Critical reflections on Romper Stomper, Star Wars and Fire and Fury, Sue Bolton on Toxic Free Faulkner, Kot Monoah on media coverage of youth crime, On this Day history lessons, Invasion Day calendar

Monday, 15 January 2018 - 7:00am to 8:30am

7:00am Acknowledgement of Country

7:05am Summer Viewing Reviews - James, Joe and Jackson discuss what they have been watching, reading and viewing over the break - focussing on the presentation of race politics in TV series Romper Stomper, political messaging in the new Star Wars film and the unsurprising content of Michael Wolfe's 'Fire and Fury'. 

7:20am MUSIC TRACK: Guest musical programmer Joe plays a track for us: 'Washington we're watching you'  by the Staples Sisters.

7:25am: Sue Bolton, activist and councillor, speaks with the team about the Toxic Free Fawkner campaign, which has recently succeeded in convincing Moreland Council to place a hold on development of a site previously used to make Agent Orange, despite limited assistance from the EPA. 

7:35am MUSIC TRACK:  Four Corners by Michael Prophet 

7:40am On this day: James and Joe discuss some of the historic events that occurred on 15th Jan in years past, including the birth of Martin Luther King Jnr and the death of Rosa Luxembourg, morphing into continued discussion of Trump era politics, anti-intellectualism etc. 

8:05am Kot Monoah from the South Sudanese Community Association in Victoria speaks to Jackson about the intersecting issues that lead to 'anti-social' behaviour and why he thinks the media and politicians are so quick to play the race card. 

8:20am Upcoming actions for Invasion Day -  Signing off, James and Joe detail a few of the many events coming up to resist Australia Day and engage the community with the true story of colonisation.