Progressive Podcast Australia

- Disputing the cant we all just get along / Kum Ba Yah approach to Israel/Palestine. - Sam Castro from the Whistle blowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) on their direct action against Elbit systems, a company profiting from the bombing of Gaza. - New segment: Taking the o no out of ec-o-no-mics. - Part two of our interview with Sam Castro, focused on the importance of direct action. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/08/19/direct/

- Advocates for the Nordic Model for sex work argue that this approach does not target sex workers themselves, only their clients. - However, Jane Green and Cameron Cox dispute these claims and argue that it is decriminalisation that leads to the best outcomes for sex workers. - Jane Green is a sex worker who is on the Executive Committee of the Scarlet Alliance. - Cameron Cox is a sex worker who is involved in a sex worker outreach organisation. - They also discuss the rescue industry, transphobia, unions for sex workers, and sex work phobia/whorephobia. - Updates on Israel/Palestine. - Comments from our listeners on the story Church of England Votes to Allow Women to Become Bishops. - For more information on the episode and for links to all of the clips and stories from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/08/08/nordic/

- The latest updates on Israel/Palestine: ceasefire, death tolls and protests for Palestine. - We are again joined by Naama Blatman-Thomas (a PhD candidate from Israel who has done field work with Palestinian groups in Karmiel) and Mark Thomas (an American activist who has lived in both Israel and Palestine) for most of this episode. - Naama and Marks experiences of living in Israel and Palestine. - The Australian carbon tax is abolished was it ever real action on climate change? - How you can take action against Occupation, focusing on the boycotts, divestments and sanctions (BDS) movement. - US funding of Israels military. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/07/28/action/

- Lets talk hockey. - We are joined by Naama Blatman-Thomas (a PhD candidate from Israel who has done field work with Palestinian groups in Karmiel) and Mark Thomas (an American activist who has lived in both Israel and Palestine) for most of this episode. - Recent escalation in Gaza. - The latest on refugees in Australia: Tamil refugees still imprisoned on a locked ship as the High Court decides their fate. - We crash a government press conference. - Challenging the idea that criticisms of Israels human rights abuses are anti-Semitic. - The broader context behind the recent escalation in Gaza. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/07/21/israelpalestine/

- Nick is joined by anarchist activist Dan (aka Very Dangry) for this entire episode. - The police. - Austerity in Europe and Australia. - Were all middle class in Australia?? - Similarities between the working class and capitalist class all around the world. - The post-World War Two glory years werent glorious for everyone. - Mainstream unions compared to the International Workers of the World (IWW). - Obama policy to get around child trafficking. - Challenging notions of good and bad asylum seekers. - White labourism. - The Aboriginal Tent Embassy at The Block in Redfern. - Refugee activism. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/07/09/dangry/

- Avoiding pointless debates online. - Big Buzzfeed, Facebook and online privacy. - The human rights implications of drones. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/07/03/droning-on/

- Nationalism and militarism in ice-hockey. - $11 billion spent on the World Cup rather than on much needed services in Brazil. - Thousands of people evicted from their homes for their tournament. - Sex workers pushed out of the city. - Interview with a member of the Comit Popular da Copa in Sao Paulo, a coordination of groups and individuals against the FIFA World Cup and its negative effects. This interview is thanks to Anarchist Radio Berlin. - Gay players encouraged to come out at the World Cup. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/06/26/fuckfifa/

- Check your economic privilege at GlobalRichList.com - What you HAVENT learnt from the media this week: ABC radio obsesses over electoral politics in Australia (including recently revealing that Malcolm Turnbull had dinner with Clive Palmer and that he ordered a soup), while neglecting important international issues like the violence in the Central African Republic. - (Not so) alternative media recommendation: The Guardian who have had lots of coverage of the crisis in the Central African Republic. - Katies interview with Michael Hayworth Crisis Response Coordinator for Amnesty International Australia. Michael discusses the war crimes occurring in the Central African Republic, similarities to the genocide in Rwanda, and Amnestys campaign against these human rights abuses. - Coggos speech from outside the UK embassy this was part of the record breaking protest that we covered on episode 57. - Further discussion on the Central African Republic and what you can do to assist the people there. - For more informat

- Coggo from the Melbourne Street Medic Collective (Melb SMC) on the Wage Peace Convoy that broke the world record for most protests in one day. - Unfortunately Guinness refused to include them, maybe because theyre too busy reporting on really important records like the most business leaders attending a networking event. - The Wage Peace Convoy did an amazing 29 protests on the day. - One of these was with The First Nation people of Australia, where they demanded that those Indigenous people who perished in the Frontier Wars of Australias genesis be remembered at the Canberra War Memorial. - The other 28 were aimed at those profiting from, and advocating for, war. - The anti-budget protests in Melbourne. - Updates on the tunnel picket actions for rail not roads. - The impact of the use of horses by police both on the horses themselves and protesters. - For more information on this episode and links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/06/03/world-record/

- Liberal party politician Christopher Pyne apparently calls Labor leader Bill Shorten a grub. - This is not really an austerity budget significantly reducing government spending, but rather there are some cuts and some increases. Economist Richard Denniss has pointed out that military spending has gone up, for example. - This is a class war budget that will increase the already vast wealth inequality in Australia. - The end of free healthcare in Australia. - Deregulation of uni fees. - Retirement age raised to 70. - March in May organiser Alex Bainbridge on the importance of social movements in opposing repressive policies. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/05/28/grub/

- This time were joined by Jess Ison, who tells us all about the soon-to-be released book To the Exclusion Of All Others: Queers Questioning Gay Marriage, which she will be an editor of. - How Jess came to this position of being pro-queer but anti-same sex (and other) marriage. - Julia Gillards new position on same-sex marriage. - Links between the same-sex marriage campaign and homophobia dropping but transphobia rising. - Curtis Redds talk Bodies, Beats and Bashing: History Telling of Homophobic Violence. This talk critiques the This Is Oz campaign and also makes some links between the oppression of queer people and non-human animals. - Responses to the question If you dont like marriage, just dont get married. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the articles and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/05/17/anal/

- Recap of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies Oceania (ICAS) 2014 conference: Critical Animal Studies in the Asia-Pacific. - What ICAS is all about: making change for animals, anarchism, collective decision-making and safe spaces. - Jess Isons talk/rant on Animals Australias No Way to Treat a Lady campaign. - Javed de Costas introduction to the Class, Race and Veganism workshop. - For more information on this episode and for all of the links from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/05/03/icas/

- Another Austin Powers moment in Australian politics. - Results from the WA Senate by-election. - Problems in the Labor party, Joe Bollocks is preferenced over progressive Louise Pratt who has lost her Senate seat. - Greens get their highest ever vote thanks to a grassroots campaign and providing a clear alternative to the Liberals agenda. Senator Scott Ludlam aka S-Ludz is King of the World. - The Palmer United Party attracted votes due to their massive advertising campaign, despite offering no polices (besides cheap chips). - Two studies predict the end is nigh for human civilisation. - Green capitalism will not save us and is also not intersectional, it doesnt take into account issues like workers rights and economic equality. - Pragmatism in the Greens. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/04/20/king/

- Stevie from Team Earthling gives a field report on the Townsville March in March against the Abbott government. - Anarcho-capitalism and Camp Anarchy. - Speeches from the Perth March in March. - Sometimes satire can sometimes reinforce the inequalities it is trying to oppose. - People forced to remove offensive t-shirts saying Fuck Tony Abbott at the Perth March in March. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/04/01/seguous/

- Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott wants to bring back knights and dames. - Tony Abbott questioned by Newtown High students. - Recap of Australian-wide March in March protests against the Abbott government. - Western Australian election. - WA Liberal Senator Matthias Cormann introduces the new term un-Western Australian. - Nicola Paris from Counteract discusses the Summary Offences Act, a new anti-protest bill introduced in Victoria. - For more information on the episode and links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/03/30/protestlaws/

- Horrible immigration policies in the UK and Australia. - The viral speech from Greens politician Scott Ludlam. - The Liberal Party continue to lie about asylum seekers being illegal. - The upcoming federal Senate re-election in Western Australia and Labor not giving their preferences to the Greens. - Interview with Tim Jones, national co-ordinator of March in March, who discusses why we need these marches, the way they are not tied to a particular political party or other group, how people who werent previously politically active are getting involved in the marches, and the importance of getting out from behind computer screens and onto the streets. - To find out more about the episode and for all of the links to the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/03/11/march/

- This title is in reaction to a horrible bumper sticker from the Young Liberals, which read Proud Liberal, Because Not Everyone can be on Welfare. - Whats Grinding Our Gears this Week: cuts to Centrelink from the conservative Abbott government currently in power in Australia. - Liberals getting policy advice on welfare from super rich mining magnate Gina Rinehart. - Some important critiques of the One Billion Rising movement. - Defending welfare against criticisms from some anarchists, drawing on anarchist Noam Chomsky. - For more information on this episode and for all of the links from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/03/10/welfare/

- Were joined by Jen Perry, one of the main organisers of the Cruelty Free Festival WA, for this entire episode. - Can opposition to the shark cull lead people to rethinking humans interactions with all animals? - Avoiding gender stereotypes when discussing attitudes towards animals (Jen is no cow hugger!). - Why all progressives should go to Berlin and the ICAS Oceania conference. - How the Cruelty Free Festival puts into practice our support for intersectionality bringing together a wide range of human rights, environmental and animal rights causes. - For more information on this episode and for all of the links and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/02/25/intersectionalist/

- Our latest find from the street. - Talks from our local One Billion Rising event and our reflections on the event. - The flyer Ten Things Men can do to Prevent Gender Violence. - How to be a good feminist ally, and how to be a good ally of any cause where you are not part of the oppressed group. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/02/22/ally/

- In this one Nick is flying (Han) solo, or at least without Katie. - He is joined by Nicole, one the organisers from the Perth One Billion Rising event, for the entire episode. - One Billion Rising is a global event that aims to have one billion women releasing their stories, dancing and speaking at the places where they need justice, where they need an end to violence against women and girls. - Slut shaming and rape culture. - A lack of media attention given to these issues. - A discussion on some criticisms of the One Billion Rising movement. - This years focus on Indigenous and disabled victims of violence. - Art and social change. - Why the Perth event is open to everyone and has all vegan food. - The movement against female genital mutilation. - For more information on this episode and for all of the links from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/02/10/rise/