Radio Reversal
Shreya, Anna, Natalie, Han, Lamisse, Aleea and Helen
Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Radio Reversal is a show that subjects aspects of everyday life to historico-political, theoretical, cheeky, irreverent, high brow, low brow, eye brow, warm-hearted analysis. Our aim is to see the world more clearly, think about what we'd like it to become, and how we can make that happen. We think that discussing these sorts of ideas is one way to lessen the alienation that affects many of us trying to make sense of a world that so often makes no sense of us. We also play loads of awesome music (sometimes thematic!) with great enthusiasm for requests and an emphasis on supporting local artists. It's fun!
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25 April, 2024
ANZAC Mythologies & the cost of war
In this episode, Anna & Roshan reverse the radio on ANZAC day, mythologies of war, and the global war industry. We'll be digging into the partial histories of the "ANZACS" that dominate mainstream education and media in this country, and the laundering work they do to obscure the violent origins of this colony, the wars fought by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over this continent, and the global system of war and war-mongering that is creating mass death from West Papua, to the Sudan, the Congo, and Palestine.
To help us see these connections more clearly, we'll be sharing some recordings from the recent Shut Down Ferra blockade outside Ferra engineering in Tingalpa, as well as some recordings from last weeks Justice for Palestine Magan-djin protest in King George Square, and some excerpts from an older interview with long-term peace activist Margie, talking about the military industrial complex and australia's long investment in the global arms trade.
Images: the incredible Sam Wallman's "Lest we forget over it" work.