On this show we discuss Disrupt Land Forces, the coalition of community groups who created a week long festival of resistance bringing diverse actionists and tactics into the joined struggle against the arms trade.

   Land Forces is the largest land based weapons expo in the Southern Hemisphere, and it was held at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre in Naarm/Melbourne in September 2024. Protestors were met with excessive use of force by police including the use of OC spray, rubber bullets, flash-bangs, physical violence and riding horses into the crowd resulting in injuries.

    Links to the event and media discussed on the show:

•   Disrupt Land Forces website https://disruptlandforces.org/
•   3CR's coverage of Disrupt Land Forces 2024 https://www.3cr.org.au/dlf2024
•   Channel 7 news coverage https://www.youtube.com/watch/UIJ_Dpjv3S4
•   Melbourne Activiist Legal Support (MALS) Media Statement: Grossly excessive policing of protestors likely infringed on human rights https://mals.au/2024/09/11/media-statement-grossly-excessive-policing-of...

    Other topics and links:

•   Wild Country Farm Sanctuary (Texas, USA) Instagram's post: Gaza and the Price of Silience: Selective Compassion Exposing the Colonizer Mindset in Animal Rights Advocacy  https://www.instagram.com/p/C_y7GafJ1X3/?igsh=MWhxb3h2MW0yOGJpZw==
•  Total Liberation Records Nights Out: Standing up to Slaughterhouses (contains info on the 269 Liberation Animale benefit compilation and some Bandcamp codes) https://www.instagram.com/p/C_2YoESCGRI/?igsh=MW5vaTExbTZyM3F5bQ==
•  Banksy's animal series removed by London zoo https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/aug/18/final-artwork-in-banksy-animal-series-removed-by-london-zoo
•   New research on vegan diets for dogs and the associated benefits from an Australian study by Dr Andrew Knight https://www.9news.com.au/national/vegan-diets-actually-good-for-dogs-australian-study-finds/e8255b5d-fb4d-40c0-a86b-5dff32d29f12
•    Veterinarian Andrew Knight’s website on vegan pets: https://sustainablepetfood.info/

     Music:

•      Verdalet and Crowns of Esper from Suldusk's album Anthesis.
•      Animal in Man by Dead Prez.

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