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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast Isaac Nellist discusses the national weekend of rallies to end violence against women that took place over June 26–28, what could be done after Rex Airlines falls into administration and students protest in India after corruption and exam leaks impacted millions. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . Listen to Green Left Radio on 3CR We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for j...
Aug 07, 2024•25 min•Ep 184•Transcript available on Metacast Isaac Nellist and Chloe DS discuss the rising repression of pro-Palestine protests and activism across the country and talk to experienced unionist and Socialist Alliance co-convenor Sue Bull about the attacks in the media and from Labor against the Construction, Forestry, Maritime Employees Union. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . Watch Ecosocialism 2024 sessions | Listen to Green Left Radio on 3CR We acknowledge that this was produced on sto...
Jul 29, 2024•51 min•Ep 183•Transcript available on Metacast Recording of the #Ecosocialism2024 session titled: Strike back! Organising workers in unorganised industries https://ecosocialism.org.au/sessions/strike-back-organising-workers-unorganised-industries The video of the session can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf_hYb6b1iQ Watch more sessions here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/videos-ecosocialism-2024 We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for Fi...
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep 180•Transcript available on Metacast Audio recording of the talks from the #Ecosocialism2024 session: Capitalism kills: The case for ecosocialism The full livestream can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBs5fDR-tXk All videos and more information from the conference can be found at: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/videos-ecosocialism-2024 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...
Jul 24, 2024•34 min•Ep 182•Transcript available on Metacast The protesting students of Bangladesh are fighting for justice in the face of unprecedented repression by the police, armed forces and goon squads organised by the Awami League ruling party, a Bangali activist with Deshis for Liberation told Green Left’s Peter Boyle on July 21. Deshis for Liberation is a Bangali-led and formed group for collective liberation. It respects different cultural, historical and economic aspects of issues and is against oppression for all marginalized peoples. It belie...
Jul 24, 2024•8 min•Ep 181•Transcript available on Metacast Recording of the #Ecosocialism2024 session titled: The politics of disability under capitalism https://ecosocialism.org.au/sessions/politics-disability-under-capitalism The video recording of the session can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdwb7Kn7ub4 Watch more sessions here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/videos-ecosocialism-2024 We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people an...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep 179•Transcript available on Metacast Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the shocking new data from The Lancet which reveals the death toll in Gaza is likely more than 186,000 people and the "Code Blue" national day of action taken by healthcare workers in response to Israel's targeted attacks on hospitals and ambulances. They also speak with Reham Elzeiny from Unimelb for Palestine about the University of Melbourne's attempts to intimidate student activists with threats of disciplinary measures such as expulsion and with Petrina...
Jul 22, 2024•54 min•Ep 178•Transcript available on Metacast Recording of the speeches from the #Ecosocialism2024 session titled: No rainbow capitalism — What will it take to win LGBTIQ+ liberation? https://ecosocialism.org.au/sessions/no-rainbow-capitalism-what-will-it-take-win-lgbtiq-liberation The livestream of the session can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFJZFwUc9Ds 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 E...
Jul 22, 2024•45 min•Ep 177•Transcript available on Metacast Recording of the #Ecosocialism2024 panel on "No justice, no peace: Achieving First Nation sovereignty": https://ecosocialism.org.au/sessions/no-justice-no-peace-achieving-first-nation-sovereignty 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...
Jul 14, 2024•2 hr 30 min•Ep 176•Transcript available on Metacast David Mejia-Canales from the Human Rights Law Centre discusses the new report “Protest in Peril” on the latest episode of the Green Left Show. This episode of the Green Left Show: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-39-how-protest-rights-are-under-threat-australia The interview included discussion about: 2:21 the Protest in Peril report; 4:03 threats to protest rights; 6:41 draconian policing; 9:26 protecting protest rights; 11:06 responding to critics; 12:25 protest as a “gateway...
Jul 13, 2024•20 min•Ep 175•Transcript available on Metacast Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss Fatima Payman's decision to resign from Labor over its support for Israel's genocide in Gaza, the recent elections in Britain and France and speak to artist, academic and National Tertiary Education Union member Markela Panegyres about the University of Sydney's draconian Campus Access Policy. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats . Watch Ecosocialism 2024 sessions | Sign the open letter against USyd's Campus Ac...
Jul 12, 2024•52 min•Ep 174•Transcript available on Metacast Speeches from the #Ecosocialism2024 session titled "From the river to the sea: Palestine will be free!" Speakers were: Leila Khaled, iconic Palestinian revolutionary activist, member of the national committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and a representative on the Palestine National Council. Salim Vally, South African human rights activist, South Africa’s National Research Foundation’s Chair in Community, Worker and Adult Education, based at the University of Joha...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep 173•Transcript available on Metacast South African human rights activist Salim Vally speaks to Jonathan Ramnac in the latest episode of the Green Left Show. Vally is South Africa’s National Research Foundation’s Chair in Community, Worker and Adult Education, based at the University of Johannesburg and was a recent guest at the #Ecosocialism2024 conference. 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...
Jul 08, 2024•30 min•Ep 172•Transcript available on Metacast Ecosocialism 2024: Climate action not war , over June 28–30, featured vital discussions about how to strengthen the movements for climate justice, workers’ rights and international solidarity. Speakers from the Asia-Pacific region made important contributions that gave activists information and motivation for their struggles here. Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss some of their highlights from the conference and recommend which of the sessions to prioritise watching back. Conference sessions...
Jul 07, 2024•23 min•Ep 171•Transcript available on Metacast Green Left journalist Isaac Nellist discusses the nurses and midwives in Victoria and NSW fighting for fair pay and conditions, Palestine's football team plays in Boorloo/Perth and Federico Fuentes from the Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign discusses the latest updates from the anti-war Russian dissident's trial. For more information on all of these stories, read our in-depth coverage here . Music by LittleArcherBeats . Ecosocialism 2024 | Free Boris Kagarlitsky | Read Green Le...
Jun 25, 2024•25 min•Ep 170•Transcript available on Metacast The world's biggest-ever election took place in India from April 19 to June 1, with Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retaining power amidst a maelstrom of controversies including jailing and repression of political opponents and ramping up racism and bigotry against Muslims. Isaac Nellist and Chloe DS spoke to Clifton D'Rozario, a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, about the election results, what opportunities they present for people's moveme...
Jun 24, 2024•40 min•Ep 169•Transcript available on Metacast In just over a month since the first Palestine solidarity encampment was set up at Columbia University, more than 140 encampments were established across the United States and internationally, including at 13 campuses in Australia. Green Left spoke to student organisers Cyn Huang and Daniil Sapunkov, members of Young Democratic Socialists of America, and Amey from San Francisco State University Students for Gaza, where students won open-bargaining and forced the university administration to conc...
Jun 19, 2024•2 hr 34 min•Ep 167•Transcript available on Metacast Green Left journalists Isaac Nellist and Riley discuss the wins and challenges of the student solidarity encampments, public servants speaking out against Australia's support for Israel in a new open letter and the South African elections, where the African National Congress failed to win a majority for the first time since the end of Apartheid. For more information on all of these stories, read our in-depth coverage here . Music by LittleArcherBeats . Ecosocialism 2024 | Sign public servant ope...
Jun 14, 2024•38 min•Ep 168•Transcript available on Metacast Indigenous Kanaks in Kanaky (or New Caledonia) have sprung into revolt in the last two weeks in response to moves by the colonial power France to undermine moves towards independence. Journalist David Robie from Aotearoa/New Zealand spoke to the Green Left Show about the issues involved. Watch this episode online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-37-stand-kanaky-independence-movement-against-french-colonialism We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We ...
May 27, 2024•28 min•Ep 166•Transcript available on Metacast Green Left journalist Isaac Nellist discusses the latest news from across the continent and around the world. For more information on all of these stories, read our in-depth coverage here . Music by LittleArcherBeats . Free Boris Kagarlitsky petition | Ecosocialism 2024 | Listen to Green Left Radio on 3CR Read Green Left articles featured in this episode here . We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nati...
May 20, 2024•33 min•Ep 165•Transcript available on Metacast Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian scientist and sustainability expert currently on a speaking tour of Australia and New Zealand. He is the founder of the the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University. He is the guest on the latest episode of the Green Left Show. View this episode online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-36-genocide-and-ecocide-gaza We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarit...
May 10, 2024•38 min•Ep 164•Transcript available on Metacast Students at more than 100 universities around the world have set up Gaza solidarity encampments demanding their universities cut ties with apartheid Israel and weapons companies that are supporting the genocide in Gaza. The first encampment was set up at Columbia University in New York and quickly spread across the United States and internationally as the university administration called the police, who arrested more than 100 students in a brutal crackdown. Green Left’s Isaac Nellist, Jacob Andr...
May 07, 2024•2 hr 32 min•Ep 163•Transcript available on Metacast Green Left journalists Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the latest news from across the continent and around the world. For more information on all of these stories, read our in-depth coverage here . Music by LittleArcherBeats . Support the Freedom Flotilla | Free Boris Kagarlitsky petition | Ecosocialism 2024 | Listen to Green Left Radio on 3CR Read Green Left articles featured in this episode here . We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity wit...
May 03, 2024•46 min•Ep 162•Transcript available on Metacast Green Left journalists Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the latest news from across the continent and around the world. For more information on all of these stories, read our in-depth coverage here . Music by LittleArcherBeats . Rising Tide | End unpaid placements | Public housing green bans | GoFundMe for Guillermo Andres Mosquea Miranda | Free Boris Kagarlitsky petition | Ecosocialism 2024 | Listen to Green Left Radio on 3CR Read Green Left articles featured in this episode here . We ackn...
Apr 22, 2024•39 min•Ep 161•Transcript available on Metacast Green Left speaks to Nachshon Amir about his experiences in the Israeli Defense Forces and his journey from growing up Zionist to becoming a supporter of Palestinian rights. Watch the video of this interview online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/video-former-israeli-soldier-says-zionism-racist-ideology 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 pres...
Apr 12, 2024•39 min•Ep 160•Transcript available on Metacast 
