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LinksMedical Association for the Prevention of War (Australia)Politics In The Pub Livestream recordingPolitics In The Pub facebook pageAlternative NewsProduced by the Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament (CICD)Broadcasting from the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri people. On 3CR 855AM, 3CR digital and 3cr.org.auMy name is Zachary Doney, CICD member and hospitality worker. and I’ll...

Today we talked about the Politics in the pub event about “can Australia have an independent foreign policy? We also discuss the grave weaknesses in Australia’s economy highlighted by COVID-19 and the dangers they pose for the Australian people. We discuss the urgent need for a campaign to move Australia’s economic policy in the direction of independence and self-reliance. And Alexi present a brie...

Today we will speak about: The Government’s proposed changes to the fee structures for university degrees are not fair and not, responding to the needs of the labour market. Childcare and JobKeeper, and Human Rights experts call for global opposition to Israel’s annexation plans

 Intro Presenters: Zachary Doney and Bri AlderseaToday we’re talking about the Australian Strategic Policy InstituteWhat is it? Where does it come from? Does ASPI have a place in progressive spaces? We’ve spoken about ASPI before but the problem hasn’t gone away. For some context, here’s Bri:Recent eventsOn the 11th of June Twitter suspended 170,000 accounts from Twitter with the help of the Austr...

Today we will speak about: The Queen’s Birthday awards have become a complete farce when the Australia’s racism denial like Tony Abbott being awarded a Queen’s birthday medal by a non-Indigenous “independent” panel for his “service” to Indigenous affairs. The US maintains more than 800 military bases outside its own borders, all of which are crucial for continuing the empire’s domination on global...

List of ATSI causes:Blak Lives MatterSisters Inside - Free the PeopleJustice for Joyce ClarkeJustice for Tanya DayJustice for Walker (Yuendumu)Justice for David DungayGrandmothers Against Removals:BSB: 313-140Acc: 122 364 81Blak Lands MatterStop Adani (Wangan Jagalingou Corp)BSB: 034-003Acc: 278 038Djab Wurrung EmbassySEED (Climate Justice)Blak Labour MattersSolidarity member of First Nations Work...

Today Bevan Ramsden and Andrew Fullerton discuss the growth of the movement in opposition to the war, which culminated in the historic Vietnam Moratorium Campaign, which began in 1970 and involved hundreds of thousands of Australians from all walks of life taking to the streets to oppose the Vietnam War and conscription 50 years ago, on May 8th 1970, the first nationwide Moratorium rallies in Aust...

Today Bevan Ramsden and Andrew Fullerton will be discussing the fist part of the two part program on VIETNAM MORATORIUM 50th ANNIVERSARY – the background History of the war. Join us next week for part 2 of this program – Bevan and Andrew will be discussing the growth of the movement in opposition to the war, which culminated in the historic Vietnam Moratorium Campaign, which began in 1970 and invo...

Today May Kotsakis will be presenting the Alternative News and will be speaking about what is happening in Philippine. May is– Co-Chairperson of Philippines Australia Solidarity Association (PASA) – we thank May for presenting this program. The Philippines in the midst of COVID 19 and the continuous attacks on dissenting voice, advocates of the poor and Human Rights workers President Duterte’s pro...

Today we are going to talk about the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam Moratorium. Friday 8 May was the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam Moratorium. The Vietnam moratorium protests, the first of which took place on 8 May 1970, were the largest public demonstrations in Australia’s history at the time. The protests took place during a period of great social change in Australia, when people from a range...

 Today we are going to talk about May DayDue to all the restrictions arising from the Pandemic, For the first time in 130 years, workers around the world will not be able to celebrate May Day in the streets.  

LOOSE TRANSCRIPTGood morning and welcome to another episode of Alternative News on 3CR, 855AM, 3CR Digital and streaming at 3CR.org.auThis show is produced by the Campaign for International Development and Disarmament on the stolden lands of the Wurundjeri people. Today we're going to look at Job Keeper by the numbers, some ideas for redirecting military spending to social spending and a quick loo...

Today we will discuss the Covid-19 and how IPAN and the wider peace movement have responded to this crisis.

Move the Nuclear Weapons Money;US Marines deployment to Darwin ;Covid-19 and who is helping who;Some Australian community responses to the corona virus crisis;Housing affordability and homelessness.  

Current situation Covid-19 and you will hear Beavan Ramsden and Andrew Fullerton from IPAN speaking on how Pine Gap makes Australia complicit in US Drone missile atrocities.

On today’s show we will be speaking to Chinese Muslim activist TEMÜR (TI-MUH-R), a union member, and ex-Labor member who has written for the Guardian and Crikey in the past. We will be talking about the impacts of racism and Sinophobia on the Chinese diaspora in Australia and possible reasons why mainstream media have chosen to exaggerate problems China is currently facing.

In today’s program Zach and Bri will present part one of two-part show in debunking some myths surrounding the current sinophobic reporting in mainstream media. In this first part, we will just be delivering some basic facts from sources outside of mainstream media to provide a new perspective for our listeners to consider.

In today’s program Romina presented a special program on the occasion of International Women's Day.  A big thank you to 3CR for allowing us an extra 15 minutes to present our program from 9 -9.30 am. You will also hear from two leading activists: Margaret Williamson and Elizabeth Hulm.

In today’s program Romina spoke about the rally held on Friday 21 February at the State Library organised by supporters of Julian and WikiLeaks. There were a number of speakers including Dr Margaret Beavis and Joan Coxsedge. 

A report back from the delegation from Australia who travelled to Venezuela from 22-23 January 2019. At the congress in Venezuela, what is life like in Venezuela under US sanctions stopping medicines, food supplies and other essentials.

Trump’s Brink of War with Iran based on a LieUS and its allies’ wars and aggression around the worldMove the Nuclear Weapons Money2020 Doomsday Clock AnnouncementTreaty on the prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; andJulian Assange  

In today’s program Ryan Burley will be speaking about the climate change and climate emergency.2019 saw a significant escalation in how the climate emergency is unfolding on a global scale. As we move into the new year, let’s take the opportunity to look back at recent developments. By doing this we can achieve a couple of things. First, we can illustrate just how serious the climate emergency has...

In today’s program we gave a report from the Global day of protest against war on Iran held on 25 January 2020. Later on in the program you will hear a report on Bolivia by Alexi Goncharuk, a member of the Campaign for International Co-operation and Disarmament. Transcription of Bolivia segment:Bolivia Coup: Two Months On On November the 3rd a coup took place in Bolivia, ousting indigenous Preside...

In today’s program Zachary Doney, a member of the Campaign for International Co-operation and Disarmament spoke about the Invasion Day - it’s problematic origins and where the organisation which pushed for it is today. Invasion Day 2020 marks 250 years of destruction. For the settler-colonial project of "Australia" this day is meant to be a day of unity: a young nation celebrating itself in all of...

In today’s program I spoke about:Hong Kong and United States and you will hear Rick Sanchez who is a Cuban-American journalist, radio host, and author discusses the recent history of the US Government lying in order to justify war. He tells us the real reason why Soleimani was assassinated and why the US may soon be at war with Iran.