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On this week's show we talked about direct action in the fight against climate change, and in particular the work Frontline Action on Coal (FLAC) have been doing recently in Newcastle. #Endcoal Act up is an ongoing campaign to blockade the world's largest export coal port, and we hear from Max about why it is important, and then interview Emily and Nic about their experiences stopping work at the port! For more information on FLAC visit their website: www.frontlineaction.org/

YACSA CEO Anne Bainbridge joined Valerie Farfalla, Anne Maxwell and Ewen Kloas from AUWU to discuss submissions to government on youth unemployment in South Australia. The AUWU's Anti-Poverty Week event "From Stigma to Dignity", 12th October, at Trades Hall with two expert panels and the Victorian Trade Union Choir singing "It's Time" for a Newstart increase was also discussed.

This week on the show we talk to Saul about his experience of homelessness and the transition to being a self proclaimed vagabond, and then we chat to Mils to hear about their experiences of homelessness and homelessness services. At the end of the podcast we have Mils' poem, so make sure to listen to the end!

Latrobe University cultural sociologist Dr Sara James discussed unemployed youth disadvantage in Australia with Valerie Farfalla and Jeremy Poxon (AUWU media), with Jeremy focusing on police welfare blitz in Werribee shopping centre. Hayden Patterson (S.A. branch, AUWU) examined cashless card trials along with Amanda Smith from Say No Seven.

On this SUWA show, Doing It Ourselves folks Suse and Jim discuss Sustaining Activism, burnout and activist wellbeing.For further support or resources, please see Plan To Thrive (Activist Wellbeing and Support organisation) http://plantothrive.net.au/

Presenter Valerie Farfalla interviewed Jerry Creaney (Pensioners, Seniors & Veterans Party), Owen Bennett (Australian Unemployed Workers Union), Pas Forgione (Anti-Poverty Network (S.A.) and Trish Posterino. The main focus of the program was the need to increase Newstart and a campaign to fight the LNP's new punitive demerits point system for social security recipients, administered by the private job agencies. The Newstart choir featured and Reds Under the Bed Actviist Cabaret played two of...

Suse and Anisa from Doing It Ourselves talk with fellow radical Guy about their experience of the Sustainable Living Festival and how we talk about sustainability versus system change.

Cam and Andy talk to Peter and Andy about how Peter and Andy are not Andy (Andy is Andy). Then Dr Jason Wilson joins us to discuss Las Vegas, Trump and how conspiracy theories are conspiratorially used to distract us from what's really going on (app-based bike sharing is not a sustainable business model in areas without appropriate cycling infrastructure, but conversely are also not sustainable in areas with appropriate cycling infrastructure, meaning their true purpose must be a CIA scheme...

In this episode we played a recording of the Real Sustainability Through Mutual Aid panel, where Anitra Nelson, Terry Leahy and Theo Kitchener talked about moneyless economies, revolution and Doing It Ourselves, the Gnomes Farming Co-operative and Livelyhood’s plans.

Lara, Jim and Anisa explored different ways that people get involved in activism, and how NGOs play a part in our environmental and social justice movements.

Jim and Anisa talk about hierarchy and how it plays a role in our lives, as well as in environmental activism.

This week Suse from Doing It Ourselves interviews fellow Doing It Ourselves activist Mark Allen on the newly emerging Holistic Activism movement. We also discuss why this movement is particularly important in light of what is currently unfolding across the world. More information can be found on the 'Holistic Activism and Behaviour Change' page on facebook.

This is the first episode of Doing It Ourselves on the SUWA Show. Theo and Jim, both from Doing It Ourselves, talked about world changing ideas. Specifically they introduced the group and what it is all about, and then delved into building alternatives and direct action. We have special permission to podcast Affluenza by The Crash Narrative.

prison themed show commemortaing Attica and other prison struggles, history in australia and america

The theme for this show is the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Easter Uprising in Ireland. There are some musical tributes to one of the co-founders of the Industrial Workers of the World, or the Wobblies, Mother Jones, who was born in Ireland. She co-founded the Wobblies in Chicago in 1905. Unfortunately due to copyright issues these have been taken out of the podcast, but you can listen to them here and here. Margaret and Peter talk to Melissa from the Earth Worker Co-operative. Melissa...

Andy & Cam talk to Prof. Rob Sparrow of Monash Uni about being mistaken for Andy by silly neo-Nazis. Plus killer robots.Then Dr. Jason Wilson joins us from Oregon to discuss the (then-ongoing) Bundy militia stand-off.

Blake Petersen, Melbourne antifa, joins Andy Fleming & Dr. Cam to discuss the past year in antifa organising. Andy & Cam also discuss the UPF's leadership infighting and the emergence of the Australian Liberty Alliance.

Recently anti-choicers Right to Life Australia held a number of forums around the country as part of their campaign against abortion. They invited Troy Newman from Operation Rescue, a notorious anti-choice group from the USA which has defended violent action against clinics and doctors. After a public outcry, and a campaign from some feminist and activist groups, the Federal Government denied Troy Newman a visa.We interview Debbie from Radical Women about the campaign for Reproductive...

We have an interview with someone who was involved in the solidarity action at the Malaysian Consulate on the 10th of September, after the eviction of the Rumah Api Social Centre. This eviction happened on the 28th of August during a gig, with 161 people arrested, all due to allegations they were "planning to topple the Malayasian government". This happened the night before an unrelated protest against the Malyasian government, with it being part of a wider crackdown against opposition to...

This month on the Food not Bombs edition of the SUWA show, we interview Izzy Brown, one of the organisers of the Freedom Flotilla to West Papua. Izzy discusses links between the struggle in West Papua and the struggles of Indigenous peoples in Australia, tells us about what happened in the last Flotilla, and planning for the next one. Also on the show, we have a discussion about a couple of strikes that had occurred this week despite courts ordering them to stop, and how these were...