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 performing at Laugh Out Proud at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on Thursday February 27th
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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
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 by Adam Bandt
Cause of the Week: Save Deebing Creek Association (on Facebook here)