Lockheed Martin's F-35 global supply chain in Aus, Tasnim Sammak, Climate Action Show replay, Yousef Alreemawi at 76 Years of Nakba & The False Idol of Zionism

Thursday, 20 June 2024 - 6:00am to 7:30am

A photograph showing a protester at the Free Palestine rally, silhouetted against orange smoke during a performance intervention in Naarm CBD.

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Independent journalist Michelle Fahy joins us to unpack Australia's place in the global supply chain of Lockheed Martin's F-35 combat aircraft, which the Israeli military has been using to wreak widespread destruction across Gaza for at least the past 8 months. Michelle has been investigating militarism and the arms trade since 2009, and recently reported that Lockheed Martin has deleted website details about its operations in Australia. You can read and support Michelle's work by subscribing to her substack, Undue Influence.//

Sunday the 16th of June marked the 36th free palestine rally in Naarm. The previous march, on Sunday the 9th, saw police deploy violent force using OC spray against more than 30 protesters, as well as attempting to ban the sound system truck in an effort to silence the Free Palestine movement. At Naarm’s most recent rally on Sunday 16th, Victoria Police again attempted to deny access of the sound truck to its rightful location outside the Victorian State Library. Tasnim Sammak joined us to unpack the events of the past two rallies. Tasnim is a speaker, organiser and monash PHD candidate engaged in counter-storytelling as decolonial methodology, as well as a member of the Free Palestine rally organising team.//

Architect Chris Barnett and George Avraam from the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne spoke with Vivien Langford on this week's Climate Action Show about possibilities for public housing retrofit sensitive to concerns about embodied carbon and sustainable design needs. We play a segment of their conversation which touches on some of the architectural thinking showcased during last month's Public Housing Towers Reimagined exhibition at the Australian Institute of Architects. Listen back to the full episode of this week's Climate Action Show by heading to 3cr.org.au/climateaction, and tune in live every Monday from 5-6PM.//

Yousef Alreemawi, (veteran Palestinian activist, founder of Averroes Centre of Arab Culture, The Aspire Project, Palestine Remembered on 3CR, & musician with the Tarab Ensemble) speaking at the Public Forum "76 Years of Nakba & The False Idol of Zionism" hosted by Green Left & Socialist Alliance at the Resistance Centre in Melbourne CBD, held on Tuesday 28th May.//