Accent of Women

The 2017 French presidential election was held on 23 April. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a run-off was held between the top two candidates, Emmanuel Macron of En Marche! and Marine Le Pen of the National Front. Macron won by a decisive margin on 7 May.

We conclude our coverage of the recent elections in South Korea and what this means for workers in that country.

For the next two weeks on Accent of Women, we look at the recent elections in South Korea and what this means for workers in that country.

We speak with a worker organiser based in Cambodia, visiting Australia as a guest of APHEDA. APHEDA is the international aid arm of the Australian labour movement. Organising is very heavily repressed in Cambodia, and listerners might recall the demos in 2013 by garment workers, fighting for a minimum wage. Those demonstrations resulted in mass arrests and the murder of two of those activists. Given the repression, what are conditions like for workers and what does it take to organise?

Accent of Women speaks with Reem Yunis, Palestinian socialist and activist based in Melbourne Australia about the Palestinian mass hunger strike, The Struggle for Freedom and Dignity.  On April 17, 2017, more than 1000 palestinian prisoners commenced a hunger strike under the leadership of high profile political prisoner, Marwan Barghouti. Two weeks later, more than 1600 prisoners are now participating.

In Melbourne Australia, a socialist organisation called Socialist Alternative organises an annual Marxism Conference over the Easter long weekend. This year, they invited special guest Farah Kobaissy from the Socialist Forum in Lebanon. Farrah gave a keynote address at the conference, which I recorded, and broadcast for you now.

Today on Accent of Women, we look at the situation in two neighbouring Middle Eastern countries, Lebanon and Syria. Farah Kobeissy, is an activist and a researcher in gender, labor and migration. She is also a member of the Socialist Forum in Lebanon. She was in Australia for the annual Marxism Conference organised by Socialist Alternative and I had an opportunity to speak with her.

Today on Accent of Women, we broadcast the second and final part of a speech by Angela Davis that was delivered in October 2013, at Birkbeck School of Law. The talk is called Freedom is a constant struggle, closures and continuities. I was listening to this speech recently and every point made is relevant and salient for those of us organising for freedom today, so I wanted to give you the listener, the benefit of some of these lessons.

Today on Accent of Women, I broadcast a speech by Angela Davis that was delivered in October 2013, at Birkbeck School of Law. The talk is called Freedom is a constant struggle, closures and continuities. I was listening to this speech recently and every point made is relevant and salient for those of us organising for freedom today, so I wanted to give you the listener, the benefit of some of these lessons.

Today on Accent of Women, I am in conversation with Madelaine Imber and Tandiwe Aebi-Moyo about Butch and Butch Identity. Butch is not a dirty word is a publication, originating in Melbourne, Australia, and the brain child of Butch activist, Esther Godoy.