nona// No Peace - Citizen Kay// Of Another Kind - Winston Surfshirt ft. Milan Ring & Jerome Farah//

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW -  AUGUST 22ND 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordT I P P I N G  P O I N T S - IN NATURE AND SOCIETY Guests:Music by Tom Hume - "Petition" and Tambah Project " Our Song"- https://environmentalmusicprize.com/ Erica Chernoweth with Shankar Vedantam  - https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-to-change-the-world/ August 7th Climate Rally in Sydney organised by Knitting Nanas and Water for Rivers Alison Boyd - Greens MLC NSW Parliament Rilka   -   Blockade Australia Paul Keating - Sydney Branch Secretary of Maritime Union of Australia Paddy Gibson - Workers for Climate Action &  Jumbunna Institute https://www.uts.edu.au/research/jumbunna-institute-indigenous-education-and-research David Spratt - Research Director for Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restorationhttps://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/climatedominoes Nick Breeze - Producer of Climate Genn. Please check out these fine podcasts from UK https://genn.cc/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9wB0P3Y5d0 TIPPING POINTS IN NATURE AND SOCIETY The burning question is what forms of Climate Action  work? Are the harsh new anti protest laws a sign that Government fears the huge changes demanded by campaigners?  Is  ABC  RN turning up at a Blockade Australia safe place a sign? I was delighted. It was daring for the ABC. Geoff Thompson's Background Briefing is well worth a listen, though 3CR has been reporting on this movement for ages.  We are looking for social tipping points when the majority of people understand that direct action is needed.  Nature understands the tipping points of hot house gasses, the Antarctic Ice shelf just crumbles..... and you know the rest.PODCAST :  https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/inside-the-climate-activists-plan-to-shut-down-australia/101324992  In search of what climate action works, I quote from Erica Chernoweth's study on how Non Violent Action has more lasting effects than Violent revolution, especially if we all get behind it. Then I go to the Sydney Climate Rally of August 7th. The harsh new anti protest laws and imminent opening of new gas wells are upermost in our minds.Paddy Gibson talks about the hopes of the Gommeroi people that the new government will stop the Santos Gas project in the Pilliga. Yet Santos is attempting to overide their Native title to establish  850 gas wells in the Pilliga Forest.Paul Keating and Abigail Boyd voice the massive opposition from unions and civil society groups to the new police powers over protesters and Rilka speaks about how harshly they had been applied to Blockade Australia. Then we hear from David Spratt talking to Nick Breeze about climate risk. He says that the IPCC is giving policy makers the wrong message.   For him the only question is "What is the worst that can happen and what do we need to do to prevent it? Breaking news : Paul Gilding's comments on changing our focus from reducing emissions to slowing the RATE of warming by cancelling methane."Much of the climate debate and its central arguments were formed in the 1990s when we perceived we had decades to get things under control. The context has now dramatically changed. The 2020s already see unprecedented heatwaves, wildfires, floods, emerging food crises and related geopolitical conflict – and yet this process has just begun. Every fraction of a degree of warming now brings us closer to climate tipping points that if breached, could lead to a runaway process we cannot control. We are teetering on that edge.Therefore, we need to reset the debate to have a laser focus on the immediate rate of warming and everything that influences it.This will not be easy. History shows that most large-scale global change happens with many distributed actions. Rather than ‘death by a thousand cuts', it's more like ‘life by a thousand little victories.' Thus, most arguments about the merits of different possible actions on climate change, end up with the same conclusion – we need an ‘all of the above' strategy. We see no silver bullets or amazing heroes, just all of us, and all that we do.Sometimes, though very rarely, an idea comes along which is not like that. A single action that could literally change the course of history.I believe slashing methane emissions urgently, with large reductions this decade, is such an action. Methane is a climate weapon of mass destruction if we don't act, but a silver bullet if we do. It will not stop climate change - not even close - but it might buy us the time to do so. Success in rapid methane reduction could be the singular difference between achieving some level of messy but manageable global change vs the descent into chaos and economic collapse.However, we will only take this action if we shift our mindset and focus from the ‘level of emissions' to the ‘rate of warming'.It's a hard argument to make because of the deeply entrenched focus and momentum on emissions reduction – towards which all progress is then seen as additive. As a result, everyone agrees methane is important, but its singular power to change the path we are on is not yet recognised.Let me be very clear - my key argument is not ‘methane vs CO2', it is ‘warming vs emissions.' They're connected, but very different. And it's the difference that defines the importance.If we are to reduce the existential risk of runaway climate change, we must slow the 'rate of warming' in less than 10 years. Even drastic reductions in CO2 emissions - while essential and urgent for different reasons - will simply not get us there. Firstly, because CO2 warms the climate slowly (and thus cutting it reduces the rate of warming slowly) and secondly because cutting fossil fuel use also reduces the aerosol pollution which currently has a temporary ‘cooling' effect.Given all the above, we can see that slowing the ‘rate of warming' is our single most critical task and urgent methane reduction is the most viable way to achieve it.We must therefore throw everything at this task – including faster elimination of fossil fuels, especially gas, and a dramatic focus on food and agriculture, particularly livestock. And we must deliver this change in less than 10 years.It's a tall order. The good news is that, while not easy, it's completely doable. Everything we require is available - we just need to decide. As with fossil fuels, the incumbent players will argue it's complicated and difficult, bad for jobs and the economy, that ‘sure we need to change, just not so fast!'.They are completely wrong. The science is clear that the path we are on – unprecedented climate events, geopolitical chaos, food crises and the risk of runaway warming - is immeasurably and incomparably worse than anything we can do to slow it down.If you want to understand the detail behind this argument, I explored it all in a recent discussion paper at the University of Cambridge. It covers the emergency nature of the task, the actions available and the economic opportunities that result. In particular, I explain why a focus on food and agriculture – particularly livestock – should now be our priority task.This detail matters, but don't let it distract you from the simplicity of the idea. The path we are on today is accelerating climate change with the risk of runaway warming and global economic chaos. We can choose a different path, but only if we slash methane emissions to slow the rate of warming. The future may well be determined by our decision."~ Paul Gilding, 15 August 2022PDF:https://www.paulgilding.com/s/CC-emissions-v-warming-20220815-FINAL.pdfDiscussion paper:https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/resources/publications/methane-markets-and-food-how-climate-emergency-will-drive-urgent-focus Source:https://www.paulgilding.com/cockatoo-chronicles/shifting-focus-from-emissions-to-warming      

Tim and Isabelle discuss resisting Australia's climate destruction with organised disruption and the authoritarian response by NSW police.

The Western U.S. is experiencing a period of dryness so extreme that some experts say it no longer qualifies as just a drought. Rather, it might be described as a more transformative trend of “aridification” — the most significant drought to descend on the American West in 1,200 years, according to Zore Teirstein (pictured) from Grist magazine. Other climate links are: "Europe's heatwaves, droughts put focus on climate change risks"; "How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires"; "What's behind the heatwaves impacting the United States?"; "Heatwaves scorch Iraq as protracted political crisis grinds on"; "Europe's Energy Crisis May Get a Lot Worse"; "In Compromise, the Climate Left May Be Vindicated"; "Cities swallowed by dust."; "Blockade Australia shut down Sydney with climate change protests. Now they're fighting arrests in court"; "Renewable energy projects are taking off but where is the workforce?"; "The Australians who take care of our trees — and how you can too"; "Independent state MPs divided over Victorian Farmers Federation campaigning in their seats"; "July 2022: Warmest nights in U.S. history". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

First Nation's Voice to Parliament here II It has been announced by the new Federal Government that there will be a referendum put to the Australian people around a First Nation's Voice to Parliament. A short exerpt (full)  from a recent Australia Institute event gives space fro Pat Anderson, AO and Prof Megan Davis to talk about the Uluru Statement from the Heart which is the start of the process.Acknowledgement of Archie Roach's Passing here II an interview with Archie from 1988.Zelda Grimshaw & Blockade Australia here II 3cr Radiothon event Climate, Capitalism and the Future heard from Blockade Australian Activist Zelda Grimshaw.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy curates the week with satire.National Climate Audit here II the Australian Security Climate Council has been given the go ahead to do a national climate audit after 10 years of a LNP government with its head in the sand. We hear from Dr Robert Glaser from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and Admiral Chris Barrie about how quickly the nation needs to act in this emergency. A Word from the Climate Council here II a tiny word from Lesley Hughes, from the Climate Council, from a MEAA event around how journalists can report climate.

 Richard Boyle Whistleblower here II Kathryn Kelly, from Alliance Against Political Prosecutions (AAPP), talks to us on returning from a rally in Adelaide in support of dropping charges against ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle.Blockade Australia Defence here II Mark Davis, lawyer, who is handling the defence of members of Blockade Australia after the Sydney blockade outlines the legal situation.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy slices and dices the week with satire.Don Sutherland here II Don talks about the relationship between the setting of the Aged Pension and the average total male earnings and how the increased level of casualization and precarious work means that pensioners are increasingly sliding into poverty.

Clerks 3: The Clerks 3 trailer has dropped! Jim and Them's torrid on again, but mostly off again relationship with Kevin Smith continues!Portland Road Rage: A viral Portland traffic argument turns into Twitter as a man screams at a white lady's "colonizer mindset" and they eat their own.Activist Fails: Are environmental activists pissing the people off that they claim to protect? Is it for the greater good or are they quote "SELFISH CUNTS"?CARMEN!, KILLED YOURSELF!, THE BEAR!, NOFX!, STICKING IN MY EYE!, PRIDE MONTH!, JAMES CAAN!, TONY SIRICO!, PAULIE WALNUTS!, THAT'S AMORE!, ITALIAN PRIDE!, BID FAREWELL!, LEGEND!, RIP!, REST IN PEACE!, TOP GUN!, JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION!, DEAN MARTIN!, SHOUT OUT!, DEATH OF THE DINER!, DINER WATCH 2022!, POTATO SALAD!, SEND YOUR PICTURES!, CLERKS 3!, TRAILER!, KEVIN SMITH!, K. SMITH!, KILROY WAS HERE!, JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT!, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!, DANTE!, RANDAL!, META!, CRINGE!, HOLLYWEED!, OPTIMISTIC!, SNOWBALL!, PREDICTIONS!, FLAT EARTHER!, RADICALIZED!, ANTIFA!, SHE/THEY!, RHYTHMN!, BILL AND TED!, KEANU!, LIT!, MY OWN WORST ENEMY!, MALLRATS!, DOGMA!, CHASING AMY!, SMODCAST!, SCOTT MOSIER!, THE LAST JEDI!, TOOTHLESS!, PORTLAND!, WHITE COLONIZER!, TRAFFIC ARGUMENT!, GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM!, NATIVE AMERICAN!, VIRAL!, ROAD RAGE!, LIBTARDS!, RACIST!, OPRESSOR!, ADMIT YOUR WHITE!, NOT ABOUT RACE!, HOPE YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION!, GOALPOSTS!, VEHICLE REVIEW!, ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST!, BLOCKING TRAFFIC!, PAROLE!, JAIL!, AUSTRALIA!, SYDNEY!, PERFECT FRAMING!, CLIMATE CHANGE!, DISRUPT!, SELFISH CUNT!, SCREAMING!, MANIAC!, SIMPSONS CHARACTER!, ANGRY MAN!, BIKE LOCK PROTESTOR!, MODELING CAREER!, HUGH MONGUS!, BLOCKADE AUSTRALIA!, MALI COOPER!, SYDNEY HARBOUR!, SCARED!, BROOKLYN SUMMER!, FUN!, HANG OUT!, SURPRISE ENDING!, BRAWL!, BEATDOWN!, RUSH!, 2112!

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW - JULY 11TH 2022 D I S R U P T I O NBlockade Australia on the streets and in parliamentProduced by Vivien Langford Guests :Sue Higginson MLC -  Sue has been responsible for high profile environmental litigation in Australia. She has represented communities challenging mining giants, proponents of environmentally harmful development and holding Governments to account for the environment. She has delivered environmental legal services to rural, remote and regional communities and First Nations communities across NSW.You can find the footage and audio of Sue speaking in support of Abigail Boyd's disallowance motion in the NSW Parliament at this link - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Aw3o0V1T5qG-D9kwjqqA__IVuwLPFAXE/view?usp=sharing Blockade Australia -  Members interviewed  in a safe location and also in their week of Non Violent Disruptive Climate Action in Sydney June 2022 Aunty Caroline Kirk - First Nations Ngemba Elder arrested at the B.A Camp Tom Hume  - Singing Petition for Dovetale:   https://dovetalemusic.bandcamp.com/releases As nurses and teachers were on strike outside, inside the NSW parliament they were consolidating the police state.Forty eminent and alarmed civil society groups  such as the Human Rights Law Centre, the MUA, Environmental Defenders Office and 350.ORG had petitioned the parliament in the accepted way. However, the government and opposition ignored their pleas and  voted against a disallowance motion to their harsh new anti protest laws.No wonder then  that non violent disruptive action seems to be the only way to stop our system fuelling more climate disruption. We interview some of the Blockade Australia people  who have come from all over the country to Sydney, where colonisation began and where the extractive and destructive system is most clearly seen.One person, whose own life has been disrupted by the Lismore floods, Mali,  said as a man swore and shouted at her, and she was locked into a car blocking a tunnel,  "To this man I would say I stand with you. It is for you, it is for your family that we do this. It's for everyone, people we love, that we take this stand. It is for all of us that we need our life support systems."Meanwhile climate events are disrupting the traffic, with flooded roads and landslides on rail tracks. What would it take for the parliament to send its hellicopters and dog squads to arrest the real climate criminals?To charge them with disrupting the traffic. To charge them with the massive costs they are inflicting on our homes and crops. To connect their profitable coal oil and gas export, their landclearing and  their global supply chains  with the over  heated  oceans turbo charging the flooding rains?Blockadia is making this thinkable, when will it be possible?https://theconversation.com/blockadia-helped-cancel-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-and-could-change-mainstream-environmentalism-155276We talk to the blockaders and to Sue Higginson lawyer and member of NSW Parliament.You can read Sue's  full speech in parliament (above) As there were so few MPs in the room and they can not have been moved by her words we are broadcasting it to a larger audience. Let us know what action you decide to take by leaving a messager at 3CR  03 94198377 

Blockade Australia Arrests here II Veronica Curmi alerted the public that her son Max and fellow Blockade Australia protestor Tim had been held in their cell for 17 days without sunlight after being arrested during the Colo Valley raids before the Blockade Australia action in Sydney last week. Veronica gives an account of the Blockade.Bernard Colleary Case Dropped here II Mark Dreyfus, Australia's new Attorney General, has announced the dropping of charges against Bernard Colleary who has been subjected to years of legal action in secret court hearings. We speak to Andy Alcock, from the Australia East Timor Friendship Association (AETFA), for background to the case. For more information about other whistleblowers who are being pursued by the courts go to the Alliance Against Political Prosecutions (AAPP).The Art of Incarceration here II Filmmaker Alex Siddon talks to us about The Art of Incarceration, which profiles Indigeous prisoners who find a new way forward through art. In a time of over representation of Indigeous people in our prison system this film explores the lives of Indigeous prisoners at Victoria's Fulham Correctional Centre. The Art of Incarceration has been released exclusively on Netflix's globally starting July 3rd.This is the week here II Kevin Healy dices the week with satire.The Making & the Unmaking of the East West Link here II James C. Murphy talks to us about his book The Making & the Unmaking of the East West Link.Reproductive Rights Rally here II Esma James gives a rousing speech at the recent Reproductives Rights Rally in Melbourne following the Roe v Wade case in US that reversed the right to abortion to US citizens.

As climate and environment protest action steps up in the wake of more floods on the East Coast of Australia, state governments are cracking down on protesters with new laws in NSW and Tasmania.

Last week, environmental activists Blockade Australia shut down traffic in Sydney, causing hours of chaos in the city. But it was the police response to the blockade that could have the longest legacy, with Human Rights Watch calling the police crackdown and the use of new anti-protest laws “an alarming new trend”. So what did the police do to crackdown on these protestors and what do their actions tell us about the new era of anti-protest laws? Today, journalist Wendy Bacon, on the ways police are targeting protestors, before they've even begun to protest.  Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: Journalist, Wendy Bacon.

After some chat and music, including a reminder to donate to our radiothon, we hear from The Reginas, doing a show 'Queering the Pitch Pt. 2: Storytime with The Reginas' next weekend at the Harehole.Shout outs to: Minus 18 Queer Formal, Beers for Queers and Aurelia St Clair. We comment on the 44th anniversary of the Sydney gay solidarity Mardi Gras in 1978, which was brutually attacked by police (78ers website and zine 'It Was Riot!', and Star Observer article). Also mentioned: queers killed in Oslo, Blockade Australia raid (see Thursday Breakfast for an interview), and Dani Laidley and the Police Association (article).MusicMama Alto - The Blues Are Brewin' (Billie Holiday cover)Dosh Luckwell - Heterosexuality (It's no good for Me)The Reginas - I'm a slutTom Robinson Band - Glad to be GayBeyonce - Break My Soul 

Trudeau forgot “Tony” Albanese's name. New member for the seat of Brisbane, Stephen Bates joins Tom as co-host. Stephen fills us in on his month as a member-elect (2:48) and this week's “Parliament School” in Canberra (9:15), before giving his take on the government's crossbench staffer cuts (12:52). Then they discuss the recent Blockade Australia actions in Sydney and if protest is the only way to create change with the climate clock ticking (23:50). Finally, a call to action (1:08:27). P.S. In honour of the Grindr ads - “member-erect” Stephen lol Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU Links - Serious Danger Ep 24 discussing the state of abortion rights in Australia: https://youtu.be/VCvKN0YaYWk  Serious Danger Ep 2 discussion and interview with Blockade Australia: https://youtu.be/6oYhCEMpBqY  Support Blockade Australia: https://www.blockadeaustralia.com/  @BlockadeAus @CounterActOz  Get involved with Stephen's new office and hassle him till he fixes this broken country: https://greens.org.au/qld/person/stephen-bates Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.com Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blockade Australia people have just had a brutal two weeks and thanks to draconian bail conditions they can't even talk to each other about it. Go to their website for further details on what they're about. 

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Government Pride has been on display at NATO with Airbus AnAl joining in. The end of Roe vs Wade and the Jan 6th hearings have made Ardern expand NZ's terror list. We'll talk about that and the pillage and plunder of the Labor and Labour governments tonight. Join Tim Wilms and Dieuwe de Boer live tonight at 6pm Melbourne time and 8pm Auckland time on Trad Tasman Talk. In covid news we are told cases will rise again with an Omicron BA4 and BA5 wave. Baby MRNA vaccines and Omicron tailored vaccines coming soon. Monkeypox curve could flatten after pride month. Safe monkeypox sex has been promoted. There is now a painful drug-resistant super gonorrhea that an Austrian tourist caught from a Cambodian sex worker. A bee lockdown has been implemented in NSW due to the varroa mite parasite found in hives at the port of Newcastle which is 50% owned by CCP. 6 million bees have been exterminated in an effort to eradicate the mite. The overturning of Roe vs Wade in the US returning legislative authority on abortion to the states saw condemnation from Jacinda Ardern and senior MPs from the Labor Government and Liberal Opposition. National leader Chris Luxon forced pro-life MP Simon O'Connor to delete his post saying “today is a good day” and forcing him to apologize to the partyroom. Dieuwe himself has been in the NZ media for his pro-life traditional views in an effort to smear his New Conservative Party. The Roe vs Wade decision has seen many know the definition of a woman again. However Professor Brendan Murphy AC Head of the Australian Health Department provided a complicated definition of woman to Liberal Senator Alex Antic 3 months after he was asked at Senate Estimates. The American Proud Boys and The Base have been designated terrorist entities by the NZ Police. The justification for listing the American Proud Boys is based on what is being claimed at the January 6 hearings which is low threshold for “terror”. Is the NZ govt worried about a freedom movement repeat? Will they list the Mongrel Mob as terrorists given one of their members was convicted of threatening to kill a National MP? Blockade Australia a climate extremist group terrorising Sydney blocking peak morning traffic. Mali Cooper who blocked the Sydney Harbour tunnel got an interview on The Project. Another blockade member Harley McDonald-Eckersall complained about vegan food not being available in prison. Family First NZ has been deregistered as a charity with the NZ Supreme Court ruling that advocating for family and tradition is not in the public interest. A Christian school Bethlehem College was forced to remove a statement about marriage by the Ministry of Education or they would lose government funding Anthony Albanese is in Madrid for the NATO summit. Indo-Pacific Partners Australia, NZ, Japan and South Korea were all invited. Foreign Minister Penny Wong is visiting her place of birth in Malaysia. She refused to answer questions about her lifestyle being illegal there. Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles was at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting 2022 in Rwanda/ Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek was praised by Emmanuel Macron at the Oceans summit in Portugal for Australia's recommitment to climate change. Australia's Ambassador for Women and Girls claims Climate Change action will stop domestic violence. Nobody is sure who is back here running Australia. The new Parliament doesn't open until the end of July. The 2021 Australian Census was released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. No religion has become the second most common faith after Christianity. The most common countries of birth not in Australia were England, China, NZ, India and the Philippines. There are more childless couples and millennials overtake boomers as the most populus generation. In state government news fees and fines are increasing for Victorians from today but Dan is giving away a $250 electricity bill subsidy per household. Victoria's Ambulance ramping crisis has proven to predate the pandemic attributed to 70 deaths in 2018. NSW teachers and train drivers striked this week, NSW healthcare have workers already striked. A further political headache for NSW Government this week was former Deputy Premier John Barilio trying to get a plum trade commissioner job in New York he created paying $500,000 per year. The Unshackled Links:Website: https://www.theunshackled.netFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackledTwitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackledGab: https://gab.com/theunshackledMinds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled/Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackledMeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackledBitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/theunshackled/Free eBook: http://theunshackledbattlefield.net/ Support Our Work: Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membershipDonate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackledStore: https://www.theunshackled.net/store/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blockade Australia activist Harley McDonald-Eckersall has complained about something rather interesting when staying in a police cell... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a week long sabbatical, the Wandering Bear returns to his cave. We drop the rumoured leaked starting Wallabies side, player movements and talk a tight Shute Shield. Outside of Rugby, Jed wages war on Blockade Australia and the Chinese Communist Party. We also spend way too long responding to Instagram questions.

7:00am - Acknowledgement of Country// 7.05am - News Headlines// 7:15am - Catch a bonus segment from the upcoming episode of 3CR's Women on the Line program featuring Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker and Samantha Floreani discussing digital rights and the possibilties and pitfalls of regulation. Kat is a Nyungar technologist and digital rights activist serving on the board of Electronic Frontiers Australia, and Sam is a digital rights activist and writer currently working as Program Lead for Digital Rights Watch. This snippet features Kat and Sam speaking about queerness and digital spaces, and forms part of a broader conversation that will air on 3CR on Monday the 4th of July from 8:30-9AM on 3CR 855AM and online at 3cr.org.au/streaming. You can read the article about queer online spaces and government regulation that Kat and Sam referred to during the clip here on Junkee.// 7:30am - Alex, from the Renters and Housing Union or RAHU, joins us to unpack some of the key insights around housing availability and affordability from the recently released 2021 census data, as well as in a report published this week by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare which highlights rising rental stress and lack of public housing availability in Australia. We will also discuss RAHU's recommendations for a response from the new federal government, including the need for a comprehensive national housing strategy.// 7:45am - Laura Riccardi is a Health Promotion Officer at Women's Health in the South East (WHISE), in Sexual and Reproductive Health. She is the project lead on the regional strategy to improve sexual and reproductive health and has been an activist for reproductive rights for many years. She joins us today to speak on inclusive abortion access, barriers to care, stigma, and how to support protecting and enhancing these rights, following the overturning of landmark abortion access legislation Roe v Wade in the US.// For information about options surrounding contraception, sexual health, and pregnancy: Please call 1800 MY OPTIONS - 1800 696 784// Open 9am-5pm Mon to Fri (closed public holidays) //or email: info@1800myoptions.org.au// For National Relay Service call 1800 555 660.//For interpreters call 13 14 50.// 8:00am - Anastasia from Legal Observers NSW joins us again to evaluate some of the early impacts of New South Wales' Roads and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2022, considering the concerning crackdowns by NSW police on Blockade Australia's climate justice direct actions and organising over the past two weeks. We will also discuss how this fits into a wider legislative push across other Australian states, including the Victorian government's proposal to impose harsher penalties for forest protestors, and the implications of this trend for the right to protest and fundamental civil liberties of organisers across movements.// 8:15am - Mia Boe is a painter from Brisbane, with Butchulla and Burmese ancestry. The inheritance and 'disinheritance' of both of these cultures focus her work. Mia's paintings respond, sometimes obliquely, to Empire's deliberate, violent interferences with the cultural heritages of Burma and K'gari (Fraser Island). Mia is a studio resident at Gertrude Contemporary in Preston and is currently showing her work at Penny Contemporary alonside Katie Eraser.// Songs//BIRYANI - ASHWARYA//

Japan urges 37 mil people to switch off lights | BBC NewsHistoric day in China: The NE province of Hebei reached a temperature of 44.2ºC at Lingshou | Extreme Temperatures Around the World on TwitterColorado River states need to drastically cut down their water usage ASAP, or the federal government will step in | Colorado Public RadioOceans saved us, now we can return the favor | France24G7 unveils Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment | NPR‘Get a real job': NSW deputy premier lashes out at Blockade Australia protestors | The GuardianChina's Renewable Energy Growth Outlook for 2022 Keeps Getting Bigger | BloombergI'm still not sure people understand how ginormous China's wind & solar plans are. This year it will install a record 156GW | Simon Evans on TwitterChina's largest NPP at Hongyanhe becomes fully operational | Nuclear Engineering InternationalGlobal biodiversity deal to halt nature loss stalls in Nairobi | ReutersIndia's Top Carmaker Bets on Hybrid Vehicle Over Electric Car in Clean Shift | BloombergRussia slashes environmental protections as war rages, economic crisis looms | The Barents ObserverEnergy treaty update fails to address climate crisis, activists say | The GuardianGermany Pushes for G7 Reversal on Fossil Fuels in Climate Blow | BloombergGovernment admits failing to ask EDF to keep Hinkley Point B nuclear power plant open to ease energy crisis | iNewsNew research reveals US gas pipeline leaks have not improved | ReutersWell run by Nigeria's Eroton spills oil and gas for over a week | ReutersLondon Climate Action WeekSource list- https://heavenly-sceptre-002.notion.site/Climate-Recap-June-28-a6a369e0da954c9f85e960e3e2d2c18f

Koalicija od 40 skupina za ljudska i građanska pravo kaže da su novi antiprosvjedni zakoni u Novom Južnom Walesu nerazmjerno usmjereni na klimatske prosvjednike,  i da krše osnovno pravo na sudjelovanje u mirnim prosvjedima. No, unatoč upozorenjima policije da će uhititi prosvjednike - Blockade Australia kaže da će i dalje nastaviti s planiranim ometanjima i prosvjedima u Sydneyu. 

Climate Activists from direct action colllective Blockade Australia were targeted by new anti-protest laws in NSW, with activists spied on and arrested for planning event sin Sydney at the end of June 2022. These critical unpaid workers are facing significant threats from state and fderal governments, with new laws featring huge fines and prison sentences being legislated in Tasmania and Victoria as well as NSW. Also on the program, we look at thw world's largest trial of the 30-hour working week, run by the not-for-profit organisation 4 Day Week Global. Who is organising this pish for shorter working weeks and what does it mean for workers. 

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has issued a stern warning to Blockade Australia as Aussies prepare for another day of protest chaos. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Strikes by rail workers are crippling Sydney's train network this morning, while Blockade Australia is promising more disruption in the CBD today; Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has arrived in Spain ahead of talks with world leaders at the NATO summit; a major manhunt has been launched in North Queensland after three male prisoners escaped from the Townsville Correction Centre. Presented by Jodie Spears. More news across the day on 7NEWS.com.au and 7Plus. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has issued a stern warning to Blockade Australia as Aussies prepare for another day of protest chaos. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NSW Police has a message for climate activists who caused chaos for Monday morning commuters in Sydney – expect a knock on your door.Protesters took to the streets of the CBD in an unauthorised demonstration to protest political inaction on climate change.Terrifying aerial vision has captured the moment one vehicle ignored traffic controllers, driving into police and protesters blocking traffic.Strike Force Guard detectives are aware of the vision and are conducting inquiries.It is not known if anyone was injured during the incident. Jesus Christ: car rams people as it drives through Blockade Australia protest pic.twitter.com/kntTsenJdi— cammyboo AO (@cameronwilson) June 27, 2022 Demonstrations began around 8am at Hyde Park, where police allege about 60 protesters joined protest activity across the city's streets.Eleven people have been arrested, the majority taken to Surry Hills and Day Street police stations, where charges are expected.Protesters threw concrete blocks, garbage bins, bikes and ladders onto the city streets in an effort to disrupt traffic and delay police officers trying to put a stop to the protest.“The behaviour of this group was nothing short of criminal activity,” Acting Assistant Commissioner Paul Dunstan told reporters on Monday afternoon.He described the protesters' behaviour as “incredibly dangerous, unacceptable” and “violent”.There have been no reports of injuries at this stage.NSW Police trailed the parade of protesters on foot and via a convoy of vehicles with sirens wailing, cleaning up after the protesters in an attempt to clear roads.The Sydney Harbour Tunnel has reopened after a protester parked a car across the road at the southbound entrance around 8am.Blockade Australia has identified the protester as 22-year-old Mali, who live streamed themself disrupting traffic at the tunnel with her head locked to her steering wheel with a bike lock.A man can be heard approaching the car and angrily shouting profanities at the protester.“To those people who are really angry right now, I understand, and it's not a good thing to be experiencing. You know what? Climate change isn't a good thing to be experiencing,” Mali said.The 22-year-old Lismore resident was arrested and taken to North Sydney police station, where charges are anticipated.Police have since removed the vehicle and all lanes of traffic have reopened.“It's been a pretty full-on year,” Mali said on the live stream.“I was lucky but I was in Lismore for both of the major floods.“I've seen a lot of devastation, I've seen people that I love lose everything, I've seen places that I love be destroyed.”NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has weighed in on the protest action by writing into 2GB radio station.“These people are bloody idiots, and they will face the full force of the law,” Mr Perrottet said.Police have confirmed that protesters will be charged under new protest laws passed in April.Protesters can be fined up to $22,000 and/or jailed for a maximum of two years for protesting illegally on public roads, rail lines, tunnels, bridges and industrial estates.Police will continue to review CCTV and other video sources to identify and arrest those involved in the protest.“There is a way to do it and way they did it today is totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” Assistant Commissioner Dunstan said.“Expect a knock on your door. We will be coming to arrest you.”The protest action comes a week after police raided a camp in Colo Valley, north of Sydney, where about 40 climate activists were found preparing for the week-long disruption.The climate action group has been vocal about the protests since March when they conducted a series of extreme stunts across the CBD to disrupt commuter traffic.Police will continue to patrol major roads and highways leading into the CBD as well as previous protest locations, including Port Botany and railway stations, throughout the week.Blockade Austr...

Protesters from Blockade Australia have caused havoc on Sydney's roads. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Strikes by rail workers are crippling Sydney's train network this morning, while Blockade Australia is promising more disruption in the CBD today; Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has arrived in Spain ahead of talks with world leaders at the NATO summit; a major manhunt has been launched in North Queensland after three male prisoners escaped from the Townsville Correction Centre. Presented by Jodie Spears. More news across the day on 7NEWS.com.au and 7Plus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's believed a white car is blocking the entrance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2GB Senior Reporter Clinton Maynard told Bed Fordham, they are heading towards the Harbour Bridge and not stopping. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clinton Maynard provides an update to Mark Levy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's believed a white car is blocking the entrance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2GB Senior Reporter Clinton Maynard told Bed Fordham, they are heading towards the Harbour Bridge and not stopping. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tiwi Islands v Santos, Vic anti forest protest bill & Blockade Australia updateJacob Gamble touches base with Jason Fowler from the Northern Territory Environment Centre about Santos drilling for oil off the tiwi islands. Priya Kunjan gets an update from Tuffy at Goongerah Environment Centre about the Victorian government's new anti-forest protest bill.Carly Dober speaks with Jarrah at Blockade Australia about upcoming actions Earth Matters #1354 was produced by Carly Dober, Priya Kunjan & Jacob Gamble

We're very sad to announce that Auspol Snackpod is coming to an end. We've got a regular news episode for you this week, then next week will be some kind of special finale episode. It's your LAST CHANCE to send us potlucks about news, politics, or memes, or really anything and we'd really love to hear from you so PLEASE record yourself speaking for a minute and send it to us at contact@auspolsnackpod.com. We also have another bonus episode to do and our plan is to answer EVERY SINGLE QUESTION OR REQUEST all in one bonus episode so please suggest topics! Even if you're a $1 patron, this is a liquidation sale, EVERY TOPIC MUST GO! We have a couple more episodes in the works, and some schemes for the future, but this is the end of Snackpod as a weekly news / current affairs-ish sort of show. It's been our absolute pleasure and honour to make the show for you all and we can't thank you enough for tuning in every week and supporting us with your time and haha reaccs.  Well, we still have this episode for news, politics, and memes, so this week we're serving up... Positivity Corner: SEQUR, a staunch QLD renters union, block the eviction of a disability pensioner.  Election Section: Unfortunately Clive's huge spend technically got a result as Rrrrrrrralph Babet has been elected UAP senator for Victoria (sorry). Lambie also got a new senator, Tammy Tyrrell (not to be confused with Tammi Terrell).  Fashy Australia: Labor is going ahead with Liberal debt recovery plans to punish people on welfare. Also a change in how mutual obligations work.  First Nations: Seven artefacts have been returned from the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection to the Walpiri people. Now do it for the 2200 other items.  Climate Cookies: Sam sent us another awesome potluck about offset mechanisms and useless "limits" on emissions.  ACAB: NSW govt and police are targeting Blockade Australia activists in pretty horrible ways. You can support them here: https://chuffed.org/project/blockade-australia-support-fundraiser  Potluck: Josh tells us about libraries (and a way to contain the evil power emanating from this piece of Gina Rinehart's soul)  SPOTW: The future is now  Business: Don't follow us, that's silly. Just send us your bonus episode suggestions and your final potlucks!  And you'll just have to wait til the end for our Penultimate Pupdate! 

ائتلافی متشکل از ۴۰ گروه حقوق بشر و حقوق مدنی می گویند که قوانین جدید ضد اعتراض در ایالت نیو ساوت ولز به طور نامتناسبی معترضان آب و هوایی را هدف قرار می دهد و حق اولیه شرکت در تظاهرات مسالمت آمیز را نقض می کند.اما علیرغم هشدار پلیس مبنی بر دستگیری معترضان گروهی به نام Blockade Australia می‌ گوید که همچنان به اختلالات برنامه‌ ریزی شده یک هفته‌ ای خود و اعتراضات در سیدنی ادامه می‌ دهد.

No Justice No Peace No Guns for Police Rally here II We hear from some speakers at the Melbourne rally held on the National Day of Action called by the Yuendemu Elders after the not guilty finding in the shooting of Kumanjayi Walker by Constable Zachary Rolfe in 2019.Blockade Australia Update here II Hayden from Blockade Australia gives us an update on the Sydney Action called for June 27 - July 2.Refugee Rally here II We hear why it is important to keep pushing for the rights of Rufugees from rally held in Melbourne on 18th June.This is the Week here II Kevin rakes through the week.Don Sutherland & the Wages Rise here II Don looks at the meaning of the rise in the minimum wage and what workers need to do to push for better living conditions.

Acknowledgement of Country// News Headlines// 7:15am - Barbara Shaw (IRAG) - Karrinjarla Muwajarri Mparntwe Rally//Arrernte activist Barbara Shaw from the Intervention Rollback Action Group or IRAG spoke at a rally on Saturday the 18th of June in Mparntwe Alice Springs calling for Karrinjarla Muwajarri, no guns in community. The Karrinjarla Muwajarri campaign, organised by members of the Yuendumu community, demands a ceasefire and the restoration of self-determination to Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. In this speech, Barbara Shaw connects the 15th anniversary of the Northern Territory Intervention with state violence in Aboriginal communities. Our thanks to the Punk Tree Hour crew on 8CCC Community Radio Alice Springs and Tennant Creek for sharing this recording with us! You can find out how to support the Karrinjarla Muwajarri campaign at karrinjarlamuwajarri.org, and more information about IRAG is available via their Facebook page - Intervention Rollback Action Group.// 7:30am - Music and Promotion//Event promotion: Emerging Writers Festival and Schizy Inc: Gnarly Writers, showing tonight at EWF Thursday 23rd of June from 7:30-8:30PM at Loop Project Space & Bar// Gnarly Writers celebrates storytellers who've been in the public mental health system for decades. These artists will bring you insights into the system and into healing, which might just come in handy to anyone starting out on a mental health lived experience apprenticeship or seeking validation for a lifetime of service. This event emphasizes that writing one's own story can be more than a chance to impart words of wisdom: it's also an act of freedom from a lifetime of being recorded. Find out more here // Radiothon promotion: Thursday Breakfast is raising money for 3CR's 2022 Radiothon!//Donate over the phone: CALL 03 9419 8377 OR SMS 0488 809 855//Donate online at 3cr.org.au/donate, or via our CrowdRaiser at givenow.com.au/cr/breakfast.//Don't forget to nominate Thursday Breakfast when you make your donation!// 7:45am - Zianna Fuad - Blockade Australia//Then we are joined by Zianna Fuad, a member of the climate activist group Blockade Australia. To speak on the heavily armed police raid at a NSW property on Sunday the 19th of June. The raid was triggered after activists spotted camouflaged, unmarked police officers filming them. Followed by dozens of police storming the site and detaining protesters. 7 protesters were charged on Sunday with a range of offences, 5 of them have been slammed with extremely punitive conditions such as being denied bail and maximum sentences of 10 years. Join their event on Monday 27th of June in Sydney DAY ONE here// 8:00am - Anna Weekes//We also speak to Anna Weekes from Frack Free Arts NT about the continued sponsorship of arts programming from fossil fuel giants such as Santos who is a sponsor of the upcoming Darwin Festival. Anna is a community cultural artist who has worked within Australia and internationally on community directed arts projects for social justice. Anna has a passion for the creation of personal and group expression through the arts with a focus on art as a passage for social commentary to provoke thought and change. Anna has also received the Kirk Robson Community Cultural Arts Development award for her work over the past 10 years in the field. Sign the open letter to end funding by Santos here// 8:15am - Mammad Aidani//Finally, we are joined by Mammad Aidani, who is a human rights advocate, poet, playwright, theatre director and psychosocial resarcher. He speaks with us today about the play 'I said this to the bird', which is currently showing at the Institute of Postcolonial Studies with upcoming performances from the 24th to 26th of June.Ticket details are available here.//Mammad's research investigates the violence, torture, trauma and suffering experienced by Iranian and Middle Eastern immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers who have resettled in Australia and the West. He is currently the vice president of PEN International Melbourne. He teaches Hermeneutics and Phenomenological philosophy at the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, and his writings have been banned in Iran. You can read an essay by Mammad on exile, '300 words for truth,' here in Overland.// Songs//R U My Love - ParvynNilotic - Elsy WameyoKush (Amadou Suso Replay) - SO.Crates//

Produced & presented by Carly DoberGuests: Bonnie from Fireproof AustraliaBonnie is an activist and campainger from Fireproof Australia- a campaign of civil resistance proportional to the existential threat we face. Why Fireproof Australia? We've f**king burned, our lungs have filled with poisonous smoke, our houses have been burned and washed away and our country will be destroyed by climate breakdown if we don't act.https://fireproof.news/  Jarrah from Bloackade AustraliaJarrah is an acitivist and campaigner from Bloakcade Australia. Blockade Australia coordinates mobilisations at economic bottlenecks and centres of political power. These mobilisations use centralised, sustained and disruptive action to force the urgent broad-scale change necessary for survival.https://www.blockadeaustralia.com/about-blockade-australia/blockade-australia-purpose-statement/  Scott Jordan from The Bob Brown FoundationScott Jordan is an activist and campaigner for The Bob Brown Foudnation. The Bob Brown Foudnation aims to help campaigns and activists who show real pluck and intelligence in protecting ecosystems, species and wild and scenic heritage. https://www.bobbrown.org.au/the_foundation SONGS:Clairo- BagsCannons- Fire For YouRolling Blackouts Coastal Fever- Deep Dive

As a member of Blockade Australia, this week's guest, Max Curmi, recently spent 4 months in jail for scaling a crane in Port Botany. He says that you shouldn't be afraid of people in jail. Max grew up in a housing commune in the Yarra Valley with parents who have always respected the land and from a relatively young age Max was looking for the best place to resist. He got turned on to direct action in Scotland and has never looked back, working on the Adani campaign and with Extinction Rebellion, learning how to use his body and collective power to disrupt. Blockade Australia are calling all those serious about survival to a series of events happening in Sydney late June. See the link for details. We thank Max for being our guest this week. Keep up the great work.blockadeaustralia.com 

Produced & presented by Carly Dober  GuestsJane Morton- Extinction Rebellion activist We chat to Jane Morton, clinical psychologist, climate actvitist and campaigner from XR Victoria about the recent Just Stop It! campaign Want to get involved with the JUST STOP IT! campaign? Sign up here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/new-campaign-callout-just-stop-it-no-more-coal-no-more-gas-no-more-oil?source=direct_link& Please donate to help fund the first wave of JUST STOP IT! and the next wave in September: https://gofund.me/15042e0b Join Extinction Rebellion Australia and connect with a local group in your area: https://ausrebellion.earth/get-involved Here is some Channel Nine News footage of the petrol tanker action Jane Morton was arrested in. It makes the link to the Just Stop Oil campaign in the United Kingdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9QrGAH15_E Interested in how to talk about the climate emergency? This is the booklet by Jane summarising the research that shows that it is important to tell the truth about the catastrophic dangers we face and demolishes the myth that 'fear doesn't work': https://climateemergencydecalation.org/climatemessaging   Keep up to date with the powerful actions by Just Stop Oil in the United Kingdom: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=just%20stop%20oil Watch some of the courageous actions by Blockade Australia: https://www.facebook.com/BlockadeAustralia/videos/687216142594347 and read about the four month jail sentence for Max Curmi: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-28/port-botany-protest-four-months-jail/100945668 Find out about Fireproof Australia Fireproof Australia: who are the radical Extinction Rebellion splinter group? | Climate crisis | The Guardian and the three month sentence jail sentence for a young climate activist, Andrew George:  Protester jailed over NRL flare stunt (9news.com.au) Read about the draconian new anti-protest laws in NSW: NSW parliament passes new laws bringing harsher penalties on protesters - ABC News  Song: Portico Quartet - MonumentKinglake Friends of the Forest rally at ToolangiThe forest surrounding the renowned Tanglefoot walking track in Toolangi (on Melbourne's doorstep) is scheduled for logging. On April 9 at 2pm, community members organised and held a peaceful rally at the Tanglefoot Picnic Area to stand up for the place they love and say no to native forest logging https://kinglakefriendsoftheforest.com/(link is external) Song: Surpise Chef - Leave it, Don't Take It Plus Climate updates from our friends at Climate 4 Changehttps://www.climateforchange.org.au/ 

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. NewsreportsDiscussion on the Federal Election campaign by the major parties from the Liberal Party to the Australian Labour Party following the election being called for May 21st drawing on the Scott Morrison's campaign ad and the recent announcement of Labor backing down from committing to a Jobseeker increase.Interviews and DiscussionsInterview with John Mullen, a marxist activist and long-time socialist in the Paris region about the results of the first presidential round of the French elections and it's implications for social and economic trends in French society and the challenges that it poses for the left especially the rise of Jean-Luc Melenchon and France Insoumise (FI) which won more than 20% of the vote in the first presidential round.  You can listen to the individual interview here.Interview with Quinn from Blockade Australia giving a overview of Blockade Australia's goals and activities, the importance of NVDA (Non-Violent Direction Action) to respond to the Climate Crisis and the upcoming mass mobilisation planned for Sydney from June 27-July 3. You can listen to the individual interview here.

New activist groups such as Blockade Australia and Fireproof Australia are on the rise, with a series of recent climate protests blocking major roads, bridges and coal ports. In response, the NSW government has passed new laws that could see such protesters spend up to two years in jail. Sam Noonan and Violet Coco, members of Fireproof Australia, speak about why they joined the radical group, and journalist Royce Kurmelovs explores the rise in anti-protest laws, which are contributing to what human rights organisations call a ‘climate of repression'

Blockade Australia protesters are blocking a Brighton-le-Sands street. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carbon credits are a big scam. David Koch fantasies about cutting the rope.   Carbon Credits! Angus Taylor has spent a billion dollars on “sham” carbon credits. Whistleblower Andrew Macintosh says many parts of the carbon offsets system are a scam. Andrew Macintosh has been replaced by former fossil fuel lobbyist David Byers (we've talked about him before). Under the Gillard government, Australia's emissions actually went down. What's the go with Angus Taylor anyway? Blockade Sunrise Protestors from Blockade Australia are continuing to disrupt coal company operations. Emma Dorge went on morning TV show Sunrise while hanging from a pole above a train line. Sunrise's “Cool the Globe” initiative was sponsored by Origin Energy. Shoutouts Shoutout to The Greens! They've announced some cool new policies, like free university, and dental into Medicare. Shoutout too to Joe Hockey for fighting for free university too (before stripping it for parts). Blockade Australia are running actions from 27th of June - July 2nd. Change your god damn electricity provider!  

Sam and Jack talk to Zia about direct action group Blockade Australia and its series of actions around the Port of Botony area in New South Wales.Check the Blockade Australia website for more information and updates. 

For a third consecutive day, Blockade Australia protesters have disrupted Port Botany. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blockade Australia protesters are again blocking traffic in Port Botany. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blockade Australia protesters are again blocking traffic in Port Botany. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kuruma Marduthunera woman Josie Alec on Traditional Owners deep concerns in WA's Pilbara region with Woodside's dangerous new gas project at Murujuga on the Burrup Peninsula. Sasha and Greg from Blockade Australia about the alarming increase in aggressive and repressive tactics from police and courts against climate defenders who engage in frontline direct action. Earth Matters #1336 was produced by Rosie Isaac & Mallika Murthy

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Josie Alec is a Kuruma Marduthunera custodian from the Pilbara, Western Australia. Josie joined Rosie earlier this week to speak about the ongoing destruction of rock art and country on Murujuga/The Burrup Peninsula and the Federal Government's recent announcement of a $255 million dollar loan to support the development of the Perdaman Urea Plant on sacred country.// Asher Wolf, activist, freelance columnist and general rabble-rouser, speaks with us about the lack of recognition of and support for chronic illnesses such as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and how this intersects with growing awareness of long COVID. Find out more about current disability justice issues through People with Disability Australia and Women with Disability Australia, and support the grassroots organising of Disability Justice Network.// Debra Nicholl is the Programs Manager at Elder Rights Advocacy. Following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety 2018 - 2021, the Federal Government is transitioning to a different model of service provision. Debra speaks about recent local council changes to home aged and disability care services, and what these changes mean for service users, workers, and the aged care sector.// We are joined by Sasha and Greg from Blockade Australia to speak about climate activism and strategic nonviolent resistance to the colonial extraction project called Australia. Sasha has been doing climate, anti-war and human rights activism for the last 3 years. Sasha found her niche in supporting direct action and has been arrested for the cause as well. Greg is a full time supporter of frontline nonviolent direct action.// David Lindenmayer is Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at ANU. He is an expert in forest ecology and resource management, conservation science, and biodiversity conservation. David joins us today to discuss the science behind why the Victorian Government must put an end to native forest logging. You can read a recent article by David on this issue here in Cosmos.//

Michael Bayliss of the Post-Growth Australia Podcast likes all kinds of communication, whether it's hosting thoughtful and conversational interviews, his communications role at Sustainable Population Australia, or spreading ecological messages with his band, Shock Octopus. This week, Brian puts Michael in the hotseat to discuss these projects, Blockade Australia and direct action, Green Party-backed housing sprawl and a whole lot more.Michael's website: https://michaelbayliss.org/Post-Growth Australia Podcast: https://pgap.fireside.fm/

Tom has some news about the future of the show after The Australian's tough reporting. We eulogise Greg Hunt's saucy Twitter antics (6:47), then move on to Labor's recent run of capitulation (9:10), most recently with the Political Campaigners charity org law (15:00). Later we are joined by Max from Blockade Australia to talk direct action (25:07), then a chat about the political threats to protest in Australia (39:18). And we wrap up with a Call To Action (53:26). P.S. Class War “Demo 2019” - https://classwarxxx.bandcamp.com/ P.P.S. “Feeding The Chooks: Albo, ScoMo lose heads to Greens punk” The Australian, Nov 30, 2021 - https://shorturl.at/sM279 Calls To Action - Blockade Australia: https://www.blockadeaustralia.com/ “Global Warning” Report: https://shorturl.at/pAHPT Greens merch: https://shop.greens.org.au/  Switch your power provider to Co-Operative Power: https://www.cooperativepower.org.au/ Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerau See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scheherazade Bloul (WOTL) spoke with Prof.Helen Berry from Macquarie University on how climate change impacts mental health//Jessica Harrison spoke with Kevin and Zeb (City Limits) about housing challenges on the Bass Coast//Kevin and Zeb (City Limits)  catch up with Pam Morgan about the campaign to save the Collingwood Children's Farm//Hannah and Emma from Blockade Australia speaking with Stick Together's Jackson McInearny about the recent action to shut down the world's largest coal port in Newcastle NSW//

Blockade Australia ran actions targeting fossil fuel extraction and exportation this month. In this episode, we feature an episode of Saltgrass that further explains and humanises the movement.  We add a clip of Art Breaker's documentary about the Black Finch Project, for the whole thing here's a link. This episode was recorded and first released in May 2020. This is an updated version with a new intro. The interview remains exactly the same. In this episode we speak with a family of activists and we take a closer look at what is going on with the Adani Coal mine.  A hotly contested mine that is still in construction in Queensland.  Long term residents of Castlemaine Ben and Jacynta have spent a lifetime living with the earth in mind, from building a sustainable house to participating in protests and activism.  Ben travelled on the Adani convoy a couple of years ago, as lead by renowned greens leader and activist, Bob Brown.  Ben is a visual artist and is known locally as something of an agitator, often providing cheeky and provocative takes on the current political issues. Jacynta has studied a masters in social ecology, trained in facilitation and participated in the transition towns movement. At the time of recording Rilka, their daughter, was heavily involved in the activist groups trying to disrupt the Adani coal mine from going ahead.   The reason I have chosen this one to replay right now is that Jacynta has, in the last week, moved from being the proud parent of an activist to taking action herself.   LINKS: The Traditional Owners in the Galillee Basin where the Adani mine is happening and what they have been doing to stop the mine. Protest groups mentioned in the show: Blockade Australia FLAC – Frontline Action on Coal Stop Adani Galilee Rising Extinction Rebellion Galilee Blockade FOE Climate for Change Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) Knitting Nanas See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Blockade Australia ran actions targeting fossil fuel extraction and exportation this month. In this episode, we feature an episode of Saltgrass that further explains and humanises the movement.  We add a clip of Art Breaker's documentary about the Black Finch Project, for the whole thing here's a link. This episode was recorded and first released in May 2020. This is an updated version with a new intro. The interview remains exactly the same. In this episode we speak with a family of activists and we take a closer look at what is going on with the Adani Coal mine.  A hotly contested mine that is still in construction in Queensland.  Long term residents of Castlemaine Ben and Jacynta have spent a lifetime living with the earth in mind, from building a sustainable house to participating in protests and activism.  Ben travelled on the Adani convoy a couple of years ago, as lead by renowned greens leader and activist, Bob Brown.  Ben is a visual artist and is known locally as something of an agitator, often providing cheeky and provocative takes on the current political issues. Jacynta has studied a masters in social ecology, trained in facilitation and participated in the transition towns movement. At the time of recording Rilka, their daughter, was heavily involved in the activist groups trying to disrupt the Adani coal mine from going ahead.   The reason I have chosen this one to replay right now is that Jacynta has, in the last week, moved from being the proud parent of an activist to taking action herself.   LINKS: The Traditional Owners in the Galillee Basin where the Adani mine is happening and what they have been doing to stop the mine. Protest groups mentioned in the show: Blockade Australia FLAC – Frontline Action on Coal Stop Adani Galilee Rising Extinction Rebellion Galilee Blockade FOE Climate for Change Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) Knitting Nanas Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Blockade Australia ran actions targeting fossil fuel extraction and exportation this month. In this episode, we feature an episode of Saltgrass that further explains and humanises the movement.  We add a clip of Art Breaker's documentary about the Black Finch Project, for the whole thing here's a link. This episode was recorded and first released in May 2020. This is an updated version with a new intro. The interview remains exactly the same. In this episode we speak with a family of activists and we take a closer look at what is going on with the Adani Coal mine.  A hotly contested mine that is still in construction in Queensland.  Long term residents of Castlemaine Ben and Jacynta have spent a lifetime living with the earth in mind, from building a sustainable house to participating in protests and activism.  Ben travelled on the Adani convoy a couple of years ago, as lead by renowned greens leader and activist, Bob Brown.  Ben is a visual artist and is known locally as something of an agitator, often providing cheeky and provocative takes on the current political issues. Jacynta has studied a masters in social ecology, trained in facilitation and participated in the transition towns movement. At the time of recording Rilka, their daughter, was heavily involved in the activist groups trying to disrupt the Adani coal mine from going ahead.   The reason I have chosen this one to replay right now is that Jacynta has, in the last week, moved from being the proud parent of an activist to taking action herself.   LINKS: The Traditional Owners in the Galillee Basin where the Adani mine is happening and what they have been doing to stop the mine. Protest groups mentioned in the show: Blockade Australia FLAC – Frontline Action on Coal Stop Adani Galilee Rising Extinction Rebellion Galilee Blockade FOE Climate for Change Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) Knitting Nanas Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Blockade Australia ran actions targeting fossil fuel extraction and exportation this month. In this episode, we feature an episode of Saltgrass that further explains and humanises the movement. We add a clip of Art Breaker's documentary about the Black Finch Project, for the whole thing here's a link.This episode was recorded and first released in May 2020.This is an updated version with a new intro. The interview remains exactly the same.In this episode we speak with a family of activists and we take a closer look at what is going on with the Adani Coal mine.  A hotly contested mine that is still in construction in Queensland. Long term residents of Castlemaine Ben and Jacynta have spent a lifetime living with the earth in mind, from building a sustainable house to participating in protests and activism. Ben travelled on the Adani convoy a couple of years ago, as lead by renowned greens leader and activist, Bob Brown.  Ben is a visual artist and is known locally as something of an agitator, often providing cheeky and provocative takes on the current political issues.Jacynta has studied a masters in social ecology, trained in facilitation and participated in the transition towns movement.At the time of recording Rilka, their daughter, was heavily involved in the activist groups trying to disrupt the Adani coal mine from going ahead.  The reason I have chosen this one to replay right now is that Jacynta has, in the last week, moved from being the proud parent of an activist to taking action herself. LINKS:The Traditional Owners in the Galillee Basin where the Adani mine is happening and what they have been doing to stop the mine.Protest groups mentioned in the show: Blockade Australia FLAC – Frontline Action on Coal Stop Adani Galilee Rising Extinction Rebellion Galilee Blockade FOE Climate for Change Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) Knitting Nanas See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's difficult to take a light-hearted view of climate change but the "Comedians Conquering Climate Change" do just that. The challenge of discussing the weighty topic of climate change with friends and family can be daunting, especially during the Christmas/New Year holiday period, but Yale Climate Connections has some advice on how you go about that. Jo Dodds is the leader of the Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action and as a result of personal experience is a supporter of the Envoronmibnetal Defenders Office. Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "If Scott Morrison acted on his strong Christian faith, he would phase out coal"; "Woodside BHP Scarborough gas project off north-west WA gets final go-ahead"; "ClimateWorks reflection: What happened at COP26 and what comes next?"; "Tonga fulfils another commitment to the Paris Agreement"; "Soil carbon: A source or a sink in the net-zero challenge?"; "Climate risk, capital markets and global governance"; "Ex-Unilever CEO takes swipe at Australia, says it would be ‘stupid' not to phase out coal"; "Shell will acquire Australian energy retailer Powershop as part of its effort to diversify into power production"; "Blockade Australia: anti-coal activists vow more disruption despite warnings of 25-year jail sentences"; "New ARENA funding round to help plug one of last gaps to 100 pct renewables grid"; "Woodside Petroleum: and BHP agree to create a global energy company"; "Scarborough requires EPBC approval: CCWA"; "Shell increases stake in Australia's electricity market with Powershop takeover"; "BoM expected to declare La Niña weather event as summer's first tropical cyclone forms"; "Men's meat-heavy diets cause 40% more climate emissions than women's, study finds"; "Explore Long-Term Strategies (LTS)"; "COP26: Key Outcomes From the UN Climate Talks in Glasgow"; "CSIRO fears new wave of extinctions"; "Invasive species will cost the agriculture industry billions and urgent action needed, CSIRO warns"; "The seas are coming for us in Kiribati. Will Australia rehome us?"; "Rogue nation?"; "At long last, Australia has a bioenergy roadmap – and its findings are startling"; "Riverine Plains"; "Workshops to help farmers & communities manage drought, climate challenges"; "Money For Green Energy Creates More Jobs Than Fossil Fuel Investment, New Study Finds"; "Tax breaks kick Pakistan's electric car shift into higher gear"; "Gerrymandering is a climate problem"; "Mapping the irrecoverable carbon in Earth's ecosystems". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Today we speak with a different type of worker. No one pays Emma or anyone else from Blockade Australia for the work they've put in to shut down the world's largest coal port in Newcastle Australia. We spoke to her about the action, which ran from the 8th-18 November, and it's importance to workers across the country. Plus, of course, some union news. 

Monday Breakfast with Phuong // Lee-Anne Carter from VALS spoke with Marisa from the Doin Time Show on why we need to #raisetheage. Lujayn Hourani, Lebanese-Palestinian writer, spoke with James from In Ya Face about why the Melbourne Queer Film Festival boycott has been called.  Ella Simons, 15 year-old school climate strike organiser, spoke with Phuong from Tuesday Breakfast about attending the pre-COP event in Milan about sharing their reflections on the federal government's lack of action on climate change. Rilka, James, and Marco from Blockade Australia spoke with Jacob about taking action at the Port of Newcastle to draw attention to the government's inaction in the face of a climate crisis.  Songs:Talk - Budjerah ft MAY-ALike Ecstasy - Purple DyeTwisted Folk - Too Precious to Plunder

Heroes keep stopping coal trains, Scott Morrison has never told a lie and Australia wins at Climate Golf. Hero watch Direct action works. Blockade Australia are repeatedly shutting down train lines from coal mines. Blockade Australia are planning a massive disruption in Sydney on June 27th. Every Time I Die — People Verses Never lying Scott Morrison says he has never told a lie in public. This follows him backtracking on some of his electric vehicles policies. We're in a “post-reality-based community” world. Pauline Hanson's campaign released a piece of political propaganda. Not gonna link to it. Climate Change Performance Australia scored a big fat zero in Greenhouse Gas Per Capita in the The Climate Change Performance Index. Labor's Chris Bowen framed this as “Australia's biggest economic opportunity”. Ex-Wallabies captain David Pocock compared fossil fuel advertising to cigarette sponsorship. The AFLW league is heavily sponsored by BHP. The Government's “Plan” for getting to Net Zero is extremely bad. For one thing it doesn't even get to zero. It's “slow, lazy and shockingly irresponsible”. Meanwhile, Tuvalu is investigating legal ways they can maintain their maritime territories if the island is submerged. Shoutouts Solidarity with staff from Better Read Than Dead are back on strike after management reneged on their promises for a new deal. Shoutout to the Toll workers who struck in seven warehouses for better pay. They won! On the 20th of November, the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism are counterprotesting the antivax nutjobs.

We speak to Clancey from Blockade Australia about the ongoing direct action in and around Newcastle to shut down the word's largest coal port and confront our government's inaction on the climate crisis.

The lead up to the global climate chaos meetup in Glasgow saw escalating actions from Extinction Rebellion and Blockade Australia.The theme was Duty of Care to kids from the harm of climate disruption impacts. In Canberra empty white prams pushed by people dressed for a funeral circled the forecourt of Parliament house in a  day and night week long walking meditation. Midweek, giant burning koalas blocked the Parliament House ring road while Scot Morrison and Susan Ley impersonators glued themselves to the white line in the middle of the road. At the weeks end the  23 prams paraded together led by Uncle ALbert Hartnett. He talks of solidarity between eco activists and aboriginal people and calls  for participation in the 50th birthday of the Aboridginal Tent Embassy in  January 2022, in Canberra. Guests:           Uncle ALbert Harnett, Fire Keeper, Aboriginal Tent Embassy                        Diyan Coe, Caretaker, Aboriginal Tent Embassy                        John Wurker, Andy, Violet, and people from Extinction Rebellion, ACT]                         Clancy: Blockade Australia This week's show is #1322 and was produced by Bec Horridge

Noon is away this week dealing with a smol MH crisis, but never fear because robust fan favourite and peoples' champion Holly is back to celebrate No Knowledge November. Excitingly, we also have a new segment and sting for you! Also just a heads up that next week will be another unusual episode but it will have both Zac and Noon on it (unless something goes horribly wrong). This week we are serving up... Aperitifs: Morrison gets a haircut (it's election season), and Tim Smith crashed his Picklemobile!  SPOTW: Goes to Noon's mum for a layup/assist.  C is for Climate/Potluck: Noon calls in to talk about the Glasgow climate talks, Net Zero modelling, EVs, and the CEFC. And Zac tells us about Blockade Australia and their great work this week. Support the cause: https://chuffed.org/project/blockade-australia-fundraiser  First Nations (CW 36:10-42:00 for names and descriptions of Indigenous people who have died in custody): There have been two more First Nations people killed in custody in just the last week.  Positivity Corner (CW 42:00 - 58:56 for non-graphic discussion of sexual assault): Affirmative consent laws are being introduced in Victoria and NSW.  Fashy Australia: Get out and support CARF (Campaign Against Racism and Fascism) in their counter-protests against the rolling far right and anti-vax rallies. Come along next weekend! Events in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. Event details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/261299109308167  Support Snackpod financially and get a monthly bonus episode and other stuff: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod Watch Noon play games on twitch: www.twitch.tv/NoonPlaysGames   

This week on the show Phil is joined by Jarrah and Belle from Blockade Australia - a new network of activists taking a systemic and direct action approach to solving the climate crisis.You can find out more about Blockade Australia on their website, and follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.Read ANFA's statement on AUKUS and nuclear submarines here.Find out more about Friends of the Earth's work on koalas, including how to get the new pamphlet mentioned in the show here.

 Climate urgency spawns more pledges to disrupt using non-violent civil disobedience. Sergei, Greg and The Treason March supporters are walking from Sydney to Canberra along the edge of the  Hume Highway. " Their signs say:  "  Climate Crisis: We Will Starve @LASTGENERATION "    " We are F%U£ED, We are young. We are coming"    "Climate Criminals Kill Kids" They are calling on people to  join them in a future event  using non- violent civil disobedience to block the Hume Highway  that takes most traffic between the power hubs: Sydney and Canberra, to force the laggard Australian government to take urgent  action on climate change. This Earth Matters reveals the values and motivation that would call  on people to block a highway.  It is important that the Australian people and government understand why many people  who are very concerned  about global warming impacts, including ecological and social collapse are now engaging  in non violent civil disobedience.  They are getting in harms way in order to stop a greater harmer. As Sergei Rebel says : "Its time to do something  because with 510 ppm equivalents of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, 3 degrees of warming is locked  in, and  what is often omitted from the narrative of global warming is what that actually means.  That means our young people in the future will be rounded up and sent to war. What that  means is there is going to be mass migration  of people and unfarmable land to live on. What that means is social collapse. What that means is massive rape and slaughter of my generation,  the people that are alive today.  Its 2021  and the future they have been warning us about is here and its up to us to get it  the way of this death machine; which  of course is  non violent civil disobedience which involves arrest and prison.  This is called getting in harms way in order to stop a greater harmer. So  am calling on all young people to join me." Isabell is organising with  Blockade Australia. She explains the urgent need to immediately avoid climate tipping points of no return. This urgency and her values led her to adopt climate activism as her work  in order to  act on what she knows is true and bring about the needed change. Guests: Sergei, Lesley, Greg: Treason March,  @LASTGENERATION                            Isabell:  Blockade Australia Music: Andy Paine: Song: Your Mission, Album: The Politics of Possibility Find it on "Bandcamp" Links: Blockade Australia             Last Generation | Facebook            Last Generation  Last Generation News: Seriously ugly: here's how Australia will look if the world heats by 3°C this century (theconversation.com)  This weeks show  #1292 was produced by Bec Horridge