Solidarity Breakfast

Apple Building for Fed Square? We talk to Citizens for Melbourne Action Group. Australian Unemployed Workers Union (AUWU) National Day of Action against dracoian Welfare Reform Bill in Senate at moment - exerptsStephen Jolley talks about the Left coalition working towards getting a Socialist into Victorian Parliament in the November election. This is the Week that Was - Kevin HealyDon Sutherland t...

1st Half hour: Tony Nicholson gives an idea where the $45 mill will go to combat homelessness in Victoria                     Ascot Vale Public Housing Residents take a letter to the Minister saying they won't go.2nd Half hour: Friends of Public Housing report on meeting Federal Senators investigating public housing 3rd Half Hour: National Day of action called by the Ausralian Unemployed Workers U...

1st half hour - Grassroots USA a report from Vince Emmanuel2nd half hour - Anna Bourzourkas Setting Sun Film Festival director talks about the festival that brings the celebrates the Western Suburbs in film                       - Chris Smyth from Victorian National Parks warns that the report from the Vic Government that will allow up to 250 Race Horses on the Beach between Port Fairy & Warrnambo...

1st 1/2 hour:  Human Rights Day Rally - we take you on-the-ground to Melbourne's Human Rights Rally 10/12/172nd 1/2 hour: Public Housing - Jeff Fielder from Fair Go For Pensioners (FGFP) & Housing for Aged Action Group (HAAG) talks about the rise in homelessness, housing affordability & solutions.3rd 1/2 hour: Save Vic Market - Phil Cleary calls people to a rally & possible community picket to def...

1st Half Hour:   Can We Afford to Bring Them Here?  New International Bookshop & Search Foundation Forum Series: Lucy Horan (Teachers For Refugees & RAC) & Julian Burnside QC.On the Steps of Vic Parliament to celebrate Lidia Thorpe's first speech - the first indiginous women in Vic Parliament.2nd Half Hour: Fascist & the Fight Back What happened Mon 6 in Melb? Debbie Brennan from Campaign Against...

1st half hour: The Police Problem - on the streets outside Flinders Street in the centre of Melbourne Dec 26, 2017 Special Operations police barred the way of peaceful refugee activists after a violent altercation at Friday's  rally in city. We talk to refugee rallyists on the street on the police response. We talk to the Laywer from Melbourne Activists Legal Support (MALS) who went to the watch h...

1st half hour: Don Sutherland talks about the Streets victory 2nd half hour: Environment Rally on steps of Victoria Parliament on Nov 1 to celebrate victories and the game plan for 2018                       This is the Week That Was3rd half hour: Humphrey McQueen Christmas round up.

1st half hour: Defend Public Housing - Walker St Estate Northcote rally Nov 112ond half hour: Chris Breen (Refugee Action Collective) Manus Island update/ Pine Gap Protestors Court Case update / This is the Week that was3rd half hour: "Yes Vote" rally Melb making history 15-11-2017

7.30 - Prof David Vine talks about US bases8.00am - Paul Christie, peace activist, talk to us about his up-coming case for a peace demo at Pine Gap last year8.20am - This is the Week that was.830 am - 8 Days of Solidarity, a grassroots campaign to show solidarity with refugees who have been locked up in detention. It will be 8 days of action to highlight the longest time spent in Australia’s deten...

We open with Lidia Thorpe maybe the 1st First People's representative in Victorian Parliament. We ask her why she is a Greens & why Northcote? In the last half hour Bill Mitchell debunks the outrageous claims from "leading business people' that to raise wages from an all time low needs a productivity increase. The gloves are off.

Celebration of Public Housing rally at Debneys Park Flemington. Public Housing Tenants speak out against Vic Govt "renewal" plans. They are joined by Adam Bandt Greens Federal Member for Melbourne. Next Rally 11 Nov Walker St Estate Northcote. PUBLIC HOUSING DEFENCE NETWORKDon Sutherland talks about Cash and that raid on the AWU & Australian democracy. What a week. Kevin Healy with This is the Wee...

Rob Starry: Anti Terror Laws up close. Rob takes us through what these laws are doing to Islamic Australians and the fabric of our democracy by looking at two recent banner headline cases. Lift up the curtain and all is revealed. Chrissie-Horswood - Warriors of Aboriginal Resistance founding member explains why WAR is so importantKevin Healy gives us This is the Week that WasDon Sutherland surveys...

Coarle Winter just back from Venezuela give a clear account of the situationBessie Byrne on the Reel Impact Industry Day for the Environmental Film FestivalMarcus Harrinton speaks to Pat Preston who was there when the West Gate Bridge collapsed. Oct 15 is the 49th anniversary of the event that killed 35 workers. This is the Week that Was with Kevin HealyPeter Norman Day celebrations Oct 9th outsid...

Ass. Prof. Anitra Nelson on the relevance of Marx in the fight for the environment. Aron Mylvaganam talks about the recent death on Manus and the Federal Governments call for $7,500 from family to repatriate their sons body. Katie Wood, Socialist Historian, talks about rebel women. This is the week that wasDon Sutherland talks about the industrial landscape - how the laws are broken & what we can...

Yarra Mayor Amanda Stone explains Yarra Council's position on Australia Day. Debbie Brennan gives first hand report of Neo Nazi storming of Moreland Council meeting against their position on Australia Day. Campaign Against Racism and Fascism (CARF) info here. Jerome Small talks about Union Activism & History Conference on Sat 14th Oct. This is the Week that WasHumphrey McQueen talks about 'oily' S...

South China Sea:  IPAN conference speaker James O'Neill outlines the US role in undermining peace. Allende Commmoration The Commemoration of the 1973 Chilean Coup and Death of Salvadore Allende at Melbourne Trades Hall. Uproar in Catalonia The referendum to decide if Catalonia would separate from the Spanish Union set for Oct 1 has been interfered with by Federal Government intervention. LATEST: (...

- Don Sutherland our industrial relations reporter talks about the Vulnerable Workers Bill & the departure of Nigel Hadgkiss from the ABCC & what should mean to the Minister for Employment Michealea Cash.- Phil Cleary says the latest plan for Vic Market out of Melb City Council should not be seen as a fait-a-complet.- Lew Wheeler (Fair Go For Pensioners) talks an allaince to Save Public Housing in...

‘concerned Australians’ (cA ) organised the launch of an Eminent Australian's statement calling for an end to the failed Northern Territory Interventionon August 28th at the Melbourne University Law School. Over 200 Eminent Australians put their name to this important statement found here . Professor Gillian Triggs, the immediate past President of the Australian Human Rights Commission,  gave the...

Gomm St Housing Estate residents meet and talk about the removal of residents for the Martin Foley Private Public Partnership rebuild that doesn't really include the residents' voices. The Meeting was held on Aug 30 with Councillor Sue Bolton from Moreland Council and a lawyer from Fitzroy Legal Service in attendance. This is the Week that Was says it all really. Humprey McQueen celebrates the 150...

Vince Emmanuel talks about progressive action in America. Changes to Melbourne University EBA attack academic rights - Colin Long from the National Tertiary Education Union. This the week that was. The rule are broken - Don Sutherland talks about how the industrial rules in Australia can and should be changed.

Vince Emmanuel talks about America and activism. Lew Wheeler talks about cuts to concessions. Lew is from Fair Go For PensionersKevin Healy reviews the week. Humphrey McQueen tells us what the banks really do.

Labor talks "the rules are broken" to the Sydney Institute. Don Sutherland crits Shadow Industry Ministry Brendan O'Connor's recent speech to the right wing Sydney Institute - the theme "The rules are broken".This Is the Week that WasDr Noah Bassil returns to talk about the state of things.

Venezuela on fire - live cross before the popular vote. Longford dispute rally outside Esso with the voice of affected workers. This is the Week that was with Kevin Healy. Humphrey McQueen talks about banks and their place.

Inequality from Turnbull, Shorten, Prof Roger Wilkins & Van Badham. This is the Week that Was - Kevin picks up the theme of Shorten's inequality speech. Sue Cramer on Constructivism & Aust Art @ Heide - in an exhibition the honours the influence of the art movement that was born out of the Russian Revolution and worked to remake the world where art was no longer an elite sport. Justice for Elijah...

Arthur Rorris from the South Coast Trades and Labor Council talks about young workers excluded from fair pay and conditions and the fight back. Tony Smith talks about the West Gate Tunnel Project in  Melbourne. This is the Week that Was. Arnold Zable talks about Refugees.