CW: This conversation involves discussion of sexual assault 

This is the second part of my conversation with human rights lawyer and self-described “social justice witch” Sunili Govinnage.

Here we continue our conversation about what cancel culture is and what it isn’t, privilege, oppression, intersectionality and class; topics that have certainly SPICED UP over the past week.

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Join me online in conversation with Melissa Davey discussing her book The Case of George Pell on Tuesday August 18th

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Sunili’s writing at The Guardian

Ezra Klein’s podcast with sujatha baliga on restorative justice

Exiting the Vampire Castle by Mark Fisher 

Chapo Trap House’s latest (patreon) ep on “cancel culture” with Matt Taibbi is worth a listen

The Harper’s Letter, On Justice and Open Debate

ARTICLE: Arguing over the arts is sort of the point by Sami Shah

ARTICLE: Overdosing on Symbolism by Ben Burgis

ARTICLE: Beshear promises health insurance for all Black Kentuckians

Cause of the Week: NATSILS Stop Black Deaths In Custody GoFundMe Campaign

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Dr. Chelsea Bond is a Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman and a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland. She’s worked and researched extensively in the area of Aboriginal health and regularly writes and speaks about race and racism in Australia today.

In this conversation, Chelsea reflects on how the recent Black Lives Matter uprising has played out in Australia, her personal experiences with the police, the fierceness of Black women in this struggle and the intersection of racial power structures and class.

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Chelsea’s radio show Wild Black Women on Brisbane’s 989FM 

ARTICLE: In Australia, black lives do matter by Aaron Patrick [$]

ARTICLE: Dr. Chelsea Bond delivers a masterclass in Indigenous excellence by Nat Cromb & Luke Pearson

ARTICLE: How to learn from Indigenous people about the Black Lives Matter movement in Australia by Tahnee Jash

ARTICLE: ‘Anger has the hour’: How long must Indigenous Australia wait for change by Stan Grant

ARTICLE: White skin, black squares by Sam Kriss 

ARTICLE: Class is the new black: The dangers of an obsession with the ‘Aboriginal middle class’ by Dr. Chelsea Bond

ARTICLE: If Black men could talk: why we need an accurate portrayal of urban Indigenous masculinity by Dr. Chelsea Bond

Cause of the Week: Inala Wangarra (inalawangarra.com.au)

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Andy Zaltzman is a British comedian, the co-host of the hugely popular satirical podcast The Bugle and (sadly) a fanatical cricket fan.

I’ve been lucky enough to become friends and work with Andy over the past five or so years and have been meaning to have him on as a guest for quite a while now, to laugh about everything in the world and ask him some (mildly) serious questions about his political outlook. Here discuss sport, statues, Fawlty Towers, the failures of the Corbyn moments, his “radical centrism” and the future of Brexit Britain.

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The latest episode of The Bugle with Nish Kumar & Nato Green, Statuesque

Cause of the Week: The Sick Children’s Trust (sickchildrenstrust.org) 

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Gavin Stanbrook is a revolutionary socialist who hails from Gumbanyggir country on the NSW mid-north coast. He’s a member of Socialist Alternative who’s been campaigning for justice for Aboriginal families for years and who helped organise last week’s #BlackLivesMatter protest in Sydney.

In this conversation Gavin tells me how about tearing down statues, the revolutionary potential of this moment, police violence, the tragic cases of Aboriginal deaths in custody, his personal involvement in the #JusticeForBowraville campaign and why he thinks the police should be abolished.

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I was on the latest episode of The Bugle podcast with Andy Zaltzman and Hari Kondabolu

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Gavin’s speech at the 2018 Invasion Day Rally in Redfern

ARTICLE: We can transform society in our interests if we unite to smash the system by Gavin Stanbrook

ARTICLE: There cannot be 432 victims and no perpetrators by Amy McQuire

ARTICLE: Aboriginal deaths in custody: Black Lives Matter protests referred to our count of 432 deaths. It’s now 437 by Lorena Allam, Calla Wahlquist & Nick Evershed

ARTICLE: Justice for Bowraville! by Gavin Stanbrook

ARTICLE: Tear down Australia’s racist statues by Rebecca Barrigos

ARTICLE: Our cops are killers too by Jasmine Duff

ARTICLE: Democrats are already trying to co-opt the movement. Drive them out by Daniel Taylor

Cause of the Week: The Justice for David Dungay Jnr. GoFundMe

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