NATSILS, Tabitha Lean, Undocumented Migrant Solidarity, Elena Gomez, Basil Byrne

Thursday, 16 April 2020 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Acknowledgement of country

 

News headlines with Cait Kelly

 

Max speaks with Roxanne Moore, Executive Officer of NATSILS, about the urgent need to immediately release people in prison to stop the spread of COVID-19 and prevent COVID-19 Black deaths in custody.

 

As part of a new regular segment we hear a number of new poems read by writer Elena Gomez

 

Scheherazade speaks to Basil Byrne about making music, politics and the release of her new track Listenin’ Out 

 

Priya speaks with Tabitha Lean about the problems with comparing incarceration and home detention to self isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. Tabitha Lean is a Gunditjmara woman living on Kaurna Country. She is also a formerly incarcerated person. Tabitha is a vocal advocate for incarcerated people.

 

Sanmati Verma from Undocumented Migrant Solidarity joins Carly to speak about the Undocumented Migrants COVID-19 Fund & petition calling on State and Federal governments to commit to the following demands: Medicare for All, Information Firewall with Immigration, Universal Basic Income for Undocumented Workers, No Detention or Deportation, Amnesty for Undocumented Workers.

 

Songs

Becca Hatch - 2560

Baker Boy - Move

Basil Byrne - Listenin’ Out