#PeopleNotProfit: Demanding Action on the Climate Emergency || The Militaristic Push by the Federal Government || Stand 4 Uyghurs

Friday, 18 March 2022 - 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: Leo Crnogorčević, Sue Bolton, Annie Mcloughlin.

Newsreports

Discussion from our presenters responding to the verdict of the murder trial of police officer Zachary Rolfe  who was on trial for the murder of a young Aboriginal man in the Northern Territory.

News from Green Left

Corporate philanthropy or real disaster relief

To help Ukraine, cancel its foreign debt and expropriate Russian, Ukrainian oligarchs' wealth abroad

Has Germany’s global role shifted due to increased military spending?

Interviews and Discussion

Interview with Isaac Nellist, writer for Green Left and member of Socialist Alliance about thre links between war and climate destruction, why climate change represents the greatest existential threat for humanity despite the inaction from the Morrison government including their disastrous response to the floods in Northern NSW and Queensland. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Interview with William Briggs, regular writer for Green Left and political economist about the push for millitarism and increased millitary spending from the Morrison government and the hypocrisy of the western capitalist governments about the percieved “arc of autocracy” that challenges our freedoms and how this push for millitarism is ultimately about taking away our civil liberties and supporting their geopolitical interests over that of working people. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Interview with Mukhlis Mah from Stand 4 Uyghurs Australia about the oppression of the Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in China’s Xinjiang province and about the upcoming National Day of Action on March 20 which is inviting people across all major cities in Australia to take a stand against oppression of Uyghurs. You can listen to the individual interview here.

You can view more details of the organisation and the upcoming protests at https://standforuyghurs.com.au/.

 

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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Green Left Weekly Radio Collective

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