Freedom of Species

This week we will take time to remember and reflect on victims of animal violence, this is a memorial to animals. I read out the names of sites of violence against animals in Victoria, Australia.You can find the list of abattoirs I read the names of at: Farm Transparency Project - Abottoirs in Victoria www.farmtransparency.org/facilities/food/abattoirs?state=VIC&country=Australia

This Rotations show features Nick from Freedom of Species and Lottie playing some songs that they like by women artists. This show originally aired on Rotations on 3CR Community Radio on 3 July 2022. Rotations airs 2-3pm every Sunday and features music from a wide range of 3CR presenters. For more information about the Rotations show, see: https://www.3cr.org.au/rotations  Music played: Hit Like a Girl by Meet Me @ The Altar: https://open.spotify.com/album/4l3QmwKvZ9TR1lSnJvT6E0 Being a woman by Lake Street Dive: https://lakestreetdivemusic.bandcamp.com/album/obviously Crying room by Jemma & the Clifton Hillbillies: https://open.spotify.com/album/2sMh3OxACcbiXwqXLuL9Th I'll be coming home by Dori Freeman: https://open.spotify.com/album/3nrtejgwleUGvNPWXMymV2 Cellophane by FKA Twigs: https://open.spotify.com/album/3DMR3yM5crnt1dG9lLaMTZ midnight love by girl in red: https://girlinred.ffm.to/iicmigq.owe redesign by awfultune: https://open.spotify.com/album/56rbqtVFlkTXHxqpRyViz9 I know a girl by The Preatures: https://open.spotify.com/track/5qLu2n9SEzhyIqg9gGX6rD?si=cfc1ff40d28a4e93 Backseat of my mind by Thelma Plum: https://thelmaplum.lnk.to/betterinblakann Grand Ideas by Alice Skye: https://www.aliceskye.com/music Mean To Me by Stella Donnelly: https://stelladonnelly.bandcamp.com/album/thrush-metal-aus-nz-edition Panic Attacks in Paradise by Ashnikko: https://ashnikko.lnk.to/PAIPM In Your Shoes by Colour Me Wednesday: https://colourmewednesday.bandcamp.com/album/anyone-and-everyone Spinifex gum by Spinifex Gum and Marliya: https://www.spinifexgum.com/home

With the Australian federal election only a week away we speak with Animal Justice Party candidate, Meg Watkins, about the parties positions on animals. I also share some of the documented animal policies from other parties. In the second half of the show we hear about a recent advocacy win from Kristin Leigh from Melbourne Against Horse Drawn Carriages.

We speak with Bronwyn Currie, Animal Justice Party VIC Lead Senate Candidate for the upcoming Australian Federal Election.  Bronwyn is a longtime resident of Melbourne’s bayside area and has broad professional experience across a wide range of areas. She has been passionate about animals her entire life, Bronwyn’s contributions to animal protection have been recognized through multiple nominations for the Kingston Woman of the Year Award and was also a popular nomination for an Australia Day Award. You can read more about Bronwyn's drive to secure change for animals, the environment and people here: https://vic.animaljusticeparty.org/bronwyn_currie_for_senate We talk about banning live export, the upcoming Federal election campaign and the sadness may of us feel on Mother's Day when we reflect on the plight of animals in the animal agriculture system. Follow AJP here https://vic.animaljusticeparty.org/ The music we played on the show was: Steer by Missy Higgins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf0qu3EAfTY Descent by Lawless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNzoRPftYyM Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel featuring Kate Bush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEq-r2agqc

This week we're talking to Jax, a climate and animal activist based in the UK. We talk about taking action in South Africa, hunt stabbing and shutting down the UKs largest dairy production center.  Music: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ The Eco-Terrorist in Me by Rise Against: https://www.riseagainst.com/ The Huntsman Comes A-Marching (live) by Frank Turner: https://frank-turner.bandcamp.com/album/sleep-is-for-the-week-tenth-anniversary-edition-live-from-the-vic-swindon-6th-april-2007 Extremist by Sole and DJ Pain 1: https://sole.bandcamp.com/album/no-god-nor-country-3  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. Fitted shirts: https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-semi-fitted-tshirt?variant=40295131938980 Looser fit shirts: https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-loose-fitted-tshirt?variant=40295156023460

We are animal advocates walking on Country, on lands that are still unceded and that continue to be colonised. How are animals placed in the settler colonial history of so-called 'australia'? What is the work that we as settlers need to do within our communities to align with the First Nations cause? Our guest is Shannon Woodcock, speaking from Gunai Kurnai Country, to talk about how we can educate ourselves, do the work and show up. Guxhi and Pasha make themselves heard too. Links: 'Black and Blue' by Aunty Veronica Gorrie - https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/black-and-blue-9781925849240 The Keeping Place - https://www.gegac.org.au/keepingplace/ Koorie Heritage Trust - https://koorieheritagetrust.com.au/ 'Self Determined First Nations Museums and Colonial Contestation' by Robert Hudson & Shannon Woodcock - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003122449/self-determined-first-nations-museums-colonial-contestation-robert-hudson-shannon-woodcock Music: Yothu Yindi 'Treaty' https://open.spotify.com/album/0bZ1EzA7K0ZK88THQaVViw Archie Roach 'One Song' https://open.spotify.com/album/5POKDRj3X1aajEqbazkqKN Caisha Sprout 'Seasick' https://open.spotify.com/track/0cvKl1pecUl4RZQUzbRXXd

Adam and Caroline head back to the 3CR studio and discuss the emerging trend in animal documentaries - to focus on the real lives of animals, and without narration. It underscores the idea that nonhuman animals are unique individuals with feelings, relationships, goals, desires and personalities of their own.  The films we discuss are: COW by Andrea Arnold, Gunda by Viktor Kossakovky and My Octopus Teacher by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed. Adam also mentioned some other films of interest: Nenette, the film about the orangutan and Stray, which depicts daily life in Istanbul through the eyes of three dogs that roam its streets, searching for food. The music we played on today's show: Doubt by The Teethers https://youtu.be/hz6JWCaJEqw MK Ultra Blues by William Elliott Whitmore https://youtu.be/NEyN1ofOEyE We also talked about the Australian Alliance for Animals which is a new national charity uniting six of Australia's leading animal protection organisations with a combined supporter base of over two million people. The Alliance are pushing for an overhaul of Australia's outdated and ineffective animal welfare policy and legislative system. Australian animals deserve action to end cruel practies, and a decision-making process that ensures their interests are heard and respected. The Alliance consists of the following animal protection organisations: Animals Australia, Compassion in World Farming, FOUR Paws, Human Society International Australia, Voiceless, the Animal Protection institute and World Animal Protection Australia. Follow them here: https://www.allianceforanimals.org.au/ Finally, Mount Gambier Wildlife Carer are hosting a FREE ONLINE Pouch Checking Workshop. They've had a lot of positive feedback on their previous workshops and are holding another one on March 25, 2022 between 6.00-7.30pm South Australian time. All details can be found here on their Facebook page: 

This show features Jamie Woodhouse of the Sentientism project on effectively communicating with those in the vegan movement who hold conspiratorial and/or non-evidence based views.  Links: Jamie is working to develop Sentientism (“evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”) as a philosophy and as a global movement. He hosts the Sentientism Podcast and YouTube and has published articles and presented seminars on the Sentientism worldview. He is building a range of global Sentientism Communities (open to all so come and join) that so far span over 100 countries. You can find him on Twitter @JamieWoodhouse and @Sentientism. Links to all of these can be found at: https://sentientism.info/ What do veganism and conspiracy theories have in common? Article by Christopher Sebastian: https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/04/12/what-do-veganism-and-conspiracy-theories-have-in-common ‘The Vegan To Woogan Pipeline w/ Christopher Sebastian’ – Ep 296 of The Bearded Vegans podcast: https://thecommentist.com/bearded-vegans/ep296/ How to talk to a climate change denier – video by George Marshall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp-nJKBwQR4 ‘The Psychology Behind Conspiracy Theories with Rob Brotherton’ – Factually podcast: https://www.earwolf.com/episode/the-thinking-behind-conspiracy-theories-with-rob-brotherton/ ‘Wellness warriors’: how Victoria’s vaccine mandate sparked divisions in progressive Brunswick: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/27/wellness-warriors-how-victorias-vaccine-mandate-sparked-divisions-in-progressive-brunswick Novak Djokovic’s ‘wildly anti-scientific’ beliefs laid bare: https://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/australian-open/novak-djokovics-wildly-antiscientific-beliefs-laid-bare/news-story/7ce62ef0e727102eb9cf1fea16779271 Waterford, J. 2020, ‘The not-so-dirty secret the COVID-19 panel wants to hide’, The Canberra Times: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6700020/the-not-so-dirty-secret-the-covid-19-panel-wants-to-hide/  Music: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Bad Science by Cursive – from the album Happy Hollow: https://cursive.bandcamp.com/album/happy-hollow 29 / 31 by Garfunkel and Oates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-gfxjAaZg0 A Skeptic’s Love Song by Just Nick: https://justnick.bandcamp.com/album/bedpunk  You can buy a Freedom of Species shirt to support our show and 3CR! The shirts are now 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

This show features Sarah on Indigenous critiques of the movie Don’t Look Up (Netflix) and why Indigenous knowledge is so important in informing animal rights and environmental movements. Sarah is a Maori wahine living on Dharawal Country and Criminology researcher. This episode is a follow-up to our previous show ‘What are the Most Effective Individual Actions for the Climate?’ https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202201231300/what-are-most-effective-individual-actions-climate  Links from Sarah: For further info on the significance of Mauna Kea: www.protectmaunakea.net To understand Land Back priorities/actions in a Turtle Island context: www.landback.org Old media articles on the eviction of Indigenous tribes from their ancestral land in India: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/25/land-grab-tribal-people-india-adivasi https://www.iwgia.org/en/india/3314-millions-of-indigenous-peoples-facing-eviction-india.html Australia's first Indigenous youth climate network: www.seedmob.org.au  Links from Nick: Examples of discussions around Indigenous critiques of Don’t Look Up and/or Indigenous contributions to the environmental movement: https://twitter.com/uahikea/status/1477450954026799105 https://twitter.com/kenzieeharriss/status/1476819693105291268 https://www.climate-uni.com/post/climate-change-indigenous-knowledge-learning-from-losing-alaska https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/booked-indigenous-resistance-is-post-apocalyptic-with-nick-estes Todd, Zoe. 2016. “An Indigenous Feminist’s Take on the Ontological Turn: ‘Ontology’ is Just Another Word for Colonialism.” Journal of Historical Sociology 29:1, 4-22. Search ‘#dontlookup indigenous’ on Twitter for more of these discussions.  Sources on whiteness in the environmental movement: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/30/green-groups-too-white-too-male-other-sectors-report https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/numbers-don-t-lie-green-movement-remains-overwhelmingly-white-report-n1253972  Here is the graph on increased emissions despite major climate agreements that was mentioned at the start of the show: https://twitter.com/kickitinthesun/status/1488544782112673795?t=c5MlJefkug_KgOlkt3RrQA&s=19  You can hear Jon, a listener of our show, discuss being Maori AND vegan on a previous episode of our show: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-201901271300/jon-pawson-%E2%80%93-maori-veganism  You can also hear Nick discuss sentience and the non-human world (among many other topics) on episode 88 of the Sentientism podcast: https://pod.link/1540408008/episode/9f3539f037bab81c9d50e3493925b652?fbclid=IwAR1V0fB0JmLZbaifYwBBKTcMH1YDxP-DX1LYHdyFZ_wOV6Geh1LGzaZe3YY  Music: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Shadows by Briggs ft. Troy Cassar-Daley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQOjepa-IUA  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

Caroline & Adam speak with members of AJP Western Region at their protest of the Geelong Pro Rodeo event held in Geelong on Saturday February 12, 2022. We discuss a range of topics including what happens to animals at rodeos, how best to advocate for animals during the upcoming elections at the State and Federal level in Australia, and how we can reimagine experiences with animals that recognise their sentience and do not involve exploitaiton.  We spoke with Andy Meddick MP, Meg Watkins, AJP Federal Candidate for the seat of Corangamite, and protest attendees Cynthia, Pouya, Ruth and Naomi.  Animal Justice Party: https://animaljusticeparty.org/ Music: Alcest: Protection instrumental version (Nuclear Blast Records) https://open.spotify.com/search/alcest