168 - Jon Piccini

Jon Piccini is an historian at Australian Catholic University and co-host of the anti-capitalist podcast Living the Dream. He's written books about human rights and the Australian far left in the 60s and 70s and is partial to putting out some spicy tweets on @JonPiccini. Here Jon and I discuss his critique of human rights discourse and how it's seen Australia forget about economic rights, just how "radical" we can say Australia is politically and how our history might suggest that the Green New Deal isn't impossible at all. I'm doing LIASYO live at the 2020 Melbourne Comedy Festival with special guest ANDREW FREAKING DENTON. Tickets are on sale now! I'm performing at Laugh Out Proud at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on Thursday February 27th I'm bringing my show ENOUGH to the 2020 Adelaide Fringe in March, tickets on sale now My new show GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the 2020 Brisbane Comedy Festival and the 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you've got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Jessie Whyte's The Morals of the Market on Verso Books The Far Left in Australia since 1945, edited by Jon Piccini, Evan Smith & Matthew Worley How Labour Built Neoliberalism: Australia's Accord, the Labour Movement and the Neoliberal Project by Elizabeth Humphreys ARTICLE: Old left, new left and Australia in the 'long 1968' by Jon Piccini & Evan Smith ARTICLE: A White Working Man's Country by Jon Piccini ARTICLE: We need a political vision by Alison Pennington ARTICLE: Australia Needs a Green New Deal, Not More Centrism by Jon Piccini, Jeremy Poxon & Tash Neenan ARTICLE: Australia Needs a Green New Deal by Adam Bandt Cause of the Week: Save Deebing Creek Association (on Facebook here)