Socially Democratic

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly spoke with host of the weekly AFL podcast ' Bottom of the Pack' - Seán O'Sullivan to discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on world sports in the past month.  Seán and Stephen reflected on the crazy week in early March when most domestic and international sporting competitions shutdown in order to help contain the spread of the deadly virus. They t...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly spoke with Obama organizer - Sam Schneidman to discuss Joe Biden's stunning sweep of the latest week of Democratic primaries.  Sam discusses the impact COVID-19 is having on the ground in his home town of Brooklyn, NY and the reaction to how the Trump Administration is mismanaging the crisis.  They discuss the secret behind Biden's sweep of all three...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly - in conjunction with Australian Labor International - was in the Maldives last week, leading workshops with the Maldives Labour and Social Democratic Party (MLSDP) and took time out to speak with two local party activists organising for change across this island nation.  Stephen spoke with Mauroof Zakir - General Secretary of the Tourism Employees Association...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly spoke with Obama organizer - Sam Schneidman to breakdown all the results from Super Tuesday's Democratic primary.  Sam and Stephen discuss the how Biden became the comeback kid, what this means for Bernie Sanders and his revolution, what happened Senator Elizabeth Warren and what we can expect from the next round of primaries in the coming weeks. Download...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly in front of a live audience spoke with Ben Hugosson from the Swedish Social Democrats, Danielle Pore Villafana from the School Strike 4 Climate and former Victorian CAN Field Director and Deputy Chief of Staff to Premier Dan Andrews - Jessie McCrone about the future of grassroots organising. Was the last Australian election a repudiation of our current organisi...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly spoke with Obama organizer - Sam Schneidman to breakdown Tuesday's New Hampshire Democratic primary.  Sam and Stephen discuss the surprise performance of Amy Klobuchar, ask if did Bernie Sanders did enough to expand his base, is Warren and Biden finished, who has momentum and deep campaign infrastructure leading into the Nevada caucus and the South Carolin...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly spoke with Democratic organizer and Obama alum -  Sam Schneidman to discuss Monday's 'first in the nation' - Iowa Caucus.  They unpacked the story behind the 'quality control issues with the count of caucus tallies', who were the winners from the night, the losers, and the implications the results have for all the Democratic candidates...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly kicked off season 2 of Socially Democratic with Tasmanian Leader of the Opposition, Labor’s Rebecca White. Rebecca spoke about growing up in regional Tasmania, her entry into state politics, the state of the Tasmanian economy, her view on dealing with the Greens political party and campaigning under a Hare-Clarke electoral system.  Today’s episode is recorded i...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly sat down with Harriet Shing, Labor MP for Eastern Region in the Victorian state parliament and Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health. In the final episode for 2019, Harriet and Stephen broke down the political and cultural events and miniature Donkeys that shaped the year that was 2019 here in Victoria, across the country and overseas.  Download on your fav...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly sat down with former White House communications strategists and national press secretary for President Obama’s re-election campaign - Ben Labolt. Ben spoke about his time in the White House, what centre-left parties must do to ensure electoral success and his observations on the current Democrat primary race. Today’s episode is recorded in conjunction with – an...

Socially Democratic is the official podcast for the Chifley Research Centre policy conference Towards 2022: Ideas for Labor and Australia.  How do social democratic parties reconcile the demands of workers and progressives in the modern world? This week's episode was a recording from the session titled "Is Labor losing the Working Class?"  Join Federal Member for Chifley - Ed Husic...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly spoke to the Executive Director for the Chifley Research Centre - Brett Gale ahead of this weekend's Chifley policy conference in Sydney, Towards 2022: Ideas for Labor and Australia. Brett spoke about the conference purpose, outlined the international and local guest speakers on the agenda and touched on some of the topics and discussions that will be head...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly sat down with the Chief Minister for the Northern Territory Government – Michael Gunner.    Michael spoke about his early childhood and his pathway to become the first Chief Minister born and bred in the Territory. He discussed the unique challenges facing the top end community, his government’s economic plans and seeking leverage when negotiating with a tory F...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly sat down with the leading bipartisan environmental organisation – the Environmental Defense Fund and their Chief of Staff Ryan Hamilton.   Ryan spoke about his journey from Australian Labor Party staffer to the New York headquarters, his role at the EDF, the amazing work EDF are undertaking to address climate, the challenge of remaining bipartisan under the Tru...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly spoke with OFA and CAN Field alum Sam Schneidman in Brooklyn to catch up on the Democratic primaries. Sam and Stephen discussed the potential candidacy of Michael Bloomberg, what happened with Kamala Harris's campaign, the rise of Elizabeth Warren, AOC's endorsement for Bernie, and the implications of the recent Virginia and Kentucky elections on the...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was in Washington, DC to speak with Shannon Talbert - Color Of Change's National Field Director. Stephen asked about her pathway into community organising, and the various campaigns that Color of Change are focusing on including the fight against mass incarceration and holding prosecutors accountable. Download on your fav podcast app today. The presenting...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly returns from the winter break to sit down with proud member of the CAN Field Alumni and newly elected member for Buninyong - Michaela Settle. Stephen asked about her time organising, the transition to public office and some of the issues that are close to her heart. Download on your fav podcast app today. The presenting sponsor of Socially Democratic is Dunn St...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly went on the road this week to speak with former Labor Party secretary, Senator and federal member for Batman, David Feeney.   David reflected on a career that spanned 30 years working in the union movement, the Labor Party and public office. He spoke about the rise and fall of the Greens party,  Albo v the CFMMEU, the NSW branch of the ALP and Boris Johnson.  T...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly sat down with Labor's federal shadow minister for Health and member for the western Sydney seat of McMahon, Chris Bowen. Chris gave his thoughts on the 2019 federal election and the policies Labor took to that ballot. He unpacked the broad church that is the Labor voting base and the demographic, policy and cultural challenges Labor face. They spoke about...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly sat down with Gabrielle Williams - Labor MP and Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, Women and Youth in the Andrews Labor Government. Gab spoke about her Irish heritage and the journey that led her to Belfast to interview a Republican hunger striker for her honours research. She spoke about her important role as the Minister for the Prevention of Fam...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly sat down with Scottish journalist and social commentator Kevin McKenna to discuss all things Scotland. Kevin has been working in the Scottish media for over 30 years and shared his insights over a two hour discussion that has been broken up over two episodes. In Part 2, Kevin discussed religious, political and cultural sectarianism in Scotland between the Catho...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly sat down with Scottish journalist and social commentator Kevin McKenna to discuss all things Scotland. Kevin has been working in the Scottish media for over 30 years and shared his insights over a two hour discussion that has been broken up over two episodes. In Part 1, Kevin discussed the decline of the Labour vote in Scotland, the rise of Scottish nationalism...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly sat down with Labor Senator for Queensland, Anthony Chisholm to discuss what the hell happened in Queensland at the recent federal election. Senator Chisholm broke down the diversity that exists across Queensland's regions, the importance mining has in north Queensland and how federal Labor balances its support for regional employment with its commitment t...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly, in conjunction with the Australian Israel Labor Dialogue spoke with former director of UK Labour group Progress - Richard Angell from London. Richard spoke in detail about the institutional crisis that is crippling the Labour Party – the rise of anti-semitism inside the party ranks, the handling of the anti-semitism cases against Jewish labour members and the...

Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly got on the phone with the newly elected Federal Member for Lilley - Anika Wells for some speech prep. As Anika prepares to deliver her first speech in parliament on Monday, she discussed the topics, themes and challenges that come with drafting this inaugural speech. Anika gave us the inside word on O-Week in Canberra, she spoke of the weight on millennial Labo...