Asia Pacific Currents

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Arnel, International Relations Officer of the Labour Party of the Philippines, on the murder of hundreds of working class people by death squads as part of Philippines President Duterte campaign against drugs. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Matthew Boyd, organiser with the Electrical Trades Union of Victoria, on how Filipino migrant workers were told not to join a union by the giant engineering company Thiess, and the difficulty of obtaining justice for migrant workers in Australia .Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links 

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Mora Sar, president of the Cambodia Food Workers’ Association, on the recent murder of political activist Kem Ley and its significance for workers and labour organising in Cambodia. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links 

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Mikyung Ryu, International Relations Officer with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), on the 5 year jail sentence given to Han Sang-gyun, KCTU President, the detention and arrests of other prominent labour leaders, and the significance of this crakdown on the working class movement in South Korea. Asia P...

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Farooq Tariq, from the Awami Workers Party, on the reasons and political significance of the sentencing of Baba Jan and 11 of his fellow activists to 40 years in jail. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links 

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Farid Partovi, spokesperson from the International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI), on the repression that workers in Iran face, how they organise against it, hunger strikes in prison, and the value of international solidarity. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Steve Diston, organiser with the Electrical Trades Union, on the fight by 50 workers to oppose outsourcing at the giant Carlton United Brewery Company in Melbourne, Australia. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links

Asia Pacific Currents (APC) is a unique program that brings you labour struggles from the Asia Pacific region from the worker's perspectives. APC can be heard on independent and radical 3CR Radio. 3CR Radio is self funded and needs your support to stay on air. To donate to 3CR RadioAsia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links 

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Zulkiflie Anwar Haque, known as Zunar, a political cartoonist in Malaysia who is facing 43 years in jail under the Sedition Law because of his work exposing corruption and censorship in Malaysia. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links 

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Celeste Little, organiser with the National Tertiay Education Union, on the Recognise campaign in Australia and the ongoing campaign for justice for Aboriginal people in Australia. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links 

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) General Secretary Sivarajan Arumugam on the state of workers organisation in Malaysia and recent mobilisations against corruption and repression. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links 

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Piergiorgio Moro, AAWL Secretary, on his presentation of the Global PicketLine concept at the LabourStart conference held earlier in May in Toronto, Canada. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links 

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Arnel from the Labour Party of the Philippines on the importance of the struggle by Sytic Electronic workers in the Cavite export processing zoneAsia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links 

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region. Interview with Sineat Yon, labour activist and founder of a workers co-operative for garment workers, on the reasons why workers in Cambodia are against the new Labour Law. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, India and Bangladesh. Interview with Dr. Jeong-ok Kong, spokesperson of SHARPS (Supporters of Health And Right of People in Semiconductor Industry) on the continuing fight to protect workers employed by the giant Samsung Corporation in South Korea. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links 

Labour updates from Ausralia, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Palestine, the upcoming International Workers Memorial Day, and May Day. Interview with Josh Cullinan, Secretary of the Australia Bangladesh Solidarity Network (ABSN), on the Rana Plaza collapse in Dhaka - Bangladesh in 2013, the aftermath of this mass murder of workers, and upcoming commemoration this Sunday in Melbourne, Australia. Asia Pacific Curr...

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region. Interview with Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Arrernte, Alyawerr woman from Central Australia, on the terrible consequences of the NT Intervention on Aboriginal people and how the Basic Card is literally starving people. To support, you can donate at:WESTPAC BANKAccount Name: Alekerre First Nations Culture Trust (ABN 72898026672)Account Type...

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region. Interview with Ali Abunimah, author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli Palestinian Impasse, and co-founder and director of the The Electronic Intifada on the way forward for the Palestinian struggle. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region. Interview with Will Ilolahia, a co-founder of the civil rights New Zealand organisation the Polynesian Panthers, on racism and human rights in New Zealand. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region. Interview with Farah Kobaissy, member of Socialist Forum in Lebanon, on the Syrian civil war and local perspectives. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region. Interview with Amanda Zifcik from the Refugee Action Collective about the Let Them Stay campaignAsia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region. Interview with Lisa Maza, spokesperson of Gabriela, a feminist women's organisation in the Philippines on the struggle for gender equality in the Philippines. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region. Interview with Agnitra Ghosh, Executive Council Member, All India Central Council of Trade Union (AICCTU).He talks about the background and reasons for the sentencing of 8 workers from the Pricol automotive assembly company in Tamil Nadu. India, to double life sentences in jail. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia...

Labour updates of workers' struggles from China, Singapore, Australia, India, Iran, Palestine and Syria. Interview with 'Ann', a community activist in Thailand on repression and resistance to the military dictatorship in Thailand. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region. Interview with Joms Salvador from the women's organisation of Gabriela on gender violence and the USA military in the PhilippinesAsia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.