Race Matters

"⁠A journey through time, and gender- exploring Dalit womanhood and Dravidian masculinity through an anti-caste and trans lens. Bounded and centred by an all-Dalit & Tamil Greek chorus consisting of photographer Jaisingh Nageshwaran, scholar Dr. Roja Singh, community oragniser Grace Banu and wise young woman Ritu Elizabeth Samuel, soundtracked by rapper nasbandi - and me."

R.Talitha Samuel is a cultural producer based in New Delhi. Featuring only guest experts from caste-oppressed communities, Clear Blue Skies S1: Experiencing Ambedkar (2021-23) was a radical political theory podcast that Samuel hosted & edited. It built on the final year seminar Samuel developed & led, which was the first university-level course on anti-caste thought across Turtle Island. Currently, the larger project of Clear Bue Skies Productions is expanding into mixed media collaging, experimental research-based narrative soundscapes & sonic ethnography.

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Nasbandi - पढ़ाई (put that ₹₹₹ on me)
Nasbandi - pretty like secrets
Anuraja Kamaraj - Blood Bath (Asuran OST)
VZN, Vinci & Caeserboii feat. Lemonstand Boys - RAKSHEESH
Rock D - Ravan Ravan Hoon Main

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+ Here's a reading list generously compiled by R. Talitha Samuel, with a heap of resources that informed this piece and a primer on caste, queer and trans history and legacies in this context docs.google.com/document/d/1zQ0ff…/edit?usp=sharing

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𝑳𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 a queer, experimental radio project that traces eight unique sonic worlds from different creators across this continent and beyond. ⁠
+ theme sound design - wytchings
+ series artwork - tyberius larking
+ design & art direction - tim worton
+ series concept & gatherer - shareeka helaluddin, title inspired by the work of Ruby Sircar
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𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒔; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆.

𝑳𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏⁠, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝑩𝒊 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚

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"⁠How do you find your place in a world that was never built to accommodate you? An intimate memoir, unravelling the shifts in a body and the world around them in a world before and during the global pandemic."

Tori Hobbs is a disabled healthcare worker, writer and co-founder of Disability Justice Network. a grassroots organisation run for and by multiply marginalised disabled people in so called australia. Alongside their daily work as a nurse they have been a tireless advocate for disability justice in this colony guided by a framework on relentless love and defiance.

𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: A strong content note that Tori’s piece has some really heavy themes, so if now doesn’t feel like the right time feel free to tune out and revisit it another time

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭
Lumidee - Never Leave You (J. Reid edit)
Fall Out Boy - G.I.N.A.S.F.S
Phoenix - Love Like A Sunset, Pt.2
Weyes Blood - It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody

𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫
If you have the means, consider donating to the Disability Justice Network mutual aid fund (www.gofundme.com/f/disability-jus…-mutual-aid-fund)

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𝑳𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 a queer, experimental radio project that traces eight unique sonic worlds from different creators across this continent and beyond. ⁠
+ theme sound design - wytchings
+ series artwork - tyberius larking
+mdesign & art direction - tim worton
+ series concept & gatherer - shareeka helaluddin, title inspired by the work of Ruby Sircar
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𝑳𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏⁠

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"⁠What is it that you call home? For a queer Palestinian in diaspora the answer can be complicated. From Beiti to Beitak, Chicago to Naarm, I try to find out. Featuring interviews with Nourah of Salon Kawakib and Mirna of Aywa Syndicate."

Kal Jazeera is a queer Palestinian creative currently based in naarm by way of potawatomi land Chicago. They orbit many fields across performance but the heart of their work is grounded in community. Their sense of joy, depth and love was distilled in all our conversation and something you will feel throughout their work.

𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: Kal started working on this piece in June before the siege and continued genocide happening in Gaza. They shared some words about this ahead of the piece and hope Palestinians in the diaspora find a sense of solace and connection in the work. From the river to the sea 🇵🇸

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭
Jumbel - Blue Dot Sessions license free music
Magic - Amira Jazeera
Fi Kul Balad - Clarissa Bitar
El Es - DJ Plead
Mercy - DJ Plead

𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠
+ Australian Palestine Advocacy Network actions and events apan.org.au/events/
+ A Liberatory Demand from Queers in Palestine (tinyurl.com/4au97pu4)
+ Queer Palestinian Liberation from Queer reflections (tinyurl.com/ytry497z)
+ www.thenation.com/article/world/ga…ueering-the-map/
+ Pinkwashing Exposed (free documentary on kanopy)

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𝑳𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 a queer, experimental radio project that traces eight unique sonic worlds from different creators across this continent and beyond. ⁠
+ theme sound design - wytchings
+ series artwork - tyberius larking
+mdesign & art direction - tim worton
+ series concept & gatherer - shareeka helaluddin, title inspired by the work of Ruby Sircar
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𝑳𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏⁠

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Broadcasting from the 24/7 sit-in at the PM's office, we hear from two core organisers from Families for Palestine - Sarah Shaweesh and Zuzia. We chatted about the collective power of staking a picket and how communal acts of care are an expression of resistance. 
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Please support the work of Families for Palestine, sign up for a sit in shift by sending them a message, or learn about other ways you can support their effrots and call for a permanent and unconditional ceasefire. 

This episode was produced by Alicia Zhao, with final audio editing and co-hosting by Shareeka Helaluddin 

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A sprawling, expansive chat with two artists who embody a DIY ethos interconnected with spirituality and poetry. 

Two chats with musician, sculptor Lonnie Holley and poet Moor Mother (Camae Awaye) chatting through their practices, converging across their innovative use of materials, unique ways of collaborating and principled resistance. A conversation to sink deep into, with both Lonnie and Camae reminding us that beauty is in our toolkit for the revolution. 

You can catch them both live, alongside free jazz ensemble Irreversible Entanglements, at the Opera House on February 26, more details here. 

This episode was co-hosted and co-produced by Alicia Zhao & Shareeka Helaluddin

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Conversations at the intersection of healing, justice and anti-racism happening this summer. 

"We are watching genocide, a lot of us come from lines of attempted genocide. we can't 'self care' our way out of that but what we can do is hold each other ... we don't have a choice"

our final episode for the year is helmed with Samantha Haran in conversation with Quandamooka and Wiradjuri woman, and First Nations Healing Practitioner LJ Phoenix Singh. LJ works from an anti-oppressive, abolitionist and decolonial perspective. Together they reflect on the ongoing fight for liberation in Palestine tying together collective liberation into a self care that is based in solidarity and ancestral healing. 

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Conversations at the intersection of healing, justice and anti-racism happening this summer. 

Hear Toobs and community herbalist Salma Yassien speaking through community practices of collective care, herbalism and spirituality that proved vital in the wake of hyper-policing and medical racism in and outside the global pandemic. A sprawling chat grounded in spirit, hope and the wisdom of daily, ancestral remedies. 

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Conversations at the intersection of healing, justice and anti-racism happening this summer. 

Hear Tanya Shukla in conversation with narrative therapist Sekneh-Hammoud Beckett. In an intimate and reciprical dialogue they explore the intersectional race politics in our deepest desires and connections; unravelling into a vulnerable offering of how we can move through and transform sites of trauma into practices of love and resistance. 

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We are honored to offer this bonus episode with gratitude and soldiarity with The Red Rattler Theatre, Autonomous Collective Against Racism (ACAR) & Blak Caucus. This is as much a talk as it is a compelling call to action, listen to their words. 

"Palestinian activists and the Blak Caucus invite you to this plenary on unceded Gadigal land. 

Our siblings in Palestine face a genocide, their existence at risk of total wipeout. On this colony, another Black death in custody rips through First Nations communities in the wake of a failed referendum that revealed rather then unite. 

Anti-colonial resistance is more important than ever, and these solidarities between communities are crucial to pave the way forward. We invite all Blackfullas, Palestinians, Indigenous peoples across the globe. We invite trusted allies and those keen to attend with an open mind and without racism in their hearts. 

Always was, always will be. From the river to the sea."

Hear from Lizzie Jarrett, Rand Khatib, Meriki Onus, Ethan Lyons, Lana Tatour, Randa Abdel Fattah, Amal Naser - recorded live on 26th October 2023 on the unceded and sacred Wangal Clan Lands of Gadigal Country 

Gadigal to Gaza: Resistance Until Liberation' was one of the Red Rattler Theatres 'Rat Talks' part of the Red Rattlers Arts Program 'Future Communities' Created by Kween G and Dr Vivienne Linsley. 

Program manager: Kween G 

The night was filmed and audio recorded by Studio Sensorium 

Gadigal to Gaza was Co hosted by the Autonomous Collective Against Racism & The Blak Caucus 

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Xuan and Marina from Amplify Bookstore are back for another episode of anti racist book club! Hear their recommendations of Palestinian authors across all genres of books. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but we hope it offers a starting point for engaging with Palestinian literature in the spirit of solidarity, empathy and dissent. 

Hear them chat through A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum, Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, Power Born of Dreams by Mohammad Saba'aneh; and Songs for the Dead and the Living is a recent release Sara M Saleh

These titles are available through Amplify Bookstore but might be sold out. Continue to support your local bookstores and libraries <3 

Continue to look towards Palestinian groups on the ground including APAN, Palestine Action Group and a Palestine Action toolkit put forward by DEiFY collating information and actions across the continent. 

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