Grapefruits vs Apartheid
6/21/202626 min
In a Dublin supermarket in 1984, a young woman makes a split-second decision.
She refuses to sell two grapefruits. Her job is on the line, and there’s a recession raging across the country. But she’s doing it for the human rights of people thousands of kilometres away, that she’s never even met.
Marc Fennell (Stuff The British Stole) is joined by Mary Manning to hear the story of how a union strike took her on a wild and unforgettable adventure, where she ended up meeting world icons and changing the law.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 1· Soundbite0:00
[electronic music] ABC Listen. Podcasts, radio, news, music, and more [upbeat music] From an Ipswich fish and chip shop to the epicenter of Australian politics.
Marc Fennell· Host0:12
[crowd cheering] Please explain.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:13
Pauline Hanson- One Nation's rise ... is making One Nation.
Marc Fennell· Host0:15
This is the unlikely story of One Nation.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:18
Well, I'm back.
Marc Fennell· Host0:19
Is it a passing protest vote or a permanent realignment of Australian politics? Whether you love her or hate her, truth is stranger than fiction. The Making of One Nation. To hear the full series, search for The Making of One Nation on ABC Listen. [gentle music] In a Dublin supermarket, a young woman is working at the checkout, and like most 21-year-olds, this job is really just there to get cash for fun Her aim in life was to get enough money to go out on the weekend She's a pretty shy girl, does what she's told. That is, until one day, a customer wants to buy something that she will refuse to sell We wanted to get the message around about what's happening But it was something happening 14,000 kilometers away, a war raging between freedom and oppression, between fear and defiance We didn't change apartheid, but we certainly, I suppose, brought attention to it My name is Mark Fennell, and this is the wild saga of a handful of young women in