Indymedia on RTRFM
71 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago -Tackling the issues that other media outlets refuse to acknowledge, Indymedia offers news and views from the progressive grassroots activist network.
Tackling everything from international politics and foreign policy to the environment and indigenous affairs, Indymedia brings a truly independent voice to a media landscape influenced by corporate interests.
The Indymedia podcast features top-notch interviews as you heard them on air. Tune in live at RTRFM 92.1 to hear politically-charged tunes as well as Indymedia's always insightful talks content.
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Episodes
Indymedia on RTRFM – 22nd November 2021
November 22, 2021 06:00This week's Indymedia was chock-full of leftist tracks, focusing on protest and pride anthems. Join Joni Boyd this week as they shine a light on LGBTQIA+ issues in recognition of Pride Month. Listen back to get the lowdown on Pride in the Pilbara, controversy at this year's Melbourne Queer Film Festival and the latest climate action by Blockade Australia.
Indymedia on RTRFM – 22 November 2021
November 22, 2021 06:00This week's Indymedia was chock-full of leftist tracks, focusing on protest and pride anthems. Join Joni Boyd this week as they shine a light on LGBTQIA+ issues in recognition of Pride Month. Listen back to get the lowdown on Pride in the Pilbara, controversy at this year's Melbourne Queer Film Festival and the latest climate action by Blockade Australia.
Indymedia on RTRFM – 8 November 2021
November 08, 2021 03:00This week's Indymedia was chock-full of leftist tracks, focusing on protest and pride anthems. Joni Boyd has a tonne of timely headlines you won't hear on any other news program. This week's Indymedia was chock-full of leftist tracks, focusing on protest and pride anthems. Joni Boyd has a tonne of timely headlines you won't hear on any other news program. Listen back to get the lowdown on the Moderna vaccine roll out, mainstream media blunders, activist news, and much more. Edited by K...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 1 November 2021
November 04, 2021 08:59This week on Indymedia, hosts Ray Grenfell and Joni Boyd discuss the on-going crises surrounding and affecting Australia's domestic and international fronts. First, former WA Senator and Peace Activist Jo Vallentine argues the instance of British Nuclear Submarine presence across Fremantle and Point Peron, including the connection to the future of Australia's military industrial complex and overall national sovereignty. Next, activists descended upon State Parliament House to protest the no...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 25 October 2021
October 25, 2021 07:43Today on Indymedia, hosts Ray and Brett discuss threatened Sydney waterways with Kaye Osborn, an activist from the Protect Our Water Alliance. Their activist work in Wollongong is challenging the Longwall Coal Mining project, which threatens the Sydney water catchment. Kaye explained where the POWA are at, what they’re dealing with, and how they are dealing with it. Brett then interviewed Electric Frontier Australia (EFA) board member Justin Warren about the Surveillance Legislation Amendme...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 18 October 2021
October 18, 2021 05:59This week on Indymedia, Joni Boyd got the lowdown on the Say No to Scarborough campaign. The team have been following Woodside's proposed new gas hub closely. The Scarborough Gas Hub, off the coast of Exmouth, will emit 1.6 billion tuns of CO2 - worth 15 coal fire power stations. The hub has been given primary approval, but as campaigner Gerard Mazza explains, there's time for pushback – to save 40,000-year-old rock art and vulnerable marine life. This podcast was edited by Karlie Jordan.
Indymedia on RTRFM – 20 September 2021
September 20, 2021 04:49In this episode of Indymedia, Joni speaks to representatives from the Common Ground Action Group about their resistance work. Common Ground, a public and social housing project in NSW, has been subject to harsh lockdown conditions, although residents next door with higher rates of Covid-19 cases have been treated very differently. Then, Ray discusses the trilateral military pact signed by the US, UK, and Australia with Annette Brownlie, Chairperson of Independent and Peaceful Australia. Fin...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 13 September 2021
September 13, 2021 05:01This week, Indymedia kicks off with some good news – the McGowan government's promise to end old growth logging in the state's southwest. WA Forest Alliance representative Jess Beckerling talked us through the announcement, and what possible fallout in the logging industry might be. Section 501 (3a) of the Migration Act lands asylum seekers and migrants into detention if they fail a "character test", which includes having a suspended sentence or good behaviour bond. Indymedia host Brent Jo...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 6 September 2021
September 06, 2021 05:37The "identify and disrupt" bill gives the Australian Federal Police the right to interfere with social media accounts – including the deletion of information. Alex Whissen heard more about these new police powers from Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker, a digital rights activist on the board of Electronic Fronteirs Australia. Next, new member of the team Joni Boyd spoke to Youth Pride Network founder Kai Schweizer about the recent census's failure to recognise LGBTQI+ Australians. Finally, Antipovert...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 23 August 2021
August 23, 2021 05:57It was a full house this week on Indymedia – host Alex Whissen was joined by Ewan and Joni. Sydney-based activist Paddy Gibson broke down the situation in NSW, including last weekend's anti-lockdown "Freedom Rally". We also hear speeches and interviews taken from the protests against the proposed Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill, which would put considerable power over traditional lands into the hands of mining corporations. Finally, the Indymedia team also speak to an Afghan-Australian g...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 9 August 2021
August 09, 2021 07:46This week, Indymedia hones in on Australian mining companies and their meddling both here and overseas. First, Ray and Brett check out the situation in Buenos Aires, Ecuador, where locals have been resisting the prospecting of Hanline, a subsidiary of Hancock Prospecting. The Indymedia team speak to Rainforest Action Group's Liz Downs about illegal mining's impact on Northern Ecuador. Meanwhile, the State Government is deliberating over the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill, which would pu...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 2 August 2021
August 02, 2021 06:09This week, On the Record's Jeff Bullen takes the Indymedia helm, We've known for some time that the Great Barrier Reef is in danger, but we're truly approaching the point of no return. Oceanography researcher Kelly Hawes assesses the damage ahead of a [protest this Saturday at Forrest Chase](https://www.facebook.com/events/534398507803742/). Last month, Alana Garlett, a Perth mother of six, died while sleeping rough. 56 homeless people died last year in Perth, and the city's recent cold sna...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 26 July 2021
July 26, 2021 02:19This week, Indymedia checks in with the campaign to Save Smiths Beach. Ray Grenfell and Alex Whissen reflect on twenty years of war in Afghanistan. Indymedia covers left-wing politics and stories overlooked by mainstream media outlets. Offering news and views from a network of grassroots activists, Indymedia airs live at 11 every Monday on RTRFM 92.1. Don’t hate the media – become the media.
Indymedia on RTRFM – 19 July 2021
July 19, 2021 01:41This week, Indymedia host Ray Grenfell is joined in the studio by Ewan Buckley to tackle three major developing stories. The Indymedia team speak to Dr Tauel Harper, a lecturer in UWA's Media and Communications department, about how the proposed cuts will affect his colleagues' research, They also reflect on eight years of indefinite detention, the Rudd government policy that denies refugees arriving by boat any possibility of resettlement in Australia. And finally, the team speak to Extin...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 12 July 2021
July 12, 2021 06:15This week, the Indymedia team chat to filmmaker and journalist Jane Hammond, whose film Cry of the Forest is screening at Revelation Film Festival. She speaks to Ray Grenfell about the film, a meditation on WA's Southwest, as well as the State Government's sudden interest in WA citizens' feelings about our native forests. Later in the program, Indymedia speak to UWA Guild politician Nicole McEwan about the university's proposed slashing of anthropology and sociology courses. Indymedia cover...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 5 July 2021
July 05, 2021 04:52Today’s program hones in the ongoing homelessness crisis in WA, specifically focusing on how homelessness continues to impact Aboriginal people. Indymedia heard from Brendan Jones, a Noongar man who has spent the entire pandemic period on the streets in Perth. He’s faced evictions at the height of the crisis, and was forced to decamp to Northbridge in the torrential rain. He spoke to Indymedia Jesse Noakes about the impact on his health, his mental health, his family, and his spirit. The Ind...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 28 June 2021
June 28, 2021 04:35This week, the Indymedia team speak to a Columbian activist about the protests sweeping the country. The team also host an in-depth interview with scholar Iain Mcintyre, whose new book Environmental Blockades covers the history of environmentalism and direct action. Indymedia covers left-wing politics and stories overlooked by mainstream media outlets. Offering news and views from a network of grassroots activists, Indymedia airs live at 11 every Monday on RTRFM 92.1. Don’t hate the media –...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 21 June 2021
June 21, 2021 04:31This week, the long-suffering Murugappan family were put into community detention in Perth while their daughter Tharunicaa undergoes medical treatment. The Biloela family have been detained in immigration centres for almost four years, despite the please of their rural Queensland community. The Indymedia team were at one of the rallies in support of the Biloela family, and we hear the voices of supporters on the ground. Indymedia were offered some personal insight into the WA homelessness cr...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 14 June 2021
June 14, 2021 04:25This week, Indymedia covers three stories unfolding in WA. We discuss Fringeworld’s decision to drop Woodside as a naming partner, and the ways proposed funding cuts are threatening WA universities. And as a notorious property developer encroaches on the Nullaki Peninsula, near Denmark, we learn how locals are taking direct action to save the vulnerable ecosystem. Indymedia covers left-wing politics and stories overlooked by mainstream media outlets. Offering news and views from a network o...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 31 May 2021
May 31, 2021 04:20A major Asia-Pacific arms conference taking place in Brisbane is facing opposition from local activists. Disrupt Land Forces representative Margaret explained to the Indymedia team what the expo involves and what activists are doing to challenge it. This week, the Australian Federal Court ruled that Environment Minister Susan Leahy has a duty to not cause harm to young people. The team speak to one of the eight young people who brought that action to court. And closer to home, Indymedia spe...
Indymedia on RTRFM – 24 May 2021
May 24, 2021 04:16On this week's episode, Indymedia cover the School Strike for Climate movement. Students and their supporters gathered in Supreme Court Gardens on Friday, May 21, taking particular aim at both the state and federal government's so called gas led recovery plan. Indymedia spoke to Amy, one of the organisers from the School Strike for Climate, about the movement. Also on the program, Indymedia heard from Australian Palestinians, who participated in a demonstration over the weekend in the solid...