Green Left

On April 15 Prime Minister Scott Morrison took to the media to undermine state premiers and teachers and pit parents against teachers during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The federal Coalition government is exerting a lot of pressure on states to re-open schools yet what is the reality on the ground for School Teachers working in the midst of a health pandemic?

This episode of Green Left features a round-table discussion with school teachers Mary Merkenich, David Linden, Vivian Messimeris. All three are union activists and members of Socialist Alliance. Here they discuss the issues of: whether or not it's safe to re-open schools; their responses to the pressure from the Federal government; and how are schools that are open should address health and safety for workers and students. The podcast also addresses what teachers are campaigning for during this crisis?

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Hosted by Jacob Andrewartha, Meghan Street, Zane Alcorn Produced by Zebedee Parkes

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Recording of a online forum with Paul La Blanc long time revolutionary socialist and historian based in the United States addressing the character of the COVID-19 disaster under late capitalism, the Bernie Sanders campaign and the future of socialism in the US.

The Tertiary Education sector is in crisis with the federal government signalling that it is prepared to allow the wholesale destruction of most of the higher education sectors, worse the NTEU national leadership have caused an uproar amongst NTEU members by indicating they were prepared to make concessions on pay and working conditions rather than lead a fight.

This episode of Green Left features an important discussion with Jonathan Strauss and Helen Masterman-smith both NTEU Branch Presidents with their respective universities and members of Socialist Alliance about these issues in Tertiary Education and what kind of politics and fight is needed to save our universities.

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Hosted by Jacob Andrewartha, Meghan Street, Zane Alcorn Produced by Zebedee Parkes

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This episode features a recording from a online forum that was organised by Green Left titled "Covid-19 and the Global South" on April 11th and features front-line socialists from countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, India & Iraq.

The second part includes recordings of the following speeches by

Kavita Krishnan, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPI-ML) and All India Progressive Women's Association

Dr Hawzhin Azeez is a Kurdish academic and feminist who specializes in gender and Middle Eastern studies and is currently teaching in the American University in Iraq.

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Hosted by Jacob Andrewartha, Produced by Zebedee Parkes

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This episode features a recording from a online forum that was organised by Green Left titled "Covid-19 and the Global South" on April 11th and features front-line socialists from countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, India & Iraq.

The first part includes recordings of the following speeches by

Reihana Mohideen from the Party of Labouring Masses (Phillipines) speaking about the impact of COVID-19 in the Philippines and what the left is doing in response.

Dr Kumar Jeyakumar, the ‘red’ medical doctor, from the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) speaking about the implications of the COVID-19 crisis for the politics of Malaysia and what the left is doing in response. 

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Hosted by Jacob Andrewartha, Produced by Zebedee Parkes

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Jacob Andrewartha from Green Left has a discussion with Peter Boyle a member of the National Executive from Socialist Alliance about the lessons that Socialists can draw from the COVID-19 crisis. What are the limitations of what Capitalist governments have done in response, what are the solutions and practical measures that Socialists should be advocating, and what opportunities does the crisis present for the left as a whole.

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Hosted by Jacob Andrewartha, Produced by Zebedee Parkes

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In February, Green Left's Alex Bainbridge travelled to Turkey, where he spoke with Hişyar Özsoy, a member of parliament for the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), representing Diyarbakır, the "unofficial capital" of Kurdistan. Özsoy is also a foreign relations spokesperson for the HDP.