Woomera Stories 1

Friday, 26 July 2024 - 9:00am to 10:00am

They bent like half cooked spaghetti, we didn't expect it to happen like that, to the soundtrack of Amelie (a popular French movie at the time) blowing across the desert from dusty speakers, the fences began to fall. Under the weight of people wanting justice, under the weight of people that had enough...

This episode features archival audio, interviews and stories from people that were at the Woomera detention center break out in May 2002.
Produced by Izzy Brown.
Featuring music from Combat Wombat and the Amilee soundtrack.

Friday 9:00am to 10:00am
Ratbags, Peaceniks and Agents of Change. Resistance radio that explores the movements that made us, drawing from the activist archives through to voices of resistance today. We take you under the hood to see how collectives and campaigns are formed, mobilise people, work cooperatively to transform systems of oppression and are sustained over time.

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