The Poor Can Feed The Birds is hosted by Tom Tanuki, and covers participatory politics and activism around Australia. It covers rallies and actions upcoming and past, and takes part in the growing activist movement to change Australia and the world - while talking to the people at the front lines.
Episodes
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
How to express concerns over Chinese surveillance state apparatus, and the threat of it coming over here, without falling into the company of unhinged conspiracy theorists? Can we ask questions about how China has handled the pandemic without playing into the hands of nationalists, racists and war hawks? Are there seriously 5G surveillance state promo commercials in China?? What's the HUMAN FLESH SEARCH ENGINE???
To answer these questions I talked to Dr Kaz, an Asian Studies researcher at an Australian university, about all things China. An excellent yarn! All this and more in this... the latest ep of WAR ROOM: PANDEMIC.
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Solidarity with BLM. Justice for George Floyd and for Black & Indigenous people murdered by the state locally and abroad. Tips and thoughts on how to stay safe - and useful - at rallies. How - if at all - to rally during COVID-19, what to do before & during a rally, what/who to watch out for, and a few observations on what happens in more tense situations. Donation links can be found here: click.
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Cam Smith (https://twitter.com/sexenheimer) and I talk about the Aussie anti-lockdown movement, and we award the GOLDEN TRUTHSEEKER BADGE to the best anti-lockdown figurehead! Who will win?!??? *METAL AF NEW BANNER DESIGN by the legend Poongoat (https://www.instagram.com/poongoat/). *Buy Cam Smith’s e-Book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Hot-Knockers-Cam-Smith-ebook/dp/B00CMQFHIU ***SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/tomtanuki
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
slackbastard unreasonably forces me to eat musk sticks while we talk about Australian fascist group The Lads Society.
* slacky's blog: https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/
* slacky's Twitter: https://twitter.com/slackbastard
* SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/tomtanuki
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
I chat to dedicated animal rights activist and friend Betty Melon, and learn about AR activism, consistent anti-oppression, the communication breakdowns that happen between AR and non-AR activists and how we might avoid them. Also we discuss far-right kooks who hang about AR rallies with raw steaks in their mouth clearly loving life, and various big-name vegan foghorns like Joey Carbstrong, Freelee the Banana Girl and Anonymous for the Voiceless - and how they don't represent consistent anti-oppression.
Links from Betty: '
* Consistent Anti-Oppression: http://www.consistentantioppression.com/
* Christopher Sebastian article: https://www.christophersebastian.info/post/2018/10/20/if-veganism-is-racist-and-classist-bad-news-for-nonveganism
* Eating Animals and the Alt-Right: https://youtu.be/PvHMEAy2A7o
* Vegan Voices of Colour: https://veganvoicesofcolor.com/
* Food is Power: https://foodispower.org/
* Species Revolution: https://www.speciesrevolution.org/home_mobile/
SUPPORT YA BOY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/tomtanuki
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
I speak to Sophia, a healthcare worker and a mate, about her experience contracting - and not dying of - COVID-19. We talk about what it's like... the shocking treatment she received in Victorian Government hotel quarantine... the all-staff email she sent to an entire DHHS department just to get them to do something... and why she's currently got her face stuck in a big tin of Nescafe Blend 43.
support ya boy: https://patreon.com/tomtanuki
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
An explainer on QAnon, what the hell Aussie Q is, children in tunnels, and more.
QAnon Anonymous podcast: https://twitter.com/QanonAnonymous
Qult Headquarters Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qult_Headquarters/
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Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Continuing my run of anti-lockdown-related explainer eps, here I touch on sovereign citizenry, OPCAs, the 'hidden Constitution', how the guvamunt is actually a corporation. What's that got to do with the anti-lockdown movement? Well.
'Freeman Delusion' blog: https://freemandelusion.wordpress.com/
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Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
In this house we like to celebrate SEX WORKER PRIDE DAY (14/9) by speaking to sex workers Anita & Lilly for a bit of a sex work 101! We also plug the Emergency Support Fund for Sex Workers in Australia. Also, Anita tries to correct me on what a real findom arrangement is because my Patreon seems to get it the wrong way around. They'll never understand what makes us special, daddy. SUPPORT SEX WORKERS PLS
* 'GLORYHOLES' EVENT (TONITE 14/9/20!): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gloryhole-night-of-sex-worker-storiesfundraisersex-worker-pride-day-149-tickets-116408168967
* EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUND: https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support
* SCARLET ALLIANCE: http://www.scarletalliance.org.au/
* SALOME'S CIRCLE (Melb sw peer support group):
http://www.facebook.com/salomescircle
* SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/tomtanuki
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
I speak to the lads from the As A White Man podcast. We discuss their fine town of Newcastle, how much everyone really enjoys and understands the name of their podcast, and the importance of calling out gronks. We also force Newcastle's shame Isaac Butterfield to meet us in the Honeysuckle Precinct at midnight to hand over his unsolicited dick pics.
* 'AS A WHITE MAN' POD: https://twitter.com/asawhiteman
* SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/tomtanuki