Progressive Podcast Australia

- The High Court ruling that offshore detention is legal, which clears the way for the Australian government to return about 250 asylum seekers in Australia, including 37 babies, to Nauru. - Speeches from outside the Department of Immigration at the Melbourne Let Them Stay rally for refugees. - Amnesty International find that the Australian government paid people smugglers. - How to Make Trouble and Influence People 2016 Diary. - For more information from this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2016/02/08/125/

- Nick is joined by Sarah Ross from the Refugee Rights Action Network and Kaliyugan Pathmanathan, Project Coordinator of Tamil Eelam Cricket. - The importance of the voices of refugees in the movement for refugees. - Strategies for effective refugee activism. - Who is to blame for harsh policies towards asylum seekers? - Tamil Eelam Cricket. - Critiques of the counter movement against Reclaim Australia. - Linking human rights, animal rights and environmentalism, panel discussion featuring Nick, Sarah and Jeff Hansen from Sea Shepherd. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/12/31/124/

- Book Recommendation, Unlikely Loves by Jennifer S Holland. - Nicks talk The Emotional Lives of Animals, Adrenalin Junkie Orangutans and Individualist Sheep. - You can view the PowerPoint presentation for this talk here: http://www.slideshare.net/NickPendergrast/the-emotional-lives-of-animals-adrenalin-junkie-orangutans-and-individualist-sheep - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, including links to all of the clips from the talk, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/12/24/123/

- This episode features an interview with Coggo from Melbourne Street Medic Collective on the recent Flood the System direct action for climate justice. - This was an Australian wide action and Coggo focuses on the Melbourne action, where activists shut down the entrances to Westpac, BHPBilliton and part of the CBD. - Marches, direct action and the need for social movements to always encourage people to do more. - Also covered on the episode is some analysis of the Paris Climate Agreement plus some examination of Malcolm Turnbulls inaction on climate change. - The science show Cosmos and anti-capitalism. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/12/16/122/

- Nick is interviewed about supposedly dangerous dog breeds and breed specific legislation. - Nicks talk Black Dogs Dont Get Adopted, Linking Human Rights and Animal Rights. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/12/11/121/

- This episode is about the anti-Islamic, white supremacist movement in Australia, featuring the United Patriots Front and Reclaim Australia. - Ray Grenfells interview with anti-fascist activist Barry Cade on the Melbourne fascist and anti-fascist counter rallies from the weekend and tactics against fascism. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/11/27/120/

- On this episode we look into the recent violent attacks in Paris, including the context and the reactions. - US Iraq war veteran Vincent Emanuele on the historical context behind the Paris attacks. - Katies live TV debut, discussing terrorism on the show Opinionated. - Muslim activist Marziya Mohammedali on the Islamophobic backlash following the Paris attacks. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/11/18/119/

- Nick is joined by Mother aka Dr Theresa Petray for the entire episode. - We discuss the opportunities and limitations of using the Internet to bring about social change, as well as some of the ways it can be used more effectively by activists. - Waving the rainbow flag on Facebook. - Social media for Palestine. - The digital divide. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/11/13/118/

- Nick is joined by Kathryn Joy for this entire episode. - The first half of the episode is a critical look at the feminist campaign calling for American singer Chris Brown to be denied entry to Australia because of his conviction for assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Rhianna. - In the second half of the episode we discuss some critiques of identity politics, which emphasises the importance of personal experience. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/11/09/117/

- This episode features a continuation of the discussion on progressive parenting from episode 115, featuring Katie, Luc and Stevie from Team Earthling animal rights podcast, and B. - Gender-neutral parenting, gender-neutral pro-nouns and proper English. - Trans and intersex issues. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/11/02/116/

- This episode features a discussion on progressive parenting, featuring Katie, Luc and Stevie from Team Earthling animal rights podcast, and B. - Haircuts and Superman outfits. - Attachment parenting. - Gender and parenting eg Mums groups. - Consent. - Alternative schools. - Vegan parenting and vegan kids. - Problems with Steiner schools. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/10/30/115/

- Nick is joined by sustainable transport advocate Jeremy Mendelson from Critical Transit and Transit Matters podcasts for the entire episode. - National politics and Bernie Sanders. - Jeremys experience with 9 to 5 work. - Trying to escape the 9 to 5. - David Graeber on bullshit jobs. - Living vegan on a low income. - Basic income. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/10/26/114/

- Katie is joined by Jenny Ejlak from Reproductive Choice Australia. - The various state and territory abortion laws. - The importance of viewing abortion as a health issue not a criminal one. - Exclusion zones. - Some people being sooo pro life they advocate killing doctors. - Planned Parenthood and the hash tag shout your abortion. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/10/18/113/

- Nick is joined by journalist Michael Brull, who discusses what has changed and what hasn't as a result of the government's new rhetoric around Islam and terrorism, in the wake of the Parramatta shooting. - Nick also elaborates on Turnbulls response to the shooting, analysing this reaction in terms of dominant narratives around the racial and religious basis for labelling and responding to terrorism. - How the love it or leave it mentality that has been promoted in the wake of the Parramatta shooting works against confronting some of the root causes of terrorism, such as Western imperialism and police racism. - The US airstrike on a Mdecins Sans Frontires hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz. - Islamophobia as the latest form of white supremacy in Australia. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/10/13/112/

- Were joined by politics junkies Jen Perry and Kieran Massie. - The libspill and gender. - Farewell to Tony Abbott. - New Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. - The results of the Canning by-election. - UK politics, Scottish nationalism and socialist backbencher Jeremy Corbyn becoming leader of the British Labour Party. - Analysis of the Australian Greens mainstreaming and moving to the right, using the example of a recent portfolio reshuffle. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/09/25/111/

- This episode features an interview with Samah Sabawi, a Palestinian Australian Canadian writer and human rights advocate. - She discusses the ongoing oppression Palestinian people face, even when the bombs are not dropping and most of the media is ignoring the issue. - Samah Sabawi also leaves us with her powerful poem Red Shirt, Blue Jeans about Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler who recently drowned, sparking changing discussions about asylum seekers. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/09/14/110/

- Amnesty International has recently announced that decriminalisation is their official human rights policy on sex work. - We discuss this development, partially drawing on and critiquing an episode of The Minefield on ABC radio. - Decriminalisation is for sex workers not for sex buyers. - Sex work as work. - First World versus Third World sex work. - Sex work and capitalism. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/09/04/109/

- Recap of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS) Oceania 2015 conference, which we recently attended in Melbourne. - What ICAS stands for. - Some of our favourite talks from the conference. - An overview of some of the critical discussions about the mainstreaming of veganism within capitalism that were a common theme of the conference. - Celeste Liddles talk on Aboriginal Feminism and Intersectionality. - Where are the animals in Critical Animal Studies? - For more information on the episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, plus links to more talks from the conference, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/08/14/108/

- Were back with a new episode featuring Coggo from the Melbourne Street Medic Collective. - Background on the racist Reclaim Australia movement and why it is important to oppose them. - Links between the current demonisation of Muslims and historical Jewish oppression. - Police violence against medics and anti-fascist protestors at the recent counter-rally in Melbourne. - Melbourne Street Medics crowd funding campaign. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/08/02/107/

- Following on from episode 105, this episode is a further discussion on sex work. - We finally go through listener mail on our older sex work episodes 44 and 64. - We investigate the idea of sex work as another form of labour as well as First World versus Third World sex work. - An academic study on the psychological characteristics porn stars. - The documentary Date My Pornstar. - An article on a US college student doing porn to pay for her education. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/07/07/106/