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Home Schooling 2018 - 12 - 21 BTL by 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

Race Mathews - Co - Operative History In Australia - 2018 - 10 - 18 BTL by 2XX Behind the Lines and Align in the Sound teams

Ghillar, also known as Michael Anderson is from the Euahlayi people on the borderlands of NSW and QLD.

He was involved in the Black Power movement in the 60s and 70s, co-established the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. He is fully fluent in both Euahlayi and White law, and has been all over the world researching, connecting with other First Nations, and painstakingly discovering and establishing the legal course to Sovereignty.

He has taught in many universities, and is Coordinator of the interim National Unity Government of the Sovereign Union.

http://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/about-sovereign-union

We had a great yarn about pre 1788 forms of organisation and governance in this continent.

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In the wake of what is considered to be the worst bushfire disaster in Australia’s memory, affected communities and individuals are still frantically picking up the pieces of their lives, often struggling to meet their most basic needs.

When disaster strikes, the supports you traditionally rely on can fall devastatingly short.

Electricity. Food. Shelter. Communications.

Where do you turn as the longer struggle begins?

Today we are exploring some of the remarkable community responses that have arisen in the aftermath of these disasters, and what we will be dealing with as time goes on.

GUESTS:

• Penny Koethe, who has been helping out farmers throughout Australia for more than a year, and is currently co-ordinating on the ground help for organic farmers through ORICoop

• Mark Spain, from Global Learning, who is bringing people together and facilitating community renewal projects on the south coast.

• Andrew Dale from The G-Spot food van in Gungahlin, who has helped organise the gathering of food, water, supplies, white goods, furniture, vehicles and basic shelter from the Canberra community, delivering them to fire ravaged towns

• Kate Tonacia and Fanji Stradwick from PTSD - picking up the peaces, an ex police officer and ex ambulance officer, who have been involved in PTSD support and help for the past 11 years.

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After the Arab Spring, Kurdish forces took control of North-East Syria, known as Rojava – or western Kurdistan in the Kurdish language.

They began implementing a radically democratic system of governance.

Each locality is independent, while under a regional constitution guaranteeing wide ranging freedoms.

Each sub community in a locality – women, ethnic groups, youth, etc – are asked to organise themselves, and are given an equal voice in the local organising meetings. If the decision is about a technical matter, experts are brought in for consultation by the community. These meetings are similar to the Peoples Assembly model used worldwide in many democratic movements.

Local meetings then federate to form municipal and regional bodies to do larger tasks. Power is maintained at the level of the locality.

The economy is being transformed into a Co-operative dominated system.

We are joined in this interview by Ismet Tastan, who tells us much about how the system works and how the various elements fit together.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (yes, the armed forces are democratically run) have been closely allied with the USA for years, and have been the only effective on the ground force opposing – and defeating – ISIS in the region.

Unfortunately in late 2019, USA president Donald Trump pulled out the last USA troops, knowingly allowing Turkish president Raccip Erdogan, who has been at war with the Kurdish people for many years, to invade northern Syria. Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad and aly Vladimir Putin have regained control of the rest of north-east Syria.

The fate of the people and the democratic system looks grim.

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These recordings were made by Radio Behind the Lines, at the Green Institutes 2019 conference.

The Green Institute is an Australian non-profit organisation, their mission being to “support green politics through education, action, research and debate“. Green politics means broad community-wide change grounded in the principles of ecology, social justice, democracy, non-violence, sustainability and respect for diversity.

With ecological breakdown underway, inequality spiralling, colonialism and patriarchy still not dismantled, and the hate-fuelled far right on the rise, we desperately need democracies which are able to both reverse these trends and create hope-filled resilience in the face of difficult times to come.

Meanwhile, around the world, people and communities are experimenting with exciting and innovative democratic practices, recasting the relationship between citizens and government, drawing on ancient wisdom, involving deep engagement and participation.

The Green Institute’s 2019 conference challenged us to think deeply about democracy, and inspires us to act fast, and with great determination, to cultivate democracy at every level.

These recordings were made by Radio Behind the Lines, at the Green Institutes 2019 conference.

The Green Institute is an Australian non-profit organisation, their mission being to “support green politics through education, action, research and debate“. Green politics means broad community-wide change grounded in the principles of ecology, social justice, democracy, non-violence, sustainability and respect for diversity.

With ecological breakdown underway, inequality spiralling, colonialism and patriarchy still not dismantled, and the hate-fuelled far right on the rise, we desperately need democracies which are able to both reverse these trends and create hope-filled resilience in the face of difficult times to come.

Meanwhile, around the world, people and communities are experimenting with exciting and innovative democratic practices, recasting the relationship between citizens and government, drawing on ancient wisdom, involving deep engagement and participation.

The Green Institute’s 2019 conference challenged us to think deeply about democracy, and inspires us to act fast, and with great determination, to cultivate democracy at every level.

These recordings were made by Radio Behind the Lines, at the Green Institutes 2019 conference.

The Green Institute is an Australian non-profit organisation, their mission being to “support green politics through education, action, research and debate“. Green politics means broad community-wide change grounded in the principles of ecology, social justice, democracy, non-violence, sustainability and respect for diversity.

With ecological breakdown underway, inequality spiralling, colonialism and patriarchy still not dismantled, and the hate-fuelled far right on the rise, we desperately need democracies which are able to both reverse these trends and create hope-filled resilience in the face of difficult times to come.

Meanwhile, around the world, people and communities are experimenting with exciting and innovative democratic practices, recasting the relationship between citizens and government, drawing on ancient wisdom, involving deep engagement and participation.

The Green Institute’s 2019 conference challenged us to think deeply about democracy, and inspires us to act fast, and with great determination, to cultivate democracy at every level.

These recordings were made by Radio Behind the Lines, at the Green Institutes 2019 conference.

The Green Institute is an Australian non-profit organisation, their mission being to “support green politics through education, action, research and debate“. Green politics means broad community-wide change grounded in the principles of ecology, social justice, democracy, non-violence, sustainability and respect for diversity.

With ecological breakdown underway, inequality spiralling, colonialism and patriarchy still not dismantled, and the hate-fuelled far right on the rise, we desperately need democracies which are able to both reverse these trends and create hope-filled resilience in the face of difficult times to come.

Meanwhile, around the world, people and communities are experimenting with exciting and innovative democratic practices, recasting the relationship between citizens and government, drawing on ancient wisdom, involving deep engagement and participation.

The Green Institute’s 2019 conference challenged us to think deeply about democracy, and inspires us to act fast, and with great determination, to cultivate democracy at every level.

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As Australian politics continues its scramble to open up vast new coal mines and drive the world towards a climate change catastrophe, the Adani mine in the Carmichael basin of Queensland has begun clearing land for its mine, endangered species and all.

We talk to some of the players who are at the cutting edge of climate activism about how we can stop the juggernaut and institute a better, saner way of living.

Extinction Rebellion asserts the people of the worlds right to exist into the future, and not be made extinct by corporate greed.

Stop Adani is a nationwide coalition of local groups, dedicated to stopping the opening up of the Carmichael Basin, the coal from which will topple the world into climate chaos if burned.

Frontline Action on Coal (FLAC) are actively blockading the Adani mine, and have put out a RED ALERT for people to make their way up to Queensland to physically stop the mines construction.

A Behind the Lines Production.

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