UN Role in Western Sahara, Direct Action for the Environment, Listening, Place and Relation, Rainbow Vaccination Week with Mama Alto

Thursday Breakfast

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// On Tuesday 12 October, the Australian Western Sahara Association held a panel discussion on the United Nations' role in the Western Sahara conflict. Today, we hear two speakers from that discussion- Golriz Ghahraman MP, Green Party of Aotearoa NZ, and Kamal Fadel, Polisario Front Representative in Australia and New Zealand. The full event recording is available on the Association's Facebook page, Western Sahara Down Under.// Listen back to Chris Schuringa, campaigner from GECO, the Goongerah Environment Centre, in discussion with Meg and Zeb from City Limits in late September 2021 on how important Direct Action continues to be in protecting the environment.// AM Kanngieser, award-winning geographer and sound artist, joins us to discuss working through listening and attunement to approach the relations between people, place and ecologies. AM is an incoming Marie Curie International Fellow in Geography at Royal Holloway University of London.//A list of sources AM mentioned during the interview:Aileen Moreton Robinson - The White Possessive: Property, Power, and Indigenous SovereigntyUnaisi Nabobo Baba - Knowing & Learning: An Indigenous Fijian ApproachLeroy Little Bear - Listening to Stones Learning in Leroy Little Bear's laboratory: Dialogue in the world outsideZoe Todd and AM Kanngieser - From Environmental Case Study to Environmental Kin StudyZoe Todd - https://fishphilosophy.org/Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr - https://www.miriamrosefoundation.org.au/dadirri/Bawaka Collective - https://bawakacollective.com/about-us/ Mama Alto is a jazz singer, cabaret artiste & gender transcendent diva. She speaks with us about Rainbow Vaccination Week or #FabJab, which is running from 18-22 October. Mama Alto will be joining Dr Anita Munoz to answer your vaccine questions live on the JOY 94.9 Facebook page today, Thursday 21 October, from 5:30PM. Find out more about #FabJab here.// Songs// Shadows - Briggs and Troy Cassar-Daley// Rebel Time - MOONGA K. and Sampa the Great// Therapy - June Jones//Lung - Teether, Kuya Neil//