Radio Reversal is a show that subjects aspects of everyday life to historico-political, theoretical, cheeky, irreverent, high brow, low brow, eye brow, warm-hearted analysis. Our aim is to see the world more clearly, think about what we'd like it to become, and how we can make that happen. We think that discussing these sorts of ideas is one way to lessen the alienation that affects many of us trying to make sense of a world that so often makes no sense of us. We also play loads of awesome music (sometimes thematic!) with great enthusiasm for requests and an emphasis on supporting local artists. It's fun!
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Happy Thursday, Zedly ones! It’s han and Marissa in the studio with you today for an extended Radio Reversal show (we’re taking over the Talking Zeds slot from 10am-12pm too). This week, we’re bringing you a roundup of reflections from the struggle for Palestinian liberation in so-called australia, from folks resisting Palestinian censorship and oppression.
First up, we’ll hear from Dana Endelmanis, dear friend of Radio Reversal, proud unionist and trans justice organiser, about her experiences at the Palestine solidarity protest last Sunday in Magandjin - Six Words for a Free Palestine. In particular, Dana will be talking to us about her arrest under Queensland’s current anti-Palestine speech laws. After that, we’ll be speaking with Rouba Rayan, an organiser with Justice for Palestine Magan-djin about the High Court challenge to those same laws. Finally, we share an interview with Jordy Silverstein with some early reflections on the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. The federal government established the Royal Commission following the Bondi attack and a concerted lobby campaign by Zionist organisations and their supporters. Or as Nick Reimer's piece in Overland names it: zionism in real time.
Today’s extended show is a reminder of the power and magic of community radio. Making the connections between action on the streets, in Parliament, and in courtrooms is important, even as we work hard to build a world outside the constraints of colonial, racist and carceral systems. The violence of settler colonialism is international, from Palestine to so-called australia, and so is the resistance to it. Always was, always will be! Palestine will be free!
You can donate to support Justice for Palestine Magan-djin's High Court challenge here: https://chuffed.org/project/173177-justice-for-palestine-legal-defence
Image credit: @smilingalexb on Instagram (collab with @stronghearts4palestine & others), https://www.instagram.com/p/DZTqPArCVMO