Left In The West

Welcome to the Great Reboot of the Left in Perth podcast, featuring Joshua and Blair.SummaryWe critique the praxis of Bo Burnham, discuss the outcome of the State election and the likelihood of Albo maintaining his federal majority, Techno-feudalism and the importance of not bringing the value-maximisation work ethic to socialist work.Socialist AllianceGet involved in Socialist Alliance’s federal election campaign - Vote for the only anti capitalist party running, then stay involved after polls close!https://socialist-alliance.org/elections/voting-socialist-more-important-everGreen LeftSign up for Green Left membership to stay up to date on activist and anti capitalist news and perspectives.https://www.greenleft.org.au/supportDisrupt Burrup Hub (DBH)Get involved in the Disrupt Burrup Hub campaign to stop the North West Shelf Gas Project and protect our ecosystem from destruction.https://www.disruptburruphub.com/about-usBo BurnhamBo Burnham substack article that mentions end of world coping mechanism.https://jasonpargin.substack.com/p/in-which-i-declare-war-on-belovedWatch Bo Burnham’s “Inside” on Netflix:https://youtu.be/k1BneeJTDcUSister Kate’s OccupationOccupation ended 24 March 2025.https://linktr.ee/landbackforstolengenerationshttps://actionnetwork.org/letters/return-sister-kates-land/MEDIA RELEASE24 MARCH 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEVIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWS YOKAI CHAIR JIM MORRISON USED FORCE ON YOUNG STOLEN GENERATION DESCENDANTBackground info:● In December, the church suspended BKI’s Board, issued an eviction notice, then created a new Board and signed a deal with Yokai without consulting Noongar women.● The land is owned by the Uniting Church through the Beananging Kwuurt Institute (BKI), but it is subject to a complaint with the WA Equal Opportunity Commission, challenging the Uniting Church’s December dismissal of the BKI Board as sex, race, and political belief discrimination. This throws doubt over the current BKI Board and Yokai’s current lease to the land. The women are seeking legal advice on injunctive relief.● Noongar women have been fighting to reclaim the Stolen Generations site which sits on Whadjuk Noongar land. Pre-colonisation, it was a sacred birthing place for Noongar women. Post-colonisation, it has a damning racist history as the former Stolen Generations site of the Sister Kate’s Children’s Cottage Home, where Aboriginal children were enslaved, abused and genocide was committed.● We do not know who the new Board of BKI is, as the Church have not disclosed this.MEDIA CONTACTRoxanne Moore0478 772 [email protected] and Housing Union WA (RAHU WA)https://rahu.org.au/aboutus/https://www.instagram.com/rahu_western_aus/Techno-feudalism and Yanis Varoufakishttps://www.penguin.com.au/books/technofeudalism-9781529926095Academic article mentioned:Gane, N. (2024). Capitalism is capitalism, not technofeudalism. Journal of Classical Sociology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X241269293 Get full access to The Subtle Dialectician at vidak.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, we discuss the rejection of the Scarborough Gas environmental plan, people living in vans, Rio Tinto damages another cultural site, Biden politicking at the UAW strike, and whether or not salting the earth is a good thing. Get full access to The Subtle Dialectician at vidak.substack.com/subscribe