The Poor Can Feed The Birds is hosted by Tom Tanuki, and covers participatory politics and activism around Australia. It covers rallies and actions upcoming and past, and takes part in the growing activist movement to change Australia and the world - while talking to the people at the front lines.
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This ep I chat to Zelda Grimshaw, co-organiser of the Disrupt Land Forces response to the 'Land Forces' arms dealer expo coming up in Meanjin/Brisbane. The event is on from May 28 - June 3. Join in and show solidarity against these fucken ghouls. *Disrupt Land Forces event: https://fb.me/e/JwmzCmCo *Disrupt Land Forces site: https://disruptlandforc…
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031 - Close Every Detention Centre! (ft. Omar Hassan @ CARF)
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I speak to Omar Hassan @ Campaign Against Racism & Fascism about the May 8 rally they're holding to demand refugees freed and detention centres closed, and the recent transfer of KP120 asylum seekers to Victoria. *MAY 8 RALLY: https://fb.me/e/BDvzMTke *A CLAM, IF YOU WILL: https://patreon.com/tomtanuki…
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030 - KP120 (ft. Sam Watson @ Refugee Solidarity Meanjin)
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This episode I speak to Sam Watson of Refugee Solidarity Meanjin about the SUPPORT FOR THE KP120 fundraiser, and the one year of fighting by RSM and many others for the rights of people in cruel, unjust detention. I also take a brief look at the National Socialist Network activist manual, leaked by one variety of scumbag nationalist to undermine an…
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Recorded on the second anniversary of the white supremacist mass-murder at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, Aotearoa. Solidarity forever with all affected, and with all victims of organised white supremacy.By Tom Tanuki
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028 - Union Funded Rehab (ft. Steph Thuesen @ HACSU)
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I yarn with Steph Thuesen @ HACSU about the exciting new union-funded rehab funding model being proposed for Victoria, and already underway in NSW! I'm fucken pumped for this, because it sounds great for people needing rehab, and great for the union movement. Video on NSW's Foundation House: https://youtu.be/ocO5MfaL0xY Support ya boy on Patreon: h…
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027 - Double-Leg Anarcho Grandma Takedown (FT. YEAH NAH)
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Hello 2021! I speak to local lefty YouTuber Yeah, Nah about the recent spate of visits upon the workplaces & homes of Facebook randoms and grandpas by some MMA morons from Albury. * Yeah Nah's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLCvRt114tkqAwWSqi2Y6Bw * Support me: https://patreon.com/tomtanuki…
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To round out 2020, here's three very 2020 stories from me, involving a turtle, someone convinced I had coronavirus, Lauren Southern and the bushfires. Thank you for listening to and supporting The Poor Can Feed The Birds this year. See you in 2021! SUPPORT YA BOY: https://www.patreon.com/tomtanukiBy Tom Tanuki
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025 - Indigenous Sovereignty Activism ft. Karlie Noon & Tim Buchanan
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I speak to Gamilaraay astrophysicist, astronomer & legend Karlie Noon and Wiradjuri activist, writer & legend Tim Buchanan about INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY ACTIVISM off the back of friendlyjordies' stupid comments recently. Karlie tells me why trees - and more broadly, Indigenous sovereignty - is not the antithesis of science, coz she'd know. Tim talks…
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024 - Pete Evans (ft. Tara Leong & Cam Smith)
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This episode I speak to Tara Leong of the Nutrition Guru & The Chef page (and 99% Fad Free podcast) about her 8 years of warning people about Pete Evans the dangerous nutrition quack, and to Cam Smith of Yeah Nah Pasaran and Hypothetical Institute podcasts about his 2020 of warning people about Pete Evans the redpilled Q kook. Now we've got Pete th…
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023 - Aussie Cults (ft. Sarah Steel of Let's Talk About Sects)
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I speak to Sarah Steel of the brilliant Let's Talk About Sects pod about Aussie cults, and we dig into the differences and commonalities in deep diving into political extremists and cults. I love the LTAS pod so much, and was so stoked to explore the ways in which the things we both do might intersect! *Let's Talk About Sects pod: https://www.ltasp…
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022 - Townsville (ft. Anarchists Against Poverty, DJ Kirra)
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I speak to Anarchists Against Poverty about Curumbilbarra (Townsville) in FAR NORF QUOINSLAND and the anarchist community hub they've opened up in town! I also chat to DJ Kirra, TWO TIME GUEST OF THE POD, about the growing trend of racist dog patrol vigilantism in Townsville, Gimuy (Cairns) and surrounds. (then we chat to AAP again coz someone brok…
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I yarn with lawyer and legendary anti-racism advocate Nyadol Nyuon about racism and representation in Aussie media... the cynically tactical racism faced by the South Sudanese community for profit... the mutually beneficial arrangement between media and far-right grifters... the effort it takes to call those grifters out... AND MORE! (note: as I sa…
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020 - Midnite Honeysuckle Buttsmarn Dickpix (ft. As A White Man)
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I speak to the lads from the As A White Man podcast. We discuss their fine town of Newcastle, how much everyone really enjoys and understands the name of their podcast, and the importance of calling out gronks. We also force Newcastle's shame Isaac Butterfield to meet us in the Honeysuckle Precinct at midnight to hand over his unsolicited dick pics…
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In this house we like to celebrate SEX WORKER PRIDE DAY (14/9) by speaking to sex workers Anita & Lilly for a bit of a sex work 101! We also plug the Emergency Support Fund for Sex Workers in Australia. Also, Anita tries to correct me on what a real findom arrangement is because my Patreon seems to get it the wrong way around. They'll never underst…
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Continuing my run of anti-lockdown-related explainer eps, here I touch on sovereign citizenry, OPCAs, the 'hidden Constitution', how the guvamunt is actually a corporation. What's that got to do with the anti-lockdown movement? Well. 'Freeman Delusion' blog: https://freemandelusion.wordpress.com/ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON IF U RLY LOVE ME: https://www.…
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An explainer on QAnon, what the hell Aussie Q is, children in tunnels, and more. QAnon Anonymous podcast: https://twitter.com/QanonAnonymous Qult Headquarters Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qult_Headquarters/ --- SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/tomtanukiBy Tom Tanuki
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I speak to Sophia, a healthcare worker and a mate, about her experience contracting - and not dying of - COVID-19. We talk about what it's like... the shocking treatment she received in Victorian Government hotel quarantine... the all-staff email she sent to an entire DHHS department just to get them to do something... and why she's currently got h…
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015 - Animal Rights Activism (ft. Betty Melon)
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I chat to dedicated animal rights activist and friend Betty Melon, and learn about AR activism, consistent anti-oppression, the communication breakdowns that happen between AR and non-AR activists and how we might avoid them. Also we discuss far-right kooks who hang about AR rallies with raw steaks in their mouth clearly loving life, and various bi…
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014 - The Lads Society (ft. slackbastard)
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slackbastard unreasonably forces me to eat musk sticks while we talk about Australian fascist group The Lads Society. * slacky's blog: https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/ * slacky's Twitter: https://twitter.com/slackbastard * SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/tomtanukiBy Tom Tanuki
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013 - ANTI-LOCKDOWN! (ft. Cam Smith)
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Cam Smith (https://twitter.com/sexenheimer) and I talk about the Aussie anti-lockdown movement, and we award the GOLDEN TRUTHSEEKER BADGE to the best anti-lockdown figurehead! Who will win?!??? *METAL AF NEW BANNER DESIGN by the legend Poongoat (https://www.instagram.com/poongoat/). *Buy Cam Smith’s e-Book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Hot-Knockers-Ca…
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Solidarity with BLM. Justice for George Floyd and for Black & Indigenous people murdered by the state locally and abroad. Tips and thoughts on how to stay safe - and useful - at rallies. How - if at all - to rally during COVID-19, what to do before & during a rally, what/who to watch out for, and a few observations on what happens in more tense sit…
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011 - WAR ROOM: PANDEMIC: CHINA (ft. Dr. Kaz)
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How to express concerns over Chinese surveillance state apparatus, and the threat of it coming over here, without falling into the company of unhinged conspiracy theorists? Can we ask questions about how China has handled the pandemic without playing into the hands of nationalists, racists and war hawks? Are there seriously 5G surveillance state pr…
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010 - PRISONS ft. Debbie Kilroy & Jock Palfreeman
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PRISONS MEGA EP! I speak to Debbie Kilroy of Sister’s Inside (12:23) about decarceration, the work she does and her experience recovering from COVID-19. I also talk to Jock Palfreeman (59:19) who spent 12 years unjustly behind bars in Bulgaria before being sort-of-but-not-quite released last year. Jock is the chairman of the Bulgarian Prisoners Ass…
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I speak to senior reporting at 10daily Josh Butler about good coronavirus reporting vs. economic death cult punditry (8:30). I chat with science writer Thomas Crow about coronavirus and 5G myths & facts (41:19). I command my army of bats & pangolins from the deck of the Ruby Princess. A cop issues a summary notice to someone buying non-essential ba…
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I talk to Nathan Leitch of Barpirdhila Foundation (9:59) about their fundraiser to support Indigenous artists & community affected by COVID-19; yarn with Anthony Kelly of the Police Accountability Project (43:24) about increased copper powers in the pandemic and how they’re misusing them; and I visit & revisit some old mates, such as prominent Aust…
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007 - Bit Of A Chest Bug Going Round MEGA SUPER EP
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tick it off ur bucketlist, patreon me before we all die xo click here -- In this MEGA SUPER EP I speak to: - Jason Marshall, a lawyer specialising in residential tenancy law, about tenants, landlords and What Is To Be Done to protect people from getting booted out during the pandemic. - Harry, a theatre technician in a Victorian hospital who's brac…
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006 - YARD RETROSPECTIVE! (ft. Sean Bedlam)
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SPECIAL EP!!! Here's a MEGA RETROSPECTIVE of YARD (sometimes known as Yelling At Racist Dogs) with Sean Bedlam, comedian & activist & co-founder of YARD. We go right through the history and strategy of YARD, and finish with a... YARD NAME CHANGE?! What the HELL? Listen and see! YARD, for those of you not familiar, is Australia's most obnoxious, sho…
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005 - Thx For The Adolf Stamp (ft. Cafe Gummo & RAC!)
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Sean & Lilly from Cafe Gummo give me guava rum, a sweet little Adolf stamp (?), and a chat about Cafe Gummo, Melbourne's PREMIERE (only) anti-fascist bar... which is just about to celebrate its big 1st birthday! I also chat to Chris Breen from the Refugee Action Collective about this Saturday's upcoming protest outside the Mantra Bell City hotel in…
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004 - Labor Youth Oath (ft. Roz Ward & DJ)
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I speak to activist, academic and Safe Schools founder Roz Ward about the Religious Discrimination Bill, chat with Aboriginal artist & activist DJ about his 'Supporting displaced and homeless mob in FNQ' fundraiser and also, Tanya Plibersek joins to force your children to recite the Youth Oath to the Fatherland. HEIL LABOR! *Contribute to the Suppo…
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003 - Pay the Fukn Rent, Mate! (ft. Lidia Thorpe)
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This episode I welcome Lidia Thorpe on board to talk about all things Pay the Rent. I also do a rally report fresh back from Invasion Day 2020 in Melb, covering the event itself and our experiences doing light pest control. Find Lidia Thorpe on Facebook or Twitter! Find out how to Pay the Rent here! --- RALLY GIG GUIDE: Climate justice actions, con…
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002 - Invasion Day, Bushfires, Energy Beams (ft. Celeste Liddle)
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Big ep 002! I welcome on Celeste Liddle of Black Feminist Ranter fame on to talk about all matters Invasion Day 2020, which she's helping to organise, and the rallies' increasing importance in the context of an Australia on fire. (Literal bushfires, that is. Not a metaphorical 'on fire' like the MSM all complained about someone saying after the 201…
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