Asia Pacific Currents

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. We interview Sharon Cabusao- Silva, Executive Director of Lila Pilipina, on the issue of Filipina comfort women to Japanese military men during the occupation in World War 2.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR R...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. We interview Arun Mylvaganum from the Tamil Refugee Council about the Albanese government's announcement regarding TPV and shev visas, and whether these changes go far enough. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. Today we play a speech by Niloofar Golkar, CUPE Executive Committee member and PhD candidate in Politics at York University, focusing on the environment and the labour movement. She is a feminist activist and sits on the editorial committee of Upping the Anti: Journal of Theory and Action. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour strugg...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. We interview Debbie Stothard from the Alternative ASEAN on Burma, about the two year anniversary of the military coup. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. We interview Dian Trisnanti, from the Indonesian Federation of United Trade Unions and Radio Marsinah, about the new Indonesian Criminal CodeAsia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia. 

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. We interview with Elizabeth Araujo, East Timorese activist and organiser for APHEDA - Union Aid Abroad, based in East Timor. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia. 

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia. 

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. We interview with Carla Chung, East Timorese activist and organiser for the United Workers Union. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia. 

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. We interview with Saw Lwin Oo, President for the Australian Karen Organisation (AKO), recent events in Myanmar and the demands of the Myanmar community in response to inaction from the Australian government following the reimposition of the military junta in February last year. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and camp...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. We interview with Kivanc Eliacik, International Director of DISK, the militant trade union centre of Turkey, about the Marlboro/Philip Morris strike in Izmir, Turkey. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. We revisit our interview with Andy Hall, Migrant Worker Rights Specialist and Journalist, about the case being brought in the US against Ansell subsidiary in relation to forced labour in Malaysia. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links,...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. An interview with Kara Taggaoa, International Officer for the Kilusang Mayo Uno and one of the people arrested on trumped up charges and released on bail. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne,...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. An interview with Elham Naeej, expert in Iranian gender studies, about the current protests in opposition to the Morality Police of Tehran. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. An interview with Dr Tess Newton Cain, a research fellow at Griffith University, the Project Leader for the Griffith Asia Institute's Pacific Hub, about the constitutional crisis in Kiribati. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in t...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. An interview with Nic Maclellan, Pacific region expert on Australia's lacking climate policies and the impact on Pacific nations. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. An interview with Andy Hall, Migrant Worker Rights Specialist and Journalist, about the case being brought in the US against Ansell subsidiary in relation to forced labour in Malaysia. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the stud...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. An interview with Firas Naji, an Iraqi scholar specialising in Iraqi and Middle East affairs, speaking about the current political unrest in Iraq. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australi...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. An interview with Sajeda Bahadurmia, spokesperson for Australian Rohingya Womens Development Organisation, about the 5 year anniversary of the Myanmar military began mass pre-meditated attacks against the stateless Rohingya population in Rakhine State. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacifi...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. A speech by Setsuko Thurlow, survivor of the 1945 Hiroshima bombing, founding member of ICAN, and one of the people that received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of ICAN.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. An interview with an Iranian labour activist discussing political prisoners in Iran and the broader context of Iranian repression of union activity. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Austra...