Monday Breakfast

Welcome to another episode of the Monday Breakfast show, coming to you live from the studios of 3CR in so-called Fitzroy. Following the Federal Government’s attempt to rush through the Migration Amendment Bill last week, Rob conducted two interviews to understand as much as possible about what it means for refugees across so-called Australia. Among other things, the bill would give a minister ‘God...

 Welcome to another iteration of the Monday Breakfast show, presented and produced by Rob Harrison in the studios of 3CR. First up we hear Nasser of the Palestine Remembered show’s conversation with David Glanz, an anti-Zionist Jewish activist for refugee rights, and founder of MEAA members for Palestine, about fair and unbiased reporting and safe working conditions for people working in media and...

Welcome to another episode of the Monday Breakfast show. On this week's show we have: We start off with some good news: representation of LGBTQIA+ people on TV screens across so-called Australia is improving. A study published in Sage Journals has revealed the much-needed data surrounding Queer representation within scripted television across so-called Australia over the past two decades. Rob diss...

Welcome back to another episode of the Monday Breakfast show on 3CR, bringing you news from across the radical left spectrum. With the episode airing on Labour Day, Rob spoke with Assistant Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions Joseph Mitchell to reflect on the union movement in so-called Australia and its achievements in the last year, as well as what Labour Day means to Joseph and...

Last week a joint investigation by the ABC and the Guardian exposed that two men who were allegedly involved in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda are wanted for questioning in Rwanda. The Australian Centre for International Justice released a paper in response arguing that Australia has become a safe haven for perpetrators of atrocities. The ACIJ is a not-for-profit legal centre focused on enhancing acc...

Welcome back to Monday Breakfast. This week Rob and Grace bring you the following:  Jan Bartlett of Tuesday Hometime speaking with Ken Davies, International project officer Union Aid Abroad APHEDA, about the partnership between APHEDA and Palestine, and aid provision for Gaza, West bank, and Lebanon. We also heard  Jan Bartlett's conversation with activist David Burgess who together with his frien...

Welcome back to another episode of Monday Breakfast, broadcasted from the studios of 3CR in so-called Melbourne.  Our first segment for this week is Mercedes Zanker of Uprise Radio speaking with Mohamed of The Sit Intifada on the first sitting day of Victorian Parliament of 2024, direct from the steps of Parliament House.   On Thursday last week the NSW government released a discussion paper to al...

Channel Nine has recently been defending itself against accusations it intentionally altered a photo of Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell to make it more revealing. The news organisation claimed the edit was not a human error but rather due to AI’s automation within Photoshop. Rob sat down with Dr TJ Thomson, senior lecturer at RMIT, to see how credible Channel Nine’s claim is. Recently, the...

Welcome to another iteration of the Monday Breakfast show, presented and produced by Rob Harrison and Grace Tan. This week we bring you four segments from across the spectrum of radical news.  As Israel’s genocidal conquest of Palestine continues to play out, the ways in which governments and companies all over the globe are complicit are simultaneously becoming transparent. One of those companies...

In this week's jampacked show Rob and Grace bring you segments covering the Webb Dock picket and policing of it, how pill testing could reduce harm, as well as extra-judicial killings of unionists in the Philippines. We start off with Stick Together's Jiselle Hanna interview with Elmer Labog, General Secretary of the Kilusang Mayo Uno, the militant union federation in the Philippines, about trade...

The YourGround NSW crowd-sourced map launched on 15 November 2023 and is open for submissions until February 2024. This interactive, crowd-sourced map asks women and gender-diverse people to pin a spot and share their experiences about safety across NSW to help create more inclusive public spaces and transport hub precincts. Sonia Randhawa from Wednesday Breakfast spoke to Dr Nicole Kalms – Direct...

3CR presenter Dale Bridge of the program Defence of Government Schools (DOGS), reported on Press Release #1002 with information that the Swedish School Minister stated the failure of their free private school system. NB: This is an excerpt of a longer discussion, for more info, head to DOGS. Airs every Saturday morning from 12-1 pm.  Jan Bartlett of Tuesday Hometime spoke to Associate Professor Ja...

First, Kannagi from Tuesday Breakfast’s interview with lecturer and researcher Dr Brandy Cochrane on the Forcibly Displaced People's Network's report 'Inhabiting Two Worlds at Once' which looks at the experiences of LGBTIQA+ settlement in Australia. Find out about FDPN's refugee sponsorship program here//Next, Jan Bartlett speaks about killings and dispossession in the West Bank while the attentio...

Connor Flynn came into the studio to update us on developments in the Save Preston Market Campaign. Stall holders have been offered new 5-year leases. (Originally broadcast: 25 November 2023) David Glanz, from Refugee Action Collective, talks about the rally that occurred on Sat 18-11-23, set to highlight the people in Indonesia, still stranded by Australia's refugee policies. Grace speaks with Ad...

Welcome to this week's iteration of Monday Breakfast, bringing you current affairs from a range of radical topics. First up we hear part 2 of Claudia Craig's interview with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian territories. You can listen to the full interview here. Then Grace speaks with Samantha Floreani, Program lead at Digital Right...

The hosts of Yean Nah Pasaran chat with journalist Brandi Buchman about covering J6 (the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol), the Oath Keepers, and the Proud Boys. (This was originally broadcast on: 2nd November 2023)**This is an excerpt of a longer conversation, for a full interview head to Yeah Nah Pasaran Rob speaks to Jackie Turner, Director at Trans Justice Project, discussing Trans Day of Rem...

Welcome back to another edition of Monday Breakfast with Grace Tan, James Tait and Rob Harrison. Grace speaks with Prof Catherine Crock AM, a long-time doctor at the Royal Children Hospital Melbourne since 1994, discussing World Kindness Day, and the Gathering of Kindness, a series of online events happening throughout the week, about building, nurturing and instilling culture of kindness in the h...

This week Rob, James and Grace gathered round the microphones to bring listeners a diverse selection of radical news. We started off by playing Liz Walsh's speech from Sunday's Pro-Palestine rally which was recorded by Grace at the rally itself. Liz Walsh is a member of Victorian Socialists. Following that we revisited last week's conversation with Elio Celotto, founder of The Coalition for the Pr...

Grace speaks with Helena Hassani, human rights advocate and campaigner for the prevention of child and forced marriage and family violence. We discussed the 'A survivor-led approach to combating modern slavery' event tomorrow, 31 October 2023. Time: 1.30-2.30 pmWhere: Online via ZoomEmail events.socialjustice@uts.edu.au to discuss access requirements. To register: Register link  James at Sporting...

To start off the show, Grace spoke with Oscar Davis, Associate Professor of Philosophy and History at Bond University, discussing what makes a good life, and the concept of existentialism. Next, Rob interviews Harry Millward, a general delegate of the Renters and Housing Union, about Victorian Labour's Housing Plan and what it means for the state's housing crisis. The team then revisits a conversa...

Chris from Raising our Voice interviews self-advocates Heather, Shona and James, who speak up about their experiences as people with intellectual disability with bullying and discrimination. They talk about how these experiences of bullying and discrimination have affected them and share their ideas about what they think should change in the community, like the need for more disability awareness....

This week the team dove into a plethora of topics, covering issues such as underestimating the economic impacts of climate change, preventing child sexual abuse, the Disability Royal Commission, and a secret deal surrounding refugees between Australia and Papua New Guinea. Rob spoke to River Night, an advocate for reform within the National Disability Sector as well as a person living with Disabil...

Grace, Rob and James start today's show with a debrief about the grand final weekend, and then hear from an excerpt of the stop seismic blasting rally in the Otway Basin supported by X-Rebellion, held on Monday the 15th of September. Then, the focus turns to Victorian Labour's Housing Plan with Rob speaking with Harry Millward, a delegate of the Renters and Housing Union about the very ambitious H...

Rob, Grace and James recap their weekends, and then get into a big show talking about climate, justice and being your true self. First, the team heard from Dr. Karl Braganza on how warmer and drier conditions will be more likely over spring and summer for parts of Australia, under the influence of these two climate drivers. Bureau of Meteorology Climate Manager Dr Karl Braganza outlined how both E...

AOC//  Headlines// Jacques Boulet from Think Again interviews Lucinda Holdforth about her book: 21st-Century Virtues: How they are failing our democracy. Priya from Thursday Breakfast caught up with Professor Katerina Teaiwa and Itinterunga Rae Banteiti to discuss the colonial history of phosphate mining on Banaba and the fight by Banabans for reparations and an end to extraction.  Annie McLoughli...