Green Left Radio

Interviews:Barry Gough, ALP left member and active member of Earthworker Co-operative, talks about the Easter uprising in Ireland 100 years ago. Phil Monsour, Brisbane based political musician, talks about his work in connection with Palestine, fundraising and other issues he is involved in.“Kate” talks about an occupation of public housing in Collingwood, making a point about lack of public housi...

Review of this weeks news items with discussion & analysis. Australian News:Palm Sunday rallies for refugees; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61381NSW protesters: 'We will break these laws'; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61374International News:Letter from the US: Republicans in disarray as Trump pushes racist violence amid protests; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61371'Blame hate, not Is...

Sustainable Breakfast, live from Friends of the Earth, Melbourne. Australian News:Outrage over NSW anti-protest law; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61287Childcare workers demand better pay on International Women's Day; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61297International News:'Stop funding murder in Honduras!' Activists slam US government; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61317Interviews:Cam W...

Weekly news roundup with discussion, analysis and interviews. Australian News:Mardi Gras 2016: still political; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61270International News:Sanders scores big upset with tight Michigan win; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61272Ireland: Establishment parties hammered, anti-austerity vote rises; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61235Celebrations as Basque political p...

This weeks news with discussion, analysis and interviews. Australian News:Sydney bicycle riders protest carrying mandatory identification; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61162Murdoch Vice Chancellor joins student #LetThemStay action; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61217Pressure mounts on coal, coal seam gas companies; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61143NSW Opal Card fare increases face o...

News articles, dicussion and analysis, upcoming events and interviews. Discussion on the governments proposal to increase defence spending and the negative effects of participating in war. Australian News:Corporate rich bid to take pensioners' homes; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61090Hundreds protest against Rio Tinto sacking seafarers; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61108South Australians...

Australian News:Vigil for baby Asha continues; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61069Communities say no to nuclear waste dump; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61011Interviews: Peter Boyle, Socialist Alliance candidate for Sydney talking about Medicare cuts. Feargal McGovern talks about refugee, baby Asha and the LetMeStay campaignRonnie Kareni from West Papua gives an update on the struggle for...

International News:Greeks organise biggest strike since Tsipras took office; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61027Australian socialists condemn assassination of Baloch leader by Pakistani state; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60993Sri Lankan navy murders Tamil boy; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61055Visiting Turkish president's bodyguard breaks Ecuadorian MP's nose; https://www.greenleft....

Articles, interviews and discussion on current issues and news items. Interviews: Kumba Ali from Balochistan, talks about the Balochistan Independence struggle for independence. Jim Casey, Preselected for the Greens to run in the seat of Grayndler, Sydney, NSW, talks about his response to Anthony Albanese's critisism of him being an environmentalist and other political issues. Niko Leka, from the...

Zane Alcorn and Feargal McGovern present todays show with interviews, articles, analysis and discussion on current news and issues. Pre-recording of Stan Grant, news correspondent, currently indigenous affairs editor of The Guardian Australia. Speech in Oct, 2015 part of IQ2 debate series organised by the Ethics Centre. Australian News:Unjust treatment of Aboriginal youth in Northern Territory You...

News, analysis and discussion from this weeks Greenleft Weekly, interviews and announcements. Interviews:John Englart, Citizen reporter and activist with “Climate Action Moreland” on the Paris Climate Talks. Dima, on the “These Cuts Are Killing Us Campaign”. From Greenleft Weekly; News, analysis and discussion. Comment and Analysis:Celebrating genocide and conquestCultural Dissent:Ruminants and me...

InterviewsInterview with John Setka from the CFMEU (Construction Forestry and Mining Union), on the Liberals attack on trade unions and supuerannuation. Interview with Ronny Kareni, West Papuan activist, on current issues in West Papua and the scandal with the Indonesian government and Donald Trumps involvement in the Freeport mine.

News articles and discussion of this weeks news. Australian News. Thousands protest as CFMEU officials face trumped up charges; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60813Stand with the CFMEU — Union organising is not a crime; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60804Anti-racist activists counter Reclaim Australia rallies; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60744International News. Venezuela: Maduro conc...

Articles and discussion on news items from GreenLeft Weekly and interview. Australian NewsMassive Melbourne climate march kicks off global actions. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60746Hutchison workers to vote on new agreement. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60639International NewsClimate change: 'We are running out of time'. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60721Beirut and Paris: Two terro...

A wrap up of this weeks articles in Green Left Weekly and interview with Andrea Bunting. Comment and AnalysisArticle and discussion on People's Climate March: why are there no demands? https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60712Australian NewsArticle and discussion on communities saying 'no' to forced council mergers in NSW. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60707Article and discussion on the proposed...

Wrap up of this weeks news articles from GreenLeft Weekly and interview with Bev Smiles. Australian NewsArticle and discussion on the Australian government detaining New Zealand citizens on Christmas Island. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60643Article and discussion on Refugee Fazel Chegeni being found dead on Christmas Island. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60642Article and discussion on th...

News items from this weeks GrenLeft Weekly with discussion and Lalitha interviews Mehreen Faruqi on the privatisation of Newcastle Rail. Australian NewsArticle and discussion on Malcolm Turnbull considering raising the goods and services tax (GST). https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60577Article and discussion on Gas miner Metgasco's surprise announcement on November 2 that it was recommending its...

Wrap up of this weeks news articles in GreenLeft Weekly and an interview by Lalitha Chelliah with Gulay from the Kurdish Association of Victoria. Australian ArticlesArticle and discussion on Australia being taken to the International Criminal Court over refugees. The Refugee Action Collective Victoria has filed a complaint at the International Criminal Court over the Australian government's treatm...

Australian NewsArticle and discussion on staff at Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane following in the footsteps of colleagues at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital and calling for the immediate release of children being held in immigration detention centres. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60422Article and discussion on anti-racist protesters at the media conference of Dutch Islamop...

Australian NewsArticle and discussion on the passing away of George Bender, a 68­-year­-old cotton farmer from Chinchilla, Queensland, took his own life on October 14. His family lays the blame squarely with the coal seam gas (CSG) industry he had fought against for a decade; https://www.greenleft.org.au/sections/australian-newsArticle and discussion on WA police siding with foreign fascist agains...

Article and discussion on the Trans Pacific Partnersip (TTP) agreement  by Duncan Roden; A meeting of trade ministers in Honolulu, Hawaii, over July 28 to 31, failed to reach final agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade deal;  https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/59717Article and discussion on foriegn intervention in the Syrian crisis by Tony Iltis. Russia followed the lead of We...

Weekly news from Green Left Weekly Newspaper for the weekInterview with Sarah Hathaway from Geelong regarding the conference of the Resistance Young Socialist Alliance;This is happening in Sydney on 5th to 7th Dec

Discussion on several union activities, victories on the tram union dispute and the struggle continues for the worker in the Train division of the Union; Rallies against racism in Bendigo, Interview with Catherine Moir about the impact of the election of Jeremy Corbyn as the leader of the Labour Party in the UK; He seems to have ruffled many feathers in the ruling class with his stand against the...

Weekly round up of news on the left by the team and an interview as below. Interview with Gary Murray, an Aboriginal activist, regarding the Ballerrt Mooroop site in Glenroy MONEY remains the major sticking point in the transfer of the site of the former Ballerrt Mooroop college to Moreland Council. Both the State Government and the council have indicated a preference for the land to be preserved...

Discussion about the channge in government leadership. Will it make a difference to people as a whole? A discussion and analysis of this sudden change and expectations. Will the malcolm Turnbull leadeship offer any relief to the attacks by Tony Abbott. An interview with Ursula Alquier about the harm caused by the fracking process. The longterm anf short term impact fracking has and will have on th...