Solidarity Breakfast

The Last Two Weeks at LongLee here II Susie Forster talks to us about her film The Last Two Weeks at Longlee which documents the last weeks of life of her mother Victoiran artist Lee Stephensons. It is  a song to dieing at home with loved ones beside you. Screening 29 July, 5:15 Nova, Carlton.Bulga Forest Under Threat here II Save Bulga Forest near Taree thought a change of NSW government would save the old growth forest but the next round is just about to begin. We talk with Sharyn O'Dell landowner and forest defender.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy runs through the week with satire. Darebin Council Workers take lndustrial Action here II Task Wark, from the Australian Services Union (ASU), tells us why Darebin Council Workers will be at the next council meeting calling for good faith bargaining in the lapsed EBA. Community are welcome: DATE: Monday July 24, 2023TIME: 5:00 PM – 7:30 PMLOCATION: Preston Civic Centre/Preston Town Hall, 274 Gower Street, Preston,VIC 3072

Murray - Darling Basin Update here II Environment Victoria's latest report Doomed Without a Drink calls on the Victorian Government to allow Federal Government water buy-backs to flush the Murray-Darling river system or risk the demise of 140 native species - bird, fish, grasses and frogs ahead of the up-coming Murray-Darling Ministerial Council meeting. We talked to Grey Foyster, Rivers Campaign Manager at Environment Victoria.Techno Park Drive here II Lara Week, resident at Techno Park Drive Williamstown, tells us about how the Hobson Bay Council sent eviction letters to the residents of Techno Park Drive and how the residents are fighting back. Sign PetitionThis is the Week here II Kevin rips through the week with satire.Villawood Detention Centre update here II Ian Rintoul, from the Refugee Action Coalition, talks about recent incidents at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre.RAC Rally here II Lucy Horan from Refugee Action Collective gives the background to why the refugee issue hasn't disappeared with the change of government federally and the rally being called for 2pm 22 July outside the State Library

Voice of Reason Quarterly Essay here II an excerpt from Australia Institute webinaire The Voice of Reason on Recognition & Renewal where Prof Mark Kenny talks with Prof Megan Davis about her recent essay published at the Quarterly Essay about the Yes vote campaign for the Voice referendum and some of the more strange no campaign utterances from the LNP.Song Cycle for Peace here II We speak with Brunswick Composer Alan Griffiths about his song cycle 'Such A Fine, Sunny Day' inspired by and dedicated to 21-year-old Munich university student pacifist Sophie Scholl who defied Hitler. This anti-war Libretti will have its Australian Premiere on Nov 25th when opera star Paul Whelan appears in one concert at St Paul's Cathedral. For ticket infoThis is the week that was here II Kevin Healy slices & dices the week.Campaign Against Racism & Fascism here II We catch up with Jasmine Duff from the Campaign Against Racism & Fascism (CARF) who have seen the postponement of the Trump jnr/ Farrage Speaking Tour and the continued monitoring of the Nazi Gym in Sunshine.Loving Grasslands here II Filmmaker Brendan Guerin talks to us about his webseries Loving Grasslands which highlights restoration and land management in harmony with Nature in the Hume Council Green Wedge on the periphery of Melbourne. Showing online now on the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival website.

Anti AUKUS Forum II two speakers at the recent Anti AUKUS Forum at the VTH Peter Garrett here and Dr Margie Beavis here.Win Against VicForest here II Sue McKinnon, Kinglake Friends of the Forest, talks to us about the successful legal action to stop Vicforest from continuing to log the old growth forest in the east of the State of Victoria.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy proves that satire can't compete with reality.Save the Preston Market Update here II Conor Flynn from Save the Preston Market outlines what's at stake and the next move to save the market from developers. The next big event  is Aug 12th 11am Hands around Preston Market.

Cashless Debit Card Morphs here II We talk with Jay Coonan from the Antipoverty Centre, about how the Cashless Debit Card or it's nasty little brother the Basics Card has morphed into the Enhanced Income Management Card. Whatever it is called, it is still non-voluntary quarantining of social security payments. The legislation passed on June 22 entrenches income control into Australia's social security system.We Need to Talk About Modi here II Peter Job from Declassified Australia, talks about how our PM's lauding of the Indian Prime Minister Modi's during the recent visit will work against people in India experiencing human rights abuses.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy dices through the week with satire.MelbUni Student Support Striking Teachers here II NTEU members at Melbourne University took strike action in May and with no movement from management on pay, job insecurity, better parental leave, work from home rights, paid gender affirmation leave & First Nations employment targets.there is more actions in the wings. MelbUni Students are supporting their teachers with a Gofundme Campaign. We speak with Oly about the issues and why students are standing with their teachers.Blockade Australia stops traffic here II In a coordinated action across 4 major cities in Australia Blockade Australia targeted Container Terminals at the Ports to highlight the system that supports the destruction of our environment. Vivian Langford from 3cr Climate Action Show talks with Niamh O'Connor about the reasons behind her suspension over Footscray Rd that stopped traffic into the Container Terminal at Port Melbourne last week.(Blockade Australia facebook/ Instagram)

Annie and Anila do Solidarity Breakfast Radiothon Show featuring:Animal Farm here II James Jackson about Animal Farm by Bloomshed a bloshy take on George Orwell's response to the Russian Revolution for our times.RAHU here II Sean Budd from RAHU, joins us from outside the Vic Labor Conference raising the issues of Renters and Housing Rights.Kevin Healy & This is the Week that Was here II Kevin joins us live and still has time for a weekly review in satire!Don Sutherland here II Solidarity Breakfast regular Don Sutherland wishes us happy donating for Radiothon.Anti AUKUS Forum here II Shirley Winton from the Anti-AUKUS Coalition joins us from outside the Vic Labor Conference to alert everyone about the up-coming Anti-AUKUS forum on June 23rd at VTHC.

Mabo Day here II We go to the small group of people at Federation Square in Melbourne to mark Mabo Day 3 June. Joe Toscano talks to me about a much bigger commemoration that happened 10 years earlier. We talk about the significance of Mabo Day.The Great Greenwashing here II We talk with author John Pabon about his new book The Great Green Washing : How Brands, Governments, and Influencders are Lying to You out now from Melbourne Books.This is the Week here II Kevin goes at the week with a satire knife.SA Anti-Protest Laws here  II We talk with Secretary of SAUnions Dale Beasley about the new draconian anti-protest laws that have passed in South Australia under the hammer of a Labor Government and what it means for workers and civil rights.

Healthy Futures No New Gas here II Healthy Futures is made up of concerned medical practitioners who are fighting for clean air, clean energy and a safe climate. Members came to Victorian Parliament on Wednesday to give Climate Action Minister Lily D'Ambrosio an open letter calling for no new gas connections in new builds in Victoria. We go to the steps of Parliament for this report.Gambling Reform Now here II As the gambling industry works to groom children into being the losers of the future with the games that simulate online gambling and winners are excluded from online gambling sites while losers are encouraged to keep playing the Alliance for Gambling Reform has released a report that leads the way to better laws and policies in an Australia far behind oversea gambling control. We speak to Carol Bennett from the Alliance about their report The Bank of Dave here II Dave Fishwick started a bank in England, the first new bank in England for 150 years. It is in Burnley, a local bank for local people. It is such a phenomenon they have made a feature film about which is in cinemas now. I got to speak to the inspiration for the film The Bank of Dave.This is the Week here II Kevin is in sizzling form this weekX Rebellion Occupy Naarm here II a report from the slow march through Naarm CBD on May 27th as part of the 3 day occupation of Melbourne. We hear from speakers including Tim Neville, from Blockade Australia and Greens Adam Bandt.

Commons Social Change Library here II Our new reporter Anila talks with Iain McIntyre about the activist resource The Commons Social Change Library.Saving McIvor Reserve here II Miles Parnall-Gilbert from Friends of McIvor Reserve talks about the fight to protect McIvor Reserve from development and how Construction Unions have stepped in by placing a Green Ban on the site.This is the Week here II a sizzling piece from Kevin: even the High Court thinks the Commonwealth has stolen the land from the indigneous people when they mined the NT with-out treaty.X-Rebellion Occupy Naarm here II Catherine Strong, from Extinction Rebellion gives us a low-down on the Occupy Naarm events that have been going since Thursday and finish up with a rally and slow walk through the city.

May 1 Melbourne II On May 1 outside the State Library Melbourne we heard some rousing speeches first up we hear from Kiernan from the Black People's Union here followed by Luke Hayes from the Australian Communist Party here.May 1 Port Kembla No Nukes II A  massive rally for May Day in Port Kembla calling for peace and jobs not a nuclear subs base. We here first from Greens Senator David Shoebridge here and then Alan Hicks, ETU National & NSW Secretary of the ETU here.May Day Resolution Melb here II The May Day Committee Melbourne's resolution 2023.COMMUNITY CARING FOR KIDS COLLECTIVE Mparntwe (Alice Springs) here II This indigeouus lead initiative is calling for clear, practical ways to support indigenous kids into a better future.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy sums up the week. after the Federal Budget.Wales Future Generations here II Outgoing Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Sophie Howe, was in Australia recently. Here we hear how Wales legislated the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 into law and the priority of establishing a sustainable future for upcoming generations.