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7:15AM // Loretta Beliniak, president of Friends Of Organ Pipes National Park, on the tireless work the group has been doing for over 50 years at Naarm’s closest National Park. To follow their work or get involved, head to foopsnp on Instagram.
7:30AM // Afaf, an attendee at the community picket being held by Weapons Out of Naarm outside of A.W Bell in Dandenong, demonstrating against the organisation’s complicity in genocide by producing parts for the F35 Fighter Jet, gives us a report from the ground. For more information head to weaponsoutofnaarm on Instagram.
7:45AM // Marisol Salinas Caicheo, First Nations woman and longtime 3CR broadcaster, speaking at the Global Fight to Protect Forests and Indigenous Communities, an event held at Black Spark in Northcote on 28 June and hosted by Degrowth Collective, about the stories of resistance of the Mapuche people, indigenous to Southern Chile and Argentina. Part 1 focuses on historical context and colonial tools to fragment and dispossess the Indigenous Mapuche population.
8:00AM // Part 2 of the talk from Marisol Salinas Caicheo, discussing the links between Chilean forestry plantations, human-mediated erosion and water insecurity; the role of police, military, and greedy multinationals; and remembering environmental activists like Macarena Valdés, who died under suspicious circumstances, to keep up the fight for land rights and native forests in so-called Chile. Please note that this talk involves discussion of suicide, please take care when listening.
8:15AM // Kannagi speaks with Katie Sfetkidis, a multidisciplinary artist living and working on lands of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people, about her latest work - We the People x Yarra - a research project and community discussion about activist legacies and how community has historically driven social change. This conversation aired on Women on the Line and you can listen to the full episode at 3cr.org.au/womenontheline. For more information on We The People x Yarra and to get involved, go to melbournefringe.com.au and search for We The People x Yarra.
Songs:
Ivka, Frances, Kannagi, Phuong
