News headlines //
7:15AM / Jiselle interviewing Taslima Akhter, President of Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity, on the protest movements in Bangladesh, the resignation of Sheikh Hasina, and the rebuilding of a nation. Thanks to Asia Pacific Currents for this interview, which originally aired on 17 August at 3cr.org.au/asiapac
7:30AM // Sophie Rudolph, academic and NTEU Committee Member, and Jasmine Ali, public lawyer and NTEU Committee Member, speaking at the Free Palestine Rally in Naarm on Sunday 25 August about the NTEU's success in voting for an BDS motion at the University of Melbourne. You can follow campaigns by going to linktr.ee/nteuunimelbbranch or following them on Instagram at @nteuunimelbbranch
7:45AM // Noura Mansour, APAN Community Organising and Advocay Lead, in a speech at the Free Palestine Rally in Naarm on 25 August, honours the fathers of Palestine and highlights the terrifying precedent set by the world’s response to Israel’s genocide.
8:00AM // Barbara Wheeler, the Queen Victoria Women's Centre's Feminist Historian in Residence, on the newest phase of her feminist research into the origins of the hospital that used to be on the QCVW site. You can read about the first phase, covering 1859 - 1899, now at https://www.qvwc.org.au/feminist-historian
8:15AM // Megan Spindler-Smith, Deputy CEO of PWDA (People with Disability Australia), a person with multiple disabilities and a strong advocate for a disability affirming society, on the deep concerns PWDA has with the NDIS Amendment Bill that passed the Senate last Thursday on August 22. You can find out more at https://pwd.org.au/ and PWDA’s statement at: https://pwd.org.au/pwda-devastated-at-the-passage-of-the-ndis-amendment-bill/
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