Episodes
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
Living The Dream with The Maritime Defence Committee during the 1998 Wharf Dispute
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
It has been twenty years since the Wharf Dispute between Patrick Stevedores and the Coalition Government on one side and the Maritime Union of Australia, the Trade Unions and supporters on the other. This was (so far) the last set piece national confrontation between Capital and Labour over a specific industrial dispute to happen in Australia. In this episode Dave (@withsobersenses) chats with Nick Southall about the Maritime Defence Committee. The latter was formed by comrades outside of the industry to provide meaningful support for the struggle. What happened during the dispute and are there implications for class struggle today?
Articles mention include
Nick Southall Getting the Gong – A Tale of Two Cities
Shane Reside Rules made for breaking: beyond ‘Change the Rules’
Picture: A Banner on the Main Gate of Patrick Stevedores East Swanson Dock in Melbourne.
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Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Living the Dream whilst the Global Order fractures
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
What the hell is going on globally? In this (short) episode Dave (@withsobersenses) tries to think through the fracturing of the global order: the split in the G7, the end of QE by the US Federal Reserve and the ECB and the looming possibility of more US tariffs on Chinese imports. How do we understanding these phenomena? Why are they happening and what does it all mean?
This is our 50th Episode!
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
- ECB winds down QE despite slowdown, risking '2011' policy error
- Central bank carnival over as Powell Fed goes on the warpath
Civil China-hosted summit contrasts with G7 turmoil
Music by Wall of Voodoo
Saturday Jun 16, 2018
Living The Dream in the time of #metoo Part 2
Saturday Jun 16, 2018
Saturday Jun 16, 2018
This is Part 2 of our 2-part show with Tanya Serisier about #metoo, feminism and the struggle against gendered and sexual violence. This show fleshes out the problems of the notion of consent as a solution to gendered and sexual violence, the continuing importance of the lessons of 70s feminism, including much-maligned lesbian separatism, how feminism has forced a rethink of what politics and power is and we finish with Tanya’s reflections on the recent UCU strike and what it shows us about radical and collective struggles.
Some stuff we mention includes:
Wendy Brown Moralism as Anti-politics
Tanya Serisier Is Consent Sexy
Judith Butler Sexual Consent: Some Thoughts on Psychoanalysis and Law
Nancy Fraser Feminism, Capitalism And The Cunning Of History
Adriana Cavarero In Spite of Plato
Friday Jun 01, 2018
Living The Dream in the time of #metoo Part 1
Friday Jun 01, 2018
Friday Jun 01, 2018
This episode is part one of a two-part interview with feminist scholar and activist Tanya Serisier. Tanya and Dave(@withsobersenses) discuss how #metoo can be understood in the history of feminist struggle against, and thought about, gendered sexual violence. Tanya discusses how complex these issues are: they evade easy answers and they bring up difficult questions about where such violence comes from and how struggle and speech against them sometimes breaks from the broader patterns of power and sometimes reinforces them.
Tanya’s research work and writing can be found here