Perth Indymedia

Marianne Mackay - Invasion Day 2023 by Perth Indymedia Collective

We speak to Francis Russel from the Curtin Branch of the NTEU about ongoing bargaining between Curtin staff and management, the recent non-union ballot that was rejected by workers and the potential for further industrial action to ensure fair pay and rights for workers at Curtin Uni.

We speak to Joana Partyka from Disrupt Burrup Hub after her apartment was raided by police and state security in connection to her actions in the campaign to protect the Burrup peninsula from Woodside's proposed developments.

https://disruptburruphub.com/

Notorious far-right anti-trans activist Posie Parker is coming to Perth for a 'speaking tour' - a series of rallies to galvanize the far-right around anti-trans rhetoric. The trans community and our allies are coming out to counter her rally at Parliament House at 11:30 14 March.

Indymedia's Joni Boyd talks to Danica Scott from Socialist Alternative to talk about why it's important to organise and counter rallies like these.

More info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1366495174171728

On Wednesday 1st February, some half-a-million workers undertook strike action in the United Kingdom, the largest singe day of industrial action in that country in over a decade.

It served as something of a culmination of a long wave of strikes currently taking place in the UK.

To discuss the causes and contours of the strike wave, Alex Whisson spoke to author, commentator, activist and journalist, Kevin Ovenden.

We speak to Chris Sheed from the campaign to save Bulga Forest in NSW and the importance of ending native logging in Australia.

Indymedia's Joni boyd investigates the experience of trans people in Australian prison, who routinely experience sexual violence, extended periods in solitary confinement and extreme discrimination from inmates and staff.

She chats to community members including a trans woman with experience in the justice system and Socialist Alliance's Nova Sobieralski about potential changes to the prison system.

Following the Congress-led coup against leftist President Pedro Castillo in early December, a huge protest movement has erupted in Peru, calling for the resignation of Castillo’s replacement, his own Vice-President Dina Boluarte, and a new round of elections.

Alex Whisson had the opportunity to speak to Sydney-based Peruvian community organiser, Leonor Luna.

After two years of occupying a village in Lutzerath, Germany, tens of thousands of climate activists have faced off against the full force of the German state, resulting in hundreds of arrests. Indymedia's Raymond Grenfell speaks to Luka Scott, a spokesperson for Ende Gelaende, a grassroots environmental organisation that has been campaigning against the expansion of the Garzweiler coal mine in the area.

Christine Duckham speaks to indymedia's Raymond Grenfell about the significance of the Cockburn Wildlife Corridor and the need to preserve the area from development.