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May Day Interview with Sec Len Cooper and Tres John Rutherford of the Mayday Committee. Talk with two long time May Day and Trade Union activists and leaders about the importance of the day andhow it continues to be a positive expression of community struggle and international workers unity.

Today we will speak about:What really happened at Gallipoli? Separating the history from the myth. The  Anzac  Legend  has  been  the  subject  of a lot of debate  between historians,  but  there  has been not enough  attention  given  to  the  highly  contested  nature  of  Anzac  from  the  very beginning  of  its  history. Anzac  has  been  a  site  for  intense   political  debate  and  social...

Today we will speak about:The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody 25 years ago;US Maintains Banking Sanctions against Iran;61.9% of Americans believe US Aid to Israel Is Too Much;US May Open More Bases in Iraq; andJohn Kerry and the Legacy of Hiroshima

Today I will speak about:The event held by CICD celebrating John Ellis's life and his achievements last Sunday 3 April at the Unitarian church andWhat Liberal Government is up to?

Today we are re-presenting part 2 of an interview with John Ellis originally presented early in 2015 

As we are approaching 3 April to celebrate John Ellis’ life and his achievements - today we will re-present an interview I had with John Ellis in 2014. Today you will listen to part 1 of this interview. Originally presented early in 2015

Today we will speak about:Marshall Islands Taking Action at the International Court of Justice;A Palestinian teacher has won a global teaching prize;A Brief History of Labour Day in Victoria;Is Australia Becoming A Military Base Of The USA?In alliance with al-Qaida, Israel is stealing Syria’s oil

Today I will speak about: CFMEU; LetThemStay campaign continues; Black Mist White Rain Speaking Tour 2016

Today we will speak about:CICD Greetings on IWD;Defence White Paper;The Turnbull Government's recent unrestricted nuclear deal with India;Nuke Industry targets SA;and The Parliamentary Election result in Iran 

Today I will speak about:Syrian crisis;Barnett’s government anti-protest legislation;Will SA become the world's nuclear waste dump?

Today we will speak about:Whether Erdogan will invade Syria;Medicare and;Christian lobby seeks anti-discrimination 'override' for plebiscite campaign

Today we will speak about: The West Bank, Settlements and the Two State Solution;Refugee and the High Court recent decision;Freeing Julian Assange

Today we will speak about:Local issues;The current situation in Iraq;Western Aggression the Highest Form of Terrorism;What legacy President Obama will leave behind;and Two Turkish journalists face life in prison over a story alleging that the Turkish government was arming Islamist militants in Syria.

Summer program -Repeat of a recorded program from the Anzac Coalition Forum held at the Unitarian Church on Wednesday night 12 August 2015,organised by the Victorian Council of Churches – this forum was titled Peace in Australia – the untold story from 1946-1976 from Anzac to Vietnam -the speaker in this program is Andrew Hewett. Andrew commenced his political activism while he was a secondary stu...

Summer program –Repeat of some of the best programs of 2015.This Week the interview with Dr Hanna Middleton Part 2

Summer program –Repeat of some of the best programs of 2015.This Week the interview with Dr Hanna Middleton Part 1

Summer program –Repeat of some of the best programs of 2015.This week is an interview with Burt Blackburn Part 2.

Summer program –Repeat of some of the best programs of 2015.Thia week an interview with Burt Blackburn part 1

In this week’s program I will review some of the high profile issues of 2015:Highlights of Current Local issues

Today I would like to welcome Len Cooper to Alternative News. Len is a long time CEPU Communication Workers Division official, Retired National and State Secretary of this unionVice president of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), ExecutiveVice president of CICD andThe Secretary of the Melbourne May Day Committee.