Solidarity Breakfast

Sister Susan Connolly gives an eyewitness account of her visit to West Papua in Feburary, 2016. The report from the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission - We Will Lose Everything: A Report on a Human Rights Fact Finding Mission to West Papua, characterises the Indonesian occupation as part of a slow motion genocide on our door step.Exerpt from 1999 interview with unionist Jack Mundie as part of the 40 years of 3cr celebrations.Homelessness is now a modern scourge as Governments withdraw from public housing. Bendigo St, Collingwood Melbourne house occupiers were ousted by police and security guards during the Melbourne Cup holiday period and the Herald Sun denigrated the Homeless Person Union as mere violent rabble. Meanwhile an action group against privatisation of public housing stock in Victoria are taking preemtive action against a formal announcement that the Labour Government wants to off-load 70% of public housing to private management. Solidarity Breakfast report.

We open with a report on Peter Norman Day commerations at Human Rights Square Melbourne. We speak to Shane Howard who with other locals blockaded Killlarney Beach down on the South West Coast of Victoria to stop the use of public spaces for commerical interests: in this case race horses being exercised - not a few but at some times over hundred on this small stretch of beach. They have formed the Belfast Coastal Reserve Action Group which is working to protect the Reserve between Warrnambool & Port Fairy from damage caused by Commercial Horse Training. Go to:linkshttps://www.facebook.com/savebelfastcoastalreserve/?fref=tshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/bcrag/?fref=nfWe revisit coverage of s11 protests, year 2000 for 3CR 40 Days for 40 Years.This is the Week that Was.And Marxist historian Humprey McQueen looks at why the Conscription No Vote in 1916 was so important in Labour History.

The recent Polar Fresh Strike asks the question is the law stopping fair work outcomes? Reflections on the 1998 WaterFront Dispute as part of 3CR's 40 Days of Radical Radio Breakfasts. This is The Week That Was. Rod Quinn on UK labour politics now that Corbyn is reelected with a bigger majority. Vince Emmanuel on USA leading up to the Presidential election.

Dave Oliver (ACTU), Sarah Hansen Young (Greens Senator) and Karen Batt (CPSU) address rally to stop TPP outside Vic Parliament; Joe Toscano is starting a campaign to defend public housing assets in Victoria - no to the sale to private and not for profits; This the Week that Was;  Dr Noah Bassil chats about the state of world politics.

Interview with Mission Australia's CEO Catherine Yeomans on homelessness of older people. Listen here.Jafri Alexander X on the attack by Victorian police on him at Flinders Street for his peaceful solo demonstration. Listen here.Humphrey McQueen, freelance journalist talks to Lalitha about this weeks political events and 149th. anniversary of Das Capital.Kevin Healy with The Week That Was.

Interview with Mission Australia's CEO Catherine Yeomans on homelessness of older people. Listen here.Jafri Alexander X on the attack by Victorian police on him at Flinders Street for his peaceful solo demonstration. Listen here.Humphrey McQueen, freelance journalist talks to Lalitha about this weeks political events and 149th. anniversary of Das Capital.Kevin Healy with The Week That Was.

A Handful of Sand the story of the Wavehill Walk-off and the struggle of land rights by the Gurindji people is the first book by Charlie Ward. We talk about the book and his reflections on the importance of the struggle for present day Australia. Liz Ross tells us about the programme for the Union Activism & History Conference on Oct 15. A programme of historic and present day struggles with a pinch of theory. Kevin Healy goes through the week with a satirical brush. Jacob Grech gets out of his tent at the Close Pine Gap demonstration to give us an update. Dr Michael Borgas from the CSIRO and a union delegate gives us an idea of what is happening for workers at the CSIRO.

Dick Nichols Listen here. re the left conference in Portugal; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/portugals-left-bloc-we-are-competing-left-hegemonyDr. Michael Leach Listen here. from Swinburne Uni; Head of Social Sciences dept; https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=13O6fdEAAAAJ&hl=en Kevin Healy - regular satirist on current politics. Listen here.Jayathika Bandara - a singer and an accomplished musician from Sri Lanka; Although he is a Singhala person he has been advocating for human rights in Sri lanka for many decades. He has been arrested and sent many years in jail for his commitment to human rights which includes human rights for Tamils. He was in Australia at the invitation of  PEOPLES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & EQUALITY (PHRE ). He performed in Melbourne to a large crowd of Sri Lankans. Listen here.

The Battle for the Sydney College of the Arts has all the elements common to the transformation of Australian Univeristies to the US corporate model. We talk to Thomas McLoughlin the solicitor for the Sydney University SRC about the fight. Tiernan Brady was the Political Director for the Irish campaign for marriage equality. He has some interesting things to say about how to win a potentially divisive social justice campaign. Kevin Healy goes through the week with a satirical brush. Dr Noah Bassil has a free ranging conversation that takes us to the Sudan, China and Australia as the neoliberal campaign tries to divert attention from the failure of its system to individuals like refugees for its troubles.

Interview with Jacob Rumbiak, Minister for trade and publc affairs for the government of West Papua, located here in Melbourne gives an update on the situation in his country. Listen here.Interview with Humphry McQueen who talks about social and political issues around the world. Listen here. Kevin Healy - The Week That Was. Listen here.