No Turning Back

Remember back in the first lockdown when we were all in this together? Big Daddy Andrews has told us that if we don’t stop being naughty the cops will come and take us all away.

Cam thinks regional areas are key to winning working class rights, Cass rants about JobSeeker and James just does not understand why people are so horny for Daniel Andrews.

Andrews just loves throwing cops at problemsLike cops don’t even need a warrant nowJim of Jim’s Mowing is trying to force his franchisees to keep working despite a state of disasterWoolies are trying to ignore away a coronavirus outbreak in their distribution centreMorrison’s offer of support for Victorians is suggesting that mates in other states call their Vic friends to rub it in

We thought last week was a hope-crusher when we recorded this but we had no idea what Andrews would have in store for us this week. Hang in there baby!

We talk about casualisation and shitty employers fuelling the Victorian Covid crisis, and how the media landscape of our country pushes the blame onto individuals – especially if they are people of colour. We also talk about how Albo disappointed us this week.

Spotless take staff to Fair Work Commission because they didn’t want to get CovidAfrican-Australian women from QLD doxxed by News CorpAnthony Albanese decides it’s bad that people on JobKeeper were getting paid more with the supplement than their pre-covid wageJoel Fitzgibbon thinks The Greens are invading Labor with their left-wing agenda

There is no turning back after this crisis.

This pandemic is going to change our society forever. The question we need to answer is how. Will we let big business grab even more power, or will we stand together and demand something better for ourselves and our communities?

Launching in June, NoTurningBack.tv will explore what it means to create a society that works for everyone and what it will take to make that real.

Each week we’ll be joined by some of the most interesting people we can find to help make some sense of what’s going on; what’s working, what’s not and all the stuff that needs to be done to make the dream of a better society our reality.

The pandemic is revealing how cruel and unstable capitalism is. But it’s also showing us that we can make enormous changes overnight if we need to. It’s showing us how vital public services are to our health, wellbeing, safety and security. It’s showing us what work is actually essential and what isn’t.

Catch our livestream on Facebook, the recording as a podcast on your favourite podcatcher and all our video content on YouTube.

NoTurningBack.tv is made on the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded. There is no justice without justice for Aboriginal people.