Solidarity Breakfast

Honduran activist Berte Caceres was murdered in March of this year. This event is one of the events that Antony Lowenstien talks about after a visit to Hondurasin Central America; Tess Dimos from the Monash Student Union talks about their victorious campaign to get permanent residency for Dr Banik, lecturer at Monash. Dr Banik and his family were first rejected after nine years in Australia because of their son's autism; Kevin Healy gives us his view of the week; and Vince Emmanuel manages to give us a few chuckles about the situation in US politics.

Outrages of the Week - a grab of news stories that raise  blood pressure to unhealthy levels.Ron Ipsen from Voices of the Valley talks about plans for the transition away from coal and the investigation into new ways of future-proofing the region's jobs and community well-being. Listen here. http://www.votv.org.au/transitionhttps://www.facebook.com/walkwiththevalley/Specialist in women’s health, Susan Feldman from Monash University is speaks about the ways that gender inequalities experienced by women throughout their lives become even more pronounced as they grow older, and how Australia lags behind most other developed countries when it comes to the economic and social well-being of an aging female population. Listen here. https://theconversation.com/why-australian-women-over-55-arent-exactly-enjoying-the-time-of-their-lives-62832?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2012%202016%20-%205414&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%25%20arent%25eir%20lives "That was the week that was" with Kevin HealyGlenn Todd, founder of ActionSkills, a project dedicated to training and upskilling activists around digital security talks about the many reasons to protect yourself and your community when you go on-line, especially if you  are involved in any kind of campaign work and activism. Listen here. https://actionskills.org/ https://actionskills.org/course/digital-security/

We look at the great cross cultural adventure film Motorkite Dreaming with director/ writer Charlie Hill Smith & have a chat with one of the cultural protocals ambassadors for the film Carroll Karpany.We chat with Chris White about the threat that the ABCC still posesKevin Healy takes through the Week that Was.Vince Emmanuel talks about the state of America as it goes to the November Presdential election.

Interview with Tian Chua, sitting parliamentarian for the Batu electorate in Kuala Lumpur, spoke about the current political situation in Malaysia and a new political party set to challenge the current government. Listen here.https://theconversation.com/profiles/thiago-rodrigues-126451Interview with Jorge Knijnik, lecturer in Education, researcher in the Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney, and specialist in sport and social justice issues spoke about the politics of and resistance to the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil. Listen here.https://theconversation.com/profiles/jorge-knijnik-102712“That was the week that was” with Kevin HealyHumphrey McQueen, monthly social and political commentator, examined the crisis in Italian banking and the implications for the future of the EU

Rod Quinn is a rank file UK Labour member who returned to Labour with the rise of Jeremy Corbynn. Rod gives an account of the what is happening leading up to the September party leadership vote. Gaye Demmaneul from Boycott Wilsons Security gives us the background to Wilsons who hold the contract for the refugee detention centres and the actions they are running with WACA  against the company. Kevin gives us a satirical look at the week and Dr Noah Bassil gives us a reflection on the state of international politics.

Kate Hudson, General Secretary and campaigner for Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament in the United Kingdom, talks about the campaign and the debate about the nuclear weapons upgrade in her country, Jeremy Corbyn, trade unions and other issues. Listen here. Dr. Jeremy Smith, Senior Lecturer from Foundation University, Ballarat, talks about his work with Lynn Beaton, recently passed away, in researching the history of the Eureka rebellion and the struggles of the working class in Ballarat. Listen here. Zulkiflee Anwar Ul-Haque, known as Zunar, political cartoonist from Malaysia, talks about his work and his current trial for critisising the government. http://www.zunar.my/ He is currently facing nine charges under the Sedition Act, with a potential jail time of 43 years; Listen here. Kevin Healy; The Week That Was. Listen here.

Preeminent Australian political wit John Clarke talks about his comedy; the CUB dispute at the steps of CUB head office; This is the Week that Was; Hayden Keenan talking Persons of Interest: the Asio Files.

Dick Nichols, Green Left Weekly's European correspondent and Socialist Alliance member from Spain talks about the aftermath of the recent Spanish elections. Listen here. Sean Marler and three others paddled across Bass Strait in a kayak in the name of climate change, Sean talks about this expedition and raising awareness of climate change. Humphrey McQueen, Australian author, historian, and cultural commentator talks about the recent Australian federal elections. Kevin Healy, The Week That Was

Exerpts from Inside the Election Campaign event held at Melbourne University Wednesday before the Australian Federal Election; outside Sydney court June 29th for Stephen Langton's case for graffettting OMID RIP on Malcolm Turnbulls electoral office; This is the Week that Was election special; Tom Bramble, former senior lecturer in Industrial Relations at Queensland University, on Brexit for the English working class.

Lalitha Celliah presents;Friends Of Public Housing members, Fiona Ross and Jeremy Dixon talk about day to day practical issues which are not talked about in the current election campaigns by the major political parties. Listen here.Paul Duffill from the Australian Palestinian Advocacy Network gives an update on the issues in the Palestinian region. Listen here.Louis, Louise and Adolf from the West Papua movement of Australia give an update on the situation in West Papua for the fight for independence. Listen here.Kevin Healy - The week that was.