We are stardust…billion year old carbon, caught in the devil’s bargain…. and we got to get ourselves back to the garden” – Joni Mitchell
This program offers its heart to all the victims, their family & friends in Christchurch last Friday.
The student strike for climate justice on 15 March 2019 demonstrated that there needs to be more contemporary issues discussed as part of public education.
Political leaders like Annastacia Palasczchuk and Scott Morrison came out against the student strike. State schools forbade their students to march as a group. For example Brisbane State high school students were told not to march for climate justice and not to go to the demonstration as a state high contingent.
Fortunately this did not stop the students.
Andy and Ian interview students from Schools strike for climate justice and forum protesting the introduction of Ramsey history of the western civilisation at the University of Queensland.
Ian speaks with Elyse Fenton from the National Territory education union.
We listen to speakers from the Ramsey forum at UQ:
Jeff Rickertts (Save UQ Union Complex) Priya De (Student Councillor) Professor Or (Law School) UQU Pres. Georgia Milroy
Alex Asher (Student activist) Elyse Fenton (NTEU rep for casual staff).
And other unamed speakers.
Listen on demand at http://ondemand.4zzzfm.org.au/paradigm-shift
Notes by Ian Curr
Playlist
Christine Johnson – The dream before
Rita Martinson – Soldier we love you
Dusty Springfield – Windmills of your mind (from the Thomas Crown affair).
At the end of the show Jumping Fences performs this beautiful song Yo Vengo a Ofrecer Mi Corazon by Argentinian Fito Paez from his album ‘Giros’ where he sings:
Y hablo de países y de esperanzas,
And speaking of countries and hopes,
hablo por la vida, hablo por la nada,
speak for life, speak of nothing,
hablo de cambiar ésta, nuestra casa,
I talk about changing this, our home,
de cambiarla por cambiar, nomás.
changing to change, just.
