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Progressive Podcast Australia


May 1, 2016

- This episode features a selection of speeches from the Rally to Bring Them Here in Melbourne. - This rally took place in light of Papua New Guineas Supreme Court ruling that Manus Island Detention Centre is illegal and Omid, an Iranian refugee, dying after setting himself alight as an act of political resistance. - Refugees actively resisting their own oppression inside detention centres. - The importance of avoiding nationalism in pro-refugee movements. - The limitations of the Let Them Stay campaign. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2016/05/02/133/