Podcasting Nimbin

Submarine oil and gas reserves in what is known as the Timor Gap has been an issue since the Portugese controlled Timor Leste, and is believed to be behind the invasion of Timor Leste by Indonesia in 1975. The legality of agreements between Australia and Indonesia over the sharing of resources in the Timor Sea have been questioned since Timorese independence was achieved in 1999. The Australian government refused to UN rulings on the sea boundaries. In 2016 Timor Leste launched proceedings for compulsory conciliation. Australia and Timor Leste are currently negotiating in thee Conciliation Commission for permanent maritime boundaries, but given Australia's record, supporters of Timor Leste are not confident of a fair outcome for Timor, and the Commision itself says the process will be 'protracted'. A delegation of the Timor Sea Justice Alliance approached Senators on June 13 to raise the issue in Parliament, and if a fair decision is not arrived at by the time of the Commission's deadline on September 17, to initiate a Senate enquiry. (Graphic; Foreign Minister Gareth Evans celebrates the now contested Timor Gap 'treaty' with Indonesia's Ali Alitas with champagne in 1989)

Rigoberto Escalante entreviste una policia, quien esta quejando de falta de uniformes, falta de seguridad de trabajo, con la Policia Nacional de El Salvador.

Rigoberto habla con las mujeres en al marcha contra la vilencia en San Salvador, Dic. 2014

Pandilleros de El Salvador, Rafael, Part 2.  Rafael habla sobre las pandillas de El Salvador y la tregua corriente.

Rafael, pandillero habla sobre la tregua de las pandillas.

Joscelyn, Vice Presidenta del sindicato de mujeres trabajadores de sexo.

223 Mb 128kbps stereo 24 minutes. Journalist Julie Webb tells us about the impact of the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the effects of the latest breaking of the cease-fire, aborting the Cairo truce negotiations.

30 minutes, 18 Mb. Mono. Steven, of the Nicaraguan tortillaconsal web site explains why the Latin American countries are exceptional in providing diplomatic, and if possible, material support to the struggle of the Palestinian people.

Hermelinda, una chavala cuando la contra ataco la cooperativa de Lagartillo, ya es una profesora en la nueva escuela, y tambien de espanol para estudiantes internacionales quienes vienen para apprender y conocer la vida campesina en la communidad. Hermelinda habla de los logros de la communidad en desafio a los intentos de derrotarla.

Revisiting a Nicaraguan cooperative community where I worked in the 1980s I was overwhelmed with the beauty of the place, and the advances of the community. Luis talks about the changes.

Julie Webb, reporting from the Middle East for the last three years tells us what it is like to be close to the Israeli 'border' and to have to care for the victims of Israeli targeting of civilians  - like a hospital where only severely disabled people remain.

Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.

Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.

Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.

Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.

Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.

  Paul Baker, living in Nicaragua for the past 20 years recalls the long trajectory that brought him there  - from first encounters with refugees from Pinochet's Chile in the early 1970s, to the Peace March through Central America in the 1980s, working with Salvadoran refugees, and most recently a memorial tour for Chilean songwriter Victor Jara, with Victor's widow, Joan Jara.

Damian talks about the trajectory of the FMLN under the presidency of Salvador Sanchez Ceren

Marcos habla de sus recuerdos como militante y combatiente del Frente. Conocio mucha gente bien reconocida por su participacion y presencia en la lucha, incluso Roque Dalton, y Salvador Sanchez Ceren, ahora Presidente de El Salvador.

23 Mb  18 minutes Carl and Carolyne are in El Salvador with the 70 person strong CISPES delegation of observers for the 2014 elections in El Salvador. Carl has been with CISPES almost since its inception over twenty years ago. Carolyne is part of a new generation that sees the work of CISPES as a shared pathway between cultures and generations. The history of El Salvador has been narrated as a history of violence. Nothing in that particular narrative includes the history of US intervention, the history of the US training of the worst perpetrators of violence, the agenda that agencies within the US Government see as the supervening  business interests that require the reorganization of the 'State' to their own requirements.  CISPES has succeeded in changing the course of the JUggernaut. CISPES, Carl, and Carolyne demonstrate just how false that narrative is. And they tell us now, just how they did it. Can their example follow ? (CISPES has called what amounts to an apology from the former US Ambassador to El Salvador) Watch El Salvador, and watch with care

The 'voice' of clandestine radio Venceremos, Mariposa, tells us how she was recruited to be the female announcer for the FMLN, and her life in the mountains, moving around with the portable transmitter to avoid discovery by government troops. Mariposa, 'la voz' del radio clandestino 'Venceremos' explica como fue reclutada.

Mariposa talks about how she joined the FMLN guerillas and became involved with the clandestine guerilla radio stations in the mountains of El Salvador. Mariposa habla sobre su vida como guerillera y locatura de los radios clandestinos de la guerilla del FMLN en las montanas de El Salvador.

Treinte anos despues, Mariposa recuerda su desarollo como activista en los dias cuando se formo el Frente Farabundo Marti de Liberacion Nacional. (FMLN)

Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded in Nicaragua on the outskirts of Esteli.

  Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.

Entrevista con una mujer votante el dia de las elecciones en Honduras.

I began by asking Annie if she had any doubts that the election results in Honduras were fraudulent. She was adamant thst they were. What did this mean for Honduras in the near future?

Juan Barahona entrevistado por periodista veterano, Dick Emanuellson, despues de poner su voto en la manana de Noviembre 24.

6Mb  4 Minutes Election obsdervers interviewed at ta booth share their initial impressions mid morning on the day. An observer from the European Union team, and two from the US, representing the Union movement.

La noche de viernes Noviembre 29 salio la dirigencia del LIBRE con las pruebas del fraude en las elecciones  del 24. Despues la presentacion, Xiomara explico las medidas y acciones que LIBRE iba tomar.

Observadores que habian salido al campo antes el dia de las elecciones hablan de como fueron agregidos y amenazados por los autoridades. qui estan sus testimonios.

En la conferencia de prensa en la sede de COFADEH, Berta Oliva hace una declaracion.

Observadores y Berta Caceres hablan de la ingerencia de los militares, policia, y officiales en la communidad del Rio Blanco, incluso la detencion de observadores internacionales.

OBservadores contestan las preguntas de la prensa en la sede de COFADEH

Conferencia de prensa despues las elecciones, observadores hablan de los irregularidades y el intimidaciones de que fueron testigos.

Observadores dan repuestas a las preguntas de los periodistas, sobre  sus experiencias y reportajes.

Los observadores y delegados se presentan en la oficina de los derechos humanos COFADEH

Los sentimientos de unas activistas del LIBRE en preparacion para las elecciones en el Parque Central de Tegucigalpa, y una encuesta de la gente tranquilamente observando.

Los sentimientos de unas activistas del LIBRE en preparacion para las elecciones en el Parque Central de Tegucigalpa, y una encuesta de la gente tranquilamente observando.

(Foto, Una conferencia de prensa con observadores y victimas de un desalojo y el asesinato de familiares, unos pocos dias antes la fecha de las elecciones) Despues una conferencia de prensa con un equipo de observadores, hablando del ambiente de intimidacion en Honduras en los dias y semanas antes las elecciones de Noviembre 24, un periodista del Radio Globo me conto sus proprios experiencias como periodista, trabajando en Honduras.

At a press conference in the capital of Honduras and indigenous Canadian enumertes abuses against Honduras´indigenous people that escalated in the days leading up to the elections on November 24 2013

Dirigente de COPINH (Representando los Derechos Humanos de los pueblos  Indigenes de Honduras), Berta Caceres es bajo detencion domicilio. Sin embargo, sigue hablando fuertemente sobre los derechos del pueblo indigena que estan sufriendo una represion mas fuerte que nunca en los dias antes las elecciones en Honduras.

15 Mb. 20 minutes Karen Spring is a journalist and researcher based in Honduras. She was present during the 2009 coup and is currently working out of the main human rights office in Honduras (COFEDAH). An expert observer of Honduran politics, she gives her assessment of what is happening in the lead up to the Honduras'elections, behind the facade presented to the rest of the world.