Living the Dream

Living The Dream
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The Brisbane Anticapitalist Smash Hit Podcast http://thewordfromstrugglestreet.wordpress.com

  1. 5 days ago

    Living The Dream with the Quiet Protest of the Cold War Kid

    In this episode Dave and Jon discuss two new books about the 1960s, the Vietnam War and political struggle. They are Quiet Protest by Effie Karageorgos and Cold War Kid by Rowan Cahill. There is a Brisbane book launch of Cold War Kid on Saturday August 22nd The recording software crashed when we were recording - this  means there is an echo in some sections. You can, and should, buy the books: Cold War Kid Quiet Protest

  2. 13 May

    Living The Dream from Something to Somewhere Else in Qld

    Living the Dream is back! Jon and Dave are trying to work out what’s going on with the Crisafulli/ Janetzki Queensland state government. Why is it criminalising simply speaking up against the genocide in GAZA? Why is it criminalising children? What’s its plan for capitalism in Queensland? Why has it launched a commission against the CFMEU? How is it balancing the culture war hunger of its aging base against the need to win elections and manage society? And what does this all mean for those of us committed to emancipation? Stuff we reference includes: Inflation & the Cost of Living Crisis   Field Notes   Could the Liberals’ Deakinite dilemma reshape the party system? Frank Bongiorno   Antony Loewenstein Podcast   Queensland’s renewable energy ‘whiplash’: how the shift from coal stalled in Australia’s most polluting state     The LNP’s phrase-banning law is wide open to constitutional attack. Is it a victory for the people, or a smart political play? Anne Twomey

  3. 03/02/2025

    Living the Dream Under Administration

    In this episode, recorded in October 2024, Jon and Dave chat with friend of the show and all-around good egg Elizabeth Humphrys about the Labour Movement’s (both the ALP and Trade Unions) actions to put the CFMEU under administration. Just what is going on?   You can read more of Liz’s prolific output here.   Listeners may be interested in this building industry rank and file newsletter Hard Hat

  4. 14/08/2024

    Living the Dream with Disaster Communism

    In this episode Dave chats with Nick Southall about his new book Disaster Communism and Anarchy in the Streets   You can buy a copy of Nick’s book from the publisher Kembla Books   Nick’s blog is Revolts Now . Here you can find a collection of his work: including that on the Wollongong Out of Workers Union, his PhD thesis, reflections on his life in the Communist Party of Australia, his experiences on being on the last fraternal delegation to the USSR and much much more!

  5. 18/02/2024

    Living The Dream After the End of the Albanese Hegemony

    Well it’s been a while, but Living the Dream is back!   Jon and Dave welcome in 2024 by discussing how in 2023 the Albanese Hegemony disintegrated. We discuss what the Laborist project looked like coming out of the 2022 election, and how over 2023 between the costs of living crisis and the failure of the Voice referendum the wheels fell off and more importantly why we should or should not care.   Jon has been very busy being a historian you should follow him on the social media formally known at Twitter - @jonpiccini. Dave has been largely occupying himself with table top games but also has contributed to this research project Class and Capital in Australia   Stuff we read, listened to etc and may have discussed in this episode include:   Megan Davis Truth After the Voice Irene Watson There is No Hope in a Voice to Parliament Noel Pearson Boyer Lectures Laura Tingle Regaining control over the national political conversation will be Anthony Albanese's one great challenge in 2024 Jonathon Green Wither Progress? Jim Chalmers Capitalism After the Crises

  6. 15/08/2023

    Shameless Plug

    Hi All Long time no listen! Dave has launched a game on Kickstarter and is using Living The Dream to shameless promote it! Go here and pledge Share the link with your friendshttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/babyboomer/baby-boomer-have-it-all-relaunch

  7. 27/12/2022

    Living The Dream After White Australia Episode 4: The White Possessive

    In this episode Dave (@withsobersenses) and Jon (@jonpiccini) discuss The White Possessive by Aileen Moreton-Robinson. Aileen Moreton-Robinson is a Goenpul woman from Minjerribah (Stradbroke Island), Quandamooka First Nation (Moreton Bay) in Queensland, Australia and is Professor of Indigenous Research at the University of Queensland. Moreton-Robinson’s work provides a root-and-branch critique of modernity from the perspective of Indigenous Sovereignty and produces a set of critical concepts to think against the operation of race and whiteness both within Australia and beyond. Other sources mentioned include The Act of Disappearing (meanjin.com.au) by Amy McQuire and the work of Onyeka Nubia, David Roediger and Noel Ignatiev Listeners should be aware that this show discusses racism, including racist violence. Music by Chasing Ghost

  8. 01/01/2022

    Living The Dream whilst Leaving 2021

    Recorded just before Xmas in this episode Jon (@JonPiccini) and Dave (@withsobersenses) talk about 2021. Unsurprisingly we talk a lot about the global pandemic and the attempts to manage it. We discuss the continual rise of an insurgent Right that seems to have become the pole for much of social rebellion at the same time large sections of the Left have further invested in fantasies of the state, the current condition of global capitalism beset by a logistics crisis, labour insubordinations and inflation and more!   Stuff we mention include Conspiracy and Social Struggle – Wu Ming The Specific Character of Today’s Crisis – Sergio Bologna Immunodemocracy Dear Agamben, I write to you – Donatella Di Cesare

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    Living The Dream
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2026
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