Episodes
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Over the last few years, Chile has seen an unprecedented level of public protest and mobilization against neoliberalism, eventually winning a commitment to replace the country’s military-dictatorship era Constitution. Thousands of local democratic councils emerged across the country, articulating new radical social, economic and political rights to be enshrined in a new Constitution.
Despite the transformative potential of the new draft Constitution, it failed to pass a national plebiscite. To understand why, we talk to historian and journalist Dr Camila Vergara, who worked with Chileans in drafting the new Constitution. In a wide-ranging conversation, we also explore the contours of struggle of people’s movements within and outside the political process, and how they deal with setbacks and defeats.
Follow Camila's coverage of Chile here:
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Sunday Dispatch is recorded on Gadigal land. We pay our respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
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In 2020, a 44 day war saw Azerbaijan win the Nagorno- Karabakh territory from Armenia, who had held it for the past 25 years. One of the more forgotten global flashpoints, Nagorno-Karabakh has been long disputed between both nations. The reasons why can be found in the buried histories of the former Soviet Union, and the explosive rise of nationalism after it's breakup.
We're joined this week by Armenian- American professor and author Ron Sunny, to discuss what was behind the recent turn of fortunes in Nagorno- Karabakh, and explore the deeper reasons behind territorial conflicts between countries, and the broader challenges that nationalism can unleash.
Some recent articles from Ron:
https://jacobin.com/2023/01/armenia-azerbaijan-conflict-nagorno-karabakh-post-soviet-politics-history
https://theconversation.com/mikhail-gorbachev-the-contradictory-legacy-of-soviet-leader-who-attempted-revolution-from-above-189681
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Sunday Dispatch is recorded on Gadigal land. We pay our respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
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Inflation- its something that pretty much all of us have been dealing with in the last couple of years. Petrol, food, rent, - they’ve all been going up. And it doesn’t seem to be stopping.
But how well do we actually understand inflation? And does our government and reserve bank have any idea how to get it under control?
This week, we're talking to professor, author and economist Dr Radhika Desai to understand the structural reasons behind current inflation, and dispel some common myths and misunderstandings as to why it occurs.
Check out Radhika's work here
And her latest book, released for free
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Sunday Dispatch is recorded on Gadigal land. We pay our respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
Outro Music: The Chats- The Price of Smokes
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A recent Time magazine investigation uncovered that dozens of Kenyan workers were paid less than $2 per hour to view and process large amounts of disturbing material through content moderation work for popular new AI chatbot ChatGPT.
As new and improving digital technologies increasingly become more a part of our life, how well do we understand the hidden labour exploitation ensuring the smooth operation of these services?
We're joined this week by writer and digital rights activist Nanjala Nyabola to talk about the class and racial divide across the digital work industry, and the importance of understanding how digital technologies are shaping our society.
Check out Nanjala's article on ChatGPT here
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Sunday Dispatch is recorded on Gadigal land. We pay our respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
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A long shadow has hung over the FIFA World Cup in Qatar; appalling working conditions for migrant workers, suppression of gender and queer rights, and brazen economic and political corruption.
This week we're joined by activist and video essayist Bes, to talk about how Qatar became the nation it is today. We chat about how past colonial interests and modern economic and political allegiances have supported Qatar's semi- monarchical society and impacted the workers and citizens in the Gulf region.
Check out Bes’s video on Qatar and other content here
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Sunday Dispatch is recorded the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
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Originally broadcast 29/5/22
On the eve of Roe v. Wade's overturning by the U.S. Supreme Court, Lindsay is joined by activist and author Margaret Kimberley to discuss how the United States got to this moment.
Covering a range of issues, Margaret unpacks how and why the Democrats failed to protect abortion rights, challenges the so-called democratic nature of the Supreme Court and Congress, and talks of the need for Americans to organise outside these failing structures.
Margaret is a co-founder, Executive Editor and Senior Columnist for Black Agenda Report- check it out here: https://www.blackagendareport.com/
Sunday Dispatch is recorded the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
Outro Music: Petrol Girls- Baby, I Had an Abortion
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Originally broadcast 15/5/22
In a wide-ranging conversation, Lindsay is joined by Palestinian academic Ramzy Baroud to talk about ongoing Israeli violence and how Western media launders Israeli atrocities by relying on false narratives and ignoring Palestinian accounts and realities.
We also discuss the incredible resistance of the Palestinian people, and their continued fight for liberation from colonial rule.
Check out Ramzy's website and his new book:
For further reading on this topic:
Shireen Abu Akleh killing: Eyewitness account of Al Jazeera journalist's shooting
On Israel's raids on Al-Asqa
Resisting greenwashing in the Naqab
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine - Rashid Khalidi
Sunday Dispatch is recorded the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
Outro Music: ام كوبو Umkubu- Hilal
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Originally broadcast 1/5/22
Most African nations fought for and won their liberation from colonial rule in the 1950s-70s. Western Sahara was an unfortunate exception. Spain, its former colonial occupier, abandoned the colony in 1975, and Morocco has since occupied around 80% of the territory.
Lindsay talks to Kamal Fadel, representative for Polisario, the national liberation movement of the Saharawi people. Kamal tells us of their ongoing fight for self-determination, the human rights abuses Morocco continues to perpetuate in the occupied territories, and how international business and certain key countries in the West have supported the occupation.
Check out local solidarity group AWSA - https://awsa.org.au/
For further reading on this topic:
The occupation of Western Sahara
Morocco drives a war in Western Sahara for its phosphates
Geopolitical Tensions on Europe’s Southwestern Flank Threaten to Exacerbate EU’s Natural Gas Shortages
Sunday Dispatch is recorded the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
Outro Music: Nayim Alal & Mahfud Aliyen - Viva el Polisario
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Originally broadcast 10/4/22
In South Korea's recent presidential election, conservative candidate Yoon Seok- youl won back the position from the previous centre-liberal Democratic Party. Yoon was a controversial candidate, with campaign rhetoric that was openly sexist, anti-worker and sabre-rattling towards North Korea.
Writer and activist Ju-Hyun Park breaks down the social and economic factors underpinning Yoon's victory, the roots of South Korean misogyny in militarism and imperialism, and the future of North and South relations on the Korean peninsula.
Follow Ju-Hyun's group, Nodutdol, for more news, history and activism on Korea
Sunday Dispatch is recorded the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
Outro Music: 공중도둑 Mid- Air Thief - Why?
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Originally broadcast 20/3/22
There are major fears that Hawaiʻi's entire water supply could become contaminated beyond repair, after revelations that the U.S. military covered up the leaking of petroleum at their Red Hill fuelling site.
Hawaiʻian political organiser and activist Kawenaʻulaokalā Kapahua joins us to discuss how the Hawaiʻian people fought the United States into agreeing to close the Red Hill site. He also dives into the history of United States' occupation of the island, it's deplorable human rights and environmental record in Hawaiʻi and the broader Pacific, and the next steps for the Hawaiʻian people in their fight for clean water- and for life.
Support and follow the Hawaiʻian people in their struggle:
https://www.instagram.com/oahuwaterprotectors/
https://www.instagram.com/sierraclubhi/
Sunday Dispatch is recorded the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
Outro Music: Black Midi - Near DT, MI
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Originally broadcast 13/2/22
Upon the Taliban's recapture of Afghanistan in 2021, foreign aid collapsed and the United States government froze the entire financial reserves of the state of Afghanistan. Facing potential humanitarian catastrophe, the state and people of Afghanistan now have little funds to purchase vital food and medical resources.
Journalist and historian Vijay Prashad recounts how the previous U.S. war and occupation led to the dire state of the country today, and unpacks the cruelty of sanctions and financial warfare upon regular civilians.
For further reading on this topic:
Humanitarian crisis worsens in Afghanistan after five months of economic sanctions
Biden Moves to Use Frozen Afghan Funds to pay victims of 9/11 attacks
The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power - by Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad
Sunday Dispatch is recorded the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
Outro Music: The Pop Group - Feed the Hungry
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Originally broadcast 27/2/22
Lindsay is joined by journalist Alex Sammon, to discuss his story about the rampant logging of Romania's old growth forests.
Despite claiming a high sustainability record, Ikea sources large amounts of wood from Romania, much of which is suspected to be logged illegally. Alex talks about the dense network of political factors underpinning the logging- the role of violent "wood mafias" attacking activists, the impact of Romania's exit from the Soviet Union into global capital markets, and the role of dodgy sustainability accreditations in greenwashing firms like Ikea.
A gripping story in it's own right, Alex's piece also sketches how our global economy and environment has changed in the last 30 years.
For further reading on this topic:
Alex's Story - Ikea’s Race for the Last of Europe’s Old-Growth Forest
Sunday Dispatch is recorded the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
Outro Music: Pulp - The Trees
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Originally broadcast 6/2/22
Yemen has been embroiled in a brutal civil war since 2014. Indiscriminate attacks on civilian life and infrastructure by a coalition spearheaded by Saudi Arabia and the UAE has led to one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
Dr Shireen Al-Adeimi joins us to talk about the origins of the war, and the culpability of the United States and other Western nations like Australia in assisting the Gulf States' continuance in the war.
For further reading on this topic:
Yemen Could Have Peace- If the Saudis Stop Demanding Victory
Australia will not ban arms sales to countries involved in Yemeni civil war (from 2021)
Sunday Dispatch is recorded the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
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Originally broadcast 16/1/22
Lindsay chats to Peter Maybarduk, director of advocacy organisation Public Citizen, about the vaccine crisis facing the majority of the poorer regions of the world, where many are yet to access a first vaccine dose.
Peter unpacks how pharmaceutical companies and Western nations are using property rights to block access to vaccine information and technology, and critiques the current vaccine sharing deals that are not meeting the current need for much of the Global South.
For further reading on this topic:
How to Make Enough Vaccine for the World in One Year
How Oxford were going to give away their vaccine for free, before signing an exclusive deal with AstrazenecaDid Vaccine Apartheid Cause Omicron?
Sunday Dispatch is recorded the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay respects to their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Graphic Design: Karina Aslikyan
Intro Theme: Sophie Gordon
Intro Music: Talk Talk – Ascension Day
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