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Australian rare earth mining and refining company Lynas has applied for a licence to build a permanent dump for its toxic waste in a pristine rainforest in Malaysia after piling up a mountain of toxic, and partly radioactive, waste near its controversial refinery near the city of Kuantan. Peter Boyle spoke to Lee Tan, a veteran environmental researcher and campaigner with AidWatch.

See also 

* Lynas Plans Permanent Radioactive waste dump in Malaysia

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/lynas-plans-permanent-radioactive-waste-dump-malaysia

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Feminist barrister Jocelynne Scutt and Socialist Alliance member Kamala Emanuel discuss the meaning, the merits and the limits of the "rule of law". Further, the show discusses Christian Porter's defamation case against the ABC and how should the "justice" system deal with rape and sexual assault.

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Some topics taken up include: [2:57] What is the rule of law?; [9:57] Morrison government hypocrisy on "rule of law"; [20:26] What should progressive people say about defamation law including in relation to sexual assault?; [29:04] "consent app" and defending perpetrators; [34:18] How should the legal system deal with rape and sexual assault; [42:08] Jocelynne Scutt on "defund the police"; [46:29] "Believe women"; and [50:57] Restorative justice and the Rojava Revolution's approach to dealing with sexual assault.

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In this latest episode of the Green Left Show, construction unionist and former secretary of the Geelong Trades Hall Tim Gooden speaks about Morrison's current assault on workers' rights and why a lobbying campaign is not enough.

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Peter Boyle speaks to Greens MP Jamie Parker about why the Australian government was so tardy in taking action against the military coup regime; about the new generation leading the Civil Disobedience Movement; and the prospects for a return to civilian government and unity between the various ethnic groups in Burma.

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See also

* Pressure mounts on Australian mining companies in Myanmar

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/pressure-mounts-australian-mining-companies-myanmar

*Keep the Streets: Coup, Crisis, and Capital in Myanmar

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/keep-streets-coup-crisis-and-capital-myanmar

* Regional Solidarity with the people of Burma

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/regional-solidarity-people-burma

Myanmar: Australian mining companies put profit ahead of human rights and democracy

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/myanmar-australian-mining-companies-put-profit-ahead-human-rights-and-democracy

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Shameful responses to allegations of rape by a cabinet minister and parliamentary staffers highlight how far there is to go in dealing with sexual assault in this country.

This episode of the Green Left Show highlights the inspirational response to the crisis by the Women's March 4 Justice and asks how can we eliminate rape from our society.

Guests on the show are: Janine Hendry (Women's March4Justice), Sarah Hathway (union organiser and Green Left author) and Kamala Emanuel (Socialist Alliance and feminist activist).

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More about the women's March4Justice:https://www.march4justice.com.au/

See also:* Gendered violence ‘a disease in our workplaces’ https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/gendered-violence-disease-our-workplaces* Christian Porter should not have abolished the Family Court https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/christian-porter-should-not-have-abolished-family-court* Break the silence on sexual violence https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/break-silence-sexual-violence

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How do conspiracy theories grow and take hold in society? What gives them so much power? And how can we counter the loss of solidarity in our society and rebuild communities in a time of increasing precarity both online and in the real world?

Jono Mi Lo, Aleks Wansbrough, Fred Fuentes and Dirk Kelly look at what a left response to the rise of QAnon, the Trump adjacent alt-right internet phenomenon that encouraged people to storm the US capital, and other contemporary conspiracy theories could look like.

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The Morrison government (along with the ALP) is facing some pressure on climate policy due to the election of the Biden government alongside public pressure. But too much mainstream commentary is focused on "net zero by 2050" including as a result of Zali Steggall's climate bill.

But 2050 is too late. We need climate action now.

This episode of the Green Left Show focuses on the climate targets we need featuring David Spratt (Research Director at the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration and author of Climate Code Red), Pip Hinman (editor of Green Left) and Kamala Emanuel (one of the initial drafters of the Socialist Alliance climate charter).

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In this podcast we speak with cultural theorist Aleks Wansbrough about his recent Green Left article, Struggling for ecosocialism in the time of Elon Musk. Musk and his ilk have become avatars for a green capital utopia, and have built their fortunes on the desire to see capitalism save itself. Wansbrough discusses the dystopian future of neo-feudalism that awaits us if the growth of "platform capitalism" is allowed to go unchecked. We also look at what Marx, Engels and other theorists have had to say about rapid technological advancement. To wrap up, Wansbrough tells us about his new book Capitalism and the Enchanted Screen.

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This episode of the Green Left Show focuses on big tech, the government's proposed media Code, Google' threat to abandon Australia, the Greens' proposal for a publicly owned search engine and free speech online and on social media.

Guests are: Lizzie O'Shea (Lawyer and writer and chair of Digital Rights Watch); Aleks Wansbrough (author of "Capitalism and the Enchanted Screen, Myths and Allegories of the Digital Age") & Gauri Gandbhir (activist and writer with Green Left).

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Discussion points: Understanding the media code [2:00]; government funding for media [7:18]; Greens' proposal for publicly owned search engine [10:45]; arguments against publicly owned search [17:59]; breaking up big tech vs public ownership [29:35]; free speech and social media [34:40]; "free speech" and the far right [45:27]; on politicians [54:12].

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Refugees and activists celebrated as 26 Medevac refugees were released from the Park Hotel in Carlton on January 20 and two from the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA). The next day, 20 more were released from the Park Hotel. They are, however, keeping up the campaign so that the remaining refugees in the hotel prison and MITA are released and for all to receive permanent protection.

This episode of the Green Left Show looks at the reasons for the government decision to release refugees and the next steps in the campaign.

Participants:* Amin Afravi (refugee detained at BITA)* Sue Bolton (Moreland councillor & refugee rights campaigner)* Chris Breen (Refugee Action Collective)

See also:Video version of this podcastIncitement trial of refugee activist beginsMedevac refugees released from torture centres, activists vow to continue the campaign

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