Green Left Radio Radiothon || Update on Moreland Council || Decolonising Israel, Liberating Palestine

Friday, 18 June 2021 - 7:00am to 8:30am

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: Zane Alcorn & Sue Bolton (guest).

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Moreland council campaigns update from Moreland councillor Sue Bolton.

Campaign to save Fawkner outdoor pool from closure, with the closure being spun by council bureaucrats as 'repurposing'

Campaign to get Moreland council to commit to phasing out gas use for pool heating. 89% of Moreland council's gas use is for heating its pools and simply by switching from gas to heat pumps for its pools Moreland council could cut its emissions by 27%

Home to Bilo campaign pushes on. A partial victory has been won with the Murugappan family brought to Perth to be with young Tharunicaa, who is being treated for sepsis. However rallies across Australia will push for the family to be granted permanent protection visas and allowed to return to their community of Biloela in Queensland.

Israel unleashes another massive wave of airstrikes on Gaza after Palestinians launched 'fire balloons' into Israel in response to provocative marches by ultra nationalist Israelis in occupied East Jerusalem, which sneeringly celebrated the ongoing violent conquest of Palestine. The Israeli marches are akin to those that would be held by the orangemen in Ireland, waving the ongoing occupation in the faces of the occupied.


Interviews and Discussion

Recording of Jeff Halper's speech at the recent Green Left forum “Why Israel is an Apartheid State”  which took place on June 8.

Jeff Halper is a Israeli anthropologist, former university lecturer, political activist and author. He is a co-founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and the One Democratic State Campaign. His most recent book is “Decolonising Israel, Liberating Palestine.” You can listen to the individual speech here.

Interview and discussion with Nick Fredman, who helped set up the Green Left Radio show back in 2015. Fredman says the show has resulted in a 'cross pollination' of the activist journalist networks that 3CR and Green Left are built on. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Friday 7:00am to 8:30am
A weekly source of alternative information which aims to inspire action and organisation to put people and the environment first.Covering international political issues and struggles against the exploitation of the people and exposing the bias in mainstream media that preferences the power brokers and denies access to information.

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