Freedom of Species

This show covers why vegans should show solidarity with Palestine, understanding the oppression of Palestinian people today and historically, and actions for solidarity. These issues are covered in a discussion between Leila Dehghan and Laura Schleifer, who is an American Jew and lifelong activist. You can watch a video of this discussion on Leila Dehgan’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmouaqxCAOk&t=4s  Additional links referred to in the discussion: Laura Schleifer on Facebook: / laura.schleifer    Plant the Land: http://www.planttheland.org Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement: https://bdsmovement.net Vegans for BDS: https://www.vegansforbds.com/about/ Jewish Voices for Peace: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org Plant-based Health Justice: https://plantbasedhealthjustice.org/ Vegans for Palestine: https://www.instagram.com/vegansforpalestine/  Music: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Long Live Palestine 3 by Lowkey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEFrv-Xwtw  A heads up to listeners that there will be no Freedom of Species show next week, Sunday December 3 due to the Disability Day broadcast. We encourage everyone to listen this broadcast on Sunday 3 December from 7am-7pm live on 3CR via 855AM or 3cr.org.au – for more information about this broadcast, see here: https://www.3cr.org.au/disabilityday2023 We’ll be back to normal programming on Sunday December 10.

Davita and Trev present the audio of Harley McDonald-Eckersall's presentation on the Palestinian Animal League, an organisation that operates in occupied Palestine. This talk is from a conference in 2019, where Harley shares what she learnt by visiting the Palestine Animal League and doing their tour. She discusses some of the aspects of their work, how it can be relevant to our local campaigns, and what key things can be take aways for our own advocacy efforts.  Links: Palestinian Animal League Website: https://pal.ps/ The video of Harley's presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6UjjVcN_28 (part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xsc7Qz0VFw (part 2) The accompanying PowerPoint, including links to resources mentioned in the talk: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10ZtYDjrBy4FGWs43qcobPAQNzIqjcIsl8J5MBz6NaV4/edit  Music Played: Marcel Khalife 'Ahmad Emerges from the Ancient Wounds' - https://marcelkhalife.bandcamp.com/album/ahmad-al-arabi Barkaa 'Division' - https://barkaa.lnk.to/Division

This week's episode is all about the Veganuary campaign which has inspired and supported millions of people all over the world to try vegan since 2014. Our guest is Jacqui, Veganuary campaign coordinator in Australia.  We talk to her about the concept of Veganuary, it's origins and impacts, and how to sign up and be supported in your new year's resolution to try a vegan lifestyle!  Helpful Links Recipes, shopping guide, nutrition and support information  www.vegkit.com International Veganuary website www.veganuary.com Plant Based News youtube channel (documentary on Veganuary to launch on Friday 17th of November) https://www.youtube.com/@PLANTBASEDNEWS Music What Was I made for? - Billie Eilish https://youtu.be/cW8VLC9nnTo?si=30cAZzmBWgkZtoPV Didn't cha know - Eryka Badu https://youtu.be/Np21rH7Ldto?si=CRM2SIwDK4EN0RRp It ain't over til it's over - Lenny Kravitz https://youtu.be/TmENMZFUU_0?si=15Jx55mFZpIwzCw6

Our episode this week Claire is joined by Caroline for a discussion of the book Pollution is Colonialism by Red River Métis/Michif Associate Professor of Geography at Memorial University Max Liboiron (they/them). Topics discussed: What really stood out for us from this book and why was it of interest. What challenged us most from this book.Useful links:https://maxliboiron.comCivic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR) https://civiclaboratory.nlQ&A with Max Liboiron, Author of Pollution is Colonialism https://dukeupress.wordpress.com/2021/05/14/qa-with-max-liboiron-author-of-pollution-is-colonialism/Pollution is Colonialism audiobook https://open.spotify.com/show/0EgGf7mdkuhdPK8fTAlam1?si=6c857e57b0144aacDecolonization is not a metaphor by Eve Tuck and K Wayne Yang https://clas.osu.edu/sites/clas.osu.edu/files/Tuck%20and%20Yang%202012%20Decolonization%20is%20not%20a%20metaphor.pdfVegans in solidarity with Palestine statement - sign here: forms.gle/ADKNhSzao5atb9iP8Music played: Land Back by the Halluci Nation Long Live Palestine by Lowkey

Content warning: we discuss genocide, violence and oppression in this show. We express our deep sorrow and grief as events unolding in Palestine, and our unwavering solidarity. In this show we talk about total liberation and why we think it's very important to stand against colonalism and genocide whenever and wherever it appears. We discuss the connections between forms of oppression such as racism and speciesism, and refer to The Vegan Bill of Consistent Anti-Oppression.  Free Palestine Melbourne have held weekly Palestinian Solidarity rallies in Narrm/Melbourne and we play the powerful and moving speeches that were recorded from the rally on Sunday October 22, 2023. Some links to read and organisations & people to follow:  The Anarchist Library: Total Liberation https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/total-liberation-anonymous-english The Vegan Bill of Consistent Anti-Oppression  https://www.consistentantioppression.com/?page_id=218 Dr Angela Davis on Palestine     https://www.aljazeera.com/program/upfront/2023/10/27/angela-davis-palestine-is-a-moral-litmus-test-for-the-world Free Palestine Melbourne  https://www.freepalestinevic.org/ Eye on Palestine  https://www.instagram.com/eye.on.palestine/ Palestinian Animal League https://pal.ps/ Sulala Animal Rescue https://sulalaanimalrescue.com/ Baladi-Palestine Animal Rescue   https://www.instagram.com/baladi.palestineanimalrescue/ Vegan in Palestine https://veganinpalestine.com/ Aoetearoa Liberation League https://www.all.org.nz/ Yara Eid: Palestinian war journalist and human rights advocate https://www.instagram.com/eid_yara/?hl=en  A Myth Busting Report Back from Palestine (from Progressive Podcast Australia, 2019) Dilan Fernando and Harley McDonald-Eckersall discuss their trip to Palestine where they spoke with local activists about life under Occupation and the history of Palestine.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2019/04/29/226/ https://sites.libsyn.com/451227/226-a-myth-busting-report-back-from-palestine Music played: Rasha Nahas - Wrood [from "Amrat", 2023] Terez Sliman - When Tables Will Turn [from "When the Waves", 2020] Ana Tijoux - Somos Sur (feat Shadia Mansour) [from "Vengo", 2014]  Thank you for listening. We welcome feedback from listeners on our shows. Please get in touch at freedomofspecies@gmail.com

Come along with us as we explore the history of World Vegan Day around the world and right here in Melbourne. World Vegan Day was founded by the UK Vegan Society in 1994 to mark the 50th anniversary of the inception of The Vegan Society. Today World Vegan Day (November 1st) is celebrated around the world with a variety of events and activities.  We are joined by our guest Malia Donovan, a long term activist who was on the committee organising the World Vegan Day Melbourne event who now runs her own vegan hospitality business Little Mylkbar. One of our hosts Meg on the show today is a Co Founder of World Vegan Day Melbourne. What is the significance of World Vegan Day (and World Vegan Week and Month)? How did the World Vegan Day Melbourne event change the vegan landscape here in Melbourne?  How will you be celebrating World Vegan Day?  The Vegan Society UK World Vegan Day link https://www.vegansociety.com/news/news/world-vegan-day  Little Mylkbar https://littlemylkbar.com.au/ https://instagram.com/littlemylkbar?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==  World Vegan Day eventsMelbourne https://facebook.com/events/s/world-vegan-day-with-nadia-fra/5782501648519972/ Perthhttps://facebook.com/events/s/world-vegan-day-perth-2023/277287671835412/ NSWVegan Campout Australia (World Vegan Month)https://facebook.com/events/s/vegan-camp-out-australia-2023/862737264415703/  Music is three demo songs from local Melbourne Vegan outfit Privateer. The Last Machine Lies Finally at Rest https://soundcloud.com/privateer_band/the-last-machine-lies-finally-at-rest-demo Sarajevo https://soundcloud.com/privateer_band/sarajevo-1 You call my Name https://soundcloud.com/privateer_band/you-call-my-name-demo

We discuss the documentary film Stray that follows dogs on the streets of Istanbul, Turkey and examines their daily lives and their search for food, shelter and at times, company. The dogs are not defined by relationships with people, yet their lives often intersect with a group of teenagers who are refugees from Syria. Turkey is one of the few countries that prohibits killing stray dogs. Stray | Official Movie Website | A Magnolia Pictures Film | Directed ... https://www.straymovie.com/ We also spoke about the book Radical Companionship: Rejecting Pethood and Embracing our Multispecies World by Aiyana Goodfellow.  Radical Companionship https://www.radicalcompanionship.com/the-book/ Music played: Suldusk from the album Lunar Falls: The Elm and Drogue. Lunar Falls | Suldusk https://suldusk1.bandcamp.com/album/lunar-falls If you have any feedback on this or any other show, please contact us at freedomofspecies@gmail.com

Join us as we delve into the dodgy 'sport' of horse racing and the infamous Melbourne Cup. In this episode we talk to the founder of The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses and long term animal activist Elio Celotto about his introduction to animal activism, the highly successful Nup to the Cup campaign and the horse racing industry in general. Nup to the Cup official websitehttps://nuptothecup.org/ Coalition for the Protection of Racehorseshttps://horseracingkills.com/The Final Race Expose documentaryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp-ALoBRW20 Nup to the cup events across AustraliaCPR Events page: https://nuptothecup.org/events-near-you/?fbclid=IwAR2VK7PRvX7AaFWcBoG_duBvM2qzAaOv6_645J56PywAklCD-4dT6W6CvaI  Victoria Flemington https://www.facebook.com/events/1395092991074881 Selby https://www.facebook.com/events/3230504473920503/ Glenrowan https://www.facebook.com/events/1476820146436776/ Ballarat https://www.facebook.com/events/280344338230633/ Geelong (Geelong Cup on 25/10/23) https://facebook.com/events/s/protest-the-geelong-cup/321442800566805/  NSW Chippendale https://www.facebook.com/events/199240436400078/ North Curl Curl https://www.facebook.com/events/143400222130920/  Queensland Bowen Hills https://www.facebook.com/events/966348791250234/ Surfers Paradise https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/just-another-drag-show-tickets-718254086307?aff=oddtdtcreator Edge Hill https://events.humanitix.com/high-tea-fundraiser-featuring-the-canine-cup?fbclid=IwAR1S2pbnLs8GJA6J1P1vEZK-SG9mwWMhQOYubqrPzXcJydeipR8kEEAhrms  ACT Canberra https://facebook.com/events/s/compassionate-stakes-t-rex-rac/945862169845208/  Music Nup to the Cup! by Jacob Brizzi https://spotify.link/GNS3y2mIADb Mantle Piece by Jacob Brizzi https://soundcloud.com/user-906549963/mantle-piece Fighting for Love by Jacob Brizzi https://soundcloud.com/user-906549963/fighting-for-love

Our guest this week is Davita Coronel, a PhD student at Deakin University with an interest in cultural relationships with animals on colonised lands. Her work explores what it takes to learn to live with flying-foxes in an anthropocentric and settler-colonial society.  Topics include: How Davita chose her PhD topic of a feminist and Indigneous ethics of care for living with flying foxes.What research questions she brought to this project.What her data gathering process included and what some of her experiences were. What the central findings of her project were.The kinds of theorising around care she engaged with in analysing her findings. And what these approaches to care can offer vegan philosophies and activism in the settler colonial context of Australia.  Useful links:Friends of Bats and Bushcare: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1848562278748974/Friends of Bats and Bushcare: https://www.parkconnect.vic.gov.au/Volunteer/group_details_public/?id=d7d85384-dc4b-e711-813b-e0071b676d01Getting to Know Microbats in Melbourne - FoS episode: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/getting-know-microbats-melbourne Animals and Colonialism - FoS episode: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202203061300/animals-and-colonialismAnimal Voices - FoS episode: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202112261300/animal-voicesLife Upside Down - FoS episode: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202110311300/life-upside-down-bat-chat Music played: Seen by Mi-Kaisha Stressed Out by Ziggy RamoDon’t you worry by Electric Fields  Freedom of Species' Spotify playlist can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3TJQujKYjGFoFP6LhBbaTS Image credit: Davita Coronel

Ondine Sherman is a life-long animal advocate, and is passionate about promoting respect and compassion for all creatures. She is the author of Vegan Living; A simple guide to cruelty-free, healthy plant-based life (2020), and Young Adult fiction, the Animal Allies series: Sky (2019), Snow (2019), and Star (2021). Ondine’s memoir, The Miracle of Love (2013) recounts her journey with her identical twin boys with severe disabilities (MCT8 disorder). In 2004 Ondine co-founded Voiceless, the animal protection institute with her father Brian Sherman AM and she is the organisation's Managing Director. Voiceless supports and invests in impactful people and projects to foster pro-animal values and create lasting systemic change. Since it's inception, Voiceless has used a myriad of tools and strategies to address institutionalised animal cruelty and create change. These have included in-depth reports on animal-use industries, public awareness campaigns, animal law and policy, and much more.  Ondine is currently a PhD student focussing on Critical Animal Studies, and holds a BA in Communications and an MA in Environmental Studies.   Links: Voiceless: https://voiceless.org.au/ Ondine's writing and books: https://www.ondinesherman.com/books  Music we played:This is How We Walk on the Moon by Jose GonzalesWeak by Asaf Avidan and the MojosDreamer by The Angelcy    Thank you for listenting to Freedom of Species and supporting discussions about animal rights, advocacy and topical animal-related issues on 3CR. If you have any feedback on any of our shows, please contact the FoS team at freedomofspecies@gmail.com