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James Brennan plays a recording of an interview with Omar Hassan after his journalistic tour in Syria to report on the fall of Bahar Al-Assad's dictatorship and the effect his regime and it's collapse has had on the country. James also briefly discusses the contentious 3-Stage Ceasefire Agreement between Israel and Hamas, and the subsequent return of over 500,00 Palestinians to Northern Gaza, and...

Missiles for the Masses Part 2: Counterinsurgency and the MediaIn Part 2 of the exploration of counterinsurgency, Mercedes and Abi discuss the rhetorical and linguistic devices that the media and state employ to build the legitimacy of the state, delegitimise resistance and justify expanding militarism. There is a particular focus on phrases used by the media and the government. The two-fold natur...

This is the first part of a multipart series called Missiles for the Masses. Missiles for the Masses is a multi-part series exploring counterinsurgency and its various uses against liberation and protest movements across the globe. In the first episode, Mercedes and Abi give an overview of counterinsurgency and the ways it is used by the state, as well giving a brief history of the development of...

On the 10th of December, International Human Rights Day, Uncle Robbie Thorpe and lawyer Dan Taylor went to a hearing to prosecute former advisor to Benjamin Netanyahu, Mark Regev, for advocating genocide. The DPP took control of the case, and subsequently dropped it on the grounds of insufficient evidence. Being considered a very important case as it will reform Australia's typical political allig...

Mercedes hosts Uprise Radio during this trip around the block, and talks about the Neodymium and Praseodymium mining occuring in Kalgoorlie by the Lynas Rare Earths Processing Facility, and how the excavation and processing of these minerals directly funds weapons manufacturing for the military industrial complex, including weapons that are being used against Palestinians.   

Womin Djeka! James talks about the results of the presidential election, the policies of both parties, Donald Trump and democracy, he then plays an interview with American Author Joe Bageant, who talks about the mass manipulation suffered by the working class, delivered by the large corporations and governmental bodies in the United States of America. To follow up James plays some very topical tun...

Mercedese Zanker interviews Xan, from the Elbit Out Of Victoria Campaign by the Unionists for Palestine. They talk extensively about the compliancy of Australia with the genocide in Palestine and how our taxes fund Elbit Systems who manufacture the weapons that the Israeli military is using against Palestine. 

We hear Dr. Shahd Hammouri Jordanian Palestinian Lawyer speaking at the Rally for Palestine on Sunday 15 September about the importance of arms embargoes. Then from Carlos, Columbian filmaker and activist, speaking about what Land Forces is and what is planned for the activities of Disrupt Land Forces 2024. More from Dr. Shahd Hammouri:  'The Palestinian people have the right of resistance by all...

 Eddie, a concerned community member involved with Disrupt Land Forces 2024 discusses this year's Land Forces expo in a wider context of weapons conferences - and actions against them. They also discuss the companies involved in the event this September, why we push back, and the various events happening throughout the week and how you too can get involved. 

For our third week in a row we once again bring you the voices on the streets for a Free Palestine to the airwaves. Earlier in the week, Mercedes sat down on the steps of Victorian Parliament with Uncle Ihab of the Sit-Intifada on their 59th day to talk about their demands and encouraging you to come down. From the Free Palestine Rally held in Dandenong on the 13th of December, we hear from Minnah...

This week we take you to the gates of Thales in North Bendigo to the blockade that shut down work for the day. Get in amongst the action with poetry, interviews, music and some rabble-rousing straight from the belly of the beast. Plus, we chat to Iain McIntyre about the release of this new book with Alex Ettling, Knocking the Top Off: A People's History of Alcohol in Australia. 

We bring you more speeches from the weekly Free Palestine Rallies. The relentless bombardment of Gaza and genocide of Palestianians by Israel continues. Amplifying the voices for a Free Palestine is paramount. Speeches from:- Mae - Free Palestine Melbourne, spekaing about Union Solidarity- Dr Gary Foley - Gumbaynggirr man and Professor of History- Dr Micaela Sahhar - Australian Palestinian writer...

We bring the voices on the streets to the airwaves this week, playing speeches from the weekly Free Palestine rallies at 12pm at State Library. Today, hear from:- Nasser Mashni - President of APAN- Moira - Yorta Yorta Boonwurrung Jewish writer and artist- Nazeem Hussain - comedian and actor

James is joined int he studio by Jacob Grech, producer and host of 3CR's A Friday Rave, anti-military activist and researcher, Renegade Activists to talk abou the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Biden's trip to Israel and central role of the military flow of capital. 

We hear speeches from Sovereignty in the Time of the Voice, an event hosted by the Black Peoples Union and Renegade Activists in the lead up to the referendum. Hear from:- Keiran Stewart-Assheton - President of the Black Peoples Union and a Traditional Owner of Wani-Wandian Country in the Yuin Nation- Leah House - Ngambri Ngunnawal woman currently working at the Human Rights Commission - Victims o...

We take a deep dive into the class politics and responses to Rich Men North of Richmond by Oliver Anthony, a song that shot Anthony to fame overnight. 

We talk to NTEU orgainsers Liz Strakosch, Kim Alley and Thomas Waite during the record week-long strike actions by UniMelb staff and students. The strike actions comes with clear demands to force the uni to pull its head out of the sand. We also discuss the methods unionists emplyed to build numbers for a successful action. 

The logging of Gumbaynggirr Country by Forestry Corporation NSW has been long and destructive, and the resistance to it has been staunch. Gumbaynggirr Elders, Custodians and accomplices set up Camp Newry to protest the destruction of culturally significant sites and it wasn't long until the cops rolled in to remove Elders and people at camp and extinguish the Sacred Fire. We talk to Maddie from Be...

We chat to Jacob Grech from Renegade Activists about Hiroshima Day and some stories about those behind it. We also discuss nuclear proliferation and how nuclear weapons are currently being used globally.

We sit down with Charlie Hill-Smith, writer of Crime Scene Australia: Terror Nullius, a mixed genre graphic novel that combines real Australian history and forensic sciences with contemporary social critique and satire; in a pop-culture narrative of supernatural-horror. Charlie talks about how the project came about in collaboration with the legendary Robbie Thorpe. Find out more here

It's NAIDOC Week and this week we tell about the NAIDOC Events throughout the week and play some freestyles from 3CR's 2022 Beyond the Bars program. We also play Aunty Barbara Flick's speeck from the Blak Sovereign Movement Press Conference at Parliament. Always Was. Always Will Be. Aboriginal Land

2023 Radiothon Special! Bringing the stories from Uprise Radio's Radiothon fundraiser at Hardout, reflecting on the year that's been and wax lyrical about how bloody good 3CR is! We hear an exclusive, previoulsy unreleased track from local band Standing Circle, and a special mention from Naarm-based MC Tumi the Be! And we draw the Radiothon raffle live on air! Plus, hear Noongar Woman and Member o...

Australia is facing a full-blown housing emergency. House prices have been increasing faster than wages for decades, meaning that for many people, the prospect of ever owning a home is now vanishingly remote. James chats with James Plested of Red Flag about the housing crisis and Socialists solutions. 

Mercedes and James speak to Omar Jabing of Free Palestine Mebourne about the commemoration of 75 years of Al Nakba. We speak about how Israel capitalises on the sale of weapons off the backs of Palestinian people, the ever-increasing illegal occupation and theft of land, the surveillance and censorship by Israel and the powerful ongoing resistance by Palestinian people.  

Hear the speeches from May Day for Freedom and Liberation! Featuring: Uncle Robbie ThorpeKeiran Stewart-Assheton, President of the Black Peoples UnionTaslima Akhter, President of Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity