Chelsea Manning's Visa Delayed, Int'l Indigenous Women's Day, History of Pentecostalism, Nobel Peace Ride Against Nukes

Wednesday, 5 September 2018 - 7:00am to 8:30am
On the show with Eiddwen, Judith and Will ||

PUSH! Organising and Educating to Build A United Front Against Fascism is a new anti-fascist organisation that has come out strongly against the Home Affairs Department's lack of decision on whether or not to approve Chelsea Manning's visa. Debbie Brennan from PUSH! comes on the show to tell us more ||

September 5th is unofficially nominated as International Indigenous Women's Day. To mark this, we hear from Indigenous Rights Radio, who tell us about the execution of Bartolina Sisa (an 18th century Indigenous freedom fighter) and ask why Indigenous women's contributions are so poorly recognised ||

Cultural Historian Dr Tim Jones comes into 3CR to give us a brief history of Pentecostal Christianity. Scott Morrison is Australia's first Pentecostal Prime Minister: what might this mean ||

Nobel Peace Ride: We hear from the launch of the ride by Anti-Nuclear activists ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons), bringing their Nobel Peace Prize medal from Melbourne to Canberra. ICAN wants to encourage PM Scott Morrison to sign and ratify the Nuclear Ban Treaty. Lavanya Pant from ICAN Australia calls in to tell us about the ride ||