“The refugees tell us who we are,
The poets tell us who we could be,
So we detain the refugees,
And arrest the poets.”
– Ian Curr with apologies to Phil Berrigan
The cops arrested Jonno Sri at the refugee blockade …
Mass action on Main Street …
Call to arms by Jonno Sri …
Welcome to the Paradigm Shift on FM 102.1 4ZZZ Fridays at noon. We challenge the assumptions of our current society, to resist oppression … November 27, 2020 Following on from allegations of war crimes by Australian troops in Afghanistan Ian Interviews: Senator Jordan Steele-Young, Greens Spokesperson for Peace, Disarmament and Veterans’ Affairs; and, Former diplomat, […]
Remember how a few years ago, with support from both Labor and the LNP, Brisbane City Council forced dozens of people out of their homes and acquired their land to facilitate the unnecessary and ill-advised widening of Lytton Rd in East Brisbane? Well today, BCC is voting on a motion to sell the remnant land […]
“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change” – Giuseppe Di Lampedusa, The Leopard We talk about the Brereton report (released yesterday) into war crimes committed by Australian SAS troops in Afghanistan. We interview academic John Blaxland about the report and Mark Davis, lawyer for prosecuted SAS whistleblower David […]
Paradigm Shift 4ZZZ fm 102.1 Fridays at Noon – November 13, 2020 This week’s Paradigm Shift features a 1965 speech by James Baldwin at the Oxford University Union where he presages the current racial crisis in the US . He accurately predicts the election of a African American President (Obama) almost down to the year […]
Paradigm Shift November 6, 2020 “Lowering expectations of Democracy“ 1. What are our expectations of democracy?2. Qld’s Democracy sausage by Dr John Jiggens3. What now Labor governs? PlaylistAndy Paine – History’s Greatest losersMargaret Roadknight – Girls in our townPeter Hunt – Red RockPeter Hunt – WindowJumping Fences – Yo Vengo a ofrecer mi corazon […]
