Jonno's political musings

Jan 14 2025 8 ep. 35 mins
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I'm a 36-year-old writer, musician and community worker who served as Brisbane's first ever Greens city councillor from 2016 until 2023, after which I ran for Mayor of Brisbane in the March 2024 local government elections. I write regularly at www.jonathansri.com about Queensland politics, green municipalism, anti-colonial anarchism and whatever else takes my fancy. Occasionally I record audio versions of some of those articles, or discussions with interesting people, which I'll share on this platform.

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Towards a new political orientation for the Greens

Jan 14 2025 46 mins  
This is an audio narration of my December 2024 opinion piece evaluating the effectiveness of the Australian Greens' current strategic approach, and exploring the case for a deeper transformation of how the party operates and orients politically, including its messaging, its broad vision and its parliamentary strategy. With the 2025 federal election on the horizon, where the Greens

Interview with Remah Naji, Greens candidate for Moreton and the first Palestinian-Australian woman to run for parliament

Nov 14 2024 28 mins  
Recently I sat down for a casual chat with Remah Naji. Remah is a Palestinian-Australian mum of two, an educator, a community organiser, and the Greens candidate for the electorate of Moreton (on Brisbane's south side) for the 2025 federal election. You can read a transcript of this interview on my blog at jonathansri.com/remahinterview

Labor lost the Queensland election a year ago: Unpacking strategic missteps on youth crime

Nov 02 2024 22 mins  
This is an audio narration of one of the opinion pieces I wrote after Queensland's October 2024 state election campaign. It explores the role of the police and the media in spreading narratives about 'youth crime' being 'out of control' in the lead-up to the election, as well as mistakes made by both the Greens and the Labor party in how they responded to the Liberal National Party

Huge gains on our most ‘radical’ platform yet - a post-election debrief with Sam

Apr 08 2024 39 mins  
The results have now been finalised for the 2024 Brisbane City Council election. After running on our boldest campaign platform yet - with plans to freeze rents, crack down on land-banking, make public transport free and frequent, ban council-owned pokies, replace houseracing tracks with public housing and more - The Greens have gained huge swings in both the mayoralty and citywide

Mehreen Faruqi : Imperialism, colonialism and the struggle for a better world with Jonathan Sriranganathan

Jan 28 2024 66 mins  
On the day after the invasion day march, Sat 27 January, Jonathan hosted a Q&A session with the Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens, Mehreen Faruqi, who’s was up from NSW for the weekend. They discussed a range of issues, with a particular focus on what’s happening in the Middle East and how this connects to colonialism here in Australia and in other parts of the world.

Youngest Candidate in Council Election, River Kearns

Jan 28 2024 21 mins  
River Kearns is the Greens candidate for Tennyson. They are the youngest candidate (21 years old) contesting in the Brisbane City Council election! Jonno and River talk the justice system, sustainable infrastructure, the nitty-gritty of Brisbane's housing crisis and green community spaces. Sign up to volunteer, donate to Jonno's Mayoral Campaign, and find all Jonnos socia

Electoralism is not enough with Anna Carlson

Oct 08 2023 27 mins  
Anna is a community organiser, co-founder and organiser the Brisbane Free University, Executive Producer for 4ZZZs Radio reversal and a freelance radio producer, illustrator, and writer. She is based in Brisbane, and is too scared of the cold to move to Melbourne. Anna and Jonno question problematic institutions and our involvement with them, the challenges of electoral politics an

Mayoral Campaign Briefing with Jonno + Aleesha

Sep 03 2023 27 mins  
Jonno sits down with Aleesha, a volunteer on the Mayoral Campaign team for some introductory questions to kick things off. Support the campaign at https://www.jonathansri.com/ Some initial questions are answered here : Why did you want to run for mayor ? Why do you think now is the time that local people are getting involved in local council politics? What's the role of local