3CR has provided airtime to the struggle for a Free Palestine since it began broadcasting in 1976. In 2023 the coverage increased and included recording the weekly rallies and other events for rebroadcast, as well as extensive coverage across many of our current affairs shows.
Listen to event recordings below, and tune in each week on Saturday at 9.30am for Palestine Remembered, or listen to the podcast on your favourite app.
The weekly Sunday rallies and marches held at the State Library Victoria, Parliament House steps, Fitzroy Gardens, Treasury Gardens, and Melbourne Victoria's Barracks in Narrm-Melbourne are organised by Free Palestine Melbourne. To keep updated with current advocacy and events, visit Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN). Rally speeches recorded by 3CR volunteers and Renegade Solidarity Audio Force.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 21 Apr 2024
Weekly rally from the State Library Victoria and Parliament House steps with speeches, commentary, chanting, and singing including Dana Alshaer, UniMelb for Palestine member, Palestinian activist born and raised in the occupied colonised West Bank; Robert Martin, pro-Palestinian activist; Declan Furber Gillick, Arrente writer, unionist, and political organiser; Hiba, Eritrean-Sudanese activist and UM4P organiser; Dr. Salah Mortaja, Palestinian activist and doctor; Mercedes Zanker, an anti-military activist, Renegade Solidarity Audio Force technician, and 3CR broadcaster; and Ashir, a Palestinian activist and artist.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 14 Apr 2024
Weekly rally from the State Library Victoria and Parliament House steps with speeches, commentary including Nasser Mashini, son of a Palestinian refugee, President of Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN), co-founder of Australians For Palestine, and a founding board member of Olive Kids; Julie Webb-Pullman, war crimes investigator and journalist on Gaza; Prof Gary Foley, activist for the Gumbaynggirr people, academic, writer, and actor; Stephanie Hodgins-May, Greens Victorian Senator-elect, and climate and social justice campaigner; Tony Mavromatis, State Secretary AMWU, and longtime trade unionist; Tasnim Sammak, Palestinian activist, mother, community organiser, and PhD candidate at Monash University; Amin G. Abbas, the son and grandson of Palestinian refugees from Jenin and Tiberias, an activist, and community organiser; Mai Saif, Palestinian activist and member of the Palestinian Community Association for Victoria; and others.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 7 Apr 2024
Weekly rally from the State Library Victoria with speeches and commentary including Nour Salman, Free Palestine Melbourne organiser; Te Raukura O'Connell Rapira, Maori speaker and community activist from Aotearoa with choir and performance of haka; Janet Rice, Greens Senator for Victoria and Co-convener of Parliamentary Friends of Palestine; Alex, a lifelong anti-Zionist Jewish man; Dr Samah Sabawi, author, playwright, and poet; and others
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 31 Mar 2024
Weekly rally from the State Library Victoria with speeches and commentary including Nasser Mashini, President of Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN); Eugenia Flynn, Larrakia writer and researcher; Noura Mansour, Palestinian activist and community organiser; Ihab Alazhari, Palestinian activist and Sit-Intifada founder; Sue Bolton, Merri-bek councillor and Socialist Alliance member; Dana Alshaer, Palestinian activist and UM4P member; Saied Altabaa, Sheikh and Imam; and others.
Enough Is Enough SNAP protest Naarm-Melbourne, Thu 28 Mar 2024
Emergency protest at Federation Square and Flinders St intersection with speeches, commentary, and chanting including Hasheam Tayer, Palestinian activist, owner of Burgertory; Amin G. Abbas, the son and grandson of Palestinian refugees from Jenin and Tiberias, an activist, and community organiser; Muayad Ali, long-time Palestinian activist and Free Palestine Melbourne member; Kevin Bracken, activist and unionist; Samantha Ratnam, Leader of Victorian Greens; Nasser Mashini, son of a Palestinian refugee, President of Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN), co-founder of Australians For Palestine, and a founding board member of Olive Kids; Sarah Baarini, a young woman of Lebanese-Italian-Maltese heritage, Islamic Council of Victoria board member, and Masters of International Relations at La Trobe University; and Tasnim Sammak, Palestinian activist, mother, community organiser, and PhD candidate at Monash University.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 24 Mar 2024
Weekly rally from the State Library Victoria with speeches, commentary, and chanting including Stephanie Thuesen, HACSU projects and political liaison organiser; Mai Saif, Palestinian activist and member of the Palestinian Community Association for Victoria; Lucy Honan, long-standing member of Refugee Action Collective, and a founding member Teachers and School Staff for Palestine Victoria; Lavanya Thavaraja, former refugee, HACSU union organiser, and member of the Tamil Refugee Council; Bakr Hawari, a Muslim community leader working with young Muslim youth; Lucas Li, a filmmaker, artist, and youth worker, and coordinator of the Paper Kites for Palestine project; and others.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 17 Mar 2024
Weekly rally from the State Library Victoria with speeches, commentary, and songs including Amin G. Abbas, the son and grandson of Palestinian refugees from Jenin and Tiberias, an activist, and community organiser; Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe, Krautungalung/ Gunnai man, an Aboriginal activist, and 3CR broadcaster; Nader, a young Palestinian year 6 student; Nazeem Hussain, a comedian, author, and actor; Lana Abdelhalim, Palestinian university student and activist; Abdulla Hawwari, Imam and Khatib of Virgin mary Mosque; Professor Gary Foley, activist of the Gumbaynggirr people, academic, writer, and actor, and others.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 10 Mar 2024
Weekly rally from the State Library Victoria and Parliament House Steps with speeches, commentary, and songs including Mai Saif, Palestinian activist and member of the Palestinian Community Association for Victoria; Afaf Alfawwal, Lebanese mental health advocate; Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe, a DjabWurrung, Gunnai, and Gunditjmara woman, and activist; Mohamed Aljibaly, Imam and Khatib; Hajar, Palestinian activist and leader; Tammy, Anti-Zionist Jew; Juman, Palestinian performer; Natalie Farah, Palestinian-Syrian advocate, writer, and creative; and others.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 3 Mar 2024
Weekly rally from the State Library Victoria, Parliament House Steps, and Treasury Gardens with speeches, commentary, and songs including Nour Salman, a Palestinian woman, and media communication specialist; Celeste Liddle, Arrernte writer, activist, and unionist; Natalie Farah, Palestinian-Syrian advocate, writer, and creative; Adel Salman, President Islamic Council of Victoria; Ola Addassi, a Palestinian medical scientist; Gisele Nayaf, Students 4 Palestine member; Elspeth Blunt, Teachers 4 Palestine and Australian Education Union representative; and others.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 25 Feb 2024
Weekly rally from the State Library Victoria and Parliament House Steps with speeches, commentary, and songs including Nasser Mashni, President of APAN; Dr Kim Bullimore, Aboriginal Murri woman, socialist, and anti-racism campaigner; Louisa Bassini, Community lawyer ASU for Palestine; Stuart Rees AM, Professor Emeritus, human rights activist, and author; Asaala Sayara, Palestinian activist, social worker, and leader; Tasnim Sammak, Palestinian activist, mother, and leader; and Sebastian, Palestinian singer.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 18 Feb 2024
Weekly rally from the State Library Victoria with speeches and commentary including Amin G. Abbas, the son and grandson of Palestinian refugees from Jenin and Tiberias, an activist, and community organiser; John Shipton, anti-war activist, founder of the WikiLeaks Party, and father of Julian Assange; Adel Salman, President of the Islamic Council of Victoria; Amin K. Abbas, diaspora Palestinian and founding board member of the Australian Foundation for Palestinian Children, Olive Kids; May Mourad, a young Palestinian girl from Gaza; Cr Jamal Hakim, City of Melbourne independent councillor, and board member of Democracy in Colour; and Nour Salman, a Palestinian woman, and media communication specialist.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 11 Feb 2024
Weekly rally from the State Library Victoria and Parliament Steps with speeches, commentary, and songs including Amin G. Abbas, a Palestinian-Australian organiser; Reem Yunis, Palestinian-Australian activist and Victorian Socialists candidate for the Dunkley by-election; Alex, Jewish activist and lifelong anti-Zionist; Mohammed Helmy, Egyptian activist and Greens member; Tony Birch, Aboriginal author, academic, and activist; Dr Steve Rametse, a scholar from South Africa, political economist, and a former political exile; and Harima, Hume for Palestine organiser and activist.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 4 Feb 2024
Weekly rally from the State Library Victoria with speeches, commentary, and songs including Nour Salman, a Palestinian woman, and media communication specialist; Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe, Krautungalung/ Gunnai man, an Aboriginal activist, and 3CR broadcaster; Adam Bandt, leader of the Australian Greens and federal MP for Melbourne; Oskar Martin, a Bundjalung and Kamilaroi man, and incoming 2024 Indigenous Students’ Representative on UMSU Students’ Council; and Rami Abi Sabaa, a Palestinian activist from Jenin Refugee Camp in the West Bank.
Shut Down HTA Naarm-Melbourne, Fri 2 Feb 2024
Protest gathering outside HTA (Heat Treatment Australia) site in Campbellfield with speeches and commentary including Adam Duggan; Oskar Martin, a Bundjalung and Kamilaroi man, and incoming 2024 Indigenous Students’ Representative on UMSU Students’ Council; Juma, a young speaker from Iraq and Lebanon; Dana Alshaer, a Palestinian-born activist and organiser with Uni Melbourne Action Group; Mercedes Zanker, an anti-military activist, Renegade Solidarity Audio Force technician, and 3CR broadcaster; Sue Bolton, Socialist Alliance Councillor for Merri-bek; Hua Hariko, member of the African Solidarity Collective Narrm; and Waseem Razvi, founder of Islamic Research and Educational Academy (IREA) and member of Alliance Against Islamophobia (AAI). This event was organised by Hume For Palestine.
Melbourne for Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Tue 23 Jan 2024
Rally gathering held at Flagstaff Gardens with speeches and commentary including Amin G. Abbas, a Palestinian-Australian organiser; Dr Steve Rametse, a scholar from South Africa and a former political exile; Sasha Ramahi, an Australian-born Palestinian and activist; Oskar Martrin, a Bundalung and Kamilaroi man and Socialist Alternative member; Dr Samah Sabawi, author, playwright, and poet; Jaan Schild, anti-Zionist Jew and socialist activist; John Smith, an associate member of the Black Peoples Union (BPU), and Webb Dock community picket organiser; Thomas Monagle, an advocate for Palestine; and others. This event was organised by Melbourne For Palestine.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 21 Jan 2024
The 15th consecutive rally in Naarm-Melbourne was held at the State Library Victoria and Parliament House steps with speeches, commentary, and songs including Nasser Mashni, President of APAN; Tarneen Onus Browne of Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance; Declan Furber Gillick, Black Peoples Union, and Webb Dock community picket organiser; Tasnim Sammak, Palestinian activist, Free Palestine Melbourne, and Webb Dock community picket organiser; John Smith, an associate member of the Black Peoples Union, and Webb Dock community picket organiser; young boy who recited 'Dear Palestine' poem, Jaan Schild, anti-Zionist Jew and socialist activist; Clementine Ford, feminist icon, broadcaster, and writer; Ramila Chanisheff, Australian Uyghur Tangritagh Women's Association; Mai Saif, Palestinian activist and ASU member; Dr Samah Sabawi, author, playwright, and poet; Ace and Ava Rose, performing 'Palestine -You Are Not Alone'; and others.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 14 Jan 2024
The 14th consecutive rally in Naarm-Melbourne and 100 days since the events of Oct 7. The rally was held at the State Library Victoria and Parliament House steps with speeches and commentary including Mohamed Shorab, a Palestinian from Gaza; Carly, a South African artist and member of African Solidarity Collective Narrm; Mohamed, a South African man who lived through apartheid; Tyrone, a South African musician, and member of African Solidarity Collective Narrm; Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe, Krautungalung/ Gunnai man, an Aboriginal activist, and 3CR broadcaster; Prof Gary Foley, activist for the Gumbaynggirr people, academic, writer, and actor; David Glanz, an anti-Zionist Jewish activist for refugee rights; Bluey, an Australian animated preschool television presenter; Nour Salman, a Palestinian woman, and media communication specialist; and others.
Free Palestine protest Tanjenong-Dandenong, Wed 10 Jan 2024
Protest gathering held at Dandenong Library in Harmony Square with speeches, commentary, and performances including Yousef Alreemawi, a Palestinian academic, writer, radio producer, and refugee activist; Iman Ismail, an Albanian Imam, and community leader; Ami, a human rights activist and a founder of Mums For Palestine; Nachshon Amir, a pro-Palestinian and refugee activist; Afaf Alfawwal, a pro-Palestinian activist and mental health advocate; Jamal Abazi, founder of a youth centre, and a human rights activist, Rhonda Garad, the Greens coucillor for Greater Dandenong Council; members from The African Solidarity Collective; and others. This event was organised by Free Palestine Dandenong & South East Action.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 7 Jan 2024
The 1st rally for 2024 was held at the State Library Victoria and Melbourne Victoria's Barracks with speeches, commentary, and songs including Noura, a Lebanese-Iraqi activist with Free Palestine Geelong; David Gudeman, social activist and teacher; Sebastian, a Palestinian performer; Ahmed Barakatz, a Lebanese-Iraqi activist and member of Uni of Melbourne for Palestine; Sofia, a Palestinian-Australian artist and environmental educator; Yousef Shadev, a Palestinian author and writer; Mercedes Zanker, an activist against militarism, 3CR broadcaster, and sound technician with Renegade Solidarity Audio Force; and others.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 30 Dec 2023
The 12th and final rally for 2023 was held at the State Library Victoria and Parliament House steps with speeches, commentary, and songs including Senator David Shoebridge of the Australian Greens; an activist from School Students for Palestine; Amin Abatz, son and grandson of Palestinian refugees; Nour, a spoken word performer; the South-Eastern Asian Coalition for a Free Palestine; and others.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 24 Dec 2023
Weekly rally from State Library Victoria with speeches and commentary including Jasper Cohen-Hunter, a Wurundjeri and Ngurai-Illum-Wurrung man; Cyndi Makabory, a West Papuan woman and climate change activist; Prof Gary Foley, activist for the Gumbaynggirr people, academic, writer, and actor; Nasser Mashni, President of APAN, and others.
Unions For Palestine Block the Boat action, Naarm-Melbourne, Tue 19 Dec 2023
Protest gathering held at East Swanston Dock, West Melbourne with speeches and commentary including Geraldine Fela, NTEU and Unions for Palestine; Martin Abbott, NTEU; Uncle Ihab, Palestinian activist, founder of The Sit-Intifada; Senator Lidia Thorpe, a DjabWurrung, Gunnai, and Gunditjmara woman, and activist; Kevin Bracken, former Secretary MUA; Janet Rice, Greens Senator for Victoria; Gem Walsh, Proud Jew Collective; Jonathan Sherlock, President of Maribyrnong region of AEU; Jasmine Barzani, Uni Melb for Palestine; and Tatina Merid, Healthcare workers for Palestine Victoria. This event was organised by Unionists For Palestine.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 17 Dec 2023
Weekly rally from State Library Victoria with speeches and commentary including Jacob Grech, an activist, organiser with Renegade Solidarity Audio Force, and 3CR broadcaster; Renee of School Students for Palestine; Jerome Small, Victorian Socialists candidate for the Northern Metro; Tarneen Onus Browne of Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance; Adlah, a Palestinian journalist; Nasser Mashni, President of APAN; and others.
Free Palestine rally Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 10 Dec 2023
Weekly rally from State Library Victoria with speeches, commentary, and songs including Luke Hilikari, Secretary Victorian Trades Hall; Janet Rice, Greens senator, environmentalist, and activist; Jorge Jorquera, Victorian Socialists and Maribyrnong councillor; Tarneen Onus Brown of Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance; Mai Saif, Palestinian activist, and ASU member; Aseel Tayah, a Palestinian artist, creative director, and cultural leader; and others.
Motorcade for Palestine, Sat 9 Dec 2023
A live broadcast from the Motorcade for Palestine – to build a wall of sound on the streets of Burn City to amplify the voices for a Free Palestine, with 3CR broadcasters Jiselle Hanna, Jacob Grech, Nasser Mashni, Karina Aedo Aguliera and guest Keiran Stewart-Assheton, President of the Black Peoples Union. This special broadcast was supported and produced by 3CR Community Radio, Free Palestine Melbourne, Renegade Solidarity Audio Force, and Renegade Activists.
Free Palestine rally, Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 3 Dec 2023
Weekly rally from State Library Victoria with speeches, commentary, and songs including Christy Cain, CMFEU National Secretary; Sarah Schwartz, a lawyer and member of Loud Jew Collective; Samah Sabawi, Palestinian playwright, scholar, commentator and poet; Muayad Ali, organiser with Free Palestine Melbourne; and others.
Free Palestine rally, Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 26 Nov 2023
Weekly rally from State Library Victoria with speeches, commentary, and songs including Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe, a DjabWurrung, Gunnai, and Gunditjmara woman, and activist; Tasnim Sammak, a Palestinian-Australian activist and educator; Nevo Zism, an author, trans activist, and anti-Zionist Jew; Gabrielle de Vietri, member of the Victorian Greens, artist, and activist; Xavier Dupé, National Union of Students education officer and activist; Professor Gary Foley, activist of the Gumbaynggirr people, academic, writer, and actor; and others.
Free Palestine rally, Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 19 Nov 2023
Weekly rally from State Library Victoria with speeches, commentary, and songs including Nasser Mashni, President of APAN; Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe, Krautungalung/ Gunnai man, an Aboriginal activist, and 3CR broadcaster; Audra Hope, an organiser with School Students for Palestine (Melbourne); A/Prof Crystal McKinnon, an Amangu Yamatji academic, researcher and community organiser; and others.
Gathering For Palestine, Sat 18 Nov 2023
Conversations with MC Shiralee Hood and Alan Thorpe, Director of Dardi Munwurro, including Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories; Professor Gary Foley, activist of the Gumbaynggirr people, academic, writer, and actor; and Noura Mansour, a Palestinian educator, writer, activist, and community organiser from Acre City. Recorded and edited by Riah Williams and Karina Aedo-Aguilera.
Free Palestine rally, Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 12 Nov 2023
Weekly rally from State Library Victoria with speeches, commentary, and songs including Clementine Ford, feminist icon, broadcaster, and writer; Samantha Ratnam, Victorian Greens Leader; Hasheam Tayer, owner of the Burgertory store chain; and others.
Free Palestine rally, Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 5 Nov 2023
Weekly rally from State Library Victoria with speeches, commentary, and songs including Nasser Mashini, President of APAN; Mai Saif, Palestinian activist and member of the Palestinian Community Association for Victoria; Mazim, a Palestinian refugee and Auslan interpreter; Nayuka Gorrie, a Kurnai/Gunai, Gunditjmara, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta freelance writer; Alex, a Jewish activist, and anti-Zionist; Aarin Moon, Asst. Branch Secretary MUA; Liz Walsh, leading member Victorian Socialists; Liam Ward, NTEU member and campaigner for boycotting Elbit Systems; and others.
Free Palestine rally, Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 29 Oct 2023
Weekly rally from State Library Victoria with speeches, commentary, and songs including Nasser Mashini, President of APAN; Moira, a Yotra Yorta, Boon Wurrung, and Jewish writer and artist; Dr. Tim Read, Greens MP for Brunswick; Raff Duffy, anti-Zionist Jew, student activist Melbourne Uni, and member of Socialist Alternative; Tony Piccolo, Asst. Secretary AMWU; Nazeem Hussain, a comedian, author, and actor; Dana, a Palestinian student activist at Melbourne Uni; and others.
Free Palestine rally, Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 22 Oct 2023
Weekly rally from State Library Victoria with speeches, commentary, and songs including Nasser Mashini, President of APAN; Mai Saif, Palestinian activist and member of the Palestinian Community Association for Victoria; Aseel Tayah, a Melbourne-based Palestinian artist, creative producer, and the founder and CEO of Bukjeh; Luke Hilikari, Secretary Victorian Trades Hall; Adel Salman, President Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV); Kim Bullimore, a Murri woman, long-time socialist, political activist, anti-racism campaigner, and a volunteer with the International Women’s Peace Service; Lily Cohen of Loud Jew Collective; and others.
Free Palestine rally, Naarm-Melbourne, Sun 15 Oct 2023
The 1st weekly rally and a call to action for a Free Palestine, a stop to genocide and apartheid, and a permanent ceasefire following the events of Oct 7, recorded at the State Library Victoria with speeches, commentary, and songs including Nasser Mashini, President of Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN); Oscar Martin, an Indigenous man, and Socialist activist; Samar Ali, a Palestinian writer from Gaza; Janet Rice, Greens Senator for Victoria and Co-convener of Parliamentary Friends of Palestine; Adel Salman, President Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV); Jerome Small, candidate Victorian Socialists and activist; and others.
