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178 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 19 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreen Left is Australia's leading ecosocialist and anti-capitalist publication and seeks to be a voice for activists involved in First Nations, environment, social and workers campaigns and struggles. If you like our work become a supporter and share your stories.
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Trans rights are human rights | Green Left Show #24
July 11, 2022 06:59 - 27 minutes - 23.5 MBThe latest episode of the Green Left Show focuses on trans rights. There have been growing and coordinated international attack on trans rights. We've seen this in extreme form in the United States and this was echoed in the Australian federal election with explicit LNP support for transphobic candidate Catherine Deves. This show discusses the reasons for the right wing attacks on trans rights; the issues around trans women in sports; why the ALP should not bring in a new Religious Discrim...
Defend the right to protest! Abolish NSW anti-protest laws
July 10, 2022 05:24 - 18 minutes - 14 MBSuzanne James talks to NSW Greens MP Abigail Boyd about NSW increasingly draconian Anti-Protest Laws. They discuss the recent expansion of Police powers under these laws which allow the State to specifically target protesters who are attempting to bring the NSW Government to account for their lack of action on climate change. Abigail outlines what the NSW Greens are doing to force Government transparency on how and why these laws came about, and what supporters can do to help the campaign t...
Voluntary Assisted Dying becomes law in NSW
May 31, 2022 07:46 - 12 minutes - 9.49 MBView this podcast online:Video: Voluntary Assisted Dying becomes law in NSW Following a 10-year, grass roots campaign by advocacy organisations, backed by significant and sustained community support, Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) has became law in NSW, the Upper House vote in favour ratified by the Legislative Assembly on May 19. It gives the terminally ill in NSW the same rights as all other Australian States - the option to peacefully end their lives and unbearable suffering, at a time ...
Greenslide, small targets, and progressive advance | Green Left Show #23
May 22, 2022 06:22 - 26 minutes - 21.4 MBSocialist Alliance national co-convenor Sam Wainwright speaks to the Green Left Show about the election result, what it means and what happens next. We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Gre...
Stop the cashless welfare card, raise JobSeeker | Green Left Show #22
May 08, 2022 11:40 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBThe latest episode of the Green Left Show features * Hayden Patterson (accidental activist, ACOSS board member, former president AUWU) * Amanda (Say No 7 Policy and legislation analysis) * Angela Carr (Housing activist and Socialist Alliance candidate) The episode focuses on "welfare" issues in the lead up to the election, particularly the Cashless Welfare Card/"Class Warfare Card" and the pitifully low rate of JobSeeker. View online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-22-...
Reihana Mohideen: ’No ordinary election’ in the Philippines | Green Left Show #21
April 25, 2022 10:40 - 27 minutes - 24 MBGreen Left speaks to Partido Lakas ng Masa representative Reihana Mohideen about the current elections in the Philippines for the latest Green Left Show. Partido Lakas ng Masa (Party of the Labouring Masses, PLM) and Laban ng Masa (Fight of the Masses) are jointly contesting the May 9 national elections in the Philippines. PLM militant and labour leader Leody de Guzman is running for president and activist parliamentarian and Laban ng Masa chairperson Walden Bello is running for vice-presi...
Fundamentalist Christian turned abortion provider: Interview with Socialist candidate Kamala Emanuel
April 19, 2022 02:27 - 29 minutes - 35.2 MBGreen Left interview's Kamala Emanuel, Socialist Alliance senate candidate in Queensland. Emanuel discusses the issues in the federal election, how she became a revolutionary socialist and abortion provider (after growing up as a fundamentalist Christian), the hypocrisy of Scott Morrison's religiosity, the bankruptcy of Labor's refusal to even review the rate of JobSeeker and a range of Socialist Alliance policies including on climate, justice for First Nations, housing, the cost of living ...
Socialist Alliance Senate candidate: Housing, health and welfare systems need a radical overhaul
April 19, 2022 01:58 - 20 minutes - 16.1 MBSuzanne James speaks to Angela Carr, Socialist Alliance candidate for the Senate in Victoria, about housing, health, NDIS and Socialist Alliance plans to address the growing socio-economic inequality crisis in Australia. We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/suppor...
Stop the ’continuous, sadistic torture’ of Julian Assange | Green Left Show #20
April 13, 2022 11:49 - 19 minutes - 23.6 MBThe Green Left Show #20 features John Shipton - father of Julian Assange. Shipton speaks about the next steps for Assange's legal case, the institutional character of the 'torture' of Assange, the role of the media, and more. Read more about Green Left's coverage of Wikileaks and the campaign for freedom for Julian Assange: https://www.greenleft.org.au/tags/wikileaks Join the Free Assange campaign: https://www.assangecampaign.org.au/ Support Green Left: https://www.greenleft.org.au/suppor...
Behind Russia’s Attack on Ukraine
March 03, 2022 11:35 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBRussia's military intervention in and bombing of Ukraine has been condemned the world over. Calls are mounting for Russia to immediately withdraw its military from Ukraine and for all parties to return to diplomacy to de-escalate and resolve the crisis. However, the conflict cannot be understood outside the relentless drive by the United States and its Western allies to expand NATO up to Russia’s border and encircle it militarily. Livestream of a March 3 discussion with: William Briggs (Po...
Socialist candidate Sam Wainwright: ’Lasting change can only come when we confront the billionaires’
March 01, 2022 01:30 - 29 minutes - 21.6 MBSocialist Alliance national co-convenor and Fremantle candidate Sam Wainwright speaks about what it means to be a socialist in Australia and outlines SA’s policy platform. He discusses the new Australian Electoral Commission rules, the need for a federal Independent Commission Against Corruption, the housing and inequality crisis, and who to urgently address climate change. Watch interview online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/socialist-candidate-sam-wainwright-lasting-change-can-only...
Why the PKK should be taken off the terrorist list
February 07, 2022 05:50 - 14 minutes - 26.7 MBA new Change.org petition to the Australian government to delist the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as terrorist has been initiated by the Federation of Democratic Kurdish Society - Australia. Peter Boyle spoke to Fionn Skiotis, a Melbourne-based activist and the Co-Chair of North and East Syria Solidarity (NESS), one of the solidarity groups promoting the petition campaign. Link to the petition: https://www.change.org/p/the-australian-federal-government-de-listing-of-the-kurdistan-workers-p...
A Green’s perspective on parliamentary ’balance of power’
February 03, 2022 08:12 - 29 minutes - 54.2 MBSuzanne James speaks to New South Wales Greens MP David Shoebridge about what can be achieved if progressives hold the balance of power in state or federal parliaments. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonline YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/g...
Beat back the religious bigotry bill | Green Left Show #19
November 25, 2021 11:18 - 19 minutes - 18.5 MBThis episode of the Green Left Show covers the Morrison government's proposed "Religious Discrimination" bill. We speak with Charlie Murphy of Pride in Protest. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonline YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/greenleft...
COP26: A Left Response
November 18, 2021 08:14 - 1 hour - 80 MBCOP26, the United Nations Climate Change conference, aims to get country pledges to rapidly reduce carbon and methane emissions in the next 10 years. The Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, committed countries to try to stop warming at 1.5C — but it didn’t commit them to take any specific action when it came to emissions. Australia’s PM Scott Morrison has gone to Glasgow to see what he can do to water down the targets needed. He is only prepared to talk about 2050 targets, not targets for 2030...
Will Steffen: What policy should Morrison take to Glasgow | Green Left Show #18
October 15, 2021 00:15 - 20 minutes - 16.8 MBClimate expert, ANU emeritus professor and Climate Council member Will Steffen speaks to Green Left about climate science and politics in the lead up to the Glasgow climate summit. View this episode online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-18-will-steffen-climate-policies-lead-glasgow If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org...
Cate Faehrmann: Support the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill
October 11, 2021 23:25 - 11 minutes - 21.3 MBIn part three of our series on the draft Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill (NSW) 2021, Suzanne James interviewed NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann, co-sponsor of the bill to be introduced by Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com...
What‘s happening in Cuba? | Green Left Show #17
October 10, 2021 00:40 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBThe establishment media in the west profiled a lot of critical commentary about Cuba in the wake of the July 11 protests in that country. However, a lot of that coverage was misinformation and distortion. Since then, the media has gone back to its usual approach of ignoring developments in Cuba. In this episode of the Green Left Show Helen Yaffe (Senior lecturer at University of Glasgow), Sujatha Fernandes (Professor of Sociology at the University of Sydney) and Ian Ellis-Jones (retired law...
Older women and Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill (NSW)
October 04, 2021 23:59 - 17 minutes - 31.8 MBSuzanne James interviewed Beverly Baker, chairperson of Older Women’s Network (OWN) about the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 and why OWN decided on September 30 to support the Bill, having previously been publicly neutral on the issue. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter:...
NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill explained
October 04, 2021 23:56 - 14 minutes - 26.9 MBSuzanne James interviewed Shayne Higson, Vice-President of Dying With Dignity NSW in the first of two interviews about the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021, soon to be debated in NSW Parliament. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonline YouTub...
No nuclear submarines Voices for Nuclear Free Indo-Pacific
September 28, 2021 12:11 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBRecordings from the speakers and discussion of the forum No nuclear submarines Voices for Nuclear Free Indo-Pacific held Tuesday September 28, 2021 and organised by Green Left and Socialist Alliance. Video of the speakers and slideshow can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDBqCcI4ph4 Following the federal Coalition government’s announcement of the AUKUS alliance and the new nuclear submarine agreement with the United States and Britain. Green Left and Socialist Alliance are orga...
Serious concerns over Western Harbour Tunnel logged at parliamentary inquiry
September 23, 2021 06:52 - 27 minutes - 51.4 MBRepresentatives of several affected resident groups gave evidence on September 17 to a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into the controversial Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Links projects. These are to be built as an extension of the sprawling road tunnel tollway project WestConnex. Green Left's Peter Boyle spoke to Gabi Brown who, along with William Holliday, gave evidence on behalf of Rozelle Against WestConnex. The interview was conducted via Zoom on September 21. If you like o...
The political, economic and environmental implications of AUKUS
September 22, 2021 08:13 - 27 minutes - 51.9 MBGreen Left’s Suzanne James spoke to Professor Mark Beeson about the federal Coalition government’s surprise announcement of the AUKUS alliance, the new nuclear submarine agreement with the United States and Britain and in particular about its foreign, domestic, economic and environmental implications. Beeson is Professor of International Politics at the University of Western Australia and founding editor of Critical Studies of the Asia Pacific. He is also Research Chair of the Australian In...
Afghanistan: Women, war and the media
September 18, 2021 05:03 - 24 minutes - 44.7 MBOn September 17, Green Left's Peter Boyle spoke to Dr Ayesha Jehangir who is a writer and academic currently based in Australia. Dr Jehangir specialises in peace journalism, digital war, online extremism, and justice. She has also worked as a journalist in Afghanistan and Pakistan and is currently writing a book about Afghan refugees and media discourses of war and conflict, which was also the topic of her PhD thesis. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/su...
PSM‘s Arul: Malaysia‘s latest unelected govt
September 08, 2021 05:25 - 24 minutes - 45.5 MBMalaysia got its second unelected government in a row on August 20, when the king appointed Ismail Sabri Yaakob prime minister. The new PM is from the United Malaysia National Organisation (UMNO), which lost the last general election in 2018 after monopolising power since 1957, when British colonial rule ended. Peter Boyle spoke to Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) deputy chairperson S. Arutchelvan (better known as Arul) via Zoom on September 7. If you like our work, become a supporter: https:...
Farooq Tariq: The Pakistani State and the Taliban
September 08, 2021 04:34 - 18 minutes - 35 MBPakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has hailed the new Taliban rulers of Afghanistan as having "broken the chains of slavery". Green Left's Peter Boyle spoke to veteran Pakistani socialist Farooq Tariq about the attitudes of the Pakistani state and ruling elite to the Taliban. This interview was conducted on September 4, 2021. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: ...
A left perspective on the West‘s defeat in Afghanistan
September 07, 2021 04:38 - 2 hours - 106 MBAudio recording of the public forum held August 28, 2021 featuring Riz Wakil (former Hazara refugee), Malik Miah (US socialist, Green Left US correspondent), Farooq Tariq (veteran Pakistan socialist) and Sue Bolton (Socialist Alliance councillor). A video version of the forum can also be viewed at: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/video-left-perspective-wests-defeat-afghanistan If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: ...
Western Sydney residents discuss lockdown | Green Left Show #16
September 06, 2021 22:04 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBAs the Berejiklian government tries to soften people up for "opening up", three residents discuss the harsh lockdown in Sydney West. This episode of the Green Left Show featured Susan Price (Parramatta Council candidate), Paula Sanchez (nursing educator) and Graham Matthews (disability activist). All three are members of Socialist Alliance. The episode was recorded on August 26. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: ht...
Greens and socialists discuss strategy | Green Left Show #15
August 19, 2021 21:33 - 49 minutes - 62.3 MBThe latest Green Left Show is a conversation with Greens candidate for Griffith Max Chandler-Mather and Socialist Alliance city councillor Sam Wainwright about strategy for the radical movement. View online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-15-greens-and-socialists-discuss-strategy [2:05] To what extent should the Greens push against the bounds of the capitalist system? [5:00] Sam Wainwright on goals for the political left [7:55] Countering opposition from the mining ind...
Why nuclear is NOT a climate solution | Green Left Show #14
July 01, 2021 05:09 - 29 minutes - 25.2 MBIf you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Former Green Left editor Simon Butler answers the "left" argument that progressives should support nuclear power as a climate solution. Watch this episode online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-14-why-nuclear-not-climate-solution Simon Butler: Ten reasons climate activists should not support nuclear Bhaskar Sunkara: If we want to fight the climate crisis, we must embrace nuclear power Simo...
US Civil Rights veteran on Son of the South
May 28, 2021 02:56 - 56 minutes - 105 MBThe new film, Son of the South tells the story of Bob Zellner who broke from his Alabama Ku-Klux-Klan heritage to become the first white Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organiser in the historic US civil rights movement – and nearly got lynched for it! He spoke with Green Left’s Barry Healy, expanding on the film’s story to include his radical trajectory from the 1960s onwards. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Pa...
US Civil Rights veteran on Sons of the South
May 28, 2021 02:56 - 56 minutes - 105 MBThe new film, Son of the South tells the story of Bob Zellner who broke from his Alabama Ku-Klux-Klan heritage to become the first white Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organiser in the historic US civil rights movement – and nearly got lynched for it! He spoke with Green Left’s Barry Healy, expanding on the film’s story to include his radical trajectory from the 1960s onwards. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Pa...
Justice for Palestine | Green Left Show #13
May 21, 2021 07:15 - 48 minutes - 63.4 MBPalestinian activist Rihab Charida, Jewish author Antony Loewenstein and Abe Quadan from Partners for Peace discuss Israel's latest assault on Palestine and what makes this moment historic. Read more: Palestinians need a peace based on justice and equality We'll put the link to the video Rihab mentioned in here when it is available. Do better on Palestine, media workers say (referred to by Antony Loewenstein) If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support ...
Vaccine Nationalism and Borders | Green Left Show 12
May 12, 2021 09:13 - 41 minutes - 32.7 MBIn this latest episode of the Green Left Show we discuss the ban on Indian travel into Australia which is having a devistating impact on Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents as well as their family abroad. We're joined by David Shoebridge a Greens Member of Parliament and Meraj Khan from the Humanism Project to discuss how we got here and where the nation could be heading. This episode online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-12-vaccine-nationalism-and-borders If y...
Stop Black Deaths in Custody | Green Left Show #10
May 07, 2021 10:49 - 35 minutes - 30.5 MBThe latest Green Left Show focuses on the campaign to stop Black deaths in custody, in particular the significance of the 30th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody (which was on April 15). Guests on this show are: Amanda Porter - academic activist of Aboriginal (Brinja Yuin) and settler (Greek, English) descent Helen Corbett - co-founder and chairperson of the former National Committee to Defend Black Rights in Australia Topics covered in this episode include: [...
Housing Justice | Green Left Show #11
April 27, 2021 09:32 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBIn this latest episode of the Green Left Show we discuss the housing crisis in Australia, the relationship it has to domestic violence and the safety of women and children, as well as the possible solutions and challenges in achieving them. We're joined by public housing activist Angela Carr, Socialist Alliance Fremantle City Councillor Sam Wainwright, public housing resident Emily Bullock, and Greens MP Amy MacMahon. Watch online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-9-alp-co...
The Kobane case: a Turkish show trial
April 23, 2021 03:00 - 15 minutes - 29.2 MBSarah Glynn backgrounds a notorious show trial in Turkey that could send 108 leading members of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) — the third largest party in the Turkish parliament — to life imprisonment. See also: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/kobane-case-turkish-show-trial If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: ht...
Ecosocialists win Greenland elections by opposing Australian mining project
April 19, 2021 01:52 - 31 minutes - 57.9 MBOn April 4 an ecosocialist party, Inuit Ataqatigiit, won a snap election in Greenland in what was a virtual referendum campaign on a proposed uranium and rare earth mining project by an Australian company, Greenland Minerals Ltd. Peter Boyle spoke to Niels Henrik Hooge from Friends of the Earth Denmark and Søren Søndergaard a MP from the Red-Green Alliance in Denmark. Read more at: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/greenland-ecosocialist-party-wins-election-opposing-australian-mining-pro...
ALP Conference: Zionism and climate betrayal | Green Left Show #9
April 04, 2021 01:42 - 49 minutes - 40.5 MBThe Green Left Show episode 9 focuses on the recent ALP special policy conference which was notable for abandoning 2030 climate targets while supporting coal and gas exports. The conference also supported recognition of Palestinian statehood while also reaffirming support for the Zionist (and Apartheid) Israeli state. Guests Sam Wainwright (Socialist Alliance councillor) and Vivienne Porzsolt (Jews Against the Occupation) discuss the issues. Links in the show: * Become a Green Left suppor...
Iraq War 18 Years On
March 24, 2021 05:58 - 10 minutes - 20 MBA group of anti-war activists gathered on a very rainy day in Sydney exactly 18 years after the missiles rained down on Baghdad at the start of the disastrous war on Iraq. Peter Boyle recorded their words, their songs and the pouring rain. See also * Invasion of Iraq Remembered https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/invasion-iraq-remembered If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Gree...
Australian company Lynas plans toxic waste dump in Malaysia
March 23, 2021 05:43 - 24 minutes - 46 MBAustralian rare earth mining and refining company Lynas has applied for a licence to build a permanent dump for its toxic waste in a pristine rainforest in Malaysia after piling up a mountain of toxic, and partly radioactive, waste near its controversial refinery near the city of Kuantan. Peter Boyle spoke to Lee Tan, a veteran environmental researcher and campaigner with AidWatch. See also * Lynas Plans Permanent Radioactive waste dump in Malaysia https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/ly...
Australia company Lynas plans toxic waste dump in Malaysia
March 23, 2021 05:43 - 24 minutes - 46 MBAustralian rare earth mining and refining company Lynas has applied for a licence to build a permanent dump for its toxic waste in a pristine rainforest in Malaysia after piling up a mountain of toxic, and partly radioactive, waste near its controversial refinery near the city of Kuantan. Peter Boyle spoke to Lee Tan, a veteran environmental researcher and campaigner with AidWatch. See also * Lynas Plans Permanent Radioactive waste dump in Malaysia https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/ly...
The "rule of law" and sexual violence | Green Left Show #8
March 21, 2021 01:34 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBFeminist barrister Jocelynne Scutt and Socialist Alliance member Kamala Emanuel discuss the meaning, the merits and the limits of the "rule of law". Further, the show discusses Christian Porter's defamation case against the ABC and how should the "justice" system deal with rape and sexual assault. This episode online here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-8-rule-law-and-sexual-violence ====================================== Book now for Green Left's 30th anniversary celeb...
Morrison's "Omnibus" assault on workers' rights | Green Left Show #7
March 14, 2021 03:07 - 28 minutes - 23.2 MBIn this latest episode of the Green Left Show, construction unionist and former secretary of the Geelong Trades Hall Tim Gooden speaks about Morrison's current assault on workers' rights and why a lobbying campaign is not enough. View online here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-7-morrisons-omnibus-assault-workers-rights If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green ...
Why is Australia so soft in its response to the military coup in Myanmar
March 12, 2021 03:37 - 16 minutes - 31.6 MBPeter Boyle speaks to Greens MP Jamie Parker about why the Australian government was so tardy in taking action against the military coup regime; about the new generation leading the Civil Disobedience Movement; and the prospects for a return to civilian government and unity between the various ethnic groups in Burma. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support See also * Pressure mounts on Australian mining companies in Myanmar https://www.greenleft.org...
March4Justice & is a society without rape possible? | Green Left Show #6
March 07, 2021 00:37 - 52 minutes - 43.3 MBShameful responses to allegations of rape by a cabinet minister and parliamentary staffers highlight how far there is to go in dealing with sexual assault in this country. This episode of the Green Left Show highlights the inspirational response to the crisis by the Women's March 4 Justice and asks how can we eliminate rape from our society. Guests on the show are: Janine Hendry (Women's March4Justice), Sarah Hathway (union organiser and Green Left author) and Kamala Emanuel (Socialist All...
QAnon and Conspiracy Theories Within Our Society | Green Left Show #5
March 02, 2021 05:53 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBHow do conspiracy theories grow and take hold in society? What gives them so much power? And how can we counter the loss of solidarity in our society and rebuild communities in a time of increasing precarity both online and in the real world? Jono Mi Lo, Aleks Wansbrough, Fred Fuentes and Dirk Kelly look at what a left response to the rise of QAnon, the Trump adjacent alt-right internet phenomenon that encouraged people to storm the US capital, and other contemporary conspiracy theories cou...
2050 is too late: the climate targets we need | Green Left Show #4
February 21, 2021 00:33 - 51 minutes - 40.2 MBThe Morrison government (along with the ALP) is facing some pressure on climate policy due to the election of the Biden government alongside public pressure. But too much mainstream commentary is focused on "net zero by 2050" including as a result of Zali Steggall's climate bill. But 2050 is too late. We need climate action now. This episode of the Green Left Show focuses on the climate targets we need featuring David Spratt (Research Director at the Breakthrough National Centre for Climat...
Struggling for ecosocialism in the age of Elon Musk with Aleks Wansbrough
February 15, 2021 04:36 - 36 minutes - 31.1 MBIn this podcast we speak with cultural theorist Aleks Wansbrough about his recent Green Left article, Struggling for ecosocialism in the time of Elon Musk. Musk and his ilk have become avatars for a green capital utopia, and have built their fortunes on the desire to see capitalism save itself. Wansbrough discusses the dystopian future of neo-feudalism that awaits us if the growth of "platform capitalism" is allowed to go unchecked. We also look at what Marx, Engels and other theorists have ...
Big Tech versus Democracy | Green Left Show #3
February 07, 2021 00:59 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBThis episode of the Green Left Show focuses on big tech, the government's proposed media Code, Google' threat to abandon Australia, the Greens' proposal for a publicly owned search engine and free speech online and on social media. Guests are: Lizzie O'Shea (Lawyer and writer and chair of Digital Rights Watch); Aleks Wansbrough (author of "Capitalism and the Enchanted Screen, Myths and Allegories of the Digital Age") & Gauri Gandbhir (activist and writer with Green Left). Read more about...