Episode 10 - The Party Line on Rising Tide and the Greens’ climate capitulation (ft Zack Schofield)

Who wants to be a millionaire is a somewhat surprising focus of our first segment, as Anneke and her friend fight for the right to participate in the toxic reality TV industry. We then interview Rising Tide community organiser Zack Schofield, who is one of the wonderful people that have just organised the People’s Blockade of Newcastle Coal Port. We discuss the history of the campaign, its demands and why it’s in workers interest to support the ending of the fossil fuel industry. We follow this up with a scathing look at Labor’s climate bill, in particular the Green’s decision to pass it barely amended, and what it says about the limits of the Greens’ parliamentary approach. 

Content

Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle | The Guardian

Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature? | The Conversation

The new climate denialism: Labor’s Net Zero Plan | Red Flag

Marxism and the natural world | Marxist Left Review  

Headlines:

Return of nativity scene to Melbourne ends years of ‘woke’ Christmas | Herald Sun

How the pope went pop

Man charged with theft after allegedly swallowing Fabergé pendant in jewellery store

Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To - WSJ

Australian prisoner sues for his 'human right' to eat Vegemite

Physicists prove the Universe isn’t a simulation after all | ScienceDaily

NDIS plans will be computer-generated, with human involvement dramatically cut under sweeping overhaul | The Guardian

A non-white face on a racist asylum policy is just a mask for cruelty | Middle East Eye

Musical outro: Marc Ribot - Bella Ciao

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