Green Left Weekly Radio - Episode 201510160800

Article and discussion on the Trans Pacific Partnersip (TTP) agreement  by Duncan Roden; A meeting of trade ministers in Honolulu, Hawaii, over July 28 to 31, failed to reach final agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade deal;  https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/59717Article and discussion on foriegn intervention in the Syrian crisis by Tony Iltis. Russia followed the lead of Western powers on September 30 and began direct military intervention in Syria – using the same form (air strikes) and the same declared enemy, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria;  https://www.greenleft.org.au//6029node1Article and discussion on climate change by Kathy Fairfax. While the whole globe — from polar regions to the equator — has experienced record-breaking high temperatures, a small part of the Earth has experienced the opposite. Scientists say both are indications of the dangerous affects of climate change; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60264Zane Alcorn Interviews John Rainford on when the Australian Workers Union (AWU) delegates and officials met with BlueScope Steel company representatives to negotiate a new agreement for the workforce at Port Kembla, they received not an offer but an ultimatum: agree to 500 workers being retrenched or the steelworks will be shut down with the loss of 5000 jobs; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60322