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Latin American political economy professor, Helen Yaffe joins the Green Left Show to discuss the current strangulation policies imposed by the US government against Cuba. View this episode online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1450/world/green-left-show-81-helen-yaffe-very-serious-moment-cuba Cuba needs your solidarity now, she says. This episode covered: 1:47 the current situation in Cuba; 11...

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country. This episode, we discuss more protests against the United States-Israeli war on Iran, and Australia's involvement in that illegal war. We also discuss upcoming protests to save our forests, hands off Cuba, ending racial discrimination and Green Left's...

Jackson Payne from Stop the Demo joined Green Left Radio on March 13 to speak about the campaign to oppose the destruction of 44 public housing towers by the state Labor government. You can listen to more from that day's show at 3CR . We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respec...

Iranian community member Abbas Saeidavi joins Green Left Radio this week on 3CR to discuss a left-wing Iranian response to the US-Israel led war against Iran. The bombing has nothing to do with supporting democratic rights for those in Iran. Abbas Saeidavi is a member of the Iranian diaspora and part of Voices of Revolution Iran in Naarm/Melbourne We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Ab...

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country. This episode, we discuss International Women's Day protests, rallies opposing the war on Iran and the crack down on freedom of speech in Queensland.  Find more upcoming events  here . Music and editing by Sean Valenzuela/@LittleArcherBeats We acknowle...

Green Left and Socialist Alliance held this forum on Resisting genocide and police repression — Why is Labor criminalising freedom of speech? at the Resistance Centre in Gadigal Country/Sydney on February 26. Speakers included Palestinian activist from Gaza Shamikh Badra; Tim Roberts from the NSW Council of Civil Liberties; Grace Street, president of the University of Sydney Student Represenative...

Marx del Rosario visited Cuba in January 2026 with the Southern Cross Brigade organised by the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society. He spoke to Green Left's Peter Boyle on February 28. We acknowledge that this video was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our...

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country. This episode we discuss protests against the United States and Israel's war on Iran, Pride in Protest being barred from the Mardi Gras parade and rallies in solidarity with Cuba and Venezuela. Find more upcoming events here: https://www.greenleft.org....

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country. This episode we discuss the global day of action against military bases and promote upcoming Palestine solidarity protests.  Find more upcoming events here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/events Music and editing by Sean Valenzuela/@LittleArcherBeats We...

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-size updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country. Find more upcoming events here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/events Music and editing by Sean Valenzuela/@LittleArcherBeats We acknowledge that this video was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice...

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-size updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country. Find more upcoming events here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/events Music and editing by Sean Valenzuela/@LittleArcherBeats We acknowledge that this video was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice...

This is a recording from the public forum 'Trump's War on Venezuela & Latin America', on January 29 in Naarm/Melbourne. The forum was chaired by Socialist Alliance national co-convenor Sue Bull. The speakers were Federico Fuentes (editor of LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal) and Carlos Eduardo Morreo (Venezuelan anti-colonial activist and member of the Green Institute). Read and...

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-size updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country. Isaac Herzog rally details: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1446/news/protest-war-criminal-isaac-herzog Find more upcoming events here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/events Music and editing by Sean Valenzuela/@LittleArcherBeats We acknowledge that th...

Jonathan Strauss joins Green Left Radio on 3CR to discuss Labor’s "Combating Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill". Strauss, who is a member of Socialist Alliance and has written about these laws for Green Left, argues that those who want the right to oppose genocide, or to defend democratic rights should reject these laws. We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We expre...

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-size updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country. This episode we discuss the Invasion Day protests on January 26, solidarity protests with Rojava and promote upcoming forums and rallies.  Naarm/Melbourne Venezuela forum: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026-01/event/venezuela-latin-america-trumps-war-la...

On January 3, the United States carried out a direct military operation against Venezuela. US forces bombed targets in and around Caracas, struck the electrical grid, killed over one hundred people, and abducted Venezuela’s sitting president, Nicolás Maduro, along with his wife and National Assembly deputy Cilia Flores. Federico Fuentes, socialist journalist, writer for Green Left and editor of Li...

Peter Boyle, Socialist Alliance member and long-time solidarity activist with the Kurdish liberation struggle, joins Green Left Radio on 3CR to discuss the grave situation in Northern Syria and why Rojava demands our solidarity. Listen to more Green Left podcasts here . We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for Fir...

This is a recording of the session on "Organising workers in today’s economy" at Ecosocialism 2025. Speakers included: Jiselle Hanna (then newly elected secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) Victorian branch and long-time trade unionist), Jacqueline Kriz (Socialist Alliance member and former President of Geelong Trades Hall) and Kumarr (a labour researcher from Singapore). See...

This recording is from the "Always was, always will be! First Nations fight back for sovereignty" panel at Ecosocialism 2025. You can watch a video of this session at: https://www.youtube.com/live/f2rccgsH3fM . The panel featured: Senator Lidia Thorpe (Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung activist and Independent Senator for Victoria), Celeste Liddle (Celeste Liddle is an Arrernte woman, union org...

This is a recording from Ecosocialism 2025: Ecosocialism not barbarism conference held in Naarm/Melbourne September 5-7, 2025. The panel featured: Yousef Alreemawi (award-winning Palestinian-Australian musician, thinker, and storyteller), Jordy Silverstein (historian and writer and a member of the Loud Jew Collective) and Markela Panegyres (activist, artist and advocate for the Boycott, Divestment...

This is an audio recording of the opening panel - Ecosocialism not barbarism - at the Ecosocialism 2025 conference held in Naarm/Melbourne September 5-7, 2025. This panel featured: Sue Bolton (Sue Bolton is a veteran socialist activist, member of Socialist Alliance National Executive, and councillor on Merri-bek City Council), Ammar Ali Jan (Ammar Ali Jan, general secretary of the Haqooq-e-Khalq (...

Surya McEwen and Madeleine Habib both participated in the Global Sumud Flotilla, which aimed to break Israel's blockade of Gaza and deliver urgently needed aid to starving Palestinians. They spoke to the Green Left Show about the impact of the flotilla and how to keep building the Palestine solidarity movement. We acknowledge that this video was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solid...

Sydney's Inner West Council (IWC) claims its "Fairer Futures" plan will help address the dire housing affordability crisis by building tens of thousands of new homes. But housing campaigners are warning that affordable homes will be demolished to make way for expensive, luxury apartments. Erina Delinicolas and Duncan Roden are renters at 50–52 Warren Road in Marrickville, the first site slated for...

Socialist Alliance senate candidate Sam Wainwright talks to the Green Left Show about the campaign to challenge the big mining companies and to "take back the wealth". Watch this interview online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1445/analysis/green-left-show-77-take-back-wealth Read more: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/analysis/we-need-take-back-our-wealth The interview covered: Take bac...

Green Left and Socialist Alliance held a forum discussing the next steps for socialists following the inspiring victory for Zohran Mamdani in New York City. The forum featured Democratic Socialists of America member Winnie Marion, who spoke about her experience campaigning in New York and the lessons learnt through the campaign. It also featured Socialist Alliance member Alex Bainbridge, who said...