Asia Pacific Currents

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. Interview with Sujata, a social justice and labour movement activist in the Mumbai region, on the ongoing impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on workers, their families and communities.3CR Radiothon is next week. To donate, click here. Don't forget to mention APC for your donation. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and camp...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. Discussion of the newly formed Israeli government and what it will mean for the Palestinian struggle. 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. Aboriginal deaths in custody are still happening in Australia at an alarming rate despite numerous enquiries and hundreds of recommendations. We speak to Latoya Rule, the sister of Wayne Fella Morrison who died in custody in 2016 due to the actions of South Australian Corrections Officers. She and her family are fighting for justice and to make...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. In Iran, national elections are tightly controlled events. We talk to James Barry about the process of the upcoming elections, what is their legitimacy, what are the issues and what do they mean for workers and their communities in Iran? Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is...

 News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. Today is Nakba Day for Palestinians. This year the whole of Palestine has been engulfed in protests, resistance, war and repression as Palestinians rise up against the continuing Occupation and Dispossession that they face by the hands of the Israeli state and military. We talk to Reem Yunis, a Palestinian socialist activist and educator, on t...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. The military campaign by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil Tigers in April 2009 ended in a massacre of civilians as the military closed on in the last pockets of land in the North East of Sri Lanka. Tamils all arund the world are now commemorating that massacre, and the ongoing discrimination and repression of Tamils in Sri Lanka, as...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. May Day is the workers day all around the world. Its been celecrated on the 1st of May for well over a century. In Melbourne, over the last decades, the official May Day march has been on the first Sunday after the 1st of May. We discuss the reasons behind this and attempts to have marches and events held on the 1st of May itself. Asia Pacific...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. In 2013, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building led to the death of more than 1,100 garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The perpertrators of this mass murder are still to face justice. On the 8th year anniversary of this disaster, we talk to Josh Cullinan, Secretary of the Retail And Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) on what is happening to g...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. Recorded presentation of Waaddao, activist in the current anti government youth movement and a leader in a local Thai LGBTIQ group. The full recording of the solidarity meeting on Thailand and Myanmar can be viewed here.(link is external) Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It i...

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region. Recorded presentation of Debbie Stoddard, a Malaysian activist living in THailand, about working class resistance to the military coup in Myanmar. The full recording of the solidarity meeting on Thailand and Myanmar can be viewed here. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is p...

News and labour updates from the region. Discussion of the issues facing the Kurdish people in the 4 countries in West Asia that they are located in and the upcoming public meeting and online webinar on the campaign to release Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey. Upcoming solidarity meetings on Thailand and Myanmar: International Solidarity with Thailand and Myan...

The Israeli election was held last week. The result was another unclear outcome with many parties now trying to form a new government. We discuss the results and their implications for the struggle for Palestinian indipendence. Upcoming solidarity meetings on Thailand and Myanmar: International Solidarity with Thailand and Myanmar - International online meeting on April 6 Asia Pacific Currents pro...

Lynas is an Australian mining company that mines rare earths at Mt Weld in Western Australia that ships many of these minerals to a processing plant just outside Kunatan in Malaysia. Since 2011 there has been widespread local opposition to this plant due to the continuing buildup of toxic and radioactive waste at the company's landfill site, next to its processing plant. Lee Tan, from Aid Watch, e...

Marchers and actions for International Women's Day were held all around the world last week on March 8. Unfortunately many of these were repressend by government and paramilitary forces. We talk to Rabiyya Mammadora, a feminist and human rights activist who ran as an independent election candidate in the recent municipal elections in Baku, Azerbaijan's largest city, about their attempts to hold a...

The government of President Duterte in the Philippines has been one of the most repressive and murderous in that country's history. This has had a devastating effect on working class communities and organisations. We talk to Ness Gavanzo, an activist with the Filipino feminist movement Gabriela, on the situation for women in the Philippines and what is being organised for International Womens Day....

In depth interview with long time Thai activist and organiser Junya Lek Yimprasert about the pro democracy movement in Thailand, its objectives, its tactics and how it is dealing with the ongoing repression from the Thai military. 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 3C...

Indian political life in the last few months has been upended by a massive and prolonged demonstration and blockade by tens of thousands of farmers in India. Their blockade of New Delhi has been an incredible feat of political and infrastructure organisation. We speak to Shivani Kaul, a militant labour activist organising in northern India, to explain the reasons behind these protests and their po...

With the recent military coup in Myanmar, there are a lot of similarities of structures and issues between Myanmar and Thailand. We talk to 'Rick', a community activist who lives in Thailand, and has also been involved in the Myanmar solidarity movement to tell us about the history of the pro democracy movements in these two countries, the differences, the similarities and the growing linksAsia Pa...

January 26 in Australia is a controversial day as it is commemorated as both 'Australia Day' as the founding of the country and as 'Invasion Day' as the commencement of the dispossession and genocide of its Indigenous people. Every year there are major Invasion Day rallies around the country. Listen to Meriki Onus and Crystal McKinnon, from Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance, talk about the sig...

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Jiselle & Pier wrap up 2020 – it’s our last show for the year! Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. 

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Elmer Labog, Chairperson of the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) about the International Day of Action for the rights of Philippines workers. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Speech by Aula Abbara, co-chair of the Syria Public Health Network a group which brings together academics, NGOs, policy makers and international organisations to highlight and influence policies relevant to the public health of Syrians. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Jiselle & Pier discuss the street protests and student movement in Thaland. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Dian Septi – labour activist with the Indonesian Workers Unite Federation, speaking about the passing of the omnibus laws in Indonesia and the workers’ response to it. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Speech by Khuloud Saba, a PhD candidate in Social Policy, at the University of Edinburgh.  Her research focuses on social and political determinants of health, health inequalities, and public policies. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.