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Many people accept the design of their cities as a given. A poster sent out by a local Brisbane councillor this week challenges that. So to does the Paradigms Shift (4ZZZ fm 102.1 – Fridays at noon) compered by Andy Payne. After laying out the theoretical framework with David Enwicht in last weeks episode of Paradigm Shift, this week Andy talks with activists about more practical aspects of ‘place...

Dorothy & friends busking for the men inside KP Prison singing 'Many the Miles' at an impromtu concert for the refugees detained.

Busking at KP prison - looking for hope & the 'beach beneath the pavement'. Dorothy and friends sing a satirical take on Men at Work's "Down Under"

3 July 2020 This week we look around the country at proposed new coal mines and the resistance to them - from Gomeroi traditional owners in NSW to farmers in central Queensland. We will also have a bit of an update on the campaign to stop Adani's infamous Carmichael mine.

Welcome to the Paradigm Shift (on FM 102.1 4ZZZ Fridays at noon). We challenge the assumptions of our current society, to resist oppression. June 26, 2020 Black Lives Matter. Susan interviews Peter Gray from 'Radical Times' in the United States. There is an uprising going on in the United States after police murdered George Floyd, an African American man living in Minneapolis. Some parallels exist...

Paradigm Shift 4zzz fridays at noon 12 June ** A note to indigenous people this interview contains recordings, images and songs about people who are deceased. Ian interviews Alec Doomadgee, at Black lives Matter rally outside Brisbane City Hall 6th of June 2020. Alec criticised Queensland Health for institutional racism in its dealings with his sister, Adele. Ian interviews local member for Traege...

North Queensland MP calls for inquiry into Queensland Health.

Paradigm Shift 4zzz fm 102.1 Friday, June 5, 2020 about Policing aboriginal people in Australia and aboriginal deaths in custody. This week we look at policing of aboriginal people in Australia, especially the ongoing issue of aboriginal deaths in police custody. We speak with: Sophie Trevitt from Change The Record about the issue and their campaign to address it; 2. Lawyer Monique Hurley about ho...

Dr John Jiggens interview Keith Hamburger about restorative justice in the prison system. Aboriginal Imprisonment and Recidivism In 2018 the Queensland government ordered Queensland Productivity Commission (QPC) to compile a report on imprisonment and recidivism. The 700 page report says 30% of the prison population are indigenous. Why are there so few indigenous people working in the prison syste...

Ian interviews Alec Doomadgee at BLM rally in Brisbane 6 June 2020 about systemic racism in Queensland Health. Photo: Doomadgee family outside Brisbane City Hall at Black Lives Matter Rally 6 June 2020. Song: 'Go Go' by Stiff Gins is about T J Hickey a young aboriginal boy killed by NSW police.

ECORADIO 4ZZZ fm 102.1 Tuesdays at Noon Eco Radio explores some of the strategies at the forefront of the move toward sustainability and keeps you updated on what’s going on in your community and how you can be involved. Listen on demand at http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/program/eco-radio Today we hear some of the effects the coal mining industry is having on our water usage – from the Latrobe Valley in...

MAY 29, 2020 This week we talk about aboriginal child removal rates. This Tuesday was Sorry Day, the anniversary of the Bringing Them Home report into the stolen generations. So why are people talking about a second stolen generation happening now? We find out by speaking to Richard Weston from Family Matters and Karen Fusi from Grandmothers Against Removals. Playlist KARLA HART - Had to be KERIAN...

Welcome to the Paradigm Shift on FM 102.1 4ZZZ Fridays at noon. We challenge the assumptions of our current society, to resist oppression ...more MAY 22, 2020 This week we chat with award-winning journalist and author Jess Hill about domestic abuse - what causes it, how it got to endemic proportions in our society, and how we can stop it. PETROL GIRLS - Survivor MARLENE CUMMINS - Pension day blues...

Farhad under detention on Main Street Kangaroo Point. Andy (Paradigm Shift, 4ZZZ fm 102.1 Fridays at noon) interviews Farhad Rhamati a refugee from Iran who has been held at a detention centre in Brisbane CBD for 18 months. Farad tells the story of how he came to be here firstly under Labor's 2013 policy of refusing entry and then under the Medivac Bill passed in the federal parliament in 2019. No...

This week we learn what's happening with the 120 asylum seekers detained in a motel in Kangaroo Point. We will speak to Farhad who after 7 years detention is still locked up there, and also to Jarrah, one of the people organising regular solidarity protests from outside the facility.

Paradigm Shift 4ZZZ fm 102.1 Fridays at Noon – May 8, 2020 Today on the Paradigm Shift it’s part two of our series on “the shock doctrine” and the covid-19 crisis – how might this crisis be used by government and business to further their agendas, and how can we resist it? Talking this week about workers’ rights with Michael Clifford (QCU Secretary), privacy with Dali Kaafar and creeping militaris...

MAY 1, 2020 This week we explore the ideas in Naomi Klein's book "The Shock Doctrine" about how real or perceived crises are used to push through social and economic agendas. May be relevant for our times! Today we talk about this in relation to environmental standards, with EDO lawyer Rachel Walmsley and academic Emma Aisbett. Playlist THE GLITTER RATS Which side are you on? EVAN GREER Picketline...

This week we chat with historian Peter Stanley about "history as mythology". With this week marking the anniversary of ANZACs landing at Gallipoli and James Cook landing at Botany Bay, we ask questions about how stories from the past are used to shape the present, and how should we approach these past events in a useful way? Kerrianne Cox Woman got no history Darah Australian history 101 Little G...

Dr John Jiggens presents interviews with Assange's partner Stella Morris, his father, John Shipton and a speech given by Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish Wilson . John Shipton is Julian Assange’s father who is in London to support Julian in the extradition hearings. He spoke with Dr John Jiggens about Julian’s recent bail application and he explained how Stella Morris’s decision to out herself...

Dr John Jiggens presents interviews with Assange's partner Stella Morris, his father, John Shipton and a speech given by Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish Wilson . John Shipton is Julian Assange’s father who is in London to support Julian in the extradition hearings. He spoke with Dr John Jiggens about Julian’s recent bail application and he explained how Stella Morris’s decision to out herself...

Dr John Jiggens presents interviews with Assange's partner Stella Morris, his father, John Shipton and a speech given by Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish Wilson . John Shipton is Julian Assange’s father who is in London to support Julian in the extradition hearings. He spoke with Dr John Jiggens about Julian’s recent bail application and he explained how Stella Morris’s decision to out herself...

Paradigm Shift 4ZZZ fm 102.1 17 April 2020. IMAGE: Pete Seeger sings We Shall Overcome. Andy presents. This week we explore a history of musicians who have played with the idea of "the medium is the message" - that's it's not just what you sing about that makes music political, the medium by which you communicate also has a role in representing the world we want to create. Playlist MARSHALL MCLUHA...

COVID-19. How should the peace movement respond? [Image: US Marines firing live ammunition on deployment in the Northern Territory in 2016.] Andrew: Welcome to this edition of Alternative News, produced by CICD, the Campaign for International Co-operation and Disarmament and broadcast at 9:15 am every Sunday morning on Melbourne’s Community Radio station 3CR. My name’s Andrew and I have with me Be...

Paradigm Shift 4ZZZ fm 102.1 Friday at Noon .. 10 April 2020 Andy talks about Universal Basic Income with John Quiggin, Professor of Economics at UQ. They discuss the government's economic response to the covid19 crisis. We also play a set of unemployment benefit themed songs. Playlist DICK DIVER New start again SMALL FANTASY DSS SLEAFORD MODS Jobseeker SOURSOB BOB Centrelink JEFFREY LEWIS Do they...

Paradigm Shift 4zzz fm 102.1 Fridays at Noon APRIL 3, 2020 We speak with Geoff Robinson, author of the book "Being Left Wing in Australia: Identity, Culture and Politics after Socialism". Playlist SPY V SPY Working week KEV CARMODY Some strange strange people MY FRIEND THE CHOCOLATE CAKE Throwing it away THE HERD The king is dead WHEN OUR TURN COMES Break the rules WALSH ST. COP KILLERS Advance Au...