Solidarity Breakfast Annie McLoughlin

Voice for Palestine Sydney 28 April II three speakers from the Sydney Rally recording provided by Vivien Langford (Climate Action Show)Zachariah Haddad aged 10 hereProfessor Mazin Qumsiyeh hereSydney Uni Palestine Protest Camp Member Yaz hereMo'Ju Up close and personal here II a snippet from a recent session at The Count's Jazz Club in Clayton.If We Burn here II Journalist & author Vincent Bevins talks about the key findings of his book  If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution from a session at Marxism 2024.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy slices and dices the week with satire.African Solidarity May Day here II Harkim, an organiser for the African Solidarity Collective, spoke at the anti-imperialist rally held in Melbourne at the State Library steps on May 1, 2024

Solidarity with Palestine May Day here II MUA Sydney Branch Secretary Paul Keating calls for May Day Solidarity with Palestine at March 21st Sydney Palestine Rally. Recorded by Vivien Langford from the Climate Action Radio show. Vivien Langford from the Climate Action Radio show. 5pm Monday in Melbourne #3cr and 10am Mondays in Sydney #skidrow.Full Protection Call for Palestinians here II David Glanz, from Refugee Action Collective, alerts us to a rally outside the office of Home Affairs Minister, Clare O’Neil, on Saturday 27th at 11am calling for refugees from Gaza to be given full protection and equal rights with those fleeing war in Ukraine.Abbotsford Convent Art Precinct Turns 20 here II Collette Brennan, CEO & Artistic Director Abbotsford Convent, invites the public to the open day celebrating 20 years of the community art space down by the Yarra River. Saved by community action and now the largest multi-arts and cultural precinct in Australia. Open Day 27th Saturday 10am - 6 pm This is the week here II Kevin Healy keeps his finger on the pulse of social delusion.Why States Colonize and Why They Stop here II Lachlan McNamee talking with Anila McLoughlin about his book Settling for Less: Why States Colonize and Why They Stop, Princeton University Press, 2023. 

Sydney Rally for Palestine 14th April here II April 14th PALESTINE RALLY SYDNEY featuring Amal Nasser, Thalia Anthony, Rick Kuhn.recordings to Vivien Langford from the Climate Action show 5pm Mondays at 3CR and 10am Mondays on Skid Row.Commons Social Change Library here II Holly Hammond joins us to talk about the Commons Social Change Library and the upcoming Trivia Quiz night fundraiser to celebrate 5 years on Tuesday April 30th at Trades Hall.Gallipoli: A Story Untold here II a new play, Gallipoli: a story untold. a two hander with a linking newscaster narrative written by a former 3cr broadcaster Mo Hashem, who now lives in Cairo, puts a different twist on the annual commemoration. Not just a play but a cultural experience. I spoke with Mo Hashem the director, Mo Masri the Producer and the three actors involved Willem Whitfield, Celine Khoury and Roger Ward.The production is being staged at the Kensington Townhall April 26th at 6.30pm tickets.  This is the Week here II a lot of laughs this week as Kevin applies the satire blade on the week.Text-to-Image AI & Journalism here II The text-to-image AI is a new challenge for journalism. I speak with TJ Thomson from RMIT about a new paper on the policy challenges.“Generative Visual AI in News Organizations: Challenges, Opportunities, Perceptions, and Policies” was published in Digital Journalism. (DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2024.2331769) T.J. Thomson (RMIT University), Ryan Thomas (Washington State University) and Phoebe Matich (Queensland University of Technology) are co-authors. 

Freedom Flotilla for Gaza II two voices from the Sydney 7th April rally for Palestine. Thala Salaam (aged 15 wearing her grandmother's thorb) here & James Godfrey from Free Gaza Australia about the Freedom Flotilla bringing aid to Gaza hereTechno Park Rally here II the Techno Park residents rallied on 9th April because dispite a reprieve from eviction the Hobson Bay Council has not taken eviction off the table.Fem Belling Jazz @ The Count's here II  Fem Belling, Music theatre star, jazz vocalist, violinist and songwriter, chats to us about her music, her background and the upcoming show at The Counts jazz club on Wednesday 1 May 2024 at 7:30pm This is the Week here II Kevin Healy dices the week with satire.National Wage Review here II Don Sutherland goes through the intent of 4 of the submissions to the review of the National Wages with the highest call from the ACTU of 5% increase and a call for the lowest wages to be above the poverty line from the Catholic Commision for Employment Relations.

Gaza is Starving here II We speak with Oxfam Australia's head of Humanitarian, Lucia Goldsmith about the terrible situation in Gaza where Israel is making deliberate choices to starve civilians. People in northern Gaza are 'surviving' on245 calories a day. Children are dying of starvation..Israeli Torturing of Palestinians here II We hear from Tala Nasir, a lawyer from Addameer, about the situation for Palestinians in Israeli prisons. It was part of Caabu and War on Want joint online briefing on tackling the severe escalation in torture of Palestinians here. The two page briefer that was produced, can be read here:Sher Ibrahim Dadoum @ Sydney Palestinian Rally here II from March 30th Sydney Rally supplied by Vivien Langford from 3cr Climate Action ShowCircus Oz Smash it! here II David Woods, director of the new Circus Oz Comedy Festival Show Smash it! gives us some insights into the show. Running at the Arts Centre to the 21 April.This is the week here II Kevin Healy explains the week with satire.NO! Toxic Incinerator in Wollert here II We hear from community members opposing Cleanaways 'Waste to Energy' toxic incinerator facility planned from Wollert. Public Meeting 2:45 pm  6th April @ Brockwood Community Centre Unit 1/25 Hazel Glen Dr Doreen.Submissions by the end of the week linkFacebooklocal video that explains the problems with the proposal here. 

Muayadi Ali @ Palm Sunday Rally here II Muayadi Ali gave an impassioned speech calling for support for Palestine at the Melbourne Palm Sunday Rally.Vashti Fox @ Marxism 2024 here II Vashti Fox gave the speech of the day at the first day of Marxism 2024 entitled Against Colonialism, Empire and Caital full speech hereVicPol & Explosive Weapon Use here II We speak with Anthony Kelly, from MALS, about the VicPol use of explosive weapons at the Web Dock picket on March 22.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy slices and dices the week with satire.Threat to Live Music Venues here II Yarra Councillor Steve Jolly alerts us to the threat to live music venues posed by astronomical hikes in public liability insurance.Quaker Statement for Peace here II At the Palm Sunday Rally they had Interfaith statements calling for peace.We play the Qaker statement from the day featuring the music of the Tarab Ensemble. Tarab Ensemble has a benefit for Palestine on April 10th @ Brunswick Ballroom tickets