Tag: Global struggles
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S3E25 – A year of Palestine solidarity in Brisbane
Today we are reflecting on the last year of local Brisbane solidarity with Palestine. It has been an incredible array of diverse acts of solidarity, and I discuss them with Remah Naji from Justice For Palestine Magan-djin. Originally broadcast 11/10/24
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S3E23 – West Papua
Today we are checking in on the West Papua independence struggle. We speak to Papuan activist Ronny Kareni to get an update, and Crystal Coleman to talk about the local Strike for West Papua and about solidarity across the whole island of Papua. Originally broadcast 30/08/24
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S3E20 – Aboriginal delegation to Kanaky
Today we talk to longtime Aboriginal activist Wayne “Koko” Wharton to get a report back from the recent First Nations delegation to the militarised colonial zone of Kanaky (New Caledonia). Originally broadcast 23/08/24
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S3E3 – Radical art with Taring Padi
Today we talk to Indonesian protest art collective Taring Padi about their current exhibition in Brisbane – where they collaborate with Aboriginal art collective Proppa Now. I also chat with Richard Bell from Proppa Now about the collaboration. Originally broadcast 23/02/24
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S2E29 – Working for human rights in Palestine and Kurdistan
Today we hear what it’s like working for human rights in Palestine and Iraqi Kurdistan. I have a chat with Rebekah Dowling and Jasmine Pilbrow about their experiences working with Community Peacemaker Teams. Originally broadcast 17/03/23
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S2E26 – Iraqi Kurdistan part 2 – Choman Hardi and Nayef Sabri
Today I speak to two courageous people working for a better future in Kurdistan and Iraq – feminist poet, author and academic Choman Hardi; and Yazidi man Nayef Sabri who as head of the Sunrise NGO is trying to rebuild Yazidi community in Iraq after Islamic State tried to wipe the ancient religious group off…
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S2E25 – Iraqi Kurdistan part 1 – Kamaran Osman
Today we talk with Kamaran Osman about politics in Iraqi Kurdistan, peacemaking work here, and what it was like to be a part of the Arab/Kurdish Spring wave of protest movements sweeping across the Middle East back in 2011. Originally broadcast 19/05/23
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S2E15 – Voices from Palestine part 2
Today we are traveling virtually to Palestine again. We talk with Mona, a Palestinian woman working with Community Peacemaker Teams in occupied Hebron; and Shoshana, an Israeli Jew living in Australia who has been taking action to resist her nation’s bombardment of Gaza. We also speak briefly with Phil Monsour about Palestine solidarity in Brisbane.…
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S2E14 – Voices from Palestine part 1
On today’s show we hear from on the ground in Palestine. Usama Nicola lives in Bethlehem in the West Bank, and I spoke to him about living under occupation, what the last six weeks of war has been like, and what his hopes for the future are. Originally broadcast 17/11/23
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S2E4 Human rights in Palestine
On today’s show we are talking about the ongoing dispossession, oppression, resilience and resistance of Palestinian people. We get an update from Lee Rhiannon who has just returned from Palestine, hear about the importance of Palestinian dabke dancing from Sameer Ellagta, and replay an interview with Olfat Mahmoud – a legend of Palestinian humanitarian work…
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