Ep 49: Rebel Without a Pause
With anti-vax and anti-lockdown protests roiling in cities across the Eastern seaboard, David and Michelle look back at the “Golden Age” of protest of the late 60s & early 70s, when peaceniks, aboriginal rights activists and bra-burning feminists came under ASIO’s watchful eye. Why were Australians so quick to protest, why was ASIO so focused on the demonstrators, and what did feminists do to stop the spooks from listening in to their conversations? And what does all this mean in the age of Covid?Dust off your gas mask, hold your placard high, prepare to man (or woman) the barricades and chant:Hey hey! Ho ho! That guy with the camera is from ASIO!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.