Bo Burnham. The Western Australian State Election. Techno-feudalism and Yanis Varoufakis. The culture of the socialist work ethic.
Welcome to the Great Reboot of the Left in Perth podcast, featuring Joshua and Blair.
We critique the praxis of Bo Burnham, discuss the outcome of the State election and the likelihood of Albo maintaining his federal majority, Techno-feudalism and the importance of not bringing the value-maximisation work ethic to socialist work.
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Bo Burnham substack article that mentions end of world coping mechanism.
Jason Pargin’s Newsletter
"In Which I Declare War On Beloved Entertainer Bo Burnham"
First off: if you haven’t seen the award-winning 2021 Bo Burnham Netflix special Inside, you absolutely should watch that instead of reading this or whatever other bullshit I put out this month. It is a hilarious yet deeply personal piece of musical comedy that will stay with you for months after, mainly because you’ll still have several of its songs st…
https://jasonpargin.substack.com/p/in-which-i-declare-war-on-beloved
Watch Bo Burnham’s “Inside” on Netflix:
https://youtu.be/k1BneeJTDcU
Occupation ended 24 March 2025.
** Land Back for Stolen Generations **
https://linktr.ee/landbackforstolengenerations
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/return-sister-kates-land/
24 MARCH 2025
VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWS YOKAI CHAIR JIM MORRISON USED FORCE ON YOUNG STOLEN GENERATION DESCENDANT
● In December, the church suspended BKI’s Board, issued an eviction notice, then created a new Board and signed a deal with Yokai without consulting Noongar women.
● The land is owned by the Uniting Church through the Beananging Kwuurt Institute (BKI), but it is subject to a complaint with the WA Equal Opportunity Commission, challenging the Uniting Church’s December dismissal of the BKI Board as sex, race, and political belief discrimination. This throws doubt over the current BKI Board and Yokai’s current lease to the land. The women are seeking legal advice on injunctive relief.
● Noongar women have been fighting to reclaim the Stolen Generations site which sits on Whadjuk Noongar land. Pre-colonisation, it was a sacred birthing place for Noongar women. Post-colonisation, it has a damning racist history as the former Stolen Generations site of the Sister Kate’s Children’s Cottage Home, where Aboriginal children were enslaved, abused and genocide was committed.
● We do not know who the new Board of BKI is, as the Church have not disclosed this.
Roxanne Moore
Renters and Housing Union WA (RAHU WA)
https://rahu.org.au/aboutus/
https://www.instagram.com/rahu_western_aus/
Techno-feudalism and Yanis Varoufakis
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/technofeudalism-9781529926095
Academic article mentioned:
Gane, N. (2024). Capitalism is capitalism, not technofeudalism. Journal of Classical Sociology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X241269293
