Australian company SolGold is pushing to open copper and gold mines in Ecuador. We were asked to attend their Brisbane AGM to share testimonials from Ecuadorian communities opposed to mining on their traditional lands. They didn’t let us in but – on this day of the global climate strike – I think they know people around the world will stand up against polluting extractive industries. Solgold – out of Ecuador! – Robin Taubenfeld, 20 Sept 2019.
Paradigm Shift 4zzz fm 102.1 Friday 20 Sept 2019 at noon.
Interviews Helen Hamley – Big Music at the Risk Clem Campbell (United nations Association) – International Day of Peace Rebekah Hayden (Rainforest Action Group) – SolGold Mining in Ecuador.
Playlist Yellow Bird – Follow the River Spinifex Gum Band – Yurala Spinifex Gum Band – Dream Baby Dream
Security issues In August 2019, guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced that the 2016 peace deal had failed, and armed revolution was r e-established in Colombia. The criminal group has been spreading its actions down into Ecuador ever since the deal was established in 2016.
Cascabel is located in close proximity to the Colombian/Ecuadorian border, an area the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) advises as a DO NOT TRAVEL area, where regular travel insurance policies are void and the Australian Government says it is…
WBT addresses the following questions:
1. Industrial question: The Master/servant relationship. The struggle for Worker Control.
2. Ownership question: Who owns the land or does the land own us? Rights to the city, right to country. The struggle of indigenous people for land rights and social justice in Australia.
3. Political question: This is the class struggle. Who owns the means of production? Who governs? How are democratic rights won and shared.
Rob Pyne - a far northern life — sharing stories of Rob's struggle inside the ALP and his move to independence. Contains some excellent chapters about his stint in parliament.
This week’s Paradigm Shift 24 Jan 2021 is all about independent filmmaking to document activism and protect the environment. We chat to Sally Ingleton (director of the new film “Wild Things – A Year on the frontline of environmental activism”), Jane Hammond (director of “Cry of the Forests” about Western Australian forests and the fight […]
Welcome to the Paradigm Shift on FM 102.1 4ZZZ Fridays at noon. We challenge the assumptions of our current society, to resist oppression … January 15, 2021 This week we hear from the environmental frontlines around the country. We speak to Miranda Gibson about Olney State Forest in New South Wales, Erik Hayward about protecting […]
Welcome to the Paradigm Shift on FM 102.1 4ZZZ Fridays at noon. We challenge the assumptions of our current society, to resist oppression …more January 8, 2021 – Listen @ http://4zzz.org.au/program/paradigm-shift This week we look back over 2020 and play some of the best Australian protest songs of the year. Fingermae – Scotty’s bad week […]
Major stories from Paradigm Shift in 2020 – Refugees, Aboriginal farming practices, Assange, & cuts at Qld College of Art. Intro by Ian, Andy on Refugees and Aboriginal land use, Ian on the extradition of Julian Assange, Bec Mac on cuts to Qld College of Art. PlaylistDorothy & friends – Down Under (satire)Mo’Ju – Native […]
Why do Australia and New Zealand governments want the power to irradiate all fruit and vegetables? More trade, pure and simple. But what about human and animal health? Previously there was only one food irradiation plant at Narangba on the outskirts of Brisbane, now there are two. The second being at Vic Markets in Melbourne […]
