252 - Jim Casey

Jim Casey is a firefighting unionist, socialist and co-founder of the Australian Firefighters Climate Alliance. He is an anti-capitalist GREENS EXTREMIST who has twice run as a candidate against Anthony Albanese in the seat of Grayndler. As he gears up to run for Greens preselection to be an upper-house candidate in the 2023 NSW state election, Jim took some time to talk to me about his time leading the Fire Brigade Employees Union, the state of the Australian labour movement, his theories on why real political power lies outside of parliament and the controversies he ran into when taking on "Albo". Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you've got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger My special "ENOUGH" is out on Paramount+ this Friday @JimCaseyGreens jimcasey.online ARTICLE: We've Never Seen Conditions As Bad As This by Jim Casey ARTICLE: Anthony Albanese: Labor heavyweight's Greens rival Jim Casey defends "Trotskyist" speech Cause of the Week: Rachael Jacobs, Greens Candidate for Grayndler (support her here)