Thursday Breakfast

The Feminist on Cellblock Y, Banan and Tasnim at the Egyptian Consulate in Naarm, Students from Palestine strike Feb 29, 8.5 million in faulty claims by job agencies, Senator Lidia Thorpe. Headlines// ​Annelise from Irlinfoshop (Incendium Radical Library and Collective) joins us to talk about the upcoming screening on The Feminist on Cellblock Y, a documentary about a group of men inside a prison...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Hume For Palestine is a community action group made up of residents of Hume Council, and is currently demanding the immediate closure of a local manufacturer in Campbellfield, Heat Treatment Australia (HTA). The 'defence' department states that HTA provides crucial heat treatment process for components of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, which are being used by...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// ​Armenian activist N spoke with Priya earlier this week about the material links between Azerbaijan, Turkey and Israel, and through this about the connections between the genocides of Armenian and Palestinian peoples. This conversation draws a through-line between historical and contemporary genocidal processes being waged by Israel, Azerbaijan and Turkey,...

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Declan Furber Gillick, Arrernte writer and political organiser and representative of the Black Peoples Union, spoke with Inez about last weekend’s community picket of Webb Dock in Port Melbourne. The picket, organised by activists including those from Unionists for Palestine, Free Palestine Melbourne, WACA and Black Peoples Union, successfully prevented th...

Acknowledgement of Country//News/Headlines//Uncle Winiata Puru - ASEN CampEarlier this week, during the Australian Student Environment Network's Victoria Training Camp, Priya caught up with environmental justice and Indigenous rights activist Uncle Winiata Puru. Uncle Wini has a rich history of environmental activism in solidarity with Aboriginal sovereign-led movements, and brings a unique approa...

Acknowledgement of Country// From our 12 October 2023 show: Leila interviews Debbie about Building Unity Against Fascism, a six session study circle that ran in late 2023 co-hosted by Radical Women and Freedom Socialist Party in Reservoir. Immersed in the daily fight against racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-trans bigotry, and labor exploitation, Radical Women believes in multi-issue organising aro...

Acknowledgement of Country// Spike and Priya visited the Hoddle Street public housing estate and spoke with resident Sim, who has been living in one of the towers for 7 years. In this interview, Sim reflected on last week's announcement by the Victorian State Government that all 44 public housing towers in the Greater Melbourne area have been slated for demolition and redevelopment in the coming d...

Acknowledgement of Country// Intro// Thursday Brekky Team - Penington Overdose ReportInez is back in the studio to take us through the Penington Institute's 2023 Annual Overdose Report, discuss a recent tour of Richmond's medically supervised injecting site and the petition for a new overdose prevention centre in Melbourne's CBD, and we all have a chat about stigma.// Chris Gough - CAHMA Chris Gou...

Acknowledgement of Country// News// Gayili Marika Yunupingu - Galupa Homeland Project Earlier this week, Priya interviewed Gumatj clan Elder Gayili Marika Yunupingu, who leads the Galupa Safety House suicide prevention and women's shelter initiative as part of the Galupa Homeland Project. The Project is located on the Gove Peninsula of Northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, and is focuse...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines//Have you ever wanted to contribute at a rally but just you're not sure where to start? Well today is the day you can learn how to take that first step… Mardshaling is the perfect way to get involved and support community in the ongoing fight for Palestinian liberation and to end genocide NOW! Next up we will hear from Bugs, a Pro Palestine activist and artis...

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines//Today we heard the third instalment of Spike’s conversation with Iain McIntyre from the Commons Social Change Library. Last week Iain talked about the resources available at the CSCL, who uses them and the importance of history in developing campaigns to address the present and future. In this the final segment, Iain and Spike talked about some of the social...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Have you ever wondered how to shut down capitalism? Protect the habitat of your favourite marsupial? Write an angry letter to your member of parliament? tIf you have, then our interview with Iain MacIntyre from the Commons Social Change Library is a must listen. The Commons Social Change Library is a service that documents the collective wisdom of people wh...

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// The Commons Social Change Library is the "go to portal" for social change resources. They gather and share resources from many different sources and organisations from all round the world in a user friendly, accessible portal. Last week we heard part 1 of our two part conversation with Iain Mcyntyre from the CSCL where we discussed social change, why it wa...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Have you ever wondered how to shut down capitalism? Protect the habitat of your favourite marsupial? Write an angry letter to your member of parliament? tIf you have, then our interview with Iain MacIntyre from the Commons Social Change Library is a must listen. The Commons Social Change Library is a service that documents the collective wisdom of people wh...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Beau Newham - NAPWHA Beau Newham from NAPWHA - the National Associtation of People with HIV - joins us to discuss the recent launch of free nation-wide HIV self-testing kits available for home delivery, an initiative in partnership with Queensland Positive People. Beau is the project lead of the national HIV self-testing project at NAPWHA. Find out more abo...

Gregory Andrews and Bec Horridge replay, yarns with Leila and Poli-Pearl Green, Freedom of Species excerpt and Roukaya on their project 'Harakat'.   3CR would like to acknowledge the Kulin Nations – true owners, caretakers and custodians of the land from which we broadcast. 3CR pays respect to Elders, past and present of the Kulin Nation. We recognise their unceded sovereignty.// News headlines// ...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Anti-Zionist Jewish author and transgender educator Nevo Zisin spoke with us about organising amongst members of the Jewish community in so-called Australia in solidarity with Palestine against Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. Groups including Loud Jew Collective, Jews Against Fascism, Jews Against the Occupation and Tzedek Collective as well as Jewish comra...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We listen to the final of a three part conversation between Spike and climate activist James from Blockade Australia. Blockade Australia is an organising network established in response to Australia's political and economic systems, and others like it globally, who are facilitating the collapse of the ecosystems that support all human and non human life. La...

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Sue-Anne Hunter, proud Wurundjeri and Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman and Deputy Chair and Commissioner of the Yoorrook Justice Commission, joined us to discuss the recent commencement of the Commission's inquiry into land, sky and waters. This phase in the process of truth-telling aims to explore the issue of land injustice in Victoria, with the Commission's f...

 Building Unity Against Fascism study circle, Palestinian solidarity with Muhib Nabulsi, Jesse Noakes on housing justice for Aboriginal families, Trasharama A-Go-Go Film Festival, Blockade Australia  Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines//  In our first conversation, we will be learning more about Building Unity Against Fascism; a six session study circle co-hosted by Radical Women and Freedom So...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Refugee women Geetha Ramachandran and Ghazaleh Ghaed Rahmati along with unionist and organiser Lavanya joined us to speak about their involvement in the march by a group of refugee women from Melbourne to Canberra to fight for visa equality and raise awareness about the plight of around 12,000 refugees left in limbo by the Australian Government’s failure to...

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Earlier this week, Spike and Priya visited the Hoddle Street public housing estate and spoke with resident Sim, who has been living in one of the towers for 7 years. In this interview, Sim reflected on last week's announcement by the Victorian State Government that all 44 public housing towers in the Greater Melbourne area have been slated for demolition a...

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Fighting for Banaba Part 3//Last week, Priya 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. This conversation occurs in the context of a recent push by Australian mining company Centrex, which has sought t...

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Science Owes Us An Apology Part 2Professor Glenn McLaren lectures in Philosophy, Media and Society at Swinburne University, and in Science Week 2017 wrote the article "Science Owes Us an Apology" that discussed how science has been separated from the humanities, and the impact this has had on critical thought. Spike sat down with Glenn for a two part conve...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Yoorrook Commissioner Travis Lovett is a proud Kerrupmara/Gunditjmara man who has spent his life advocating for truth and justice for First Peoples. Commissioner Lovett has held senior leadership roles in the Victorian Public Service, including as Executive Director and Acting Deputy Secretary, First Peoples State Relations, at the Department of Premier and...