Freedom of Species

We welcome Georgie Purcell, Animal Justice Party MP representing Northern Victoria to the show and chat about her lifelong love of animals and social justice. Georgie talks about her campaigning experience and working as Chief of Staff for Andy Meddick MP, who was Animal Justice Party Victoria's first elected MP, before running as a candidate herself and being elected in November 2022.  Georgie is passionate about improving the protection of animals - whether they be farmed, native or companion animals. Her priorities include banning duck shooting, securing an inquiry into greyhound racing, supporting Victoria's wildlife rescuers and carers, stopping commercial kangaroo slaughter, improving accessibility to vets and introducing a subsidised vet care system in the state. Follow Georgie here: Email: georgie.purcell.ajp@gmail.com Facebook: facebook.com/georgie.purcell.ajp Instagram: @georgie.purcell.ajp Twitter: @georgievpurcell Link to Georgie's speech at the Dominion Anniversary rally in April 2023: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/dominion-animal-rights-march-until-every-cage-empty Follow Oscar's Law here: https://www.oscarslaw.org/ Music Played: Architects 'Animals' - https://architects.bandcamp.com/album/for-those-that-wish-to-exist Taylor Swift 'The Man' - https://store.taylorswift.com/collections/lover-album-shop/products/lover-standard-edition-digital-album Exile 'Kiss You All Over' - https://music.apple.com/us/album/mixed-emotions/659742643 If you have any feedback on any of our shows, please contact us at freedomofspecies@gmail.com Thank you for listening.

Kristy Alger joins us for part 2 of our discussion about total liberation and how we can build common ground, and addressing issues of harm that arise in advocacy spaces. Part 1 of our discussion can be heard here: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/total-liberation-kristy-alger Kristy writes her blog Writing Liberation on Medium and her last blog piece called No, I will not stand with you is available here: https://writingliberation.medium.com/no-i-will-not-stand-with-you-14c8ad6854a7 Farm Transparency Project's Dominion Anniversary March was held in Naarm/Melbourne on April 8, 2023 and the speeches from the event can be heard here on an earlier show: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/dominion-animal-rights-march-until-every-cage-empty  We discussed consistent anti-oppression, a praxis for effective animal rights advocacy developed by Julia Feliz. Read more here https://www.consistentantioppression.com/ including the Vegan Bill for Consistent Anti-Oppression here which we encourage you to sign: https://www.consistentantioppression.com/?page_id=218 Music Played: Tiddas 'Anthem' - https://open.spotify.com/album/15RmwJxdQ4kFCE4GxtyQRT Steph Bitter 'The Straw' - https://stephbitter.bandcamp.com/album/playful-thoughts-of-a-sentimental-heart-ep Agnes Obel 'Fuel To Fire' - https://agnesobel.ffm.to/aventine.OWE If you have any feedback on any of our shows, please contact us at freedomofspecies@gmail.com Thank you for listening.

This show features speeches from the Dominion Animal Rights March in Naarm/Melbourne, by Farm Transparency Project.  You can watch Dominion at: www.watchdominion.com  You can find out more about Farm Transparency Project here: https://www.farmtransparency.org/  For more on avoiding activist burnout, which came up briefly at the end of the show, check out our previous show ‘Bede Carmody – Preventing Activist Burnout’: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-201903101300/bede-carmody-%E2%80%93-preventing-activist-burnout  Music: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Dancing for Rain by Rise Against: https://riseagainst.com/ Insane by KEZRA: https://kezra.bandcamp.com/track/insane Boys will be bugs by Cavetown: https://uk.cave.town/  You can buy a Freedom of Species shirt to support our show and 3CR! The shirts are only $15 and they are available in a range of styles and colours. The fitted shirts are available in small, large and extra-large: https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-semi-fitted-tshirt?variant=40295131938980 The looser fit shirts are available in XX-large: https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-loose-fitted-tshirt?variant=40295156023460

We talk with activist and author Kristy Alger about total liberation and why being a consistent ally is critical.  CONTENT WARNING: topics include transphobia, fascism and neo-Nazis, police violence.  We discuss British anti-trans rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen Minshull's (also know as Posie Parker) appearance in Australia and the protests against her speaking events. The events of the last week have been hugely distressing and we encourage people to consider accessing support services. Here are a few options:  LIFELINE @lifelineaustralia & phone 13 11 14. QLIFE www.qlife.org.au & phone 1800 184 527 Rainbow Door www.rainbowdoor.org.au & phone 1800 729 367 Switchboard www.switchboard.org.au You can read Kristy's blog at: https://writingliberation.medium.com/ and Kristy's book Five Essays for Freedom: A political primer for animal advocates is available from Revolutionaries https://revoltbooks.com/products/feff?_pos=1&_sid=41c761089&_ss=r Melbourne Activist Legal Support (MALS) Statement of Concern: Policing of oppossing anti-trans and trans rights rallies: https://mals.au/2023/03/20/statement-of-concern-policing-of-opposing-anti-trans-rally-trans-rights-rallies/  Sally Goldner's (3CR Out of the Pan radio host, public speaker and educator) blog piece, Moving Forward. https://sallygoldner.com/moving-forward/ Music Played: Lo-Fidelity Allstars 'Battleflag' - https://music.apple.com/us/album/how-to-operate-with-a-blown-mind/1137796511 Rammstein 'Was Ich Liebe' - https://shop.rammstein.de/en/catalog/visuals-sounds/cd/rammstein-album-cd.html Utah Saints 'Something Good' - https://www.beatport.com/release/utah-saints/2806510 If you have any feedback on any of our shows, please contact us at freedomofspecies@gmail.com Thank you for listenting.

Delving into the layers of conscousness in animals and humans and what this means for our treatment of our fellow non human animals.  Featuring music by local vegan musician Plum Green http://www.plumgreenmusic.com/ Music Played: Plum Green 'Raspberry Vine'  Plum Green 'Walk Against the Wind'  Plum Green 'Grave Snuggler'   Photo by Andre Mouton: https://unsplash.com/@andremouton

International Women's Day is recognised each year on March 8 as a focal point in the women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence against women. 3CR Radical Radio has a long history of supporting IWD by hosting 24 hour broadcasting by women and non-binary people. On this show we discuss some inspirational women who are animal rights advocates and strive for collective liberation. We also discuss some other animal-related news. We acknowledge the work of Brenda Sanders who founded the Afro-Vegan Society and works tirelessly in food justice and sharing knowledge about healthy vegan living. Here's Brenda's profile with the Unbound Project: https://unboundproject.org/brenda-sanders/        Learn more about the Afro-Vegan Society here: https://www.afrovegansociety.org/ We discussed Lauren Ornelas and The Food Empowerment Project which seeks to create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of one's food choices. https://foodispower.org/    The FEP Ethical Chocolate list is a really handy resource for sourcing ethical vegan chocolate that is free of child and slave labour through it's production and supply chain.  https://foodispower.org/chocolate-list/We recognise the work of animal photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur and We Animals Media https://weanimalsmedia.orgWe discuss the work of Kristy Alger, writer and activist. Kristy writes under Writing Liberation and her first book is Five Essays For Freedom. Follow Kristy's work here: https://www.instagram.com/writing_liberation/?hl=en SeaWeek (March 4-12, 2023) is Australia’s major national public awareness campaign to focus community awareness, provide information and encourage an appreciation of the sea. https://www.aaee.org.au/seaweek/ UN member nations have signed a treaty to protect marine life and the agreement is considered crucial to the goal of protexting 30% of land and sea by 2030. https://apnews.com/article/un-oceans-biodiversity-treaty-0b024fa07e8c1947236d8b8491ebf92c  A new study reveleaed that plastic pollution doubles every six years https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281596  We discussed the death of Kiska, the last orca held in captivity in Canada. Tragically Kiska had been living in captivity since the 1970s at Marineland. https://plantbasednews.org/culture/law-and-politics/kiska-captive-orca-died-marineland-canada/ A new study revelas that fish are self-aware and recognised themselves in a mirror test https://plantbasednews.org/news/science/self-aware-fish-research/ The documentary Seaspiracy is available on Netflix https://www.seaspiracy.org/ In dairy news, consumption of plant based milk is on the rise in Australia. Researchers delve into why this is and what motivates people to make the switch away from consuming dairy. https://www.unsw.edu.au/news/2022/07/why-plant-based--milks--are-rising-to-the-top Puma ditches kangaroo leather for their soccer boot range and releases a vegan leather substitute called K-BETTER. https://plantbasednews.org/culture/sport/puma-vegan-leather-football-boots/Events coming up: Emma Hakansson, author of How Veganism can Save Us will be in conversation with Pam Ahern, Founder of Edgar's Mission at the Castlemaine Festival on Tuesday April 4. https://castlemainefestival.com.au/events/how-veganism-can-save-us/ Five years after the release of the Dominion documentary, Farm Transparency Project are hosting a week of action across April 2-8 and an Animal Rights March. Details here: https://www.farmtransparency.org/dominion-march  Music Played: Alice Skye 'Everything Is Great' - https://open.spotify.com/track/5o7idEY12ht7TrTHu5e4fG Caisha Sprout 'Seasick' - https://open.spotify.com/track/6BcO1IkqIuJroU2mI88Msi Dear Stalker '6pm In The City' - https://open.spotify.com/track/2VlRFa3tMFGjoHTlYjUiEC

Exploring the fascinating subject of animal and human friendships across time. Delving into our relationships with companion animals both traditional and non traditonal and our interaction with wild animal friends. Music Played: Heilung 'Norupo' - https://heilung.travelling-merchant.com/cd/heilung-futha-cd-digipak-digital Otkyen 'Storm' - https://otyken.ru/?lang=en#listen Yothu Yindi 'Treaty (Radio Mix)' - https://music.apple.com/au/album/treaty-radio-mix/586510491?i=586510784

In Australia, every year millions of individuals get used in research and animal experiments. For over 40 years Humane Research Australia has been advocating for for scientifically valid and humane non-animal methods of research. We chat with HRA CEO Rachel Smith and committee member Katrina Larsen.You can find out more about HRA at https://www.humaneresearch.org.au/.For more information about the NSW inquiry into the 'Use of primates and other animals in medical research in New South Wales'.

On this show, we discuss the new documentary film written and directed by musician and animal rights advocate Moby. The film is called Punk Rock Vegan Movie and spans a number of decades examining the ongoing relationship between the worlds of punk music and animal rights, and how punk ideology is associated with animal rights activism and veganism. The film premiered in January 2023 at the Slamdance Film Festival and is freely available to watch on Moby's YouTube channel. https://moby.com/news/punk-rock-vegan-movie/  The film, which is Moby’s directorial debut, includes interviews with some of the biggest names in punk and rock history, like Ian Mackaye, HR, Dave Navarro, Ray Cappo, Andrew Hurley, Tony Kanal, Tim McIlrath, Water Schreifels, Dave Dictor, Derrick Green, Steve Ignorant, Theo Kogan, Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, Amy Lee, and Captain Sensible.    Slamdance Film Festival wrote about the film: Moby tells the story of how punk rock became such a fertile and surprising breeding ground for vegan activism. It’s also a call to action, unapologetically reminding people that in a deeply broken world it’s incumbent upon each of us to stand up and fight intelligently, passionately, and loudly against injustice. The music we played on the show: No More by Youth of Today https://open.spotify.com/track/0iaFyLheLTw1t7vcD53ywt?si=8be0f6d0a43e481d Cats & Dogs by Gorilla Biscuits https://open.spotify.com/track/0zTfHKPhGwV3Y90EfTztLy?si=69d066d6cff04240 Chicken Squawk by MDC https://open.spotify.com/track/5bhHq796ahqwk70E5fc47M?si=5feea64329fc413e Time Out by Crass  https://open.spotify.com/track/4HWJf7CGgE9Rdhwd0TVM4b?si=ba7cf9c73bef4c50 Please subscribe to 3CR Radical Radio:  3CR relies on our listeners and supporters to remain on-air, on-line and on point. Please make sure you’re a part of ensuring 3CR continues to air radical, independent and community radio for you and for everyone – subscribe today! You can subscribe online or via phone: Online: www.3cr.org.au/subscribe | Phone: 03 9419 8377 (press 1 to subscribe)

Nick and Katie discuss how they transitioned to veganism, veganism becoming more popular in recent years – overtaking vegetarianism in many ways, Happy Cow’s top 10 vegan-friendly cities in the world and finally, challenging ableism within activist movements.  Articles discussed: Who moved my cheese? The silent battle between vegetarians and vegans by Tony Naylor: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/may/20/who-moved-my-cheese-the-silent-battle-between-vegetarians-and-vegans Top 10 Vegan-Friendly Cities by Happy Cow: https://www.happycow.net/vegtopics/travel/top-vegan-friendly-cities  Music: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Get off on the pain by Weezer: https://weezer.com/ Flames by MOD SUN ft Avril Lavigne: https://modsunmusic.com/ I am Disappeared by Frank Turner: https://frank-turner.com/  You can buy a Freedom of Species shirt to support our show and 3CR! The shirts are only $15 and they are available in a range of styles and colours. The fitted shirts are available in small, large and extra-large: https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-semi-fitted-tshirt?variant=40295131938980 The looser fit shirts are available in XX-large: https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-loose-fitted-tshirt?variant=40295156023460