2021 Radiothon Live Show: PLUS Via Campesina bonus

Sunday, 20 June 2021 - 11:00am to 11:30am
 La Via Campesina banner artwork featuring a mandala style blank & white panel with illustrated cartoon style sections of corn, sun flowers, squash and other food cops growing all pointing towards an elliptic/egg-shaped centre featuring for peasant workers from around the world holding/using different farming tools. Their skin and clothes are the only colourful objects in the graphic. They are framed by the words La.Via.Campesina.
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Radiothon 2021 Live Show: PLUS CRN edition of La Via Campesina Then & Now

Check out our once a year "live in the studio" 3CR Radiothon Show with all the Earth Matters crew together—Bec Horridge, Megan Williams and Nicky Stott.

Highlighting the voices of Arabunna Elder Kevin Buzzacott & Kamilaroi Elder Polly Cutmore at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. Also Wiradjuri Elder Ray Woods and Nyikina Warrwa woman Dr Anne Poelina.

As well as an update with Chris Schuringa from Goongerah Environment Centre on the recent Errinundra blockade victory and upcoming actions.
 

PLUS BONUS CRN show (starts at 29 mins)

This week on our Weds 6am repeat slot and also on the Community Radio Network at other radio stations around Australia (who also play Earth Matters) we featured the history and current actions of the La Via Campesina food sovereignty and agroecology movement (a global network of peasant and small farmers organisations and unions); plus an update on the staunch peasant resistance in Colombia against recent horrific opppressions by brutal rightwing paramilitary & large landowners.

With guests:

Paul Nicholson, La Via Campesina founder

Nuri Martinez, La Via Campesina & National Peasants Union (FENSUAGRO) 

This audio was sourced with thanks from a webinar kindly recorded during the fabulous Oxford Real Farming Conference 2021—check it out!

 

Earth Matters #1301 was produced by Nicky Stott

 

 

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Sunday 11:00am to 11:30am
Local and global environmental issues from grassroots, activist perspectives with a strong social justice focus. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.

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Bec Horridge, Jacob Gamble, Judith Peppard, Phil Evans

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