Failures of the ALP National Conference || What's behind the violence in Manipur? || Myths about Housing Supply

Friday, 25 August 2023 - 7:00am to 8:30am

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, Sue Bolton

Newsreports

The presenters respond to Coles posts $1.1bn profit amid grocery price surge and cost of living crisis and make a argument for why we need price controls on greedy supermarket corporations.

Interviews and discussions

Alex Bainbridge, member of Socialist Alliance and journalist for Green Left discusses the recent ALP national conference and why it represented a failure in terms of delivering for working people, despite the ALP's claims to the contrary. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Suresh Kumar Vallath, member of the indian community in Melbourne, former president of the Indian Overseas Congress Australia, Kerala chapter joins the program to discuss the roots behind the ethnic violence against the indigenous Kuki-Zo minority in the state of Manipur in India. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Emily Sims, Director of advocacy for Prosper Australia Research Institute joins the program to discuss their research on the housing crisis and responding to the myth that the high cost of housing is due to the lack of supply. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Songs played

Liberation by MC Kash.

Friday 7:00am to 8:30am
A weekly source of alternative information which aims to inspire action and organisation to put people and the environment first. Covering international political issues and struggles against the exploitation of the people and exposing the bias in mainstream media that preferences the power brokers and denies access to information.

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Green Left Radio Collective

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