Perth Indymedia

On Sunday 1st November, five members of the fascist group United Patriots Front (UPF) gained entry to the premises of 3CR Community Radio and filmed throughout the building without permission. In an effort to intimidate the station and its programmers, they then posted the video on their Facebook page.

Feminist activist Kathyrn Joy gives a critical perspective on the campaign calling for American singer Chris Brown to be denied entry into Australia because of his conviction for assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Rhianna.

This interview was played on the 9th of November 2015 episode of RTR92.1FM Indymedia. You can listen to this episode at this link (just select 9th November episode on the little calendar on the left): rtrfm.com.au/shows/indymedia/

Indymedia speaks to filmmaker Dujon Pereira about his documentary Black Hole which reveals unseen footage of coal, corruption and community resistance of one of Australia’s most controversial mining projects – Whitehaven’s Maules Creek Coal Mine in the Leard State Forest.

Indymedia speaks to International Solidarity Movement activist Phoebe on the escalating violence in the West Bank over recent weeks.

We speak with Refugee Rights Action Network campaigner Sarah Ross on the horrific suicide of Afghan asylum seeker Khodayar Amini who self immolated whilst on a video call to her and another refugee campaigner.

In his message before he died he said - "My crime was that I was a refugee. They tortured me for 37 months and during all these times, they treated me in the most cruel and inhumane way, they violated my basic human right and took away my human dignity...They killed me as well as many of my friends such as: Nasim Najafi, Reza Rezayee and Ahmad Ali Jaffari"

Jenny Ejlak from Reproductive Choice Australia is interviewed by Katie on the various state and territory laws on abortion in Australia, exclusion zones, Planned Parenthood and #shoutyourabortion.

You can find out more about Reproductive Choice Australia here: http://www.reproductivechoiceaustralia.org.au/

You can also read Ejlak's article exploring some of the issues covered in the interview and more here: http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/weblog/article/a-health-issue-not-a-criminal-one/

This interview was played on the 19th of October 2015 episode of RTR92.1FM Indymedia. You can listen to this episode at this link (just select 19th October episode on the little calendar on the left): rtrfm.com.au/shows/indymedia/

Journalist Michael Brull discusses what has changed and what hasn't as a result of the government's new rhetoric around Islam and terrorism, in the wake of the Parramatta shooting.

For more on this, see Michael Brull's article 'The Parramatta Shooting: New Rhetoric, Same Old Problem?': https://newmatilda.com/2015/10/07/parramatta-shooting-new-rhetoric-same-old-problem/

You can view more of Brull's work here: https://newmatilda.com/users/michaelbrull

This interview was played on the 12th of October 2015 episode of RTR92.1FM Indymedia. You can listen to this episode at this link (just select 12th October episode on the little calendar on the left): rtrfm.com.au/shows/indymedia/

Recently returned from Greece, where she covered the some of momentous struggles that took place there for the newspaper Red Flag, Melbourne-based journalist Colleen Bolger speaks to us about the results of the Greek elections and what might happen next.

Author, blogger, commentator and former Guardian columnist Richard Seymour discusses the stunning emergence of socialist backbencher Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the British Labour Party.

Kaliyugan Pathmanathan is Project Coordinator of Tamil Eelam Cricket. Kaliyugan had to leave Sri Lanka as a refugee to Australia himself and he co-founded this project in order to create a platform for the Tamil diaspora around the world to participate in national and international cricket competitions and also to bridge the gap between newly arrived Tamils in the local community and the pre-existing Tamil community.

Online Crowd-funder:

https://www.chuffed.org/project/tamil-eelam-cricket/

Other links:

http://www.tecricket.com/

facebook.com/TamilEelamCricket

twitter.com/TE_cricket

instagram.com/TE_cricket

Song: Ulagathin Sondhakaran (Man who owns the World)

Album: Azhagu Puratchi (Beautiful Revolution)

Artist: Kaber Vasuki / facebook.com/kabervasukiofficial

This interview was played on the 21st of September 2015 episode of RTR92.1FM Indymedia. You can listen to this episode at this link (just select 21st September episode on the little calendar on the left): rtrfm.com.au/shows/indymedia/