183 - Celeste Liddle

Celeste Liddle is an Arrente woman, a trade unionist and Leftist who's written for Eureka Street, The Guardian and SBS. Celeste Zoom'ed me from her couch to discuss how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting First Nations people, over-policing and deaths in custody, culture warring about Captain Cook and the "Indigenous alt-right". If you've got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you Ads-Up are doing great work helping out refugees from Nauru and Manus Island who have been resettled in the US and are struggling during COVID-19 You can see me on Stan Australia's Lockdown Comedy Festival from this Saturday @Utopiana Celeste's blog Black Feminist Ranter ARTICLE: Vulnerable Indigenous man jailed over locked up by police in 'string of errors' during coronavirus pandemic (ABC) ARTICLE: Tanya Day inquest: coroner refers death in custody of Aboriginal woman for possible protection (Guardian Australia) ARTICLE: Social responsibility means care for all of the vulnerable by Celeste Liddle ARTICLE: Why the term "Australian" can be an imposition on Aboriginal people by Celeste Liddle ARTICLE: Cook wanted to introduce British justice to Indigenous people. Instead, he became increasingly cruel and violent by Shino Konishi endeavour250.gov.au Cause of the Week: Djirra (djirra.org.au)