In response to the latest escalation of conflict in Sudan the Perth Sudanese community, along with supporters, have rallied in Perth to call on the federal government to offer more support to those fleeing the violence. We speak to one of the organisers, Khalid Hassan who is a part of the newly formed group, the Perth Anti-War Alliance.

After riots at the Banksia Hill Youth Detention Centre we speak to Youth Justice Reform campaigner and an organiser of a rally at the centre, Gerry Georgatos.

As of last week, the EPA announced they are assessing the Gnangara, Pinjar, Yanchep pine plantations – Dr Hugh Finn, lecturer at curtin university is calling for a moratorium, in order to save this now crutial habitat for 70% our black cockatoo population.

Voices from the Justice For Cassius Rally by Perth Indymedia Collective

Is this a question of profits over preservation from the west Australian government, with the EPA refusing to assess the land related for a surf park despite community concern?

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has set Australia on a path to potential war, recklessly throwing the country into a nuclear submarine deal with Britain and the United States. Alex Whisson spoke late last week to Dr Chris Johansen, a member of the newly formed campaign group, Stop AUKUS-WA.

‘Yeelirrie 50 years of resistance’ is the incredible true story behind Western Australia’s longest and most bitter battle to prevent the mining of uranium in our state. It is the story of how three multinational mining companies tried – and failed – to dig up one of Australia’s largest uranium deposits, 650 km northeast of Perth.

We spoke to Mia Pepper from Conservation Council of WA about the book and the history of the struggle.

As the war between Congolese government forces and rebels of the March 23rd Movement continues to cause great suffering for the people of eastern Congo, Prosper Baeni, managing director of the International Forum of Reconciliation and Peace, and recently returned from a humanitarian project in Goma, joins Alex Whisson to discuss the appalling situation on the ground and the need for international solidarity.

After the Age uncovered links between Legacy Boxing Gym, in Sunshine West, some of Victoria’s most dangerous neo-Nazi activists and a growing community of young men learning to box at the gym.

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