Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewarth, Rob Zucchi, ZaraNewsreportsPresenters discuss the inspiring pro-palestine campus movement in the United States and how it has been met with severe police repression. Report on a victory of the Hume for Palestine campaign against Heat Treatment Australia following sustained community pickets.Interviews and DiscussionsAngela Carr, family violence worker, member of Socialist Alliance discusses the systematic roots of violence against woman and why Labor's $925 million domestic violence package doesn't go far enough. You can listen to the individual interview here.Madi Line, activist with Students 4 Palestine Monash and university student speaks about why people need to support the Monash Gaza Solidarity encampment set up on 1 May. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Chloe DS, Rob Zucchi, Zane AlcornNewsreportsPresenters discuss the following issues.Iran's recent drone strike against Israel and the hypocrisy of Western powers who are escalating conflict in the Middle-East drawing on a statement published by Socialist Alliance.The racism of the Albanese government in response to the Bondi junction stabbing and the granting of permanent visas is relation to the French man who confronted the attacker.Interviews and DiscussionNathalie Farah, Palestinian and a spokesperson for Hume 4 Palestine gives a live report on the community picket to shut down Heat Treatment Australia (HTA) which is the 15th day that activists have shut down work at the factory.HTA process parts for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Jets used to bomb Gaza.You can listen to the individual interview here.James Godfrey, spokesperson for Freedom Flotilla Coalition joins the program to talk about the upcoming Flotilla for Gaza which will sail in mid April with multiple vessels carrying 5500 tons of humantarian aid to Gaza as a means of challenging the ongoing illegal Israeli blockade of the Gaza strip. You can listen to the individual interview here.More information on the Freedom Flotilla can be found here: https://freedomflotilla.org/Songs played999 by Kid Kapichi 

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Chloe DS, Rob ZucchiNewsreportThe presenters discuss the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza by Israel and the shameless hypocritical response from the Albanese government. Interviews and DiscussionJonathan Sriranganathan, former Brisbane City Councillor for the Gabba Ward and Greens candidate for Mayor of Brisbane from the recent council elections in Queensland discusses his reflections on the declining support for the major parties within Australian politics and what role the Greens should play as a left-wing force. You can listen to the individual interview here.Rathi, refugee and indigenious person from Tamil Eelam and founder of Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality (WAVE) discusses the changes to the Migration Amendment bill being pushed by the Albanese government and why they must be opposed. You can listen to the individual interview here.Songs playedPapier Mache Cave by FiretailFlood by Stella DonnellyPretty Grim by Ruby Fields

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Rob Zucchi, Zane AlcornNewsreportPresenters respond to Peter Dutton's push to embrace nuclear power and why it should be opposed.Discussion of Green Left newsreport Under pressure, Labor reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide and why we need to be demanding more support for Palestinian refugees fleeing genocide in Gaza from the Albanese government.Long-time refugee rights and tamil activist Aran Myivaganam facing charges for organising a protest inside Immigration Minister Andrew Gile's office in Thomastown. Funds are being raised for his legal appeal: https://chuffed.org/project/108305-justice-and-solidarity-supporting-peaceful-protesters-and-refugee-rights.Interviews and DiscussionDeptuty President of the Socialist Party of Malaysia Arul discusses the possibility of greater left unity and the history of left wing currents in Malaysia. You can view the recording here.Mark Conroy, spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion in Victoria joins the program to talk about the repression of peaceful climate protests with the escalation of police repression against XR activists Violet CoCo and Brad Homewood who face potential imprisonment of up to two months for thir role in a climate emegency protest on the Westgate Bridge on 5 March. You can listen to the individual interview here.Narges, a Iranian refugee who has been on a bridging visa for more than 12-years and part of 12,000 Captive Souls, a refugee-led group fighting for permanant visas for all refugees in so-called Australia. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Chloe DS, Jacob Andrewartha, Rob Zucchi.NewsreportThe presenters discuss how visas for Palestinians escaping Israel's invasion of Gaza have been cancelled by the Albanese government mid-transit.News from Green LeftWho’s afraid of Leila Khaled? (and why she should be allowed to speak in Australia)Interviews and DiscussionsMuhammad Helmy, Palestine solidarity activist and member of the Egyptian community in Naarm/Melbourne discusses Egypt's response to Israel's genocide in Gaza and their complicity in enabling it. You can listen to the individual interview here.Nathalie Farah, Palestinian and a spokesperson for Hume 4 Palestine gives a live report on the third community picket at Heat Treatment Australia (HTA) factory in Campbellfield. You can listen to the individual interview here.Jason Array, healthcare worker and activist with Trade Unionists for Palestine reports on how healthcare workers have campaigned for Palestine solidarity in their workplaces. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Part of 3CR's special 24-hour International Women's Day broadcastPresenters: Chloe DS, Sue Bolton and Mary MerkenichNewsreportDiscussion from the presenters about the significance of International Woman's day and it's radical history and why Palestine needs to be kept front and centre about any discussions on woman's liberation.Interviews and DiscussionsCyndi Makabory, proud Waropen/Biak, Melanesian woman and West Papuan activist joins the program to discuss the resistance to the West Papua occupation and how the impacts of the occupation disproportinately impact on woman. Note: Interview was cut short due to technical issues.Nathalie Farah, Palestinian and a spokesperson for Hume 4 Palestine gives a live report on the community picket that successfully shut down the Heat Treatment Australia (HTA) factory in Campbellfield for the entire day. You can listen to the individual interview here.Rand Dawish, Palestinian woman from Palestine Justice Campaign in Gadigal/Sydney joins the program to discuss why supporting Palestine is fundamentally a feminist issue. You can listen to the individual interview here.Sonia Qadir, Pakistani socialist and feminist based in Gadigal/Sydney joins the program to talk about the issues affecting woman's rights in Pakistan. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Chloe DS & Jacob AndrewarthaNews reportsPresenters discuss the hysterical government response to the 40 asylum seekers found on a boat in Western Australia and why it's based on racism.Discussion about Social and Community Services (SACS) workers taking unprotected industrial action and walking out of work for Palestine on February 22.Interviews and DiscussionsRecording of a interview with Leila Khaled, iconic Palestinian revolutionary activist living in exile. A member of the national committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and a representative on the Palestine National Council, giving an exclusive interview to Green Left on February 18. You can view the interview via Green Left.Angela Carr, community services worker and member of Socialist Alliance joins the program to discuss the social roots of homelessness responding to a recent report that Homeless Australians are dying at age 44 on average. You can listen to the individual interview here.Gaye Demanuele from the Whistleblowers, Activists and Communities Alliance (WACA) joins the program to discuss the occupation of the Rosebank aerospace factory in Bayswater. Rosebank is the sole producer of F-35's "uplock actuators" that allow it to open and close the weapon bay doors of F-35 fighters. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Rob Zucchi, Jordan AKNews reportsPresenters give the following newsreport drawing from the pages of Green LeftRound-the-clock People's Picket for Palestine sets up at Prime Minister’s office Dutch court orders gov't to stop military exports to IsraelRussia: Anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky sentenced to five years’ jailInterviews and DiscussionsReem Yunis, Palestinian-Australian activist and the Victorian Socialist candidate for the upcoming Dunkley by-election joins the program to talk about the upcoming by-election and why Victorian Socialists presents a alternative to the major parties. You can listen to the individual interview here.Zane Alcorn, 3CR presenter and writer for Green Left joins the program to discuss the broad support the Port Stephens wind farm project recieved in Newcastle, despite the concerted right-wing campaign on renewable energy. You can listen to the individual interview here.Lara Week, resident at Techno Park in the western suburbs joins the program to discuss the ongoing campaign to stop the eviction of residents who live in the Techno Park Estate. You can listen to the individual interview here.Songs playedLong Live Palestine by Lowkey 

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Zane Alcorn, Chloe DS, Rob Zucchi.News reportsPresenters discuss the impacts of the homelessness crisis drawing on a investigation from the Guardian that found people experiencing homelessness are dying at the age of 44.Interviews and DiscussionsMecedes Zanker from Renegade Activists joins the program to discuss the role of Australian weapons manufacturer Heat Treatment Australia (HTA) in the ongoing genocide in Gaza and how they are part of the millitary industrial complex within so-called Australia. You can listen to the individual interview here.Lional Bopage, member of the Sri-Lankan community in Naarm and one time central leader of the Sri Lankan people's liberation front joins the program to discuss the impacts of a ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka and how it's shaping politics in the country. You can listen to the individual interview here.Jasper Cohen-Hunter, First Nations activist of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung and host of the Mirring Yalingwa podcast gives a live update on the ongoing Camp Sovereighty occupation. You can listen to the individual interview here.Songs playedI Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free by Nina Simone.

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Zane Alcorn, Chloe DS, Rob Zucchi.News reportsGLR presenters reflect on the massive Invasion Day protests last Friday in Naarm and the significance of First Nations palestine solidarityDiscussion of Melbourne council considers permanent removal of Captain Cook memorial after vandalism.Interviews and DiscussionsPeter Boyle, Green Left journalist and member of Socialist Alliance joins the program discussing why Labor's 'Stage 3 Lite" tax cuts is only offering is a milder version of the same wrong tax policy, while tossing a few peanuts to the working class. You can listen to the individual interview here.Sue Bolton, Merri-bek councillor and member of Socialist Alliance responds to the recent ICJ court ruling on Israel and the cutting of funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) by western governments including Australia. You can listen to the individual interview here.Songs played"Uppercat" by Radical Kitten"Bedlam" by Public Enemy

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Rob Zucchi.NewsreportsDiscussion from the presenters responding to the following newstories from the past week.Australia calls for Gaza ceasefire in joint statement with NZ and CanadaNews from Green LeftRussian anti-war dissident Boris Kagarlitsky freed!COP28 failure means Australia shouldn't wait to phase out fossil fuelsInterviews and DiscussionsGraham Matthews, disability spokesperson for Socialist Alliance joins the program to discuss the final report of the National Disability Insurance Scheme review and why it presents a cost-cutting agenda that will negatively impact on the lives of the disabled. You can listen to the individual interview here.Damoun Jehani, Kurdish-Iranian based in Naarm/Melbourne and socialist joins the program to discuss how the ongoing events in Palestine is shaping politics in the middle-east. You can listen to the individual interview here.