Episodes
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This week, Mell talks to Alissar Seyla, a Levantine Arab multidisciplinary artist and writer, and the founder of ‘Rage Cafe’.
Rage Cafe is a quasi-monthly community circle exploring art from South West Asia and North Africa. Its goal is to provide connection in times of grief and a safer space celebrating and uplifting the diversity of SWANA artistic works and movements as a way of combating dehumanisation and misinformation about Arabs and their homelands in these dark times.
Rage Cafe is holding a fundraiser for Lebanon at Eastmint in Northcote, Naarm on the 23rd of November at 7pm, find the details here.
You can donate directly to Beirut Synth Centre and Tunefork Studios relief effort here.
Check out Alissar’s art and other work on her website and instagram.
The Sunday Paper Podcast is made on Wurundjeri Land, this land was invaded, stolen and remains under occupation. Colonial violence continues, as does Indigenous resistance.
Our theme music was made by DOBBY.
Matt Chun is our Executive Producer.
The podcast is compiled, mixed and edited by Mell Chun.
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This week our host and producer Mell tells a personal story about her involvement in the Mahmoud’s Hall protest at The University of Melbourne earlier this year, and being charged with academic misconduct by the University four months later.
Mell also chats to Angelita Biscotti, another staff member charged with misconduct for their involvement. Angelit…
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This week Mell talks to Grand Chief Sinewami, King of Gureshaba, about the Kanak people’s fight for independence from France.
Joining the conversation also is Roscoe Lee Brown from Radio Rata and Cathy from Free Kanaky Solidarity Naarm.
If you want to learn more about Kanaky, show your support or donate, there is a fundraiser on Saturday the 9th of Nove…
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Last season, we focused on playing pieces from Issues One to Three of The Sunday Paper.
This season we are going to be furthering the conversation on resistance and anti-imperial struggles around the world.
We’re starting off close to home this week, with an on-the-ground report from a protest that happened in Canberra last Monday.
Before I start this story I should explain for international listeners that Aboriginal Nations on this continent were invaded and occupied in 1788 by the British Empire. The Indigenous people never ceded their sovereignty, so this country is still illegally occupied with the current King Charles as the supposed head of state
King Charles has been visiting this colony in the past week and in response, The Black People’s Union, along with other grass roots Aboriginal groups and individuals, organised protests to ‘unwelcome’ the King at each location of his visit.
I drove up to Canberra to join the protest there.
This episode was made on Ngunnawal, Ngambri and Wurundjeri land. This land was invaded, stolen and remains under occupation. Colonial violence continues, as does Indigenous resistance.
Our theme music was made by DOBBY.
This episode also features the track ‘Inglan is a Bitch’ by Linton Kwesi Johnson.
Our executive producer is Matt Chun.
The Sunday Paper Podcast is compiled, mixed and edited by me, Mell Chun.
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Intro:
Today we’re playing you a conversation with Tess Cullity. Tess is the founder of Slingshot Books, a tiny radical publishing house creating playful and politically potent books for kids and their grown-ups.
Slingshot Books also publishes The Sunday Paper in a not-for-profit capacity.
Tess talks about working on Issue Three as well as the work of rad…
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This week we’re playing you another piece from Issue Three of The Sunday Paper, ‘Murlapaka: A Symbol of Kaurna Resistance’, by James Tylor.
James is a multidisciplinary artist and writer of Kaurna, Māori and European heritage. He writes about environment, culture and history. In this piece he describes the Kaurna community’s work in reviving the cultural…
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As the Al Aqsa flood operation of October 7th was underway in Palestine, the australian colonial government was in the midst of a publicity campaign promoting a proposal for Indigenous people on this continent.
On October 14th, citizens of the australian colony, only 3.8% of whom are Indigenous, were asked to vote yes or no to the following proposed law:
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This past Friday was the third year anniversary of the Gilboa Prison Break, when six Palestinian prisoners escaped from a high security prison in the north of occupied Palestine.
Although all six escapees were recaptured within two weeks, their escape became a symbol of Palestinian resilience and ingenuity as well as bringing the world’s attention to th…
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We are continuing to play you pieces that appear in Issue Three of The Sunday Paper. This week we are playing the first article, titled ‘Tarakum’.
This piece was written by a Palestinian PhD candidate in political science who, for his safety, has chosen to write under the pseudonym ‘Nabil Mustafa’.
This piece, about The events of October 7th and Palestinian resistance doctrine, is particularly important to Issue Three.
The Sunday Paper project was revived specifically to confront the reluctance of progressive publishers on this continent to support or discuss the necessity of armed resistance.
As it says in the editorial statement. “While outwardly supportive of Palestinian rights, and perhaps even self described as radically anti-colonial, many progressive publishers, platforms and organisations will quietly erase words like ‘martyr’ or ‘intifada’ and will quickly withdraw their support at the mention of armed liberation struggle”.
If you haven’t already, go back and listen to the full editorial statement in the introductory episode, for a complete explanation of Issue Three’s conceptual basis.
This piece is read by Jeanine Mohanned.
The Sunday Paper and Podcast remain not for profit, independent and reader and listener supported.
This episode was produced on Wurundjeri land. This land was invaded, stolen and remains under occupation. Colonial violence continues as does Indigenous Resistance.
Our theme music was made by DOBBY.
You also heard the track ‘Liberation of Palestine’, performed by Bilal and Khader Al-Ahmad.
The podcast is compiled, mixed and edited by Mell Chun.
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This week we are playing you readings of the poetry that appears in Issue Three of The Sunday Paper.
We are also going to be talking to the artists who created the prints and embroidery that appear in Issue Three.
Sara M Saleh is an award winning writer, human rights lawyer and organiser living on Bidjigal land. She is the daughter of migrants from Pal…
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This week, we are playing you the second part of a two part interview with Professor Gary Foley.
Professor Foley is an activist, academic and writer of Gumbaynggirr descent. He has played a leading role as an Aboriginal political organiser since the early 70s.
In the first half of the interview, we heard Professor Foley speak about police violence and co…
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We are continuing to feature writers that appear in Issue Three of The Sunday Paper.
The 9th article in The Paper is by Professor Gary Foley and discusses the importance of archiving and record keeping as a form of resistance. Something we’ve all become increasingly aware of the past 10 months as the media, government and institutions consistently obfus…
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This week we’re playing Louis Allday’s piece: ‘Husayn Muruwwah – The Martyr of Lebanon, Palestine and The Arab Liberation Movement.’
Louis Allday is an editor, writer and historian. He has a PhD in History and is the founding editor of Liberated Texts, a project dedicated to reviewing and (re)publishing works that have been neglected, overlooked or suppressed in the mainstream since their publication.
This short bio of Lebanese Marxist philosopher and poet Husayn Murawwah is especially pertinent at this moment. This week, in addition to the ongoing genocide of Palestinian people, israel has bombed residential Beirut.
As Allday writes in his essay, Muruwwah’s position is overwhelmingly supported in the Arab world, a poll conducted this year showed that 92% of respondents believed the Palestinian cause to be a cause for all Arabs.
“Yet another indication that the long-term viability of the Zionist settler state is seriously endangered”, writes Allday.
This piece is read by Aphrodite Shomaly, you will hear Louis’ recount of Muruwwah’s life and work, and following that Aphrodite will read a poem and a speech written by Husayn Muruwwah and translated by Mahmood al-Mahmood.
A note on the word ‘israel’. The Sunday Paper has a style guide for print, wherein a strikethrough is used for a colonial name. In editing the podcast I’ve not yet established a consistent style guide to create an audial strikethrough. In this reading, Aphrodite has chosen to replace the word ‘israel’ with ‘Isn’t-real.’
The Sunday Paper Podcast was made on Wurundjeri land. This land was invaded, stolen and remains under occupation. Colonial violence continues, as does Indigenous resistance.
Our theme music was made by DOBBY, the other track you heard in this piece was ‘The Covenant’ supplied by Basedest Nasheeds. Thanks to Isaac Blank for help with the music.
The Sunday Paper Podcast is compiled, mixed and edited by Mell Chun.
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This week we’re throwing back to two pieces that appeared in Issue One of The Sunday Paper which was released in 2021.
Issue One is back in print for a limited time, so if you haven’t already, grab your back issue while you can over at The Sunday Paper
The first piece you’ll hear this week is ‘Our Shared Resistance’, written by Amy McQuire.
Amy McQuire is …
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This week we have Tara Alami reading her piece ‘Spirit of The Guerrilla’ from Issue Three of The Sunday Paper.
Tara Alami is a Palestinian writer and organiser from occupied Jerusalem and occupied Yafa based in Tiohtia:ke (Montreal).
Tara is a widely published writer and researcher, she has written for The New Arab, Mondoweiss and The Maple among others. …
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We’re continuing to play you readings from the articles that appear in Issue Three of The Sunday Paper.
This week, we have Jasper Cohen-Hunter reading ‘Internalised Colonialism and the Inevitability of Resistance’. Jasper is a Wurundjeri, Woiwurrung Ngurai-illum man and a member of The Black Peoples Union.
The BPU is a revolutionary organisation that aims to empower Indigenous people on this continent through the pursuit of full self-determination and sovereignty. The piece you’re about to hear is a theoretical rationale for Indigenous led anti-colonial resistance, but that’s not all it is, I spoke to National President Keiren Stewart-Assheton about what the BPU are doing right now to enact decolonisation and create the groundwork for revolution.
The Sunday Paper has been made from conversations across many lands and lineages, including: Yuin, Kaurna, Wani-Wandi, Ngambri, Wangal, Wiradjuri, Wurundjeri Woiwurrung, Bidjigal, and Gamilaroi Nations; Palestine, including Hittin, Tarshiha, Akka, Tirat Haifa, and Deir Ghasseneh; Lebanon, including Beirut and Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp; Syria, including Neirab refugee camp and Yarmouk refugee camp; Egypt; England; Ireland; China; Haudenosaunee Confederacy, specifically Tiohtià:ke.
The theme music was made by DOBBY.
The Sunday Paper Podcast is compiled, mixed and edited by Mell Chun.
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For this first full-length episode of The Sunday Paper Podcast, were bringing you the last piece from issue three of the paper, ‘Every Day Resistance’ by Zeina Kilani
Zeina is a Palestinian refugee born on Turtle Island and living on Turrbal land. She is a mother, lawyer, researcher and writer.
This piece was compiled by Tess Cullity, who also runs Slingshot Books, a radical publishing company for kids and their grown ups.
Slingshot also publishes The Sunday Paper in a not for profit capacity, to ensure its enduring presence in the media landscape
We’ll be hearing more about Slingshot books in a coming episode, but for now, you’ll hear Tess reading the subheadings and footnotes in Zeina’s piece.
The music is ‘Martyr Ghassan Kanafani’, created by The Popular Front and compiled by Basedest Nasheeds.
Thanks to Isaac Blank for help with the music.
The Sunday Paper has been made from conversations across many lands and lineages, including: Yuin, Kaurna, Wani-Wandi, Ngambri, Wangal, Wiradjuri, Wurundjeri Woiwurrung, Bidjigal, and Gamilaroi Nations; Palestine, including Hittin, Tarshiha, Akka, Tirat Haifa, and Deir Ghasseneh; Lebanon, including Beirut and Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp; Syria, including Neirab refugee camp and Yarmouk refugee camp; Egypt; England; Ireland; China; Haudenosaunee Confederacy, specifically Tiohtià:ke.
The Sunday Paper Podcast is compiled, mixed and edited by Mell Chun
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This introductory episode features:
Zeina Kilani, Jasper Cohen-Hunter, Aphrodite Shomaly, Tara Alami, Hasib Hourani and Youssef Ibrahim
With thanks to Shareeka Helaluddin
The music featured includes ‘Liberation of Palestine’, by Songs of The Resistance and recordings from Free Palestine rallies on Wurundjeri Land
The Sunday Paper has been made from conversations across many lands and lineages, including: Yuin, Kaurna, Wani-Wandi, Ngambri, Wangal, Wiradjuri, Wurundjeri Wowurrung, Bidjigal, and Gamilaroi Nations; Palestine, including Hittin, Tarshiha, Akka, Tirat Haifa, and Deir Ghasseneh; Lebanon, including Beirut and Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp; Syria, including Neirab refugee camp and Yarmouk refugee camp; Egypt; England; Ireland; China; Haudenosaunee Confederacy, specifically Tiohtià:ke.
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