Tag: Activism
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S3E15 – Blockade Australia 2024
Today we hear about the recent Blockade Australia mobilisation – two weeks of disrupting the operations of the world’s biggest coal port. I talk to a group of participants about their experiences and the strategy behind it all. Originally broadcast 19/07/24
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S3E13 – Doing time for the planet part 2 – Ali Alishah
Today on the Paradigm Shift we are talking about going to prison to protect the planet – part two! This week we speak to Ali Alishah who has just got out after three months in a Tasmanian prison for locking on to protect old growth forest there. We hear some reflections on prison, strategy, and…
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S3E12 – Doing time for the planet part 1 – Violet Coco and Brad Homewood
Today’s show is about going to prison to protect the planet! In part one I speak to Brad Homewood and Violet Coco who just got out after three months in prison for climate action. Originally broadcast 07/06/24
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S3E2 – Stopping the weapons flow from Australia to Israel
Today we talk to Jake, Margie and Sam – some of the people around Brisbane and Australia who have been disrupting the manufacturing and transport of weapons that are carrying out the destruction of Gaza. Originally broadcast 02/02/24
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S2E16 – Violet Coco and Colette Harmsen – Prison for protecting the planet
Today we have a long conversation with environmental activists Violet Coco and Colette Harmsen. Both of them have been in the news this year after being sentenced to prison stints. We speak about the virtues of non-violent direct action, about how to survive prison and house arrest, about government repression and more! Originally broadcast 15/12/23
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S2E13 – People’s Blockade of the world’s biggest coal port
Today we hear from on the ground at the People’s Blockade of the world’s biggest coal port in Newcastle. I speak to organiser Naomi Hodgson about how it all went, to Sunshine Coast vet Anna Sri about getting arrested for the first time, and to Hannah Doole who is part of organising the next climate…
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S2E12 – Blockade Australia
Today we talk to Taylah and Jemika from Blockade Australia – the group who this week have been disrupting operation at three different ports around the country. They’ve been refused bail, abused, assaulted, demonised in the media and had the NSW Premier threaten to ban from facebook. So I thought I would talk to them…
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S2E6 Climate Activism Across Australia
This week’s show is a catch up with climate activism around the country. I speak to Emil Davey from Disrupt Burrup Hub about the amazing campaign they have been running in WA and whether the pushback they have received is going to put them off. I also chat to Naomi Hodgson from Rising Tide about…
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S1E30 – Blockade IMARC and police harrassment of activists
On today’s show we hear about resistance to the International Mining And Resources Conference happening presently in Sydney. I speak to Jonah Shabtay from live at the protests, to Marisol Salinas about organising an international counter-conference, and to lawyer Anastasia Radievska about some of the most ridiculous over the top policing of protest we have…
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S1E29 – Legal repression of protest
On today’s show we look at how government is trying to restrict protest around the country – we hear about new laws targetted at forest activists in Victoria and Tasmania; and get an account of the extreme police repression of Blockade Australia activists in Sydney recently. And we ask the question: what do we do…
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