Carly Baque, Scheherazade Bloul, Cait Kelly, Priya Kunjan and Rosie Isaac
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News
Karen Wyld joins us to talk about her newly published book, Where the Fruit Falls(link is external). Karen Wyld is a freelance writer and author currently based in South Australia but her grandmother's county, Martu is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Human rights defender and activist Adolf Mora joins us today to speak more about the situation in West Papua and the Make West Papua Safe(link is external) campaign. Adolf came by boat in 2006 and has been detained in Christmas Island for a bit then granted temporary protection via and came to Narrm since then to continue the campaign for his people’s struggle under Indonisian colonialism.
Professor Libby Porter joins us to discuss the Andrews Government’s recent announcement of investment in social housing and what it really means. Libby Porter is a research fellow at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University and convenor for Darebin Community Friends of Public Housing which is a member of Save Public Housing Collective(link is external).
Dr. Fiona Foley joins us on the show to speak about her new book Biting the Clouds:(link is external) A Badtjala Perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897. Fiona Foley is from the Wondunna clan of the Badtjala nation. Foley completed her fourth film titled Out of the Sea Like Cloud in 2019. Her recent exhibitions include a 25-year photographic retrospective titled Who Are These Strangers and Where Are They Going? Dr Fiona Foley is currently a Lecturer at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.
Kamal Fadel, the representative for the Polisario Front in Australia and New Zealand joins us to discuss the Western Sahara independence movement and the end of a 29-year-old ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario Front, the Western Sahara independence movement, after the Moroccan military opened fire on a blockade halting civic and commercial flux on the only road connecting West Africa to Western Sahara, Morocco and Europe. You can find out more and how to support the Saharawi community in so-called Australia here.
Songs
Emma Donovan and The Putbacks - Leftovers
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On Sunday 29 November at 1pm 3CR will be bringing SlutWalk 2020 to the airwaves. SlutWalk Melbourne are asking you to join the global SlutWalk Movement to end slutshaming and victim blaming.Turn it up loud and let the speeches fill the streets and your kitchens and backyards.Tell the world, even in a pandemic, we will not be silenced! SlutWalk - it’s a controversial name, not a controversial message. Tune in!
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Done By Law are taking their annual trivia night fundraiser to the air this year with a triviathon event streaming in audio and video on THIS Thursday 19 November from 7pm. There'll be competitive trivia, limbo in your living room and requests and dedications on the Justice Jukebox. Entry by donation here - you can also purchase some party perks. If you can't make the event but want to support this fundraiser anyway, you can donate here. Every contribution is appreciated, however small or large. See you at the triviathon!
