Asia Pacific Currents

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The 26th Conference of the Parties, or COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland will happen in early November. It is a major opportunity to stop further climate change. But what are the possibilities? We talk to Colin Long, the Just Transition Officer for the Victorian Trades Hall Council and Chairperson of AAWL about the possible outcomes and issues for workersAsia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The registration for candidates for the Presidential election in the Philippines for next year is generating a lot of political activity and debate. Within a cast of many repressive candidates, how does the working class use this to advance its own interests. We talk to May Kotsakis, a member of Migrante Australia and of Philippines Australia Solidarity Association (PASA), about the registration process and what it means for workers in the PhilippinesAsia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The liberation struggle by Palestinians has been going on for many decades. The Israeli state continues to be strong and surrounded by reactionary Arab governments that only pay lip service to the cause of the Palestinians.AAWL organised an international public forum to talk about the way forward for the liberation struggle of Palestine. This is an edited extract of some of the interventions at this meeting.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The resistance to the February military coup in Myanmar has not been defeated over the last 8 months of military repression. While strikes, demnstrations and protest acts are still common place, the armed resistance to the military coup is also expanding with popular defence committees becoming more common around Myanmar. To discuss these issues, we talk to Debbie Stothard, a long time member of the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma and solidarity activist.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Six Palestinian prisoners escaped from the heavily fortified Gilboa prison in Israel in early September. Despite their eventual capture and torture by Israeli authorities, the event has been called The Great Escape across the world, has shown that Israel security can be beaten, and Palestinians have become emboldened. We talk to Reem Yunis, a Palestinian socialist activist and educator, about this escape and its significance.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Berlin Guerrero, Chairperson of Bayan Australia, on the upcoming Presidential elections, the possible investigation by the International Criminal Court of Pres Dutertre for mass murder, and the economic and health impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on workers in the Philippines.Asia Pacific Currents (APC) is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.In depth analysis of the new Security military alliance between Australia, UK and USA; the impact and fightback against subcontracting in Sth Korea; fire safety issues in garment factories in South Asia; the deepening political crisis in the Philippines; the effects of Covid 19 on workers health, their economic position and how public health orders are used to stop us from organising.It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Last week, Yang Kyung-soo, president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) was arrested in a pre dawn raid by police. Yang has now become the thirteenth president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in a row to be jailed.We interviewed Mikyung Ryu, KCTU International Affairs Director, on the reason Yang was arrested and the overall situation for the labour movement in South Korea.It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The Covid pandemic in Malaysia not only has had serious effects on working class communities, but has now precipitated a political crisis. We talk to Irene Xavier, a spokesperson from the Labour Law Reform Coalition, on what has been happening in Malaysia and the dynamics of this crisis.It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Discussion on the ongoing effects of the Covid 19 pandemic to workers in the region and the roll out of the vaccine.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia