Solidarity Breakfast

Some Palm Sunday Rally Speeches here II The annual Palm Sunday Rallies have been used to bring Refugee voices to the public stage. This year we heard from Rev Tim Costello, who was speaking Melbourne, about how pressured applied to Federal Liberals leading to the election forced a change in their policies. This is followed by some words from Adel Salman,  President of the Islamic Council of Victoria, about how important it is not to forget the nine years of wasted time inflicted on people who asked for help and were given prison for no crime.Youth on Mic here II An excerpt from a  Australian Youth Climate Coalition event where young people present their own stories and questions to politicians who say they represent Youth interests in Parliament. Amanda Wishworth (Labor) and Jordan Steele-John (Greens) turned up but the Liberal Luke Howath was too busy.This is the Week here II Kevin rips into the week.Amazon Labor Union Win here II A small part of a discussion with some of the victorious ALU organizers from the first labour union at an Amazon site in America. It features Chris Smith/ Michelle Valentin Nieves/ Angelika Maldonado and it was put on jointly by Jocabin and Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWO). Full broadcast found here. To help support the ALU financially here

Chef Antonio here II Writer/ director/ co-producer Trevor Graham talks about his fabulous film Chef Antonio: recipes for revoltuion where people with down syndrome get a place at the table of life.IWD Rally here II Voices from the IWD rally 2022 MelbourneThis is the Week here II Kevin tears apart the weekSave Collingwood Public Housing Green Space here II Developers are moving in to take more of the green space around the Collingwood Public Houing Towers helped by new, special laws rushed in by the State Government to deflect community concerns. Joshua Travares calls for action with a resistance gathering every Friday at 240 Wellington St, Collingwood between 4-7pm to talk, make banners and planDETAILS: Save Collingwood Public Housing and Open Space!https://fb.me/e/34wYDIScDPETITION: https://www.change.org/p/save-collingwood-green-space Pony Cam & Fuse here II Ava Campell from Pony Cam talks about their Fuse event Anything You Can Do

ANMF Rally for Age Care here II On the first anniversary of the findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care the ANMF and supporters rallied outside Gladyse Liu's Burwood office calling for the action that was promised but hasn't been delivered.World's War Economy here II Marxist policitcal economist Nick Beams lays out the guts of the international war economy. He was speaking at a webinaire sponsored by the Committe of the Fourth International and the World Socialist Web Site.Wash My Soul in the River's Flow here II film director Phillipa Bateman's film that documents the lives and collaboration between Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach - a love story.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy dissects the week.Women & Work here II Don Sutherland talks about the ACTU work on Women & Work  as we lead into International Women's Day.

Barricade fighting for forests in Germany here II German filmmaker David Klammer talks about his film Barricade showing at the Transitions Film Festival.Ukraine/ NATO Crisis here II Dr Helen Caldicott gives her views on the Ukraine.This was the Week that Was here II Kevin wraps up the weekNSW Transport #FakeStrike here II Stew Prins from the RBTU recounts the extraordinary dance last week that saw the Union and workers blamed by the PM and the NSW Transport Minister for a lock-out run by the Government. A new low has been reached in the lead up to the Federal Election?.

Carnage @ Collingwood Community Garden here II Last week the Collingwood Children's Farm Management Committee bulldozed the Community Gardens, destroying 43 years of continuous community connection to the plots. We talk with people who were there at the beginning of the farm and the plots and pose the question has the Collingwood Children's Farm lost it's way?Australian Manufacturing here II We talk to the National President of the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union Andrew Dettmer about what is needed to kick start Australian Manufacturing and hear from Senator Tim Ayres about a recent missed opportunity.Save Lake Knox here II In another intannce of a threatened public space that make urban landscapes liveable we hear from Darren Wallace from Save Lake Knox.Gomeroi fight Santos Narrabri Gas Project here II Emma Hart speaks with Ian Brown, a Gomeroi man from Moree and member of Gamilaraay Next Generation, about the fight to top Santos' Narrabri Gas Project in north west NSW. The first stage  of the project will feature 850 coal seam gas extraction wells drilled down through the Great Artesian Basin within four areas of  the Pilliga State Forest.

New funding for ABC? here II Morrison announced $3.3 billion for the ABC but surprise, surprise actually there is not one piece of new funding at all. We talk to Marcus May from Friends of the ABC for a closer look at the pretend promise.Collingwood Community Gardens to be bulldozed says Farm Committee here II In what can only be called a piece of bastardy the Collingwood Children's Farm Committee is about to bulldoze the Community Garden with the support of $860,000 from Richard Wynne's Department for a social enterprise model of community while pretending to offer a consultation with the Gardeners. In a land grab that would see over 40 years of community destroyed for a corporate model of social welfare the Gardeners are rallying the community to fight back.This is the Week here II Kevin rounds up a torrid week.Wages, Women's Safety at Work & the line in the sand here II Don Sutherland talks wages, women's safety at work and the false promise of support for Australian inventiveness from the Federal Government who is hoping noone looks at the fine print.

Ukraine here II Peace Activist Alan Griffiths gives us some insights into what is at stake in the Ukraine infoDemocracy in Chains here II Author/ academic Nancy MacLean talks to us about her fascinating book which outlines the stealth mission of the far right in America to defeat majority rule with lessons for Australia.Australia leading into Fed Elections here II Don Sutherland continues his discussion of the Australian political landscape has we move towards the next Federal election.

Park Hotel Update here II Tom Fiebig from Refugee Action Collective (RAC) talks  about what is happening for the refugees who unlike Novak Djovik can not leave the Park Hotel in MelbourneAllied Health Workers & the Pandemic here II Andrew Hewat from the Victorian Allied Health Professional Association (VAHPA) outlines our his members are faring under covid.Why no RATS - the issue of local manufacturing here II Don Sutherland does all the work unvieling the scandal of Federal Government  non-action on Australian Manufacturing. A must listen.

Collingwood Community Garden here II why the Collingwood Community Garden is theartenedHuman Rights Refugee Rights here II Arnold Zable speaks at Human Rights Day 2021Environment II NT Fracking here, Aust miners in Ecuador here, West Papuans Fight hereNo to AUKUS IIDave Sweeney from ACF hereClinton Fenandez academic hereMaria from the Kirribus Peace Movement a voice from the Pacific here

What we learnt from Occupy here II Larissa Payne reflects on the political movement Occupy.How to Change the World here II I heard an amazing speech by a Kurdish Woman Nilüfer Koç at the Ecosocialism Conference that lays out the real, on the ground, changes that have been put in place in her country a real attempt to squash the present capitalist mind set which is often taken for granted as the only possible idealogical framework possible like air we breathe.No to Casuals at Unis here II Great speech from a recent rally against insecure work at Melbourne University and Universities in general.The Menzies Centre here II Jeff Sparrow outlines some reasons to be against the setting up of a right wing think tank in the middle of Melbourne University.Prisms of the People here II Professor Hahnie Han, from the John Hopkins University in the US, talks about her  book Prisms of the People. It is about research into how movements are built, movements that can get positive results for populations despite the unequal distribution of wealth and power. Important stuff if you are working for positive change.