Podcast appearances and mentions of Gary Foley

Headlines: Unionists and anti-genocide protestors in Morocco refuse to service Maersk ships carrying F-35 PartsParents for Climate stand against Santos' $5.6 billion gas project Segments:- Three excerpts from professor Gary Foley's talk on Indigenous struggle and resistance of past, present and future held yesterday at Dardi Munwurro in Preston. Gary Foley is a Gumbaynggirr activist, artist, historian and writer. You can listen to the full lecture by Uncle Professor Gary Foley here. - First part of the speeches from the counter rally, held yesterday morning to Support harm reduction and evidence-based healthcare. Standing against stigma, scapegoating, and the criminalisation of people who use drugs.This rally was countering a network of North Richmond business owners, property developers, and local career politicians holding a rally in North Richmond which was promoting a “demand for action” in relation to “safety concerns” about people who use drugs. Part of an ongoing campaign targeting North Richmond's medically supervised drug consumption space and the demonising of people who use this service.  - Interview with Ian Rintoul, author of an article published in Socialist magazine Solidarity, about the CFMEU Administrator's plans. The CFMEU's Administration has announced the next phase of the government-appointed body: a three-year-long and as yet undisclosed 'Strategic Review'.  In its First Bi-Annual Report of the CFMEU — a document updating the Federal Minister for Workplace Relations on the Administrator's progress during its first six months — the Administrator claims multiple times the challenge against the Administration in the High Court has stymied its progress. Eight months in, just two of the dozens of CFMEU officials sacked across the continent when the Administration took control of the Union have formal charges laid against them: Michael and Darren Greenfield, two former NSW Officials, who are alleged to have received bribes from an employer. Music: Sunday Roast - Courtney Barnett  Community notes: - For information of your rights while being within a special designated area, click here. - North Richmond Community are hosting free overdose response training for community members, including residents, traders, and local services on Wednedays through to Fridays. Contact NRCH's Proactive Overose Response Initiative Team at naxolone@nrch.com.au or call 9418 9811 to register.

Friends! Comrades! Welcome to another episode of the Radio Reversal podcast, continuing our series on Disaster, Crisis & Collective Futures. If you haven't already listened to the first couple of episodes in this series - never fear! You can jump in fresh here, or head back and listen to Episode 12 - After the Flood & Episode 13 - Disaster Communism with Nick Southall. In these episodes, we chatted about weather events like Cyclone Alfred & what happens during “disasters”: how the parameters of political possibility shift, sometimes incrementally, and sometimes all at once. We talked about two very different expressions of these political ruptures: “disaster capitalism,” where corporations and the state use these events as opportunities to expand state and corporate power and to find new frontiers of capitalist exploitation, and “disaster communism,” in which communities self-organise to support one another, forge networks of mutual aid and care, and build a genuinely radical sense of “class power.”This week, Nat, Jonno & I (Anna) decided to focus a bit more on the way that these dynamics operate in the specific conditions of settler colonialism, especially here in so-called australia. We're engaging with these topics as settlers, living uninvited on unceded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lands, and this is perhaps part of why we are so interested in the way that crises operate as key moments in which settlers are brought into new forms of colonial complicity. In particular, we are digging into a concept that we've been talking about for a few years now: the idea of “crisis colonialism.” We use this as a shorthand way to think about how settler colonial states use periods of crisis - economic depressions, world wars, ecological disasters - as fuel for settler colonial nation-building. In listening back to and editing this week's episode, I realised (largely thanks to a generative conversation with Dr. Jamal Nabulsi, whose incendiary and vital work you can find here and here) that a lot of what we're thinking about in this episode is affect - how people feel during crises, and how those collective emotions are operationalised and weaponised for a variety of political projects. This is a key part of both “disaster capitalism” and “disaster communism,” which we dig into in more detail at the beginning of this episode. But affect is also an important part of our analysis of “crisis colonialism,” and especially the way that settler colonies use moments of crisis to manufacture and secure settler consent for colonial governance through a rotating set of strategies, ranging from fear-based moral panics through to the construction of ideas of “mateship” and community. So in this week's episode, we're looking closer at these dynamics. How exactly do settler colonial states take advantage of periods of crisis? How do these moments become repurposed as fuel for nation-building? How does “securitisation” and policing fit into this process? And as settlers who are engaged in communities of struggle and committed to disrupting settler colonialism… how can we ensure that our collective efforts in these moments don't become fuel for the colonial project that caused the crisis in the first place? This is a big, juicy episode, which means that we talk about (or reference) a bunch of important scholarship that helps us to understand the origins of colonial racial capitalism and the “disaster” horizon of the present. In kicking off with some belated “definitional work,” as Nat puts it, we start by sketching out a working understanding of “disaster capitalism.” We continue our chat about Naomi Klein's 2007 “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and her formative analysis of the way that corporations and states alike use periods of disaster, or “shocks,” to cultivate new “frontiers” to exploit. Klein talks about a number of examples of this phenomenon: from the ways that the destructive impacts of “natural disasters” like the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami can be used to create the conditions for massive land grabs and accelerated privatisation and development under the guise of “reconstruction”; through to the construction of an entire fear-based industry of “homeland security” after the 9/11 terror attacks in the US. We follow this with a very brief chat about Antony Loewenstein's (2015) Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing out of Catastrophe, where he expands and updates Klein's analysis to trace the diverse ways that disasters have become “big business,” looking at - as he puts it - the way that “companies cash in on or­ganized misery in a hidden world of privatized detention centers, militarized private security, aid profiteering, and destructive mining.” A thread that we allude to in the podcast but don't extend is that these works are both interested in the affective impact of disasters on populations: the way that the confusion and “shock” of these events can be quickly turned into fear and suspicion which takes root within the established furrows of colonialism, racism and white supremacy; and which forms the basis of a new economy of privatised security, mass incarceration, and surveillance. Competing against this economy of fear, however, is a counter-economy of generosity, care and radical love that also takes root during disasters. We briefly return to Nick Southall's brilliant account of “disaster communism,” discussed at length in last week's show. We then turn our attention to the “permanent crisis” of settler colonialism, a phrase drawn from Robin D G Kelley's 2017 piece “Crisis: Danger, Opportunity & The Unknown,” in which he describes how colonial racial capitalism “produces something akin to a permanent state of crisis” because it is “built on fictions that must be constantly shored up, not for its victims but for those who stand to benefit.” We trace these contradictory fictions all the way back to the emergence of penal colonialism as a response to the crisis of prison overcrowding in Europe, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, Cedric Robinson, Walter Rodney and Sylvia Federici to emphasise that penal colonialism was both a form of, and a factory for, crisis-management techniques. Finally, we reflect on the many, violent fictions that have been required to enable and sustain the settler colonial project in so-called australia. We draw here on the incredible body of work by First Nations scholars, including Mununjahli & South Sea Islander scholar Chelsea Watego, Darumbal and South Sea Islander scholar and journalist Amy McQuire, Amangu Yamatji theorist Crystal McKinnon, Yuin scholar and criminologist Amanda Porter, Meintagk & Tanganekald scholar Irene Watson, Gumbaynggirr historian Gary Foley and Goenpul scholar Aileen Moreton-Robinson (among many others!) to understand the foundational contradictions of settler colonialism, and why they create the conditions of “permanent crisis” here in so-called australia.From here, I draw out a point that I explore in my PhD thesis (supervised by Chelsea Watego, David Singh, Liz Strakosch & Alissa Macoun), in which I argued that Indigenous peoples' unceded sovereignty and persistent resistance to colonisation represents a foundational and irresolvable contradiction for settler colonial states, which renders them constantly on the precipice of political crisis. This foundational crisis leads settler colonial states to develop robust and sophisticated techniques of crisis-management, ranging from repressive apparatus of policing, prisons, surveillance and punitive systems of state control; through to piecemeal liberal concessions, reforms, and promises of “inclusion.” So what does this mean for how we approach the coming storm? We end this episode with some reflections on how we can build our collective ability to resist colonial complicity: how to refuse the promise of liberal reform; how to reject all attempts to narrow our care, grief and rage to those deemed “grievable” by the colonial state; and how we might work to align ourselves instead with everyone, everywhere, who is fighting to dismantle the colonial capitalist death machinery that causes the “permanent crisis” of the present. Yours in solidarity,The Radio Reversal Collective This is a public episode. 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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thesundaypaperpodcast.substack.comThis week, we are playing you the second part of a two part interview with Professor Gary Foley. Professor Foley is an activist, academic and writer of Gumbaynggirr descent. He has played a leading role as an Aboriginal political organiser since the early 70s.In the first half of the interview, we heard Professor Foley speak about police violence and co…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thesundaypaperpodcast.substack.comWe are continuing to feature writers that appear in Issue Three of The Sunday Paper. The 9th article in The Paper is by Professor Gary Foley and discusses the importance of archiving and record keeping as a form of resistance. Something we've all become increasingly aware of the past 10 months as the media, government and institutions consistently obfus…

Uncle Gary Foley reflects on his significant contributions to the advancement of Indigenous rights.

Uncle Gary Foley reflects on his significant contributions to the advancement of Indigenous rights.

We were lucky enough to interview the inimitable Dr Gary Foley at the 2024 Marxism Conference where he was a guest speaker. Gary is a living legend of the Aboriginal rights movement: he was a founding member of the Sydney Black Power movement and the Aboriginal tent embassy in Canberra in the 1970s. Gary is a staunch supporter of Palestine, speaking at almost every Palestine demonstration in Melbourne since Israel's war began, making the case for solidarity and resistance to colonialism, racism and capitalism. As well as being an inspiring activist, Foley is an educator of the next generation through his writings and his archive of Aboriginal history, set to be the largest of its kind.  Emma asked Gary about his life, about the importance of standing up to Gaza and the importance of conferences like Marxism as gatherings of the radical left.  Further readings Check out Gary's website here: https://www.gooriweb.org/ Gary Foley: ‘a direct and fiercely intellectual man' by Tony Birch in Red Flag  The 1971 Springbok tour protests- an interview with Gary Foley in Red Flag  Don't miss out on the next radical conference near you:  - Sydney Socialism Conference: 16-18 Aug - Brisbane Socialism Conference: 23 Aug  - Perth Socialism Conference: 10-11 Aug - Adelaide Socialism Conference: 14-15 Aug

Hey BlurtstarsEaster has come and gone. We filled our tummies with chocolate and hot cross buns. Now it's time to see what's been happening around the globe.First up the Voice To Parliament this week, and we cover some of that in Indelible Indigenous.Then in Reality Check, we will cover the porky pies that have been going around and set the record straight.And lastly, Wot's On The Box, we will review some of the best shows or movies we've been watching .So, let's get on with the show with Wencee and the Kegsta.Subscribe to our newsletter: https://thenewblurt.substack.com/Subscribe and like our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thenewblurt7773#auspol #Yes123AU #VoiceToParliamentBanterVoice To Parliament latest news →Shadow Attorney-General Julian Leeser quits Liberal frontbench to support Voice to ParliamentSerious Danger live podcast at Good Chat Comedy Club in Brisbane on 21 May 2023 →Serious Danger w/ Emerald Moon & Tom Ballard - LIVE in Brisbane!USA - Tennessee GOP-controlled state house voted to expel Black lawmakers Justin Jones and Justin Pearson →Harris visits ousted Tennessee lawmakers as Republicans accused of ‘overt racism'The Guardian - Justin Pearson celebrates return to Tennessee legislature after expulsionIndelible IndigenousFirst Australian female indigenous runner to complete the marathon quest of “Six Star Finisher” →SBS News - Allirra is about to become the first Aboriginal woman to run all six major world marathonsGary Foley, activist of the Gumbaynggirr people, academic, writer and actor. One of the original founders of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, Australia in 1972 →Victoria University, Melbourne - Professor Gary Edward FoleyWikipedia - Gary Foley50th Anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent EmbassyAM podcast - Can the Voice to Parliament deliver radical change? With Gary Foley (5th Jan 2023)Gary Foley reflects on the 1971 Springbok tour protestsReality CheckUntruths about Alvin Bragg, Manhattan DA, prosecuting Donald Trump →Associated Press - FACT FOCUS: Manhattan DA's record distorted amid Trump caseClaims the NSW State election was rigged by officials changing voters ballots →ABC News/RMIT Fact Check - No, an election official did not tamper with a ballot in Saturday's NSW electionWot's On The BoxUpright on Binge. An Australian drama with some comedy thrown in. Reviewed by Wencee 5/5 BlurtstarsBinge - Upright, seasons 1 and 2Tim Minchin and Milly Alcock Tell You Why You Should Watch Upright | BINGEUpright's Tim Minchin & Milly Alcock Guess Road Trip Songs | BINGEStill We Rise documentary on ABC iView. Commemorating the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, Australia →ABC iView - Still we riseFollow us on our socials:YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI6sah68y5GKhtD-uE4W-FAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/blurtstar/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blurtstar/Twitter - @BlurtNew This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenewblurt.substack.com

Enter the art installation of provocation, decolonisation and truth. Admission? Beyond the bare minimum. Abolish the date with YOU CAN GO NOW this week.Non Indigenous Australians need to do the work but also here are resources mentioned to get involved beyond tweeting and signing petitions:https://paytherent.net.au/https://www.reconciliation.org.au/https://supplynation.org.au/First Nation organisations to donate to:https://www.mentalhealthformob.org/https://www.magabala.com/https://www.commonground.org.au/https://indigenousx.com.au/https://ourislandsourhome.com.au/https://dhadjowa.com.au/https://awesomeblack.org/Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Apple | Patreon | Twitter | Instagram

When Anthony Albanese declared victory in last year's election, one of the first commitments that he made was to implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full. While the Uluru Statement from the Heart includes truth-telling and a treaty, a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament is the first step that the government plans to take. If it goes ahead, it will be the first referendum since the republic vote just over 20 years ago. Professor Gary Foley, senior lecturer of history at Victoria University, on self-determination, the lessons we should take from history and his hope for genuine change.

 7.00AM Acknowledgement of country 7.10AM Claudia speaks with Gunai Kurnai author Veronica Gorrie - Black and Blue: A memoir of racism and resilience - on winning the Victorian Premier's Literature Prize, police racism, and alternatives to criminal justice. (First broadcast 9/2/22)  7.30AM Grace speaks with Jordan Guiao (@jordanguiao(link is external)), former digital strategist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and head of social media for the Special Broadcasting Service, discussing his newest book, "Disconnect (Why do we get pushed to extremes online & how to stop it)" dwelling on why we get pushed to extremes online facing conspiracy theories or selfie-obsessed narcissits that clutter our social media feeds, & how to stop this. (First broadcast 2/11/22) 7.46AM Eiddwyn speaks with environmental historian Professor Rohan Lloyd about the politicisation and history of the Great Barrier Reef. Rohan is a historian who specialises in North Queensland and Australian environmental history and his book 'Saving the Reef' (First broadcast 5/11/22) 8.05AM Ella speaks with writer Nadia Wheatley discusses her latest work, Radicals - Remembering the 60s which she's co-authored with long-time friend Meredith Burgmann. The book looks back on an era of political change and activism during the time of the Vietnam war, Womens' Liberation and Indigenous Land Rights. It is part memoir, part biography and looks at 20 activists including Gary Foley and Margaret Reynolds. (First broadcast 8/6/22) Music Misha Bear - Playground of YouthThe Night - IntentionsChristine Manetta - Catch MeEskatology - Good TroubleAsha Puthli - Right Down Here 

We were privileged to be joined by Gumbainggir historian, educator, activist Dr Gary Foley who for decades has played a central part in some of the most pivotal civil rights movements for First Nations justice. He's been part of community-led services including Redfern's Aboriginal legal Service, the Aboriginal health service in Melbourne, and National Black Theatre; and continues to be an outspoken advocate for First Nations' justice and self determination.  In 1972 a documentary called NINGLA-ANA: Hungry For Our Land was released - charting the history of these movements. It's since been restored and re-released, available nationally.  Hear him in conversation speaking to the legacy of Blak radical traditions, the importance of archives to envision socially-just futures, and what the hopes are for having this film being released for new generations to see. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Historian Clare Land, based at the Moondani Balluk Academic Unit at Victoria University, spoke with Robbie Thorpe on the June 8th episode of Bunjil's Fire on 3CR about the history of the struggle for Northland Secondary College in the 90s. The Melbourne Museum is currently holding a special exhibition - Fight for Survival - featuring students' artworks, community responses and the rousing speech from Gary Foley that united a community. Catch Fight for Survival at Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre at the Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, and the exhibition now closes on Sunday July 24th. Catch Bunjil's Fire on 3CR 855AM every Wednesday from 11AM to 2PM.// The following interview includes discussion of racism and domestic and family violence. If you need support, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14, or 1800RESPECT.//Dr Amanda Porter joins us to discuss the Independent Commission of Inquiry into Queensland Police Service responses to domestic and family violence and to discuss concerns around dominant approaches to police reform. Amanda is a prison abolitionist and policing researcher of Brinja-Yuin, Greek and English descent based in Naarm. You can read the submission made by Amanda and co-author Connor Hannan to the Commission of Inquiry into Queensland Police Service Responses to Domestic and Family Violence here.// You can also read the submission made by Amanda and co-author Dr Marlene Longbottom to the Queensland Government's Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce: Discussion Paper 1 – Options for legislating against coercive control and the creation of a standalone domestic violence offence here.// We replay a segment of Beyond the Bars 2022 on 3CR featuring Tie, a community member who is at Loddon Prison near Castlemaine, talking about art and doing time during lockdown. Art plays a big role in many peoples' journeys on the inside. You'll also hear the voices of Dale, Shiralee and Willy. Beyond the Bars was established 20 years ago to connect people and families separated by prison during NAIDOC Week, giving voice to issues faced inside and out. You can tune into Beyond the Bars on 3CR 855AM or 3cr.org.au/streaming all this week from 11AM.// Judy Kuo is an Asian-Australian unionist and artist in Naarm. She currently works at Victorian Trades Hall Council and her union and activist work feature strongly in her art practice. She joins us today to speak about her art practice and how this intersects with organising, unionism, anti-racism, and disability justice solidarity. Judy has designed some beautiful art for the Disability Justice Network - you can donate to their mutual aid fund here.// Daniel Storer is the Research Coordinator for the Flux Study, conducted by the Kirby Institute, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, and joins us today to talk about the study's investigation into the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental and sexual health among gay and bisexual men. Daniel completed a Master of Public Health at the University of Sydney and is currently completing his doctoral research at the Kirby Institute investigating the impacts of COVID on Australian gay and bisexual men's health and wellbeing.// During the show, we mentioned some organisations and Indigenous community movements you might wish to donate to during NAIDOC Week:Blak Pearl Studio//The Dhadjowa Foundation//Sisters Inside//Beyond Bricks & Bars: Trans and Gender Diverse Decarceration Project//Incarcerated Trans & Gender Diverse Community Fund//

RADIOTHON SPECIAL feat. Fight for Survival - Cultural Resistance : Reasonable, Rational, Responsible - the story of Northlands Secondary College. We chat to historian Clare Land and instructor/activist Alexander Walker about the struggle for Northlands school in the 90s. The Melbourne museum is currently holding a special exhibition featuring students artworks, commmunity responses and the rousing speech from Gary Foley that united a community. Then, we talk about the battle for Richmond school, another great moment in the fight for public education. More on the exhibition - HEREGreat State School of the week - Richmond Girls CollegeHelp us keep the fight for public education alive and on-air by donating to 3CR's annual radiothon- at 3cr.org.au/donatewww.adogs.info

7:10 Jacob speaks with Dr Patricia Ranald, the Convener of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET). The World Trade Organisation is set to meet tomorrow to debate a waiver on a controversial trading agreement related to COVID-19 vaccines. The original waiver on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights was proposed by South Africa and India in 2021 and would enable more equitable production and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. The waiver has been blocked for over a year by the EU, Switzerland, and the UK who face immense lobbying from pharmaceutical companies.  7:30 Jason Fowler from the Environment Centre of Northern Territory (ECNT) tells Jacob about a recent case that was launched against the Australian Government, who approved an oil drilling project off the north coast of Australia in the Tiwi Islands. You can read the background brief to the case here.  7:50 Claudia talks with Yorta Yorta and Wurundjeri educator and artist Lyn Thorpe about her experience teaching at the Northland Secondary School in the 90s which was one of the many schools that Jeff Kennet shut down and the only to survive. The story of the school is told in an exhibition currently on at the Melbourne Museum, Fight for Survival. 8:10 Writer Nadia Wheatley discusses her latest work, Radicals- Remembering the 60s which she's coauthored with longtime friend Meredith Burgmann. The book looks back on an era of political change and activism during the time of the Vietnam war, Womens Liberation and Indigenous Land Rights, it is part memoir, part biography and looks at 20 activists including Gary Foley and Margaret Reynolds. The book launches in Melbourne on Thursday, 6pm at Trades Hall.

The long-overdue thirty-fifth episode, in which The Vadge gets curious about certain branches of her family tree.

Fifty years ago, Gary Foley was among the protestors that established the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the lawns of Parliament House. What started out as a media stunt turned into one of the most significant and enduring protests for Aboriginal land rights and sovereignty. This year it is celebrating fifty years of endurance.

Dr. Gary Foley wins 2021 Jerusalem (Al Quds) Peace Prize https://apan.org.au/media_release/gary-foley-wins-2021-jerusalem-peace-prize/ 2021 Palestine National Day *online celebration* https://apan.org.au/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=51 Cuisine & Culture in Conversation! PIEN Fundraiser https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=781607&mc_cid=cfa91b17ef&mc_eid=56e8a366db Run for Palestine - Melbourne 2021 https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=826826&

Choreographer William Forsythe didn't take a ballet class until he was 17 years old, but he quickly built a reputation for breathing new vitality into the historic art form. His Artifact Suite features in The Australian Ballet's Counterpointe, on now at the Sydney Opera House. Also, two actors bring a whole town to life in Emily Steel's complex and heartfelt ode to regional South Australia, Euphoria, and A Fight for Survival at the Yirramboi Festival revisits a community's efforts to save a largely Indigenous school in Melbourne from closure.

Choreographer William Forsythe didn't take a ballet class until he was 17 years old, but he quickly built a reputation for breathing new vitality into the historic art form. His Artifact Suite features in The Australian Ballet's Counterpointe, on now at the Sydney Opera House. Also, two actors bring a whole town to life in Emily Steel's complex and heartfelt ode to regional South Australia, Euphoria, and A Fight for Survival at the Yirramboi Festival revisits a community's efforts to save a largely Indigenous school in Melbourne from closure.

Choreographer William Forsythe didn't take a ballet class until he was 17 years old, but he quickly built a reputation for breathing new vitality into the historic art form. His Artifact Suite features in The Australian Ballet's Counterpointe, on now at the Sydney Opera House.Also, two actors bring a whole town to life in Emily Steel's complex and heartfelt ode to regional South Australia, Euphoria, and A Fight for Survival at the Yirramboi Festival revisits a community's efforts to save a largely Indigenous school in Melbourne from closure.

Thirty years ago Australia held a Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, but most of its recommendations still haven’t been implemented and hundreds more Indigenous people have died in custody. Today, Gary Foley on what led to the Royal Commission, and why white Australia needs to face up to its own history.Guest: Activist and academic Gary Foley. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Professor Gary Foley is an historian, academic and freedom fighter of Gumbainggir descent who has been on the front line of Aboriginal rights and justice battles for more than 50 years. In 1972 he helped establish the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra which came to be a defining event in the Black Power movement. Later, he was involved in setting up the first Victorian Aboriginal Health service in Fitzroy. The lifelong Marxist has been involved in countless struggles including the epic fight to save Northland Secondary College from closure in the 1990s. Famed for his debating skills, Prof Foley demolished right wing journalists and politicians alike with his intellect and wit. Prof Foley sits down with Stephen to explain how he led a group of working class parents and students to victory in the Supreme Court against the ruthless right wing Kennett Government. The wide-ranging discussion also covers the origins of the Black Power movement in Australia, the problem with Collingwood Football Club, the future of the Greens Party and much more. Thanks for listening, see you next week. Follow us on social media: Twitter / Facebook / Instagram Visit our Website

On episode 261 we discuss violence and the state, as well as bringing you some speeches from the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne Kulin Nations. One thing we didnt do was define the state but what we are talking about there is not just the government but also the police, prison system, court system etc. We discuss the broader definition of violence in the context of family violence and whether or not it can be applied to the state generally and prisons specifically. The speeches we play from Invasion Day are by Greens politician Lidia Thorpe and historian Gary Foley. This audio is from 3CR Community Radio and you can listen to the full rally via their website: https://www.3cr.org.au/InvasionDay2021 You can sign the petition promoted at this rally, calling on the Prime Minister to meet with families whose loved ones have died in custody for 30th anniversary of Royal Commission: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-calling-on-the-prime-minister-to-meet-with-families-whose-loved-ones-have-died-in-custody-in-april Nick has set up a new Twitter account where he simply posts the song that he is most enjoying that day. Follow that account @NicksSong and you can also follow the Spotify playlist Song of the Day by NicksSong: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3aj8GLVvKz0UcYriiRmYCE?si=jiVyMSiuR9u9uSmo2i_uEw For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2021/01/28/261/

On Let’s Talk Boe speaks with Gary Foley who is … Continued

FIRST FIVE MINS OF IV HAVE AUDIO ISSUES. APOLOGIES.MONT sits down with Gary Foley and Jacqui Katona ahead of Invasion Day to talk about black power and aboriginal resistance. Topics covered include Redfern in the 1960's, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Jabiluka, indigenous incarceration, the birth of the Aboriginal Legal Service, Gary's ASIO file and CIA intervention in Australian politics.You can support us via Patreon here.For a transcript and more on this episode, visit the Mont Icons page at Litmus Media.For more on Mont Publishing House, visit our website.Theme music: Low Life 'Friends'***** Please rate our podcast ***** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jay Katz and Miss death sit down with one of Australia's finest & most underrated filmmakers/raconteurs Haydn Keenan Haydn has made some of the most unique and original motion pictures ever produced in Australia. For the last 50 years he has managed the production house Smart Street Films Formed by Haydn and Esben Storm In 1982 Haydn directed the counter culture gem Going Down - A searing vision of a Sydney rarely seen by tourists but one that is just below the surface. A cult hit, this film has been described by Phillip Adams as one of the ten best films made in the country. It is the story of four young women on the town the night before one of the group goes to New York. Their adolescence, their group and their future is breaking up in an exuberant gesture of defiance. In 1987 Haydn directed the most bat shit crazy and insanely bonkers film ever made in Australia - which is now virtually lost - PANDEMONIUM - is a riotous satirical comedy in which many of the sacred cows of Australian society are slaughtered. It tells the story of a quintessential Hollywood innocent and her search for parents who abandoned her to her fate many years before at Ayer's Rock. Her search takes her to a disused film studio at Bondi Beach where she discovers a bizarre netherworld populated by redundant social myths. In 2014 Haydn found himself taking on ASIO with the remarkable 4 part series Persons Of Interest In each episode of this Award winning series a Person Of Interest is given their previously secret ASIO intelligence file, and asked to respond to the allegations it contains. The four Persons Of Interest are Roger Milliss, Michael Hyde, Gary Foley and Frank Hardy. For forty years the Australian Intelligence & Security Organistion (ASIO) hunted spies and subversives. In the process it opened files on students, unionists, Aboriginal activists, and writers and as many as half a million other citizens. Persons Of Interest shows how things really happened in this dirty war against dissent. Using actual files, recently discovered secret surveillance film and photographs, these films are the personal stories of lives under the microscope of Government surveillance. In light of the Snowden, NSA scandal and with ASIO possessing more power than ever - Persons Of Interest is a timely addition to the debate. Haydn has incredible insight into Australia's film industry past and present. He is a deeply kind and amazing human being whom we love hanging out with. Enjoy this show. Haydn's catalogue is available to purchase from his website Support this incredible artist and purchase a copy of one of his movies - we can guarantee you will not find them anywhere else - they are actual mind blowing artefacts especially PANDEMONIUM Check out the Street Smart Films Vimeo for over 200 videos - an absolute wondrous archive full of great entertainment. Stay up to date with Haydn: https://www.instagram.com/smartstreetfilms/

Episode Notes Go even deeper into the music, voices and politics from the Murri Hour program with Warinkil Aunty Glenice Croft and Shellar MB Barney Croft as they take you through the pioneering radio program helped establish on 4ZZZ in the 1980s. What began as a short shift for First Nations voices on 102.1FM in 1984 grew into an hours-long block of Murri perspectives by the late 80s, and eventually led to the establishment of the Brisbane Indigenous Media Association that still exists today (98.9FM on the dial). In this episode you will hear speakers like Warinkil Aunty Glenice Barney Croft, Shellar MB Barney Croft, Selwyn Johnson, Mervin Riley, Alfred Shillingsworth, Vanessa Fisher, Hedley Johnson, Bob Weatherall, Charlie Perkins, Sugar Ray Robertson, Gary Foley, Kev Carmody, Liz Bond, Toffee Wharton and Uncle Ross Watson. Thanks to Warumpi Band, Mop & the Dropouts, No Fixed Address & Us Mob, Sherry Watkins, The Kuckles (Jimmy Chai), Mareba, Archie Roach, Kev Carmody, and Maroochy Barambah whose music you can hear throughout this episode. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners be advised that this episode contains the voices of First Nations people who have now passed on. There are also descriptions of police brutality & suicide throughout this episode. If this raises any issues for you Lifeline on 13 11 14 or chat online with Beyond Blue now. A special thanks for Aunty Glenice and Shellar, who produced this entire episode by re-visiting 4ZZZ's Murri Hour archives to share their story with us. Collage in episode image was made by Shellar. First aired on the 45 Years of 4ZZZ special broadcast on December 8, 2020.

Episode Notes What began as a short shift for First Nations voices on 102.1FM in 1984 grew into an hours-long block of Murri perspectives by the late 80s, and eventually led to the establishment of the Brisbane Indigenous Media Association that still exists today (98.9FM on the dial). In this episode you will hear speakers like Warinkil Aunty Glenice Barney Croft, Shellar MB Barney Croft, Selwyn Johnson, Mervin Riley, Alfred Shillingsworth, Vanessa Fisher, Hedley Johnson, Bob Weatherall, Charlie Perkins, Sugar Ray Robertson, Gary Foley, Kev Carmody, Liz Bond, Toffee Wharton and Uncle Ross Watson. Thanks to Warumpi Band, Mop & the Dropouts, No Fixed Address & Us Mob, Sherry Watkins, The Kuckles (Jimmy Chai), Mareba, Archie Roach, Kev Carmody and Maroochy Barambah whose music you can hear throughout this episode. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners be advised that this episode contains the voices of First Nations people who have now passed on. There are also descriptions of police brutality & suicide throughout this episode. If this raises any issues for you Lifeline on 13 11 14 or chat online with Beyond Blue. A special thanks for Aunty Glenice and Shellar, who produced this entire episode by re-visiting 4ZZZ's Murri Hour archives to share their story with us. Collage in episode image was made by Shellar. First aired on the 45 Years of 4ZZZ special broadcast on December 8, 2020.

Dr Alex Fraser was not only one of Wandin Valley's most beloved characters, but also became red headed representation on mainstream television for gingers everywhere. This week, she takes us inside her time on A Country Practice, the politics of Dr Fraser, and the famous romance with the much older Dr Elliot. Mel and Kim discuss an episode where Shirley Links: Indigenous Healthhttps://www.naccho.org.au/about/aboriginal-health-history/history/https://ctgreport.niaa.gov.au/overviewGary Foleyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Foleyhttp://www.kooriweb.org/foley/whoisgf/who_is_he.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150601154357/http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/postcolonial-blog/2015/may/29/book-opens-pandoras-box-of-sad-tales-but-true-of-indigenous-experience A Country Podcast Facebook Page Melanie Tait on Twitter Kim Lester on Twitter Last of the Wine Part 1 Last of the Wine Part 2 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amanda ventures into the long-ago, inspired by a friend's approach to history that insists on bringing the stories of the colonial past into present day consciousness.

The wrong island team talk with legendary Aboriginal activist Professor Gary Foley about Black Lives Matter, Black Power, histories of migrant and internationalist solidarity, throwing rotten cabbages at colonial statues and more.

Sally Warhaft, left, and Joshua Wong Joshua Wong was still a teenager when he rose to international prominence as a leader in Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement, protesting increased Chinese Communist Party intervention in the city's electoral system. ‘That's the transformation of Hong Kongers … Before last summer, nobody could imagine more than 2 million people taking to the streets. […] But we did it. Almost one-fourth of the population [stood] up against the regime of Beijing.' A lot has happened since. Wong has served two prison terms and been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He's co-founded a new political party, Demosistō, and written a book, Unfree Speech. All the while, the protest movement in Hong Kong has simmered on, boiling over last year into extraordinary mass protests and brutal police confrontations. With Sally Warhaft, Wong talks about the evolution of Hong Kong's democracy movement and the impact of COVID-19. Assembly restrictions enforced due to the pandemic have hampered demonstrations and possibly cleared the path for more authoritarian rule in the city. In mid-April, more than a dozen high-profile pro-democracy activists were arrested. How does Wong expect these arrests to impact Hong Kong's legislative elections in September? What effect might a weakened United States and an emboldened China have on the One Country, Two Systems principle that grants Hong Kong special autonomy? Wong reflects on these questions and more. #TWCFifthEstate See also The Fifth Estate: Joshua Wong: Unfree Speech / Activism With Joshua Wong and Sally Warhaft The Fifth Estate: The World's Largest Party: China / Australian politics What's That Sound? Activism Today / Activism With Tess Lawley, Gary Foley, Amelia Telford and 2 others See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lidia Thorpe is a Gunai-Gunditjmara woman, First Nations activist, a former Greens MP in the Victorian parliament and the current National Aboriginal lead for Amnesty International.  In the wake of the Invasion Day rallies that Lidia helped organise over the long weekend, we discuss the emotional toll of January 26th, First Nations sovereignty, the failings of the Uluru Statement and the Victorian Treaty process and what it really means for non-Indigenous Australians to pay the rent.  I'm doing LIASYO live at the 2020 Melbourne Comedy Festival with special guest ANDREW FREAKING DENTON. Tickets are on sale now! This Saturday I'm performing at the Midsumma Extravaganza at the Hamer Hall I'm performing at Laugh Out Proud at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on Thursday February 27th I’m bringing my show ENOUGH to the 2020 Adelaide Fringe in March, tickets on sale now My new show GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the 2020 Brisbane Comedy Festival and the 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron @lidia__thorpe ARTICLE: Without A Treaty, Australia Day Will Always Be Invasion Day by Lidia Thorpe ARTICLE: Victoria has chosen spin over substance in its Indigenous treaty whitewash by Lidia Thorpe ARTICLE: Black power in White Australia: An Interview with Gary Foley by Sian Vate An ABC explainer on the Victorian treaty process An explainer on the Uluru Statement from the Heart The Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation's statement on the treaty process, "Trick or Treaty?"  Pay the Rent: a Buzzfeed video  Cause of the Week: Pay The Rent (paytherent.net.au) 

1) Gary Foley at Invasion Day 2) Bruce francis and Brian Newman visit Ethiopia 3) Australian arms sales- to whom? Dr Margie Beavis 4) Joan Coxsedge- commentary 5) Repression in Mindanao, Philippiines- Peter Murphy 6) Lynas going to court again in Malaysia- Lee Tan

Uncle Jack isn't a Dad in the usual sense but he's certainly the grandfather of Aboriginal theatre and a spiritual father to many indigenous and non-indigenous people alike. Uncle Jack is an Australian icon and a truly beautiful man- look him up, watch his movies and TV (especially the documentary "Bastardy"), read his Autobiography (Born again black Fella) say hello to him in the street. He really is a father to all those who need him. Donate to the Archie Roach Foundation if you'd like to support the incredible and vital work that Uncle Jack and Uncle Archie are doing.   http://www.archieroach.com/about-the-foundation   https://www.penguin.com.au/books/jack-charles-9780143792222   http://ilbijerri.com.au/event/jack-charles-v-crown/   https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/a-bold-exploration-of-the-pursuit-of-sobriety-20181116-h17z3l.html     Being a father figure in the community. In Indigenous societies everyone brings up the children- The move to expunge criminal records so that fathers who have payed their dues can have access to their children. Part of the treaty process in Victoria. Reconstituting community hubs so that the young can access elders and vice versa. The men are missing or behaving badly. Jack's time in the Box Hill boy's home. Jack's family origins- the extraordinary, still unfolding epic, that is the life of Jack Charles. A little on theatre History in Australia. The national Black theatre, Bob Maza and Gary Foley. Jack plays Bennelong naked at the Sydney Opera House with David Gulpilil. Initiation late in life can be confronting. Young men going through lore gives them responsibility and accountability. How Jack met his Aboriginal family as a young man. Jack's days as a cat Burglar Jack continues to discover family members. The real meaning of Moomba.

Uncle Jack isn’t a Dad in the usual sense but he’s certainly the grandfather of Aboriginal theatre and a spiritual father to many indigenous and non-indigenous people alike. Uncle Jack is an Australian icon and a truly beautiful man- look him up, watch his movies and TV (especially the documentary “Bastardy”), read his Autobiography (Born again black Fella) say hello to him in the street. He really is a father to all those who need him. Donate to the Archie Roach Foundation if you’d like to support the incredible and vital work that Uncle Jack and Uncle Archie are doing. http://www.archieroach.com/about-the-foundation https://www.penguin.com.au/books/jack-charles-9780143792222 http://ilbijerri.com.au/event/jack-charles-v-crown/ https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/a-bold-exploration-of-the-pursuit-of-sobriety-20181116-h17z3l.html  Being a father figure in the community.In Indigenous societies everyone brings up the children-The move to expunge criminal records so that fathers who have payed their dues can have access to their children. Part of the treaty process in Victoria.Reconstituting community hubs so that the young can access elders and vice versa.The men are missing or behaving badly.Jack’s time in the Box Hill boy’s home.Jack’s family origins- the extraordinary, still unfolding epic, that is the life of Jack Charles.A little on theatre History in Australia.The national Black theatre, Bob Maza and Gary Foley.Jack plays Bennelong naked at the Sydney Opera House with David Gulpilil.Initiation late in life can be confronting.Young men going through lore gives them responsibility and accountability.How Jack met his Aboriginal family as a young man.Jack’s days as a cat BurglarJack continues to discover family members.The real meaning of Moomba.

This week we listen to a panel discussion hosted by Allies Decolonising.The event, Sovereignty, Treaty and Constitutional Recognition brought together Aboriginal community members to discuss the treaty process and Aboriginal sovereignty. PanelistsLidia Thorpe is a Gunnai-Gunditjmara woman, living on Wurundjeri country in Melbourne’s north. She is a community worker, mother and grandmother. Lidia has spent decades fighting for Aboriginal rights and the environment, including fighting to successfully save a million-year-old gorge in Nowa Nowa, East Gippsland and becoming the first Aboriginal woman to serve in the Victorian Parliament.Crystal McKinnon is a Yamatji woman who lives and works on Kulin country. She has worked at many universities and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations, and she is currently working at RMIT as a Vice Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow. In one of her projects at RMIT, Crystal is working with a team on an Australian Research Council Discovery Indigenous Project named: Indigenous Leaders: Lawful Relations from Encounter to Treaty. Her work has looked at concepts of Indigenous sovereignty, Indigenous social movements and protest, and Indigenous resistance through the use of the creative arts, including music and literature.Paola Balla is a Wemba-Wemba & Gunditjmara woman living on Kulin Country. She’s worked in Koorie community arts as an artist & curator & in education at Moondani Balluk Indigenous Academic Centre at Vic Uni & the Indigenous Arts and Cultural Program at Footscray Community Arts Centre. Her work focuses on self-determination & sovereignty within the arts & is a member of the Blak Brow Collective who edited Blak Brow for the Lifted Brow. Her PhD research focuses on Indigenous women’s disruptions & resistance through art. Her work is based on sovereignty, matriarchy & First Nations ways.Event ModeratorClare Land is a historian at Moondani Balluk at Vic Uni, and author of the book Decolonizing Solidarity which outlines how people like her might emerge towards being less racist, and how she can better use privileges she has access to in support of Aboriginal struggles. Her knowledge and politics have been shaped in particular by Gary Foley, Dr Uncle Wayne Atkinson, and by the Thorpe family. 

The twenty-third episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge talk with Professor Gary Foley about land rights, gentrification, Kerri-Anne Kennerley, and other variations on the theme of white privilege.

Historian, activist and actor Gary Foley discusses Aboriginal resistance on Invasion Day and beyond. This talk is from last years Invasion Day event in Melbourne.Get along to an Invasion Day/Survival Day event in your city! The Melbourne event is Saturday, 26 January 2019 from 10:30 to 13:00 at the Parliament of Victoria.Anonymous on nationalism, class and capitalism.For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2019/01/10/220/

Frank interviews comic creator Khale McHurst. The interview touches on mental illnesss, eating disorders and queer relationships (talk to a friend, or Switchboard's QLife if you need to). Iris also mentions Gary Foley, and his Koori Web website; Djab Wurrung country struggle against Vicroads with project now suspended (check out Protecting country, by Tarneen Onus-Williams); and a disappointing an anti-trans book launch and figure.Upcoming: RISE Ability Rights booklet launch, Tuesday, GLOW IRL.

Aboriginal Gumbainggir activist, academic, writer and actor Gary Foley speaks to Indymedia's Aleesha Hanczakowski and Raymond Grenfell regarding the governments Recognise campaign and the future of struggles for Aboriginal self-determination.

On 26 January 1972 four Aboriginal men began a protest for land rights in Canberra, Australia. First they erected a beach umbrella on the grass outside Parliament House and labelled it an 'embassy'. Soon they were joined by other activists with tents. Ashley Byrne has spoken to Gary Foley, an aboriginal activist who took part in the demonstration which lasted until July 1972 when it was broken up by police.(Photo: Aboriginal demonstrators with flags outside Old Parliament House on Australia Day 2016. Credit:Mick Tsikas/EPA)

On 26 January 1972 four Aboriginal men began a protest for land rights in Canberra, Australia. First they erected a beach umbrella on the grass outside Parliament House and labelled it an 'embassy'. Soon they were joined by other activists with tents. Ashley Byrne has spoken to Gary Foley, an aboriginal activist who took part in the demonstration which lasted until July 1972 when it was broken up by police. (Photo: Aboriginal demonstrators with flags outside Old Parliament House on Australia Day 2016. Credit:Mick Tsikas/EPA)

By Meeghan Bell Listen to Red Dirt In Bondi: The Story of Building Bridges' "The facts are really not at all like fish on the fishmonger's slab. They are like fish swimming about in a vast and sometimes inaccessible ocean; and what the historian catches will depend, partly on chance, but mainly on what part of the ocean he chooses to fish in and what tackle he chooses to use – these two factors being, of course, determined by the Kind of fish he wants to catch. By and large, the historian will get the kind of facts he wants. History means interpretation." - E.H. Carr I was sitting in the packed auditorium as Gary Foley presented 'Life of Struggle' at the 2015 Marxism Conference in Melbourne. He commanded the stage, held the audience in the palm of his hand and I listened fiercely and took notes. He spoke passionately about the history of Aboriginal resistance in Australia, of which he played a central role and shared iconic images of his life including photos with rock star Michael Hutchence (pictured below). Foley also spoke about an album he'd been involved with titled, Building Bridges - Australia Has A Black History. Gary Foley & Michael Hutchence, Building Bridges 1989 Bicentenary January 26th 1988 Aboriginal Protests at Sydney Harbour It wasn't entirely clear then of course but as I listened to Foley talk, a seed was planted and once I'd been selected to participate in the CBAA National Features and Documentary Series, the 1989 Building Bridges album and the story surrounding its creation began to absorb almost every waking moment of my life. 'Red Dirt in Bondi' is a radio feature set in Sydney around the time of the Bicentenary, 26 January 1988. The key participants in this feature are Aboriginal activist and academic Gary Foley, the Building Bridges Cultural Construction Crew featuring Jim George, Tony Duke and Denise Officer (Andrew McMillan passed away on 28 January 2012) and singer-songwriter, Kev Carmody. For a rookie like myself there were significant challenges in bringing this radio story to life including the historical nature of the topic and the complex relationship between black and white Australia since 1788. Not to mention attempting an interesting and thought-provoking radio feature in under 27 minutes. The story of Building Bridges, involving a small group of people with the support of the Australian Music Industry, is as relevant today as it was back in '88. It is vital to keep re-telling and sharing this piece of history so that we may move towards true reconciliation in this country and achieve justice for Australia's First People. I would like to thank Phil Ruck, David Miller and others from 3MDR for their amazing support, the CBAA and CMTO for the wonderful opportunity but most importantly to the 'Red Dirt in Bondi' participants Jim, Gary, Tony, Denise and Kev for sharing the incredible Building Bridges story.

This week Dylan and Kulja chat with Hana Assafiri about the 'speed-date a Muslim' events she's been running out of Morrocan Deli-cacy.Gary Foley also returns to the program to discuss the most recent Close the Gap event

This week we look at the upcoming Black Voices conference with In Our Own Words co-founder Aysha Tufa, invite special guest Una Madura Verde to talk about the NEMBC conference, Gabi discusses the lack of respect shown to Indigenous autonomy and Aamer Rahman talks his new project with Dr Gary Foley to chronicle the history of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vivien Langford interviewing Manuel Acasio Portuguese radio journalist & Peter Murphy who used radical radio during Timorese liberation struggle in1975/76 . Rank & File with Dean Mighell discusses the Prices and Incomes Accord of the 1980's. Debbie Brennan from Radical Women on Anti Fascist Anti Racist Rally & Gary Foley why we should be there.

Black sturggles with interviews from Emory Douglas former Black Panther Minister of Culture & Khury Petersen Smith from Black Lives Matter and from Australia WAR demonstration May 1 Melb featuring Gary Foley and others. Kevin Healy This is the Week that Was included.