We hear from Amanda Villalobos who is an activist from the south east of Naarm and comes from a long line of activists from Latin America and has been a lifelong supporter of the Palestinian struggle. She has been involved in organising rallies in support of Palestine in the south east of Naarm since October last year and has been the Picket Captain at the North Gate of AW Bell. In a speech given at the Free Palestine Naarm Rally on 30 June 2024, Amanda spoke about the importance of picketing weapons manufacturing factories and to join the global struggle against the oppression of Indigenous people all around the world, including Palestinians, West Papuans and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in "Australia".
Stella joins us to speak about the campaign to Shut Down Electromold. Electromold Thomastown is the only currently known Chemical processing facility in Australia allowed to work with Lockheed Martin and Boeing in producing finished components, including for the F-35 Lightning 2 Joint Strike Fighter. Electromold, a subsidiary of Lovitt Technologies, supports a number of other companies in the supply chain process, including HTA and AW Bell. This coming Thursday (4 July) there will be an open community picket of Electromold in Thomastown against weapons manufacturing in so-called Australia.
Ness is Coordinator of SNIS - the Support Network for International Students and chairperson of Gabriela Australia, and is also a long time feminist and activist. Ness joins us this morning to talk about organising against the working hours cap, 485 Visa changes and the protest that was held last night in support of international students.
Sue McKinnon is the President of Kinglake Friends of the Forest. Sue joins us to talk about the state government's burning of our forests under the banner of fuel reduction and the lack of oversight when it comes to logging/burning activity carried out by Forest Fire Management Victoria.
We hear from Madi Curkovic who is a Monash Student Association Queer Officer and an organiser at Students for Palestine Monash. She is also one of the nine students at Monash being threatened with expulsion or suspension for organising the Gaza solidarity encampment at Monash. In a speech given at the Free Palestine Naarm Rally on 30 June 2024, Madi spoke about the complicity of universities and educational institutions in Israel's genocide of Palestine and the silencing of pro-Palestinian students on campus.
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