Climate in Crisis: Bushfires in Australia || Protest Movement in India against CAA Green Left Weekly Radio
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Friday 17 January 2020Hosted by Jacob and Zane7am Intro and acknowledgement of country703am News: Bushfire crisis rolls on - Many fire victims getting measly one off $1000 payment after losing everything- Dump Scomo and break the power of the fossil capitalists- Firefighter: we are being kicked in the teeth by government- People power the silver lining of bushfire crisis- Climate change and its unequal impact on women-Donations roll in but it would be better if mining billionaires just paid their taxes- CFMEU mining division outflanks NSW liberal government on its right re: coal mine approvals- CFMEU wants more logging in National parks as response to bushfire crisis 739am News:- Residents stand form to protect Gandolfo gardens but sadly picket broken by cops and 113 trees set to get the chop to make way for level crossing removal works.- US aggression in Iran risks triggering a war and prompts protests in the USA 750am music: "Climate Strike" by When Our Turn Comes 755am News: - Former coal worker from Newcastle supports student strikers and calls for just transition- Relatives demand answers after Yorta Yorta woman dies in custody- Invasion day to highlight 25 years of colonial destruction 8am activist calendar 810am Jacob and Zane speak with Indian Australian community activist Vikrant Kishore about the massive strikes sweeping India in response to Islamophobic citizenship bills introduced by the Hindu Nationalist government of Narendra Modi.Kishore says that the proposed "Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)" unfairly excludes Muslim refugees and migrants from applying for Indian citizenship and could render large number of people stateless and without rights. Student protests against the bill have been brutally repressed by police, leading to a polarisation between right wing nationalists supporting the Modi government on one side, and progressives who support a secular India on the other side mobilising around the strikes.
Friday 17 January 2020Hosted by Jacob and Zane7am Intro and acknowledgement of country703am News: Bushfire crisis rolls on - Many fire victims getting measly one off $1000 payment after losing everything- Dump Scomo and break the power of the fossil capitalists- Firefighter: we are being kicked in the teeth by government- People power the silver lining of bushfire crisis- Climate change and its unequal impact on women-Donations roll in but it would be better if mining billionaires just paid their taxes- CFMEU mining division outflanks NSW liberal government on its right re: coal mine approvals- CFMEU wants more logging in National parks as response to bushfire crisis 739am News:- Residents stand form to protect Gandolfo gardens but sadly picket broken by cops and 113 trees set to get the chop to make way for level crossing removal works.- US aggression in Iran risks triggering a war and prompts protests in the USA 750am music: "Climate Strike" by When Our Turn Comes 755am News: - Former coal worker from Newcastle supports student strikers and calls for just transition- Relatives demand answers after Yorta Yorta woman dies in custody- Invasion day to highlight 25 years of colonial destruction 8am activist calendar 810am Jacob and Zane speak with Indian Australian community activist Vikrant Kishore about the massive strikes sweeping India in response to Islamophobic citizenship bills introduced by the Hindu Nationalist government of Narendra Modi.Kishore says that the proposed "Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)" unfairly excludes Muslim refugees and migrants from applying for Indian citizenship and could render large number of people stateless and without rights. Student protests against the bill have been brutally repressed by police, leading to a polarisation between right wing nationalists supporting the Modi government on one side, and progressives who support a secular India on the other side mobilising around the strikes.