Webb Dock community picket; Free Palestine rally Narrm, Sun 14 Jan; Pay the Rent; Overland Literary Journal

Wednesday Breakfast

Acknowledgment of Country Headlines Pippa speaks with John Smith, an associate member of the Black Peoples Union (BPU) and Community picket organiser for Webb Dock action, about the picket that started Fri 19 Jan, and the outcomes of the direct action. We replay two speeches from the 14th consecutive Free Palestine rally in Naarm-Melbourne and 100 days since the events of Oct 7. We hear from two First Nations people speaking about the connection between Indigenous sovereignty and Palestinian liberation with Uncle Robbie Thorpe, a Krautungalung/ Gunnai man, an Aboriginal activist, and 3CR broadcaster; and Prof Gary Foley, activist for the Gumbaynggirr people, academic, writer, and actor. Sonia speaks with Meriki Onus, a Gunnai/ Gunditjmara woman who grew up in Gippsland, and one of the co-founders of Warriors of Resistance, about the importance of the Pay the Rent campaign. Sonia speaks with co-editor Evelyn Araluen, a Goorie and Koori poet, and a descendant from the Bundjalung nation; and contributor Dr Micaela Sahhar, a Palestinian-Australian writer and educator, about Micaela's writings in the Overland Journal and the Sydney Review of Books. TracksBarmah / AllaraWe Have Survived / No Fixed Address and Us MobBlack Woman / Emma DonovanChange has to come / MO'JU