My First Party
My First Party
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Join us as we explore the big ideas and the grassroots political movements shaping the future of our society. You may even be radicalised into taking action yourself 😉
Peter Kargiotis brings years of street smarts and a finely tuned bullshit detector, while Owen Miller brings first-hand political experience as a candidate for the Fusion Party and the founder of the Non-Human Party.
We'll be hearing first-hand from the people pushing for changes in our society and also from innocent members of the public, road-testing the ideas which could transform their lives and the wider world.
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The show focuses on grassroots political movements, social justice, and community activism with episodes covering housing rights, refugee support, and political candidacy experiences, exemplified by discussions with figures like Angelica Panopoulos about her mayoral insights and William van den Wall Bake's advocacy work.
Join us as we explore the big ideas in politics and the grassroots movements shaping the future of our society. You may even be radicalised into taking action yourself 😉
Peter Kargiotis brings years of street smarts and a finely tuned bullshit detector, while Owen Miller brings first-hand experience as a candidate for the Fusion Party and as the founder of the Non-Human Party.
We’ll be hearing first-hand from the people fighting for change in our society, especially in Australia.
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Owen and Peter sit down with Nick Willis from Rising Tide — the direct action group that has been blockading the Port of Newcastle with kayaks for three years running, growing from 3,000 to nearly 8,000 participants.We get into:
⚓ The Newcastle blockades — how two people in a dinghy turned around two massive coal ships, and what that actually achieves beyond optics
💰 The 78% fossil fuel export tax — Rising Tide's demand to fund a fair transition for Hunter Valley coal workers, and whether that's rewarding bad behaviour or just good policy
🏛️ Section 214A and the NSW anti-protest laws — Nick is currently facing charges from the 2024 blockade, with test cases already winning in court and costs being pursued
🌍 The ANZ bank campaign — the only Big Four bank yet to rule out funding the North West Australia Pipeline, which would unlock fracking in the Beetaloo Basin and potentially double Australia's annual carbon emissions
🤝 The Gaza-climate crossover — how Rising Tide navigated supporting the Palestine movement while maintaining its identity as a climate organisation
🏗️ Political jujitsu — Nick's argument that government crackdowns on protest actually build movement power rather than suppress it#climate #climateaction #coal #politics #auspol #grassroots #grassrootsmovement #grassrootsmovements #blockade #port
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