Social Justice Warriors

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Sinopsis

This programme is all about all things to do with social justice.Topics include such things as human rights, environmental issues, animals rights, and poverty.

Episodios

  • The Confucius Institute

    29/03/2019 Duración: 30min

    For this episode of Social Justice Warriors, Matt Buckley interviews Doris Liu about her documentary film In The Name Of Confucius. The film investigates the organisation The Confucius Institute, which seeks to influence educational institutions around the world.

  • Fox News Accused of Fraud

    15/12/2017 Duración: 01h33min

    For this episode of Social Justice Warriors, Matt Buckley interviews former Fox News contributor Tobin Smith. Tobin Smith is writing a book about Fox News entitled Fear and Unbalanced: Confessions of a Fox News Hitman. Tobin Smith claims that Fox News is biased to the right-wing side of politics, is addictive, and is a cult. He also says that the debates and panel discussions broadcast on Fox News are rigged, and that therefore the network is guilty of deliberately deceiving its viewers on a regular basis. He says that Fox News is just as dishonest as the rigged television game shows of the 1950s.

  • A Crude Injustice

    02/12/2017 Duración: 20min

    For this episode of Social Justice Warriors, Matt Buckley interviews Jane Hammond about her documentary film A Crude Injustice. A Crude Injustice is about an oil spill in Indonesia and its consequences both for the natural environment and on local people.

  • Debunking Holocaust Denial

    19/04/2017 Duración: 01h18min

    For this episode of Social Justice Warriors, Matt Buckley interviews Andrew Mathis from Holocaust Controversies, which debunks arguments used to deny the Nazi Holocaust.

  • The Scourge Of So-Called "Honour Killings"

    25/01/2017 Duración: 50min

    For this episode of Social Justice Warriors, Matt Buckley interviews award-winning Jordanian journalist/activist Rana Husseini, who is the author of the book Murder In The Name Of Honour. The book and the interview are about the problem of so-called "honour killings". A so-called "honour killing" is the murder of a person for supposedly bringing shame or dishonour upon her or his family and/or the family of the person with whom the victim is in a relationship.  Of the victims of so-called "honour killings", the overwhelming majority are female and a small percentage are male. So-called "honour killings" are usually committed by members of the victim's family. However, there are also cases of so-called "honour killings" of which the perpetrators are family members of a person with whom the victim is in a relationship.

  • The Ethnic Cleansings of Native Americans and African-Americans From Forsyth

    23/12/2016 Duración: 56min

    The county of Forsyth, Georgia, U.S.A. has been the site of two cases of ethnic cleansing. The first case of ethnic cleansing committed in Forsyth was committed in the 1830s against the Native American people indigenous to the area. The second case of ethnic cleansing committed in Forsyth was committed in 1912 against the county's African-American population. For this episode of Social Justice Warriors, Matt Buckley interviews Patrick Phillips, who is the author of the book Blood At The Root - A Racial Cleansing In America, which is about the ethnic cleansing committed against African-Americans in Forsyth in 1912. The book also deals with the ethnic cleansing committed against Native Americans in the 1830s.

  • Reformed Racist

    20/12/2016 Duración: 17min

    In this episode of Social Justice Warriors, Matt Buckley interviews Scott Shepherd. Scott Shepherd is a former white supremacist who, having abjured white supremacism, now spends his time and energy speaking out against racism.

  • Power To The Poor - Silent No More: What Climate Change Will Mean For The Poor In Australia

    14/11/2016 Duración: 01h04min

    This is a recording of a speech entitled "What Climate Change Will Mean For The Poor In Australia". The speech was by Doctor Scott Hanson-Easey and Doctor Danielle Every from the National Climate Change Research Facility. The speech was part of the programme of the conference entitled "Power To The Poor - Silent No More", which was held by the Anti-Poverty Network of South Australia from the 21st to the 22nd of October, 2016. The conference was held at the Clayton Wesley Uniting Church, which is in the Adelaide suburb of Norwood.

  • Power To The Poor - Silent No More: Smash The Pokies

    13/11/2016 Duración: 28min

    This is a recording of a seminar entitled "Smash The Pokies". The seminar was presented by Sharon Hollamby. The seminar was  part of the programme of the conference entitled "Power To The Poor - Silent No More", which was held by the Anti-Poverty Network of South Australia. "Power To The Poor - Silent No More" was held from the 21st to the 22nd of October, 2016 at the Clayton Wesley Uniting Church, which is in the Adelaide suburb of Norwood.

  • Brainwashing By Right-Wing Media

    04/10/2016 Duración: 53min

    In this episode of Social Justice Warriors, Matt Buckley interviews Jen Senko, who is the director of the documentary film The Brainwashing Of My Dad. The Brainwashing Of My Dad details the effects that listening to right-wing talkback radio  had on her father. Prior to listening to right-wing talkback radio, Jen Senko's father was an open-minded and compassionate person who was largely apolitical and tended to vote for the Democrats. After he started listening to right-wing talkback radio on his drive to and from work each day, he became a hateful, dogmatic, right-wing fanatic. The film shows that listening to right-wing talkback radio and watching Fox News has had the same effect on numerous other Americans. The film also details how the U.S.A.'s right-wing media industry came about.

  • Yelp Controversy

    30/09/2016 Duración: 21min

    In this episode of Social Justice Warriors, Matt Buckley interviews Kaylie Milliken, who is the director of the documentary film Billion Dollar Bully, which investigates allegations that the business-reviewing website Yelp uses its influence on consumers to extort businesses. This episode of Social Justice Warriors also includes Yelp's response to the allegations.

  • Genocide in Vietnam

    16/09/2016 Duración: 43min

    The Montagnards, also known as the Degars, are the indigenous peoples of the Vietnamese highlands. In this episode of Social Justice Warriors, Matt Buckley interviews Scott Johnson from Montagnard rights group The Montagnard Foundation, Inc. about the Montangards' plight.