Austerity and resistance in Greece

July 2, 2012
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The broad-based social movement that has grown in opposition to austerity in Greece has moved from Syntagma Square to workplaces, hospitals, and schools across the country. High school and university students have been active in the struggles, occupying schools and universities. In this edition of Blazing Textbooks we talk with Melbourne based Greek-Australian activist Alex Kakafikas […]

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Radicalising Sex & Consent on Campus

June 6, 2012
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Radicalising Sex & Consent on Campus

In May 2012, the Queer & Women's Departments of Melbourne University put on Rad Sex & Consent Week for the second time, aimed at re-educating and re-thinking cultures of sex, desire, relationships and most importantly, consent. A young Liberal student didn't get the memo on consent, and without asking participants, recorded a workshop called Arsehole Education & passed it onto the Herald Sun. The article in the Herald Sun claimed that there was controversy and "furore" over Rad Sex & Consent Week.

Listen to the voices of students who attended a range of Rad Sex & Consent Week workshops.

by Ania Anderst.

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Tafe Cuts – Quebec Student Protest

May 12, 2012
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James and Sharne roundup the news on the massive cuts planned by the Victorian state government and also the events taking place over the last week in Quebec as the longest running student strike continues. Checkout the campaing against the TAFE cuts at: http://www.tafe4all.org.au and the Quebecois campaign: http://www.stopthehike.ca/ |Jf|

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Fresh Cuts

May 5, 2012
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Privatisation by stealth in the Victorian TAFE sector. Students and staff combine to fight cuts at Sydney University. Listen to the podcast of our interview with Sydney Uni student activist Clare below.

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Not Just a School

March 3, 2012
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Blazing Textbooks focusses today on the campaign to save Ballert Mooroop College, Melbourne’s only indigenous high school from closure at the hands of the education department. Including an interview with Aunty Barbara Williams/Weston an elder who’s passionate about the school’s ongoing importance to its students and the community. The campaign website: http://ballerrtmooroop.org/?q=content%2Fsave-ballerrt-mooroop-college-gathering-sunday Podcast at 3CR […]

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Debt – part 3

February 17, 2012
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The student is not home, out of time, out of place, without credit, in bad debt. The student is a bad debtor threatened with credit. The student runs from credit. Credit pursues the student, offering to match credit for debt until enough debts and enough credits have piled up. But the student has a habit, […]

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Debt – parts 1 & 2

February 11, 2012
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If the Great Financial Crisis was a person (shaking the world with its first crying breaths circa 2008) it would already be talking - and if you asked it about education it would probably say 'cuts', 'higher fees' and 'less places'.

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☼☼☼BL▲ZING≈TEXTB✬✬KS SUMMER IS HERE☼☼☼

December 22, 2011
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Over the next month we’ll be playing repeats from the last 12 months, so you can catch-up if you missed out! ☼ Sat 24/12/11: We talk to Fregmonto Stokes about the role of theatre in popular education and social movements +++plus we’re joined by Max Gillies as Robert Doyle for #Occupy Christmas. ☼Sat 31/12/11: We […]

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#Occupy Christmas – popular education through theatre

December 10, 2011
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This week we discuss popular education through theatre with prolific political playwright Fregmonto Stokes (Melbourne Model the Musical, Endarkenment…) Plus we’re joined by renown satirist Max Gillies as our Lord Mayor about town Robert Doyle, talking about Occupy Melbourne and all he wants for Christmas! >Listen to the full podcast here<   Or you can […]

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The rogue voice in education 4 years on…

December 1, 2011
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Today marks four years of Blazing Textbooks on the air — that’s a long time in radio years! Broadcasting form 3CR Community Radio in Melbourne (as well as live streaming and in podcast) Blazing Textbooks has been scorching the airwaves with news, views, interviews and analysis from an anti-capitalist perspective on current issues in education […]

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