EPISODE · Aug 5, 2021
Stood-down workers speak out || Understanding the Anti-Lockdown Movement
from Green Left Radio · host Jacob Andrewartha, Arie Huybregts, Chloe DS, Zoe Davison, Tom Tanuki
Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Chloe DS, Arie Huybregts.NewsreportsDiscussion about Andrew's government quashes push to legialise cannabis in Victoria and why cannabis should be legalised.Report from Green Left Federal Court: Qantas wrong to outsource ground staff during pandemicUS announces new 60-day eviction ban that would protect millions of AmericansUpdates on upcoming university student campaigns - including the campaign against the Robert Menzies Institiute being established at the University of MelbourneInterviews and DiscussionInterview with Zoe Davison a stood-down worker at the Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre in Marrickville, Sydney who spoke about the on-going campaign to reinstate those workers leading into a general discussion about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young workers, specifically emphasising the lack of meaningful economic support given by the Federal government. You can listen to the individual interview here.Interview with Tom Tanuki antifascist activist, comedian and part of Yelling at Racist Dogs (YARD) who spoke about his analysis of the anti-lockdown movement within Australia, it's roots and origins, it's links to the far-right and why the growth of the movement is linked to the government's failures in providing proper income support for ordinary people who are being impacted by the lockdowns. You can listen to the individual interview here.
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Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Chloe DS, Arie Huybregts.NewsreportsDiscussion about Andrew's government quashes push to legialise cannabis in Victoria and why cannabis should be legalised.Report from Green Left Federal Court: Qantas wrong to outsource ground staff during pandemicUS announces new 60-day eviction ban that would protect millions of AmericansUpdates on upcoming university student campaigns - including the campaign against the Robert Menzies Institiute being established at the University of MelbourneInterviews and DiscussionInterview with Zoe Davison a stood-down worker at the Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre in Marrickville, Sydney who spoke about the on-going campaign to reinstate those workers leading into a general discussion about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young workers, specifically emphasising the lack of meaningful economic support given by the Federal government. You can listen to the individual interview here.Interview with Tom Tanuki antifascist activist, comedian and part of Yelling at Racist Dogs (YARD) who spoke about his analysis of the anti-lockdown movement within Australia, it's roots and origins, it's links to the far-right and why the growth of the movement is linked to the government's failures in providing proper income support for ordinary people who are being impacted by the lockdowns. You can listen to the individual interview here.
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