Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.
Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Zane Alcorn
Newsreports
Headline news reports.
The presenters respond and discuss the following issues that have popped up in the news in the past week.
Why the Greens abstained from Labor's inadequate housing bill currently being debated in the parliament
Hysteria from the United States about UFOs and how it reflects a push to normalise millitarisation in our society.
Uproar about RBA Chief Phillip Lowe and how he serves the interests of the rich & powerful.
Interviews and Discussion
Pamela Curr, long-time refugee advocate for more than 24 years responding and unpacking the announcement by the Albanese government that Thousands of refugees will be granted permanent visas. Pamela discussed the limitations of this announcement and how it will leave more than 10'000 refugees in limbo, and doesn't reflect a fundamental break from the ALP's policy on refugees. You can listen to the individual interview here.
Discussion with the presenters about the Robodebt scheme implemented by the Coalition government and why it was ultimately deliberate policy to push the poor and the unemployed. You can listen to the individual discussion here.
Zerebar Karimi, Kurdish community emergency aid campaigner in Australia discusses in a recorded interview via Green Left on how Turkish dictator President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is using the earthquake disaster as a weapon in his ongoing war on the Kurdish people. You can view a recording of the interview here.
Upcoming events from the Activist Calendar
Highlights from the Green Left Activist Calendar
Saturday, February 25, Rally | Migrants & refugees welcome! Nazi gyms are not! 1pm. Sunshine Station
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