Asia Pacific Currents

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Jiselle & Pier discuss the possible 14th Thai military coup. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with James Barry, academic and research at the Alfred Deakin Institute, focussing on religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East.  James talks to us about the current outbreak of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Joseph Daher, academic and activist in Middle Eastern issues speaking about the current Iraq and Lebanon protests. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Tepphalin Ou, the President of the Cambodian Food and Service Workers’ Federation (CFSWF), speaking about the current situation in Cambodia in relation to the outbreak of COVID-19.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Lionel Bopage, long time labour activist from Sri Lanka and executive member of AAWL, speaking about the current situation in Sri Lanka following the recent elections there. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Samah Sabawi, Palestinian playwright, author, academic and activist – about the UAE’s peace agreement and acknowledgement of Israel, and the impact this will have on the Palestinian struggle. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

 Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Saras from the Socialist Party of Malaysia and the Ipoh Hospital Cleaning Workers Union about a dispute between the cleaning workers in the middle of the pandemic. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Ji Ungpakorn, exiled Thai activist, currently living in the UK, about the current protest wave in Thailand. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. 

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Jacob Grech, stalwart antiwar, peace activist, and coordinator of AAWLs anti-arms industry campaign. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. 

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with May Kotsakis from Philippines Australia Solidarity Association about the recent passing of AntiTerror Laws in the Philippines. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. 

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Tharo Khun from CENTRAL in Cambodia about garment industry workers surving COVID-19.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Shivani Kaul from the Revolutionary Workers Party of India, one of the organisations organising in India, in this time of economic crisis and COVID-19 pandemic. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Maria Ressa from Rappler media, in relation to her recent guilty verdict for the crime of “cyberlibel” in the PhilippinesAsia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Sami Adnan Co-founder of Workers against Sectarianism in Iraq on the continuing popular uprising in central and south 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, Australia

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Speech by Sri Wulandari, Myanmar Country Officer for APHEDA, speaking about workers responding to the economic crisis caused by COVID-19.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Hassan from the Association in Defence of Freedom in Iran. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region. Interview with Cristina Palabay from Karapatan in the Philippines about the recent crack down on May Day activities there. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

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