Living the Dream

In part two of Stranger Choices we look at the concepts of anti-politics and depoliticisation and how they might help us understand the elections in Queensland. We examine the role law and order plays, the populism of the Palmer United Party and the contradictions, the promise and the problems of a very exceptional Greens candidate  Jonathan Sri . The articles discussed in this podcast are Anti-po...

Here is part one of a three part ( hopefully) series about the Queensland election. In this episode Dave and Jon talk about elections and their role in capitalism, the limitation of Left understandings of the Newman government, the link between the global crisis and debt and privatisation in Queensland and more! And we did all of this on our lunchbreak in a noisy café!  Sound quality gets better i...

This is part 1 of an attempt to examine the nature and history of "really existing socialism" and the impact this has on attempting to imagine and enact emancipatory politics today. Here I deal with how the very real violence of the party-states is used to ideologically mask the violence of the liberal order.  

No Shelter! A Collective Against Gendered Violence We talk with Rascal a participant in  No Shelter! A Collective Against Gendered Violence  about the struggle against the closure of services for survivors of domestic violence, the transformations in the provision of welfare, the role that gender and the home play in contemporary capitalism and more! Rascal has written about these issues  here  as...

Hey comrades, today we talk with Alexander about the struggle around the budget arising from UOW campus, the limitations and challanges they face, friendship, new potentials and some of the lessons from Japan .This podcast complements an article written by Alexander  here

Hi Comrades Today we are talking with Andrew a comrade who is a teacher in NSW about what's going on for teachers, the union and attempts to struggle and organise. Down with Empire, Up with Spring!

This is part one of our investigation into our days at work, experiences of work, the various forms of worker self-activity and the positives and negatives of our experiences with unions. We are talking to Michael who works for Qld Rail. You will hear Renee, Tom, Dave & Rob ( and Arlo in the background).  #HooHaLTD

Welcome to Living the Dream of the podcast of the HooHaGroup http://thewordfromstrugglestreet.wordpress.com #HooHa LTD