Episodes

  • Discussing LBGTIQA+ Activism and Solidarity in Timor Leste with Upe and Bella Gahlos

    Discussing LBGTIQA+ Activism and Solidarity in Timor Leste with Upe and Bella Gahlos
    Jan 21 2025

    Common Library Engagement Officer Aoife Carli Hannan chats with two activists from Timor-Leste.

    First off Aoife is joined by Upe, a human rights activist and member of the LGBTIQA+ community, sharing his experiences in the Pride Movement in Timor, his involvement in international solidarity movements, and his experiences joining the fight to save Binybarra / Lee Point on Larrakia Country.

    After this, she chats with the formidable Bella Galhos, a freedom fighter, survivor, social activist and current Presidential Advisor. During this interview, Bella talks about her role in Timor-Leste's liberation struggle, advancing LGBTIQA+ and women's rights in Timor, and the ongoing challenges facing the nation.

    These interviews were conducted during a trip to Dili, Timor-Leste in August 2024.



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    58 mins
  • Building Union and Climate Movement Coalitions with Dan Sherrell and Desiree Cai

    Building Union and Climate Movement Coalitions with Dan Sherrell and Desiree Cai
    Jan 21 2025
    In this podcast Movement Monitor Fellow Isabella Todd interviews Dan Sherrell, from the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and Desiree Cai, from the Tomorrow Movement. They discuss the lessons learnt from campaigning around a policy and legislation win, in the form of the 2024 founding of the Net Zero Authority. In particular they explore how this work brought together and strengthened relationships between unions, climate activists and others.

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    38 mins
  • Resisting Genocide and Settler-Colonialism With Noura Mansour and Tarneen Onus-Browne

    Resisting Genocide and Settler-Colonialism With Noura Mansour and Tarneen Onus-Browne
    Jan 21 2025

    In a conversation held in late 2024 Tarneen Onus Browne and Noura Mansour discuss solidarity between First Nations and Palestinian communities in Australia, highlighting the resilience and strength derived from resistance to shared experiences of genocide and settler colonialism. Tarneen Onus-Browne is a proud Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta person through their mother and Bindal and Meriam person through their father and they live on the unceded land of the Wurundjeri peoples. They are a community organising lead at Australian Progress and a community organiser for Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance working on Invasion Day, Black Deaths in Custody and Black Lives Matter. Noura Mansour is a Palestinian educator, political analyst, writer, activist and community organizer who is the National Director of Democracy in Colour.




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    47 mins
  • Creative Activism and Endo Violence with Allison Rich and Dr Alicia Pawluczuk

    Creative Activism and Endo Violence with Allison Rich and Dr Alicia Pawluczuk
    Jan 21 2025
    Commons Library Director Holly Hammond chats with activist Allison Rich and activist-scholar Dr Alicia Pawluczuk about their creative activism and the Endo Violence Collective. The collective works to amplify the voices of those affected by endometriosis and foster a rich, inclusive dialogue that transcends conventional boundaries.

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    56 mins
  • Citizen Science and Blockading at Roxby Downs with Al Lad and Annie McGovern

    Citizen Science and Blockading at Roxby Downs with Al Lad and Annie McGovern
    Jan 21 2025
    In this episode Emily Trounce-Wood interviews anti-nuclear activists Al Lad and Annie McGovern. They discuss their four decades of campaigning against the Olympic Dam uranium mine at Roxby Downs, including taking part in blockades and maintaining a vigil during 1983 and 1984 and conducting citizen science in the years since.

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    42 mins
  • Fighting Disinformation and Transphobia with Alex Kelly and Jackie Turner

    Fighting Disinformation and Transphobia with Alex Kelly and Jackie Turner
    Jan 21 2025
    In this conversation Alex Kelly interviews Jackie Turner about the importance of building solidarity, community and knowledge of history while combating disinformation. Alex is an activist,filmmaker and the Economic Media Centre Communications Director. Jackie is the Director of the Trans Justice Project.

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    53 mins
  • Winning Climate Justice Campaigns with Kenzie Harris

    Winning Climate Justice Campaigns with Kenzie Harris
    Jan 21 2025

    In this episode Commons Librarian Iain McIntyre interviews Kenzie Harris from the Global Grassroots Support Network about the assistance and resources the group provides to justice oriented activist groups from around the world. Particular attention is paid to findings and insights gleaned from a research report about climate justice campaigns entitled How We Win, which was released during 2024.

    To find out more visit-

    https://blueprintsfc.org/ggsn/(link is external)

    https://commonslibrary.org/ingredients-for-wins-lessons-from-successful-climate-justice-campaigns-in-north-america/(link is external)



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    48 mins
  • Insights into Environmental Justice Movements in India with Radhika Jhaveri

    Insights into Environmental Justice Movements in India with Radhika Jhaveri
    Feb 6 2024
    In this episode environmental justice activist Radhika Jhaveri is interviewed by Kenzie (Mackenzie) Harris, the principal coordinator for the Global Grassroots Support Network (GGSN). Radhika is the the GGSN coordinator for India, a member of the youth based collective "Let India Breathe", and the founder of Pantrynook- a zerowaste (plastic free) food packaging company. In the interview she discusses how the campaign to protect Aarey, a forest within the suburbs of Mumbai, brought together a coalition of urban and Indigenous communities from the mid to late 2010s. In doing so she describes how this gave rise to new ways of campaigning in India, as well as how it revealed the advantages and pitfalls involved with broad coalitions. Amongst other topics the interview also explores the importance of long term visions within social change work and ways in which current campaigns supporting Palestine are providing a lead for global solidarity more generally.

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    45 mins