Labour Day reflections, Students For Palestine, Seismic Blasting in the Otway Basin and America's Content Moderation

Monday, 11 March 2024 - 7:00am to 8:30am

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 the ACTU. 

Rob was then joined by Renee Nayef of Students For Palestine Victoria in the studio to discuss life as a student and young person advocating for a free Palestine as well as Students for Palestine Victoria’s upcoming school/ university walkout this Thursday 2pm at the State Library Victoria. Both students and non-students are encouraged to attend the event and occupy Melbourne’s streets for the cause of a free Palestine.

We then heard Judith Peppard’s conversation with Lisa Deppeler founder of OCEAN (Otway Climate Emergency Action Network) and Mitch Pope, one of the coordinators of the Great Ocean Rescue Tour, about why the community is so opposed to seismic blasting in the Otway Basin and the actions being taken to have it stopped. Note: this is an excerpt of the conversation aired on the Earth Matters show, the full conversation can be heard at 3cr.org.au/earthmatters. The Earth Matters show airs on Sundays from 11 to 11:30AM. 

Lastly is an excerpt from the Yeah Nah Pasaran show in which Andy and Cam speak with Rae Jereza about guns and content moderation. Rae is a Non-binary, Filipino-American anthropologist working in North America. For the full interview, head to 3cr.org.au/yeahnahpasaran. The Yeah Nah Pasaran show airs on Thursdays from 4:30 to 5pm. 

Some announcements:
March 12 is the 18th anniversary of Camp Sovereignty’s launch when Uncle Robbie Thorpe and Uncle Kevin Buzzacot first lit the sacred fire. At 4pm on the 12th of March there will be a number of events at Camp Sovereignty to celebrate the anniversary and pay tribute to Uncle Kevin Buzzacot with speeches and performances from people such as Uncle Robbie Thorpe, Amos Roach, Uncle Ringo Terrick, and more. For more info about the event check out the Old Country Calling Instagram page (Old.Country.Calling). Elders and mob from around so-called Australia are invited to be at Camp Sovereignty for the event. To help fund transport, accommodation, and elder care, a fundraiser has been organised. If you are able to donate please do so at: https://chuffed.org/project/107095-elder-transport-fund-for-camp-soverei...

 

As mentioned before, Students for Palestine Victoria are conducting a school/university walkout this at 2pm Thursday the 14th of March at the State Library Victoria. Both students and non-students are encouraged to attend the walkout. More information can be found on the Students for Palestine Victoria Instagram page (@studentsforpalestinevictoria).
 

Songs played: 
Bourke Bound - Kent Morris 
Reading - Brian Morley 
All Night - Bakar