This week I reflect on the couragetious actions taken by Senator Lidia Thorpe at Mardi Gras and play songs by artists whose music reflect the times we're living.

Readings

Bringing Back Mardi Gras’ Radical Roots: An Interview With Pride in Protest’s Charlie Murphy​​​​​​

Pride in Protest and the fight for Sydney’s queer community

Strange Fruit: the first great protest song

The Hunting of Billie Holiday

Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
 

Music

Nina Simone – Strange Fruit

Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout A Revolution

Marvin Gaye – What's Going

Kendrick Lamar - DNA

Barkaa – Bow Down