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Emily, Inez, Leila, Priya, River, Alice

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Highlights from 2023: Grassroots Organising

Thursday Breakfast ·

2024/01/10

Acknowledgement of Country// From our 12 October 2023 show: Leila interviews Debbie about Building Unity Against Fascism, a six session study circle that ran in late 2023 co-hosted by Radical Women and Freedom Socialist Party in Reservoir. Immersed in the daily fight against racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-trans bigotry, and labor exploitation, Radical Women believes in multi-issue organising around the needs of the most marginalised. The Freedom Socialist Party is a feminist, working-class

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Highlights from 2023: Public Housing

Thursday Breakfast ·

2024/01/03

Acknowledgement of Country// Spike and Priya visited the Hoddle Street public housing estate and spoke with resident Sim, who has been living in one of the towers for 7 years. In this interview, Sim reflected on last week's announcement by the Victorian State Government that all 44 public housing towers in the Greater Melbourne area have been slated for demolition and redevelopment in the coming decades. Sim spoke about how the announcement was delivered to residents and discussed the stress and

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Highlights from 2023: Harm Reduction

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/12/27

Acknowledgement of Country// Intro// Thursday Brekky Team - Penington Overdose ReportInez is back in the studio to take us through the Penington Institute's 2023 Annual Overdose Report, discuss a recent tour of Richmond's medically supervised injecting site and the petition for a new overdose prevention centre in Melbourne's CBD, and we all have a chat about stigma.// Chris Gough - CAHMA Chris Gough, Executive Director of the Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy or CAHMA, joins us

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Galupa Homeland Project, Nick Chesterfield MEAA...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/12/20

Acknowledgement of Country// News// Gayili Marika Yunupingu - Galupa Homeland Project Earlier this week, Priya interviewed Gumatj clan Elder Gayili Marika Yunupingu, who leads the Galupa Safety House suicide prevention and women's shelter initiative as part of the Galupa Homeland Project. The Project is located on the Gove Peninsula of Northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, and is focused on keeping women and children in Galupa safe and healthy through their connections to land and culture

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Marshal at a rally! with Bugs, The Merchants of Death...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/12/13

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines//Have you ever wanted to contribute at a rally but just you're not sure where to start? Well today is the day you can learn how to take that first step… Mardshaling is the perfect way to get involved and support community in the ongoing fight for Palestinian liberation and to end genocide NOW! Next up we will hear from Bugs, a Pro Palestine activist and artist from Naarm who has marshaled for over 12 rallies so far since October 7th. Bugs is going to tell us

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Commons Social Change Library Part 3, National Day of...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/12/06

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines//Today we heard the third instalment of Spike’s conversation with Iain McIntyre from the Commons Social Change Library. Last week Iain talked about the resources available at the CSCL, who uses them and the importance of history in developing campaigns to address the present and future. In this the final segment, Iain and Spike talked about some of the social forces that work against acknowledging our radical heritage/history, and the importance of crafting

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Commons Social Change Library Part 1, Australian...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/11/29

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Have you ever wondered how to shut down capitalism? Protect the habitat of your favourite marsupial? Write an angry letter to your member of parliament? tIf you have, then our interview with Iain MacIntyre from the Commons Social Change Library is a must listen. The Commons Social Change Library is a service that documents the collective wisdom of people who have engaged in social change struggles and campaigns in so-called Australia and the world, and is

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Commons Social Change Library Part 2, Disability...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/11/29

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// The Commons Social Change Library is the "go to portal" for social change resources. They gather and share resources from many different sources and organisations from all round the world in a user friendly, accessible portal. Last week we heard part 1 of our two part conversation with Iain Mcyntyre from the CSCL where we discussed social change, why it was important to be able to access information about social change struggles in common, and how

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Commons Social Change Library Part 1, Australian...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/11/22

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NAPWHA HIV Self-Testing, Uncle Riyad's Hunger Strike...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/11/15

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Beau Newham - NAPWHA Beau Newham from NAPWHA - the National Associtation of People with HIV - joins us to discuss the recent launch of free nation-wide HIV self-testing kits available for home delivery, an initiative in partnership with Queensland Positive People. Beau is the project lead of the national HIV self-testing project at NAPWHA. Find out more about HIV self-testing and order a kit by heading to https://self.hivtest.au/. // Uncle Riyad - Block The

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Gregory Andrews and Bec Horridge replay, yarns with...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/11/08

Gregory Andrews and Bec Horridge replay, yarns with Leila and Poli-Pearl Green, Freedom of Species excerpt and Roukaya on their project 'Harakat'. 3CR would like to acknowledge the Kulin Nations – true owners, caretakers and custodians of the land from which we broadcast. 3CR pays respect to Elders, past and present of the Kulin Nation. We recognise their unceded sovereignty.// News headlines// Last week, Former Threatened Species Commissioner, Adjunct Associate Professor with the University of

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Jewish Activism for Palestine, Crisis and...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/11/01

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Anti-Zionist Jewish author and transgender educator Nevo Zisin spoke with us about organising amongst members of the Jewish community in so-called Australia in solidarity with Palestine against Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. Groups including Loud Jew Collective, Jews Against Fascism, Jews Against the Occupation and Tzedek Collective as well as Jewish comrades in Mparntwe/Alice Springs have been engaged in solidarity actions across the country putting their

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Blockade Australia Part 3, Sector Support for Drug...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/10/25

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We listen to the final of a three part conversation between Spike and climate activist James from Blockade Australia. Blockade Australia is an organising network established in response to Australia's political and economic systems, and others like it globally, who are facilitating the collapse of the ecosystems that support all human and non human life. Last week we learnt from James that Direct action is synonymous with Blockade Australia and that it is

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Yoorrook Country Inquiry, Blockade Australia Part 2,...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/10/18

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Sue-Anne Hunter, proud Wurundjeri and Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman and Deputy Chair and Commissioner of the Yoorrook Justice Commission, joined us to discuss the recent commencement of the Commission's inquiry into land, sky and waters. This phase in the process of truth-telling aims to explore the issue of land injustice in Victoria, with the Commission's findings to inform law, policy and education reform as well as the drafting of future treaties between

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Building Unity Against Fascism study circle,...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/10/11

Building Unity Against Fascism study circle, Palestinian solidarity with Muhib Nabulsi, Jesse Noakes on housing justice for Aboriginal families, Trasharama A-Go-Go Film Festival, Blockade Australia Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines//In our first conversation, we will be learning more about Building Unity Against Fascism; a six session study circle co-hosted by Radical Women and Freedom Socialist Party in Reservoir. Immersed in the daily fight against racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-trans

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Refugee Women March for Visa Equality, Public Housing...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/10/04

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Refugee women Geetha Ramachandran and Ghazaleh Ghaed Rahmati along with unionist and organiser Lavanya joined us to speak about their involvement in the march by a group of refugee women from Melbourne to Canberra to fight for visa equality and raise awareness about the plight of around 12,000 refugees left in limbo by the Australian Government’s failure to issue Permanent Protection Visas. Geetha Ramachandran came to Australia in 2013 with her husband and

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Public Housing Special

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/09/27

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Earlier this week, Spike and Priya visited the Hoddle Street public housing estate and spoke with resident Sim, who has been living in one of the towers for 7 years. In this interview, Sim reflected on last week's announcement by the Victorian State Government that all 44 public housing towers in the Greater Melbourne area have been slated for demolition and redevelopment in the coming decades. Sim spoke about how the announcement was delivered to residents

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Fighting for Banaba Part 3, Driving the Nazis out of...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/09/20

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Fighting for Banaba Part 3//Last week, Priya caught up with Professor Katerina Teaiwa and Itinterunga Rae Banteiti to discuss the colonial history of phosphate mining on Banaba and the fight by Banabans for reparations and an end to extraction. This conversation occurs in the context of a recent push by Australian mining company Centrex, which has sought to conduct phosphate prospecting activities on the island under the greenwashing premise of

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Science Owes Us An Apology Part 2, Fighting for...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/09/13

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Science Owes Us An Apology Part 2Professor Glenn McLaren lectures in Philosophy, Media and Society at Swinburne University, and in Science Week 2017 wrote the article "Science Owes Us an Apology" that discussed how science has been separated from the humanities, and the impact this has had on critical thought. Spike sat down with Glenn for a two part conversation where he was asked who science owes an apology to, what it owes an apology for and what needs to

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Yoorrook for Justice Report, Science Owes Us An...

Thursday Breakfast ·

2023/09/06

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Yoorrook Commissioner Travis Lovett is a proud Kerrupmara/Gunditjmara man who has spent his life advocating for truth and justice for First Peoples. Commissioner Lovett has held senior leadership roles in the Victorian Public Service, including as Executive Director and Acting Deputy Secretary, First Peoples State Relations, at the Department of Premier and Cabinet, and has played a key role in supporting Victoria in Treaty and Truth telling. He joined us

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