Interview with Hawzhin Azeez about the revolution that is happening in Rojave | Interview with Craig Mcgregor on the recent VAPHA victory of winning a new EBA for workers

Acknowledgement of country, discussion about the Naaru file leaks from the guardian, the political implications of the Olympics in Rio, the census and privacy concerns. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/62383International news discussion about Corbyn in the UK and references to the two articles re-printed in the Green Left Weekly for this week relating to the UK. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/62386https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/62373News from Green Left Weekly -  Palestinian swimmer heads to Rio, news in mainstream media - BHP Billiton sells coal license in liverpool plains back to NSW for $220 million.https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/62375Interview with Hawzhin Azeez - who is the director of the Rojava Reconstruction Authority and is a former politics lecturer at Newcastle university we had a discussion about the revolution that is happening in Rojave, the gains that have being made from a feminist and ecological perspective, the democratization of society that is occuring and it's differences with liberal democracy and more on the Kobane Reconstruction project and how people can support the kurdish struggle through http://helpkobane.com/ and http://australiansforkurdistan.org/ Listen hereInterview with Craig Mcgregor - secretary of VAPHA and their recent victory of winning a new EBA for workers under the union and a discussion about the VAPHA and their union structures. Listen here. More information http://www.vahpa.asn.au/