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Living the Dream episodes
- Stranger Choices: Getting ready for the hangoverIn part four of our three part series on the Qld election we talk about what can we expect after the votes have been counted and what does this mean for emancipatory politics, where can we draw our hope and power from and what do we mean by ‘we’ anyway?Music by Razar40 min
- Stranger Choices: Qld Uncut - Lessons for tomorrow's struggleHere in part 3 of our #livingthedream election special Rob reflects on the experience of Qld Uncut and the lessons that can be learnt for social struggles for dignity and emancipation whoever wins the upcoming election.First track from http://rokumusic.com57 min
- Stranger Choices: Qld Uncut - Lessons for tomorrow’s struggleHere in part 3 of our #livingthedream election special Rob reflects on the experience of Qld Uncut and the lessons that can be learnt for social struggles for dignity and emancipation whoever wins the upcoming election.First track from http://rokumusic.com57 min
- Stranger Choices: Pig City! Anti-Politics, Law & Order and Populism
In part two of Stranger Choices we look at the concepts of anti-politics and depoliticisation and how they might help us understand the elections in Queensland. We examine the role law and order plays, the populism of the Palmer United Party and the contradictions, the promise and the problems of a very exceptional Greens candidate Jonathan Sri.
The articles discussed in this podcast are
Anti-politics: Elephant in the room
Policing Newman’s Crisis: Law And Order, Hegemony And The State
58 min - Stranger Choices Queensland Election #1: elections, Joh, debt and emancipatory politics
Here is part one of a three part ( hopefully) series about the Queensland election. In this episode Dave and Jon talk about elections and their role in capitalism, the limitation of Left understandings of the Newman government, the link between the global crisis and debt and privatisation in Queensland and more! And we did all of this on our lunchbreak in a noisy café! Sound quality gets better in the 2nd half….
41 min - '...from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again': "Really Existing Socialism", Liberalism and ViolenceThis is part 1 of an attempt to examine the nature and history of "really existing socialism" and the impact this has on attempting to imagine and enact emancipatory politics today. Here I deal with how the very real violence of the party-states is used to ideologically mask the violence of the liberal order.39 min
- ‘…from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again’: “Really Existing Socialism”, Liberalism and ViolenceThis is part 1 of an attempt to examine the nature and history of "really existing socialism" and the impact this has on attempting to imagine and enact emancipatory politics today. Here I deal with how the very real violence of the party-states is used to ideologically mask the violence of the liberal order.39 min
- Living the Dream, Words from Struggle Street #2 No ShelterNo Shelter! A Collective Against Gendered ViolenceWe talk with Rascal a participant in No Shelter! A Collective Against Gendered Violence about the struggle against the closure of services for survivors of domestic violence, the transformations in the provision of welfare, the role that gender and the home play in contemporary capitalism and more!Rascal has written about these issues here as part of the new blog Full Prole Science1 hr 17 min
- Living the Dream, Words from Struggle Street #1 UOW UncutHey comrades, today we talk with Alexander about the struggle around the budget arising from UOW campus, the limitations and challanges they face, friendship, new potentials and some of the lessons from Japan .This podcast complements an article written by Alexander here26 min
- Work, Workers and Organisation Part 2Hi Comrades Today we are talking with Andrew a comrade who is a teacher in NSW about what's going on for teachers, the union and attempts to struggle and organise.Down with Empire, Up with Spring!49 min
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