Women's Liberation in 70s Naarm | March 4 Forests Rally Speeches | Colonisation Corrupts Land Care |

Monday, 23 March 2026 - 7:00am to 8:30am

On today's show: 

Headlines: 

  1. Educators Break a Decade of Silence: March 24 Strike Looms

  2. High Court Looming: Residents Resist Public Housing Demolition

  3. NSW Corrective Services and Youth Justice Are Failing First Nations People In and Out of Prison

  4. Challenging Police Power: IBAC Apology Sparks Wider Questions

 

Segments:

  • Second half of conversation between Rosie Ganino and Alva Gieke about the women's liberation movement in the 70s in Naarm and navigating misogyny within the left. Listen to the first half of this conversation on last week's podcast.
  • An excerpt from the What Children Know podcast featuring interviews with children at the Free Palestine rallies in Naarm over the past few years. Listen to the podcast here.
  • From yesterday's March 4 Forests rally we played: 
    • Marisa from 3CR's Doin' Time show speaking with the rally's MC Violet Coco about the state of native logging here in so-called Victoria.
    • Uncle Claude Douglas speaks of the impact of colonisation on Wotjabaluk Country -- specifically relating to bushfires, invasive species, and the Victorian government's failure to properly care for land.
    • A brief excerpt of the Climate Choir Melbourne singing at the rally
    • Phil Zylstra, adjunct associate professor at Curtin University and fire behaviour scientist speaking more about how colonisation has corrupted approaches to environmental care. 

Thank you to Marisa for providing and editing that audio for us! 

 

Songs played: 

- Magic by strongboi
- REAL LIFE LOVE by SPEED