(00:00:00) The War on Dissent and Socialism USA

(00:01:12) Beautiful, Menacing, and Obscene: Australia’s Addiction to War

(00:18:18) Robodebt Reborn: The Cruelty That Never Dies

(00:29:56) Treaty and Truth: A New Beginning in Victoria

(00:43:07) Socialism in the City: Zohran Mamdani’s Revolution in New York

We expose Australia’s growing contradictions – a nation that talks peace while funding war, promises compassion while reviving cruelty, and talks justice while fearing equality. From Sydney’s taxpayer-funded arms expo where protesters were pepper-sprayed by police, to Labor’s quiet revival of Robodebt through private debt collectors, this episode reveals how state power is being weaponised against dissent and the vulnerable. We also cover Victoria’s historic Treaty with First Nations peoples, a breakthrough in truth-telling and Reconciliation now under threat from conservative backlash, and the election of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as New York’s first Muslim and African-born mayor – a victory for conviction politics over corporate control.
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Song listing:  

1. ‘Stranger In Moscow’, Tame Impala.
2. ‘Swing For The Crime’, Ed Kuepper.
3. ‘The King Is Dead’, The Herd.
4. ‘Sign O’ The Times’, Prince, remix by Michael Saxom.