Let's Talk - Black Power
Tune in each Tuesday for Let’s Talk – Black Power with your host, Ruby Wharton. Each week, Ruby will be bringing the frontlines to the airwaves, sharing and amplifying the work of activists, organisers, artists and academics from all around the country, and honouring the legacy of independent Black media in the struggle for justice, land and liberation. From struggles for land rights and self-determination to the ongoing fight against prisons and policing, tune in for your weekly reminder of the strength, power, and joy of Blackfullas on this continent, and the ongoing work of dismantling the colony, piece by piece.
LT Black Power w Dr. Amy McQuire & Nick Chesterfield live at UQ Student Encampment
This week on Let’s Talk – Black Power, special guest host Kevin Yow Yeh brings you another special recording live from the UQ Students for Palestine encampment at the University of Queensland. Listen in to a rich and wide-ranging conversation between Darumbal and South Sea Islander scholar and journalist Dr. Amy McQuire and insurgent Blak […]
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LT - Black Power: Queer & Trans Liberation & Free West Papua
In this special LIVE episode of Let’s Talk – Black Power, Ruby kicks off with a chat with fellow ‘Black-queer-nepo-baby’ Matt Bond (he/him). Matt is a Munanjahli, Bidjara and South Sea Islander young person and the second eldest of five children. He graduated from Glenala High in 2022 and has undertaken work with Inala Wangarra […]
Listen >>LT - Black Power with Ruby Wharton & Kevin Yow Yeh
This week on Let’s Talk – Black Power, Ruby & special guest co-host Kevin Yow Yeh bring us into April with their round-up of the crisis conditions of the present moment, and the many struggles for justice, freedom, liberation, dignity and accountability that are being fought on every horizon. They reflect on the intensifying moral […]
Listen >>LT - Black Power - Weaving our Stories with Yessie Mosby & Rikki Dank
Today on Let’s Talk – Black Power, Ruby brings you a powerful recording from an incredible event hosted by 350.org, Our Islands Our Home, Gudanji for Country & Conscious Mic, Weaving Our Stories. In this rich and beautiful episode, Ruby shares the words of Kulkalgal man, artist, father, craftsman and Torres Strait 8 claimant, Yessie […]
Listen >>LT - Black Power - The Palestinian Matriarchy & Blackfulla Palestinian Solidarity LIVE at King George Square
This week on Let’s Talk – Black Power, Ruby takes you to King George Square on Sunday 3rd March this year to learn from the remarkable history and present of Palestinian women’s liberation organising. We hear from Jackie, an organiser with Shut Down Ferra, a local collective committed to challenging the complicity of the queensland […]
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