Tag: Prison
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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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S3E8 – David McBride – the imprisonment of truth
Today we talk about the extraordinary sentencing of David McBride to over 5 years in prison for the act of telling the truth about what our military gets up to. I speak to legal academic Binoy Kampmark about the trial. We also get an update from the other trial of an Australian for telling the…
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S3E4 – Anarchism
Today we are talking about anarchism! We explore this political philosophy and how it can affect our lives and society with Barbara Hart from Black Current Anarchist Distro, CJ from the Locked In prison show on 4ZZZ, and Elise Imrey Papineau from Meanjin Solidarity Fund. Originally broadcast 19/01/24
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S2E28 – Prisons
On today’s show we are talking about prison. I speak to Damien Linnane, editor of the Paper Chained magazine of prisoner writings, and to Indigenous mental health nurse Jenny-Lee Carr about rates of Aboriginal youth and adult incarceration. Originally broadcast 09/06/23
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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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S2E9 – David McBride blowing the whistle on Australian war crimes
On today’s show we speak to David McBride, Australian army whistleblower. David leaked what were called “The Afghan files” to the ABC about misconduct by the Australian military. He has since been vindicated by the army’s own Brereton Inquiry, but still will face trial on November 13 and potentially go to prison. Originally broadcast 18/08/23
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S1E9 – Political Prisoners
This week’s show is about political prisoners, something which unfortunately seems to be on the rise in this country. We talk to climate activist Max Curmi who was just released on bail with an appeal pending after he was sentenced to four months in prison. Plus we hear about the importance of prisoner solidarity from…
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