Progressive Podcast Australia

- Amnesty International has recently announced that decriminalisation is their official human rights policy on sex work. - We discuss this development, partially drawing on and critiquing an episode of The Minefield on ABC radio. - Decriminalisation is for sex workers not for sex buyers. - Sex work as work. - First World versus Third World sex work. - Sex work and capitalism. - For more informatio...

- Recap of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS) Oceania 2015 conference, which we recently attended in Melbourne. - What ICAS stands for. - Some of our favourite talks from the conference. - An overview of some of the critical discussions about the mainstreaming of veganism within capitalism that were a common theme of the conference. - Celeste Liddles talk on Aboriginal Feminism and I...

- Were back with a new episode featuring Coggo from the Melbourne Street Medic Collective. - Background on the racist Reclaim Australia movement and why it is important to oppose them. - Links between the current demonisation of Muslims and historical Jewish oppression. - Police violence against medics and anti-fascist protestors at the recent counter-rally in Melbourne. - Melbourne Street Medics...

- Following on from episode 105, this episode is a further discussion on sex work. - We finally go through listener mail on our older sex work episodes 44 and 64. - We investigate the idea of sex work as another form of labour as well as First World versus Third World sex work. - An academic study on the psychological characteristics porn stars. - The documentary Date My Pornstar. - An article on...

- This episode features an interview with Jane Green and Cameron Cox. - Jane Green is a sex worker who is on the Executive Committee of the Scarlett Alliance and Cameron Cox is a sex worker who is involved in a sex worker outreach organisation. - Links between homophobia and whorephobia. - Sex work as work. - Amnesty Internationals AGM where different approaches to sex work were debated. - Decrimi...

- On this episode were joined by Dr Tim Dymond who speaks about Unionists for Refugees and APHEDA the Australian Council of Trade Unions overseas humanitarian aid program. - We discuss the recent racially-motivated terrorist attack in South Carolina and we link the language used by the shooter to the racist Reclaim Australia movement in Australia. - We also take on Reclaim Australias hijacking of...

- On this episode Nick looks into the forced closure of Indigenous communities in Australia. - Interview with Bella Bropho on the recent police invasion of the Indigenous refugee camp at Matagarup in Perth, which is providing a haven for people who will be affected by the forced closure of Indigenous communities. - Speech by Damion Hunter aka King Brown an actor, rapper, writer, activist, who spea...

- Dr Matthew Rimmer, a Professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law, takes on the Copyright Amendment Online Infringement Bill 2015. - This proposed Bill has support from both the government and the opposition Labor party and it has troubling implications for civil liberties and online freedom. - The new Australian sketch show Open Slather. - Sell or give away stuff you are no longer usin...

- Malou Logan, vice chairperson of Gabriela Australia discusses the campaign to free Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina worker who was arrested and sentenced to death for allegedly smuggling heroin into Indonesia. - Veloso has been in Indonesian prison since 2010 and has recently had her execution delayed. Logan makes the case that 5 years in prison is more than enough punishment for Veloso. - The artic...

- This is our episode 100 special and we discuss our commitment ceremony and the way it incorporated our political beliefs. - When Karl Pilkington Makes Sense, on overseas weddings. - Our wedsite, why so serious. - Why were having a commitment ceremony but not getting legally married. - All vegan. - Level 5 or 6 straight edge, drug free. - Why engagement rings are a scam. - Our ceremony. - The usu...

- This time we take on the lack of funding for services to tackle domestic violence in the federal budget. - Were joined by Jessica Ellen, a law student who has done research into domestic violence and volunteered at community legal centres. - Waleed Alys Show Me The Money video. - Jessicas video Show Me The Money, Life After Family Violence. - The importance of domestic violence services and educ...

- Were joined by independent journalist Will Potter, author of the book Green is the New Red. - What Green is the New Red refers to, linking the previous red scare about communism to the current green scare about animal and environmental activists. - Repressive laws target both militant and moderate activists. - These laws are creeping into Australia and elsewhere around the world. - The power of...

- This time were joined by Nicks cousin Emil Raji from Sailboat Records. - We discuss the colonial implications of the Boycott Bali campaign, which was started in reaction to two Australian citizens, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, being executed in Bali for drug trafficking. - We also discuss the racist Reclaim Australia movement and the Rally Against Racism counter-movement. We discuss the art...

- Kathyn Joy and Katie are back with more feminist goodness. - This episode is a continuation of their discussion from episode 95. - Sexism in comedy at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and beyond. - The importance of consent and consent education. - Reflections on their own experiences with patriarchy and the power of speaking out about them. - Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey. - For...

- This episode is a feminism burger, hold the men, featuring Katie and Kathryn Joy. - Some feedback on our 89th episode. - Men and feminism. - The monster myth about men who commit gendered violence. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/04/20/95/

- Nick is joined by Kathryn Joy for the whole episode and we discuss Reclaim Australia and the Rallies Against Racism counter rallies. - Reclaim Australia is an anti-Islamic movement with neo-Nazi links. - Interview with Ray Grenfell on his experiences at the Melbourne Rally Against Racism and the importance of directly confronting fascists. - The Perth Rally Against Racism. - For more information...

- An intersectional approach to social change means being concerned about all forms of oppression, rather than just focusing on one. - A lack of intersectionality in Patricia Arquettes comments on feminism at the Oscars. - Our talk Intersectionality in Practice, where we discuss our efforts to promote an intersectional approach to animal advocacy with Animal Rights Advocates. - You can view the po...

- This episode is all about mental health, drawing on Katies personal experiences with mental health issues and Nicks recent mental health first aid course. - Dissecting arguments against medication for mental health. - Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and mental health. - Considering how terms like able-bodied and not societally enabled fit with mental health. - Recommendations and advice for peopl...

- Nick is joined by Jordan Halliday and Jeremy Parkin from Which Side Vegan Anarchist podcast for almost the entire episode. - Jordans time in prison. - The importance of prisoner support. - Anarchism and voting. - The dietary focus of the way veganism is promoted by many animal organisations. - Scepticism and rationality. - Self-righteous health vegans. - Mormonism. - Atheism. - For more informat...

- Katie is back for this one and were joined by vegan, progressive comedian Myq Kaplan, who will be performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. - The article 10 reasons to go vegan that have nothing to do with animal rights by Lindsay McDougall. - Myq Kaplan on why he became vegan and travelling as a vegan. - Comedian Judith Lucys show Judith Lucy is all Woman. - Myq Kaplan on the p...

- Nick is joined by Graeme Bowman, who is performing in the comedy show Patriarchy: Where Would We Be Without You and is co-founder of Wise Women Will Save the World. - The importance of addressing patriarchy and the role of art in bringing about social change. - The Smith Street Band. - The possibility of Tony Abbott being replaced as Prime Minister. - Beyond Greens campaigns against repressive m...

- Once again Nick is joined by Kim Socha, who is an English professor, grassroots animal liberation activist and author. You can hear more from Kim on episode 87. - Sexism in the atheist movement. - The 100 year anniversary of Anzac Day. - Challenging transphobia. - The importance of trigger warnings. - Disputing claims about Halal funding terrorism. - Criticising discriminatory elements of Islam,...

- On this episode Nick is joined by Kim Socha, who is an English professor, grassroots animal liberation activist and author of the book Animal Liberation and Atheism, Dismantling the Procrustean Bed. - Religion as a conservative human construct. - The greyhound racing industry. - Atheism and animals. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go...

- For most of this episode, were joined by Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan. - Leigh-Chantelle is a vegan, animal rights activist, feminist, singer, songwriter, author and blogger. - She discusses effective online activism, staying positive despite in-fighting in social movements, veganism, animal advocacy and podcasting. - Book Recommendation: The Feed. - The 2015 ICAS Oceania conference in Mel...

- Nick is joined by Aaron from End Queer Lockdown on Manus Island for the entire episode. - The intersections between queer and refugee issues, with the Australian governments policies such as offshore processing of asylum seekers harming refugees as a whole, but queer refugees in particular. - What you can do to oppose these policies. - Punk music and social change. - For more information on the...