Solidarity Breakfast

Michael Moore from the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA ). Discussing Public health and private health cover, the importance of a preventative model as opposed to a solely treatment model, siting examples of such preventative campaigns, discussing the importance of social determinants of health.The politicising of health and the disservice to the public health system by the way private health public health mix model is implemented and funded; Mentions the Greens position on this as well and the policy of the PHAA. Interview with Craig McGregor about the campaign mounted by the Victorian Allied Health Professional (VAPA)Their campaign is around the EBA of course addressing their wages and working conditions. Margarita  Windisch, long time socialist, feminist and currently a lecturer at Victoria University, updating listeners about climate issues Effect of heat in urban areas and the effect on women. Also, commentary on the Paris Conference and what it did not do. Kevin Healy and his weekly Satirical contribution to Solidarity breakfast.

Spotlight on Marxism 2016: Sandra Bloodworth talks about Engel's views about the family, private property and the state; Farah Kobaissy from Lebanon talks about the revolt inspired by rising garbage and the state of the people's struggle in the Middle East; Kevin Healy gives us the benefit of his wit in summing up the past weeks political carry on; Mandla Nkosi, an activist since 1976 as an adolescent in Sth Africa, tells us about his fight for political change.

Interview with Beverly Bell, a long time colleague of Berta Caceres Flores, founder of the organisation http://www.otherworldsarepossible.org/ the world known environmentalist from Honduras who was killed 2 weeks ago in Honduras. Berta was the winner of the world's highest and most prestigious award for the environment in 2015.The second interviewed was Sarah Eleazer from Pakistan. Well known journalist and activist. Member of the Awami Worker's Party, formed in 2012. It was a regrouping of the left in Pakistan. She is involved in many women's struggles and explains the oppression of women in Pakistan as well as the extreme political conditions there.Kevin Healy - satirical view of this week's politicsThird interview with Humphrey McQueen – Talks about the case of neoliberalism. Why neoliberalism is at the end of its tether. World politics, economy and Marxism. http://www.3cr.org.au/solidaritybreakfast

Kim and Annie talk to Jerome Small about his upcoming talk at the Marxism Conference 2016 about the Trade Union Education League in America during the 1930s; they talk to Graham Willet from Melbourne Union branch of the NTEU about the 5 year plan for Melbourne Uni that discusses the idea of getting rid of live lectures; then its down to a political tour of Bolivia, Chile and Ecquador form Denis Rogatyuk who has just returned from a 3 month Sth American journey.

Dick Nichols a journalist for Green Left Weekly discusses the update of the elections in Spain last December 20th. The fact that the elections did not result in a clear winner has created a state without a government for several months. Professor Ian Anderson a highly experienced medical doctor an administrator discusses the Close the Gap Report, He is the foundation Chair of Indigenous Higher Education; Assistant Vice Chancellor of Indigenous Higher Education Policy; Chair of the National Aboriginal & Torres straits Islander Health Equity Council; Director of Murrup Barak Melbourne Institute of Indigenous Development; An Aboriginal person from Tasmania he has lived most of his life in Victoria; He is a qualified medical doctorDevleena Ghosh a professor at the Sydney University of Technology; She discusses the student unrest in India and speaks about the arrest of student union leaders and the reduction in freedom of speech that is developing in India.

First we talk with Lou Wheeler for a Fair Go for Pensioners' perspective on life and then Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer's idea. O'Dwyer outlines the Government's Super plans and that the Unions are right 'They're Are Coming For Your Super'. Duncan Hart talks about his case against Coles & SDA deal which takes away penalties by stealth. Kevin Healy proves again that the dirty world of politics is fit for satirical meat. Dr Noah Bassil is back to explain why we really don't need to be having a war in Syria.

Interview Owen Bennett from the Unemployed Workers Union  regarding the unemployed workers; A new Bill is to be discussed in the senate which is set out to penalise unemployed people for not attending appointments and many other minor issues;Dave Sweeney from the Australian Consrvation Foundation regarding nuclear waste dumping in South Australia; The ACF said that nuclear energy production is  a dying industry and the growth of renewable energy is tantamount to that; this is a world wide phenomena.Recording of Daniel Nyberg a professor at Newcastle university discussing climate change and the Paris accordHumphrey Mc Queen on the falling rate of profit; Marxist analysis and its relevance today; all his documents are uploaded into solidarity breakfast web site uploaded

We talk with Charles Wilkinson director of Haida Gwaii a film that spotlights the potential of a balanced life economically and ecologically; Domenica Vavala talks Modrn Myths at the Counihan Gallery; Vince Emmanuel, activist and writer, talk.s to the issues leading up to the US federal election

Solidarity Breakfast talks sustainable farming with the filmmakers Lisa Heenan and Iseabella Doherty who have their film Polyface showing at the fifth Melbourne Transmission Film Festival. This is the Week that Was is back and we get to speak to US commentator and activist Vince Emmanuel in Chicago for an anylsis of what is really going on in the US primaries. This is Part one with a more positive spin scheduled for Saturday Feb 13.

Action packed show of issues. Former Secretary of the South Australian Trades Hall Council Chris White calls for action against the Royal Commission into Unions; Mark Zimzak from the Tax Justice Network makes the connection between tax and inequality; film Director Jared P. Scott talks about his film Death of the American Dream the last full lenght conversation with Noam Chomsky which will screen at this year's Transition Film Festival; Sharon Connolly former CEO of Film Australia shares the rage of Government selling the historic Lindfield film studios for $35million; the money was then handed over to 20th Century Fox and Disney to make two block busters.