Solidarity Breakfast

Adani Protest Camp report II Bec Horridge from 3cr Earth Matters reports from the Adani Protest Camp in Queensland.The John Cummins Legacy II Di Cummings talks about the upcoming John Cummins Victorian Union Awards Night coming up on August 30th and about John Cummings role as an inspirational leader in the Union moverment.this is the week that was IIJust transition and the Aug 20 rally for climate II Don Sutherland floats the idea of a work lead, democaratic approach to the transition from fossil fuels.

Wage theft solution II Alex White from UnionsACT talks about a plan to use the ACT Industrial Magistrates Court to be a quick way to give workers access to the wages they have lost through wage theft.James Connolly Ass. Rally II Rally to bring English complicity in the maintenance of the partition in Ireland to the attention of the public held on Saturday 17/8 on State Library steps in Melbourne.Unions fighting for fair II Will Stracke, Assistant Secretary at Victoria Trades Hall, speaks at the Fair Go For Pensioners Conference about neoliberalism and what the Union movement can do to even up the odds. This is the Week that was II Djab Wurrung II Police ar coming Aug 22 to try and remove the camps protecting the sacred birthing trees outside Ararat on Djab Wurrung land. There is a call out for supporters to help defend the trees.Moreland ride in & die in II Extinction Rebellion is taking their message to Brunswick stopping traffic on Sydney Rd.

Homelessness Week II we speak to Zoe from the Roomination's Crew about how homelessness is a year round affair and public housing is the answerIPAN on peace II Shirley Winton speaks at the recent Fair Go For Pensioners conferenceWaste in the North of Melbourne II Sheridon from the Broadmeadows Progress Association speaks frankly about the waste management crisis in her area as the SKM class action finishes and a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into waste management is under way.this is the week that wasDoes Victoria need fracking? II We talk to Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth (FOE) about the campaign by the fossil fuel industry and their allies the Federal Government & conservative media outlets in the main stream are pushing the fracking message to remove the Victorian moratorium on fracking due to be reviewed in 2020. What is the truth behind the high prices we are paying for gas?

Aust - Cuban Ambassador II The Aust Cuban Ambassador spoke at Melbourne celebrations for the 66th year since the start of the Cuban revolution. He talks about the situation now since Trump's US embargo on Cuban has been reestablished.Fiona Scott Norman gives a comic serve IIPeter Arndt on West Papua II West Papuan solidarity update with information about the ULMWP and the upcoming Pacific Island Forum.this is the week that was IIThe other 'c' word with Humphrey McQueen II Humhrey argues that conservatives can be turned.

Save Footscray Park: angry Maribrinong residents were shut out of a council meeting discussing the handing over of parts of Footscray Park to the second riches sports club in Australia for a private soccer academy. Djab Wurrung sacred trees: a snap action outside the VicRoads offices in Melbourne brings the fight for the sacred birthing trees on the Western Highway outside modern day Ararat to the city. The local Aboriginal people call on others to come to help out at the three camps that have been set up to protect the trees from destruction.This is the week that was Dr Noah Bassil  talks about the latest developments in Sudan

Anti-fascist found guilty of affray II Peir Moro talks about his recent court case resulting from his suffering an assault at the hands of fascists on the night of a demonstration against  Milo Yiannopoulos on December 4, 2017 at the foot of the Kensington flats. Shockingly Pier from found guilty of affray, assault (2) and rioting with his defense of self defence not accepted. He was fined $2,000 without conviction.This seems to reflect the current government's widing the definition of crimes such as affray.They have given direction to Magistrates and Judges to be stricter in their interpretations.This means Pier could be found not guilty of assault, but still found guilty of affray by being part of a melee and/or by my actions 'frightening' people.If people would like to support Pier, and other activists in similar circumstances, you can make a donation to either the:Solidarity and Defence Fund - Australiahttps://solidaritydefence.wordpress.com/donate-support/https://www.facebook.com/solidaritydefencefund/The International Anti-Fascist Defence Fundhttps://intlantifadefence.wordpress.com/about-2/Protect Conserve Defend II Steve Amiss filmmaker talks about the Sea Sheperd film that takes us to Antartica and a sea battle with Japanese whalers. Opens Nova July 25thFGFP conference report II Lew Wheeler looks at the recent conference and the positive outcomes.this is the week that was IILooby II Keith Looby is represented in all the major gallery collections in Australia but now a days they keep his paintings in storage. A new film delves into Kieths art and how the mainstream art world decides what we get to see. Looby, a film by Sean Murphy, is showing at the Melbourne Documentar Film Festival at 2pm Saturday July 27 at 2pm.Sundanese voice II Akuol Garang talks about her experinces as a refugee, how asylum has changed in Australia and her focus as an educator at the Asylum Resource Centre.

Forge in Fire a memorial to 2009 Victorian Fires II Andrew Garton talks about his film Forged in Fire screening in the upcoming Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (Mdff) July 19 - 30 at Nova Cinema & Backlot Studios.Aged Care Under the microscope II Rhonda Heel from COTA outlines some of the findings of the recent Royal Commission into Aged Care at the Fair Go For Pensioners Conference (FGFP).DP World Dispute II Marcus Harrington brings us a report from the Victorian Picket line for what is a national dispute around future of work on the wharves.this is the week that was IIDon Sutherland the Green New Deal & Unions II

Free Julian Assange II Demonstration on steps of State Library marking Julian's 48th birthdayQueensland Mine Fatalities II Steve Smyth Disrict President CFMEU Mining and Energy Division Queensland talks to us about recent spate of fatalies in mining in Queensland coal.This is the week that was IIIsrael Folau by Humphrey McQueen II Humphrey thinks a workers rights to speak up rather than Folau's reactionary views are what should concentrate people's attention.

'Waste to Energy' or 'Waste of Energy' - Incinerator plants as a solution to waste management.Public Housing Vigil report IINew Citizen War on Waste Action Coalition II The chemical fires in the Northern Suburbs and the devastation of the creeks in the Western suburbs have been the impetus for a new citizen's coalition to bring waste management to centre stage in Victoria.This is the Week that was IIDr Noah Bassil on the US & Iran II Noah is back giving us an incisive look at what is motivating US foreign policy when it comes to Iran.