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British election has been called; UK Labour under left wing leadership of Jeremy Corbyn is underdog and will be at long odds. Teresa May refuses to debate Corbyn which exposes a key weakness of the Tory campaign. Campaign against staff cuts and course cuts at Victoria University is being spearheaded by the NTEU. University management is throwing large amounts of money at a campaign to further casu...

Discussion about the politics of North Korea and the implications of US foreign policy  Discussion about the rise of French Presidental candidate jean luc melenchon from Green Left Weekly Discussion about UK politics and the early UK general election News from Green Left Weekly workers struggles in India Interview with Mahmut from the Kurdish community about the political situation in Turkey in re...

- Centrelink's transphobic policy of kicking gender diverse students off Austudy if their uni enrolment details don't specify gender as shown on birth certificate. - Wrap up of Stop Adani roadshow last week- excellent presentations from Indian Peoples Climate ambassador Vaishali Patil and Millie Telford from Seed Indigenous youth climate project. - Update on Italian campaigns against destructive g...

Activists conducting ongoing blockade of MITA refugee detention centre to prevent deportation of Saeed* to Iraq. The Iraqi Ambassador and Victorian Nurses and Midwives Association have called for the deportation to be stopped.*Not his real name. Stop the war Coalition UK statement on London attack. March in March Melbourne cancellation over unspecified threats. Jacob and Zane speak with Blair Pale...

Discussion about Sally McManus and her comments relation to industrial action. Lalitha and Jacob speak with Paul Adams about cuts to Victoria University and what NTEU is doing in response to it. The campaign against the cuts can be followed at Friends of VU. Listen here. News from Green Left Weekly: A discussion about Aboriginal Housing Company criticised for abandoning Aboriginal housing plan and...

Jacob and Zane speak with Chris Jenkins (Socialist Alliance candidate in the upcoming WA state elections) about the State Government’s intention to privatise assets for quick cash and filtering money to the ROE 8 freight link road; and that as a result native Title is being undermined, sacred sites trashed, and funds diverted from services in Aboriginal communities to building new prisons. Listen...

Discussion on fire at squatters building in Footscray and information update regarding three people having been killed in the fire, and this issue how it relates to homelessness #nohomelessbanMore news from GLW: Penalty rates The largest coal mine in the world Adani. The worker’s dispute at Echuca Parmalat national dairy company exploiting workers again. Victoria passing positive action on climate...

Jacob and Zane discuss protests against visit to Australia by Israeliprime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Discussion of protest against criminalisation of homelessness persons at White Night, and of upcoming protests. Discussion of fascist grouplet Soldiers of Odour trying to cohere a lynch mob in Melton to attack African Australian people, based on a completely fabricated story. Discussion of US ba...

Jacob and Lalitha talk about the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Australian NewsSCA shutdown delayed for two years, https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/sca-shutdown-delayed-two-years Chris Jenkins: Keep public assets in the community’s hands, https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/chris-jenkins-keep-public-assets-community%E2%80%99s-hands Global inequality: Capitalism is to blame, https://www.gree...

Intro + acknowledgement of countryCory Bernadi has split from the Liberal party. The Q society are holding an Islamophobia fest tonight with Bernadi and fellow far right Liberal MP George Christiansen in attendance; a counter protest organised bythe Campaign Against Racism and Fascism is happening. New Melbourne council by-laws banning homeless persons from ‘camping’ in the city. Homelessness is n...

Introduction and acknowledgement of country - discussion about the media response to the criminalization of homelessness in Melbourne .Interview with George Ashokyan from Tamil Lives Matter to talk about the international campaign against police and state violence against the Tamil people in South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Listen here. News from Green Left Weekly a discussion about the resistanc...

This week’s show has three special guests in studio: - Shazni Bhai, from the Parti Sosialis Malaysia (Malaysian Socialist Party / PSM)- Merck Maguddayao, from the Partido Lakas Ng Masa (Philippines party of the Labouring Masses / PLM)- Bronte Nicole Scott, a member of the Socialist Alliance, LGBTIQ campaigner and Save Sydney College of the Arts activistWe discuss the invasion day rally and Indigen...

Zane discusses of personal experience of being sent a Centrelink Robo-debtZane discusses article by Ken Canning “January 26 is invasion day”. Ken is a poet and playwright from the Kunja clan of the Bidjara nation in Queensland and currenly lives in Sydney and is helping organise the invasion day protest there. "I have always been of the belief that once you can overturn the colonial mentality cons...

 Jacob and Zane discuss the union backed teachers for refugees action coming on monday 12/12/16, and victory for the Carlton United #CUB55campaign as brewery workers are offered their jobs back on full pay. Discussion of partial victory for #noDAPL standing rock campaign, and of the Victorian Andrews government Law and order campaign and new push for DNA profiling of suspects without a warrant. Di...

Introduction to the program, discussion about the ABCC and the protests in Parliament in support of refugee rights. Australian NewsStop the attacks on retired workers; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/stop-attacks-retired-workersSA Premier urges referendum on unpopular nuclear waste; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/sa-premier-urges-referendum-unpopular-nuclear-wasteMardi Gras Board rebuff...

Introduction to the program, discussion about the latest headlines in the news; The Greens proposal for the sugar tax, Peter Dutton's comments about Lebanese Australians. Interview with Anthony Kelly executive officer from the Flemington/Kensington Legal Service discussing the racialised nature on the reporting from the Herald Sun about the supposed crime youth wave and some commentary on the tran...

Introduction to program, acknowledgement of country. Discussion about the refugee us deal and the visa refugee ban drawing on an article by Zebedee Parkes from Green Left. A lengthy discussion about Donald Trump and his plans for the united states once he is inaugurated Report-back from a indigenous health conference from Lalitha Chelliah on the program including the reading of a statement from th...

Government retakes house from homeless; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/government-retakes-house-homelessWorkers’ lives worth more than boss’s profits; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/workers%E2%80%99-lives-worth-more-boss%E2%80%99s-profitsMonster truck threat to Yarraville; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/monster-truck-threat-yarraville  Interview with Stuart Munckton; Listen here....

A discussion about the current developments in the Bendigo street occupation. International news from Green Left Weekly discussion about the Dakota pipeline Local news from Green Left Weekly the refugee convention will be defeated Discussion about the welcome to Australia protests on October 22nd from green left weekly Discussion about Naomi Klein winning the peace prize and a forum by Angela Davi...

Discussion about the results of the local council elections in Victoria - the surge in greens votes in the Yarra city council and Moreland city council. The high vote for socialist canditates in both those electorates. Interview with Andrea Bunting from Climate Action Moreland about the results of the local council elections, their work in that area and a lengthy discussion about the South Austral...

Destruction of heritage pub, discussion of article about Nigeria and environmental discussion from Green Left Weekly. Nigeria and refugee crisis. Discussion of different news articles from Green Left Weekly including -El Salvador industrial winCatastrophe in YemenCouncil Elections this week endUS Presidential electionsQueensland Adani Coal mines Interview with Kern from Walk Together Australia to...

Australian News:Equal marriage Plebiscite officially dead and buried. International News:Trial of Kurdish journalist Renas Lelikan arrested under terror laws for being a Kurdistan workers party (PKK) member https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/judge-reserves-decision-renas-lelikan%E2%80%99s-bail-appealPine Ridge Indigenous youth supporting Dakota pipeline picket. Acknowledgement of country. https:...

Discussion of the snap protest organized in response to Australian Border Force holding a recruitment information session yesterday at 6pm at Abbottsford Convent which was later post-poned in response to the snap protest called. Discussion on the marriage equality plebiscite and the upcoming marriage equality rallies tomorrow. Closing of the show with a last announcement motivating people to mark...

 Australian News: What caused South Australia's state-wide blackout?; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/what-caused-south-australias-state-wide-blackout-1Rally to support anti-racist activist Jafr; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/photos-rally-support-anti-racist-activist-jafri  ‘Priority Investment’: code for attacks on most vulnerable; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/%E2%80%98priorit...