News headlines //

7:15AM // Alita, community member participating in AW Bell picket in Dandenong South, organised by anonymous activist collective Weapons Out of Naarm, to disrupt weapons production in solidarity with Palestine, on local action to terminate weapons manufacturing contracts that are supplying the Israel Occupation Forces.

7:30AM // Violet, a non-binary, queer activist from Myanmar currently based in Thailand, on their experience as a queer activist in Myanmar, the circumstances that forced them to relocate to Thailand, how the civil war has impacted the already marginalised queer community in Myanmar, and what they hope the future will look like for their community. You can listen to the full conversation between Violet and Kannagi on Women on the Line at 3cr.org.au/womenontheline and follow Violet on Instagram @montheviolet

7:45AM // Rand Khatab, Palestinian community organiser, student representative, convenor of BDS Youth and member of Dare to Struggle films, speaking at the 44th consecutive Free Palestine Rally in Naarm on Sunday 11th August, and calling on each and every person to reach out to their networks and communities, strengthen their coalitions for a Free Palestine movement.

8:00AM // Monique Hurley, Associate Legal Director of the Human Rights Law Centre, speaking with Marisa from Doin’ Time on Victoria's Youth Justice Bill 2024. They discuss ongoing campaigns to strengthen the bill in a few key ways to allow children to flourish, notably by Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility, removing new police powers, removing the power to transfer children to adult prisons, and scrapping their proposed electronic monitoring trial on incarcerated children.

8:15AM // Dr Samah Sabawi, award-winning playwright, author and poet from Gaza city Palestine who lives and works in Naarm, speaking at the Free Palestine rally in Naarm on Sunday 11th August, on the latest atrocities committed by Israel in Gaza, including the deadly strike on a school in Gaza City that killed more than 100 people.

Songs:

My Island Home - Spinifex Gum (with Marliya Choir) 

You Wore It Better - Nemahsis