The first Green Left Show for 2025 features labour leader and socialist senate candidate Luke Espiritu and climate and labour activist Aleijn Reintegrado. The two were part of a national speaking tour of Australia at the end of last year. This episode features discussion about Philippine politics, fighting imperialism today and solidarity between the global north and south. Watch video online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-46-philippines-activist-we-cannot-resign-hopelessnes...
Jan 06, 2025•22 min•Ep. 216
Riley Breen spoke to Janet Parker from Jews for Palestine WA about the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the claims that the Palestine solidarity movement and criticisms of Israel are antisemitic. Get involved with Jews for Palestine WA Music by LittleArcherBeats . Donate to website upgrade fund | Upcoming events We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and pr...
Dec 20, 2024•29 min•Ep. 215
Isaac Nellist spoke with Green Left's Latin American correspondent Ben Radford about various grassroots struggles against mining and climate destruction, for workers' rights and access to education. Speaking from Peru, Ben also discusses the impact of the climate crisis on Latin American countries and the failures of the COP29 climate conference. Read Ben Radford's recent articles here . Music by LittleArcherBeats . Donate to website upgrade fund | Upcoming events We acknowledge that this was pr...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 214
Climate campaigner, unionist and Socialist Alliance member Zane Alcorn is guest on the latest Green Left Show to discuss the People's Blockade of the world's largest coal port November 19-28. View this episode online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-45-rising-tide-blocks-newcastle-coal-port Read more: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/peoples-blockade-2024 We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justi...
Dec 13, 2024•22 min•Ep. 213
Green Left's Suzanne James talks to president of Dying With Dignity Victoria, Jane Morris about defending the important human right of end-of-life choice through Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) now legal Australia wide except in the Northern Territory. They discuss the October 2024 international Right To Die Societies conference in Dublin, November’s Australia New Zealand VAD conference in Brisbane and the recent vote in the UK in favour of VAD by a traditionally conservative Westminster Parliame...
Dec 13, 2024•16 min•Ep. 212
Isaac Nellist talks to Socialist Alliance Merri-bek councillor Sue Bolton about the impact of the Woolworths warehouse strike and what it reveals about fighting for workers’ rights. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . Donate to website upgrade fund | Upcoming events We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past...
Dec 10, 2024•41 min•Ep. 211
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the 2024 People's Blockade of the world's largest coal port in Muloobinba/Newcastle. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . Defend the CFMEU public meeting | Find rallies for Palestine and Lebanon We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work,...
Dec 02, 2024•53 min•Ep. 210
Jacob Andrewartha spoke to Cyn Huang and Daniil Sapunkov, members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America Bread and Roses Caucus, about the election of Donald Trump in the 2024 US Presidential elections.
Nov 28, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 209
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the election of Donald Trump in the 2024 United States election and the repression and censorship of activists in Singapore. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . Kokila Annamalai: Why I defied POFMA | Sam Wainwright on Trump's election | People's Blockade of the World's Largest Coal Port | Find rallies for Palestine and Lebanon We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solida...
Nov 10, 2024•48 min•Ep. 207
Aishik Saha is an activist with the All India Students’ Association and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation. He is also a researcher on labour and the digital economy. In this interview with Green Left's Peter Boyle, he discusses Indian PM Narendra Modi's doubling down on his Hindu nationalist hate campaigns despite his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) losing ground in the last elections. He also discusses the role of the left in alliances to resist "BJP fascism", the intersec...
Nov 09, 2024•30 min•Ep. 206
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the NSW Police’s attempt to block the Rising Tide People’s Blockade of the world’s largest coal port and talk to Green Left journalist Alex Bainbridge about the Queensland election results which saw the Liberal National Party form government. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . People's Blockade of the World's Largest Coal Port | Find rallies for Palestine and Lebanon We acknowledge that this was produced on...
Nov 05, 2024•35 min•Ep. 205
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the protests against the visit of “King” Charles III by Senator Lidia Thorpe and other First Nations activists and talk to NTEU national councillor Markela Panegyres about the union's recent vote to implement an academic institutional boycott of Israel. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . People's Blockade of the World's Largest Coal Port | Find rallies for Palestine and Lebanon We acknowledge that this was ...
Oct 28, 2024•41 min•Ep. 204
Green Left journalist, Links editor and author Federico Fuentes explains what happened in the Venzuelan elections, what it means, and where does leave the solidarity movement? Watch this talk as a video online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/video-understanding-venezuelas-election-why-claims-fraud-are-different-time We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders ...
Oct 18, 2024•36 min•Ep. 203
Justice for Palestine Magan-djin campaigner and Greens candidate for Moreton Remah Naji speaks to Alex Bainbridge on the Green Left Show. Watch online at: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-15-greens-and-socialists-discuss-strategy We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.gr...
Oct 17, 2024•26 min•Ep. 202
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss recent developments in the climate movement and talk to Green Left journalist and socialist activist Peter Boyle about imagining a green future. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a sup...
Oct 17, 2024•37 min•Ep. 201
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen reflect on 12 months of Israel's genocide in Gaza and the unprecedented protest movement here. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 200
Green Left's Suzanne James interviews WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John about changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) following the passing of the NDIS Amendment Bill in August. Steele-John outlines the deal Labor did to get the legislation passed, how the final version of the debt collection function will work, the shifting intent of the NDIS under the changes, and how the disability community can connect and support each other. Watch online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/v...
Oct 04, 2024•22 min•Ep. 199
Isaac Nellist discusses Israel’s latest attacks on Lebanon and talks to Zack Schofield, an activist with Rising Tide, about Labor’s expansion of coal mining in New South Wales and how we can resist. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . Protest 12 months of genocide | People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First...
Oct 03, 2024•47 min•Ep. 198
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen talk to Federico Fuentes about the controversy surrounding the Venezuelan Presidential election results. They also talk to Socialist Alliance Merri-bek councillor Sue Bolton about community campaigning ahead of the Victorian local government elections. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . Support Sue's campaign | Venezuela forum Brisbane | Venezuela forum online | People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port | ...
Sep 21, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 197
Socialist Alliance Merri-bek Councillor Sue Bolton is the guest on the latest Green Left Show talking about the role of local government in supporting human rights issues like opposing Israel's genocide in Palestine. We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support ...
Sep 20, 2024•34 min•Ep. 196
The car industry distorted transport system is destroying the climate, according to veteran public and active transport campaigner Andrew Chuter. The latest statistics for Australia show that almost all the gains made from switching 40% of electricity generation to renewable energy have been cancelled out by rising greenhouse gas emissions mainly from transport. Simply shifting to electric cars is not the solution, he argues. In a deep dive into the challenges we face breaking from decades of sy...
Sep 18, 2024•20 min•Ep. 195
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the A30 global day of action for West Papua and the tragic death of 23-year-old refugee Mano. They also speak with Steve O’Brien, Socialist Alliance Lord Mayoral candidate for the City of Newcastle in the New South Wales local government elections about the proposed new weapons manufacturing hub in Mulooobinba/Newcastle, solutions to the housing crisis and the need for climate action. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleA...
Sep 06, 2024•58 min•Ep. 193
Peter Boyle conducts a guest interview for the Green Left Show with Epeli Lesuma, Nuclear Justice Campaigner with the Fiji-based Pacific Network on Globalisation. They discuss: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's "hot mic" slip where he revealed Australia's imperialist intentions in the Pacific, the nature of AUKUS, the goal of a nuclear free & independent Pacific, and the role of China. [block:views=node_blocks-related] View online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-42-austra...
Sep 06, 2024•19 min•Ep. 192
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen are joined by Nova Sobieralski to discuss Labor's attacks on the Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) and the National Disability Insurance Scheme amendment bill, which cuts billions of funding of disability support. They also speak with Rachel Evans, Socialist Alliance Lord Mayoral candidate for the City of Sydney in the New South Wales local government elections in September, solutions to the housing crisis, “liveable cities” and socialists' appr...
Aug 29, 2024•53 min•Ep. 191
Isaac Nellist speaks with Chloe DS about the encampments set up by refugees in Naarm/Melbourne and Gadigal Country/Sydney to demand permanent visas and with Ben Radford about the history and wins of the Palestine solidarity movement in Latin America. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our res...
Aug 23, 2024•48 min•Ep. 190
We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonline YouTube: https...
Aug 21, 2024•35 min•Ep. 189
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen are joined by Socialist Alliance national co-convenor and Green Left Radio host Jacob Andrewartha to discuss the latest Closing the Gap report, far-right riots in Britain and the political situation in the United States heading towards the November election. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . Take the Rad Pill | Bangladesh: What's behind the uprising | Listen to Green Left Radio on 3CR We acknowledge that this was ...
Aug 15, 2024•49 min•Ep. 188
Suzanne James talks to WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John about the Albanese Government’s betrayal of the disability community, ignoring the bulk of the Disability Royal Commission’s recommendations whilst deconstructing and defunding their own National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). They discuss Labor’s proposed NDIS Bill which is so bad, the only party that supports it is One Nation, and talk about the hard realities of living with a disability in Australia today. Watch this interview o...
Aug 14, 2024•29 min•Ep. 187
Leftist writer and academic Farooq Sulehria, who is editor of Jeddojehad.com, interviewed Bangladeshi scholar Navine Murshid about the student protests which brought down the government of Bangladesh. Watch this interview online at: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/student-protests-brought-down-government-bangladesh We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders pa...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 186
This episode of the Green Left Show addresses the question of ending violence against women. Thousands marched over the weekend of July 26-28 in the second wave of national mobilisations organised by What Were You Wearing. Guests on this episode include Sarah Williams of What Were You Wearing, Merri-bek councillor and Socialist Alliance member Sue Bolton, and Renée Lees of Socialist Alliance. The show also features some of the speech by journalist Nicole Madigan at the Magan-djin/Brisbane rally ...
Aug 09, 2024•27 min•Ep. 185
