Category Archives: State / Politics

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Yeah Nah Pasaran! #206 w Dr Stephanie Wescott on Andrew Tate & misogyny in the classroom : May 9, 2024

This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! we talk to Dr Stephanie Wescott [X/Twitter]. Stephanie is a feminist researcher and lecturer in humanities and social sciences in the Faculty of Education’s School of Education, Culture and Society at Monash University and … Continue reading

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Yeah Nah Pasaran! #205 w Jordana Silverstein on history, Palestine, Zionism & more : May 2, 2024

This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! we talk to Jordana (Jordy) Silverstein [X/Twitter]. Jordy is an academic based in Melbourne/Naarm and the author of Cruel Care: A History of Children at Our Borders (Monash University Publishing, 2023) and Anxious Histories: … Continue reading

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May Day in Melbourne : 2024

I’ve periodically written about May Day over the years, on the last occasion in 2021. In fact, I started blogging here on May Day in 2006 — 18 years ago! — and started my Patreon account on this date in … Continue reading

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antifa notes (april 24, 2024) : right-wing extremism and inquiring minds

Following on from ex-blogger, proprietarian and 2016 Young Lolbertarian of the Year award-winner Senator James Paterson chairing an Inquiry into extremist movements and radicalism in Australia — born in December 2020, the Inquiry passed on, is no more, and ceased … Continue reading

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Yeah Nah Pasaran! #204 w Fran Amery on ‘organised transphobia’ : April 25, 2024

This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! we talk to Fran Amery [X/Twitter]. Fran is a feminist researcher, senior lecturer in politics at the University of Bath and the co-author, with Aurelien Mondon, of ‘Othering, peaking, populism and moral panics: The … Continue reading

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Yeah Nah Pasaran! #203 w Alex Hanna on AI hype, surveillance, war & work : April 18, 2024

Last week’s show was a repeat of our September 2023 interview with Emily M Bender. This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! we talk to Alex Hanna [X/Twitter], Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) and co-host, with … Continue reading

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Yeah Nah Pasaran! #202 w Tyler West on Southern Africa in the political imagination of New Zealand’s radical right : April 4, 2024

This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR we talk to Tyler West. Tyler is an historian who blogs at Notes South From Nowhere and is the co-author, with Dr Sebastian Potgieter, of ‘‘A bastion of white supremacy’: Southern Africa … Continue reading

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Yeah Nah Pasaran! #201 w Chris Wilson on the Christchurch terrorist, Australia & 4chan : March 28, 2024

This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR we talk to Chris Wilson [X/Twitter]. Chris is the co-founder and director of Hate & Extremism Insights Aotearoa (HEIA) and a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland. … Continue reading

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#LetWomenSpeak (2023) ~vs~ #WomenWillSpeak (2024) in Naarm/Melbourne

[Update (March 26, 2024) : Self-described ‘nationalist’ speaks at anti-trans rights rally on Victoria parliament steps, Benita Kolovos, The Guardian, March 26, 2024. TLDR : Mr Trihey denies being a neo-Nazi and apologises for drawing undue attention to his presence … Continue reading

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Yeah Nah Pasaran! #200 w Andy Fleming & Cam Smith : March 21, 2024

This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR we celebrate our 200th episode by talking to each other about stuff, including by way of providing inadequate answers to the questions posed by YOU, the listener! Other podcasts/publications mentioned: • 12 … Continue reading

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