Asia Pacific Currents

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Sujata, a social justice and labour movement activist in the Mumbai region, on the ongoing impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on workers, their families and communities.3CR Radiothon is next week. To donate, click here. Don't forget to mention APC for your donation.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.Discussion of the newly formed Israeli government and what it will mean for the Palestinian struggle.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.Aboriginal deaths in custody are still happening in Australia at an alarming rate despite numerous enquiries and hundreds of recommendations. We speak to Latoya Rule, the sister of Wayne Fella Morrison who died in custody in 2016 due to the actions of South Australian Corrections Officers. She and her family are fighting for justice and to make sure that no more Aboriginal people are killed while in custody.As part of the campaign, the family has initiated a petition to ban spit hoods. You can sign the #BanSpitHoods. Stop Black Deaths in Custody. 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.In Iran, national elections are tightly controlled events. We talk to James Barry about the process of the upcoming elections, what is their legitimacy, what are the issues and what do they mean for workers and their communities in Iran?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.Today is Nakba Day for Palestinians. This year the whole of Palestine has been engulfed in protests, resistance, war and repression as Palestinians rise up against the continuing Occupation and Dispossession that they face by the hands of the Israeli state and military. We talk to Reem Yunis, a Palestinian socialist activist and educator, on the reasons, the extent and the implications of these latest demonstrations and protests.In Melbourne there are a number of solidarity demonstrations being planned, including this Saturday at 1pm at State Library, Melbourne AustraliaAsia 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 military campaign by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil Tigers in April 2009 ended in a massacre of civilians as the military closed on in the last pockets of land in the North East of Sri Lanka. Tamils all arund the world are now commemorating that massacre, and the ongoing discrimination and repression of Tamils in Sri Lanka, as Tamil Genocide Day on May 18. To talk about these issues, we interviewed Charanya from the Tamil Refugee Council.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.May Day is the workers day all around the world. Its been celecrated on the 1st of May for well over a century. In Melbourne, over the last decades, the official May Day march has been on the first Sunday after the 1st of May. We discuss the reasons behind this and attempts to have marches and events held on the 1st of May itself. 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.In 2013, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building led to the death of more than 1,100 garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The perpertrators of this mass murder are still to face justice. On the 8th year anniversary of this disaster, we talk to Josh Cullinan, Secretary of the Retail And Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) on what is happening to garment workers in Bangladesh and their organising efforts. 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.Recorded presentation of Waaddao, activist in the current anti government youth movement and a leader in a local Thai LGBTIQ group.The full recording of the solidarity meeting on Thailand and Myanmar can be viewed here.(link is external) 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.Recorded presentation of Debbie Stoddard, a Malaysian activist living in THailand, about working class resistance to the military coup in Myanmar.The full recording of the solidarity meeting on Thailand and Myanmar can be viewed here. 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