702am News:
Austin bomber - media neglects to label
Mark Anthony Conditt(link is external) a 'terrorist' because he is white.
Palestinian woman Ahed Tamimi
jailed for 8 months after slapping Israeli soldier in the face.
710am Jacob and Zane Interview
Mahmut Kahraman about the invasion and aerial bombing of the Kurdish democratic confederal province of
Afrin in North Western Syria (but really it is part of what is historically Kurdistan). A kurdish cultural monument has been destroyed and around 500 civilians killed as Turkish flags and Free Syrian Army flags are placed throughout. An
international day of solidarity(link is external) is happening tomorrow (March 24).
730am News: ACTU launches
change the rules campaign(link is external)745am Jacob and Zane interview
Lucho Riquelme from the
Latin America Solidarity Network (LASNET)(link is external) about the upcoming tour of Venezuelan activist
Pacha Guzman.
Pacha is a member of the Ezequiel Zamora Peasant National Front (FNCEZ) and the Revolutionary Current Bolivar Zamora (CRBZ), a tendency within the United Socialist Party of Venezuela and will be discussing the gains made by the revolutionary movement in Venezuela as well as the challenges faced.
755am News:
Conflict erupts on Melbourne waterfront between workers and Qube Ports
8am activist calendar
8:10am Jacob and Zane interview
Rebecca Langley about an upcoming tour of speakers from
occupied West Papua(link is external). The speaking tour will focus on how Indonesian police and paramilitary units given training and material assistance by Australia have been directly responsible for violent repression and murders of West Papuan freedom fighters and community organisers.
