Podcast appearances and mentions of asia pacific currents

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines// Beyond Bricks and BarsWitt Gorrie and two members of the steering committee of Beyond Bricks and Bars, Kate and Gia, spoke with Priya about the importance of this vital trans and gender diverse decarceration project on its 6th birthday.//Beyond Bricks and Bars' birthday fundraiser is coming up this Saturday 1 March from 5-10PM at Kines, 11 Hope Street, Brunswick - get your tickets here. Funds raised will be split between Beyond Bricks and Bars and the Incarcerated Trans and Gender Diverse Community Fund.// Migrant Worker's Centre Matt Kunkel, CEO of the Migrant Worker's Centre, returns to the show to speak about their latest campaign for migrant workers 'Expanding the Fair Entitlements Guarantee' - a scheme that provides workers who lose their job due to employer insolvency or bankruptcy with financial assistance to recover some unpaid entitlements. This includes unpaid wages, accrued leave, and redundancy pay. It provides a critical safety net for workers during what can be a financially difficult time. Sign the petition here.//You can contact the Migrant Worker's Centre if you're looking for support as a worker on 03 7009 6710, www.migrantworkers.org.au, or 54 Victoria St Carlton.// Public Housing Class Action RMIT housing academic Dr David Kelly speaks with us about a joint research project with Priya and Professor Libby Porter that includes an analysis of the forced displacement of public housing tenants in Naarm through estate renewal.//David will also provided updates on the public housing class action case, which resumes in Victoria's Supreme Court today, Thursday 27 February, from 10:30AM.// RAFFWU & Bangladesh Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU), joined the Asia Pacific Currents team this Saturday with a report on his recent solidarity visit to Bangladesh. They discussed the role of workers in the Bangladesh garment industry, as well as recent political events in Bangladesh, the importance of International Solidarity for Australian Unions, and more. Asia Pacific Currents can be heard every Saturday on 3CR from 9-9:30AM, or on our website: 3cr.org.au/asiapac//

We feature an extended interview with Syrian academic and Leftist activist, Joseph Daher about the last 10 days in Syria.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We speak with Wol-san Liem from the International Transport Federation, based in Korea, and previously an organiser with the Korean Federation of Public Services and Transportation Workers' Unions. We discuss recent developments in South Korea with the Yoon Suk Yeol government's declaration of Martial Law, followed six hours later with it being retracted.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We speak with Samantha Bond, stallwart international trade unionist, organiser and trainer with the Australian Services Union, and AAWL Committee of Management member. Sam was delegated to attend the inaugural Workers Study Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, organised by the newly established Initiatives for Workers Solidarity – Asia and the Pacific.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We play an interview first broadcast on Thursday breakfast where 3CR's Priya Kunjan interviews Sanmati Verma, Legal Director at Human Rights Law Centre, about some recent updates in the legal landscape governing Australia's border regime, including in relation to the imposition of punitive visa conditions onto asylum seekers released from detention centres into the community.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

Today we speak with Luke Espiritu, a Filipino labour leader and a campaigner for workers rights and social justice. A trained lawyer, Luke has dedicated himself to fighting for the rights of the lowest paid workers in the uber driving and transport sector. Luke is the PLM senate candidate for the upcoming 2025 elections and a founding member of PLM - the Partido Lakas ng Masa (Party of the Laboring Masses, PLM).Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

Today we speak with Noel Colina about the Initiatives for Workers Solidarity – Asia and the Pacific (IWSAP) as well as the inaugural conference being held in Bangkok in November this year. And we also speak with Aran Mylvaganum from the Tamil Refugee Council about the outcome of the recent Sri Lanka elections.If you want to get in touch with Noel Colina, his email address is coordinator@apwork-sol.org.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We play an interview first broadcast on Tuesday breakfast where 3CR's Emma interviews Sarah, who is a founding member of Free Kanaky Solidarity Naarm, about Kanaky Invasion Day.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Due to some technical issues we couldn't bring out our feature story for the week (but we managed to get it for our October 12 show so check out that podcast)Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We hear speak with Cathy and Sarah, both founding members of Free Kanaky Solidarity Naarm, reporting on the recent return of a solidarity mission to Kanaky.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We hear from Stephanie Rabusa from Karapatan about some of the issues and commemorations for the International Day of the Disappeared.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News headlines // 7:15AM / Jiselle interviewing Taslima Akhter, President of Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity, on the protest movements in Bangladesh, the resignation of Sheikh Hasina, and the rebuilding of a nation. Thanks to Asia Pacific Currents for this interview, which originally aired on 17 August at 3cr.org.au/asiapac 7:30AM // Sophie Rudolph, academic and NTEU Committee Member, and Jasmine Ali, public lawyer and NTEU Committee Member, speaking at the Free Palestine Rally in Naarm on Sunday 25 August about the NTEU's success in voting for an BDS motion at the University of Melbourne. You can follow campaigns by going to linktr.ee/nteuunimelbbranch or following them on Instagram at @nteuunimelbbranch 7:45AM // Noura Mansour, APAN Community Organising and Advocay Lead, in a speech at the Free Palestine Rally in Naarm on 25 August, honours the fathers of Palestine and highlights the terrifying precedent set by the world's response to Israel's genocide. 8:00AM // Barbara Wheeler, the Queen Victoria Women's Centre's Feminist Historian in Residence, on the newest phase of her feminist research into the origins of the hospital that used to be on the QCVW site. You can read about the first phase, covering 1859 - 1899, now at https://www.qvwc.org.au/feminist-historian 8:15AM // Megan Spindler-Smith, Deputy CEO of PWDA (People with Disability Australia), a person with multiple disabilities and a strong advocate for a disability affirming society, on the deep concerns PWDA has with the NDIS Amendment Bill that passed the Senate last Thursday on August 22. You can find out more at https://pwd.org.au/ and PWDA's statement at: https://pwd.org.au/pwda-devastated-at-the-passage-of-the-ndis-amendment-bill/ Songs:It's You - Emily WurramarraLove Harder - Kae Tempest

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We listened back to sounds and speeches from the "Unite to Support the Refugee encampment" rally, a solidarity event held by the Refugee Action Coalition last Friday 16th August in support of refugees camping out in front of the Home Affairs office on Bourke Street in Docklands. The collective of refugees who initiated the encampment are demanding permanent protection from the government and have vowed to stay put until their permanent visas are granted, despite hostilities from police and local council and harassment and intimidation from neo-nazis. Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We interview Taslima Akhter from Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity about the recent protest movement in Bangladesh, the resignation of Sheikh Hasinam, and the rebuilding of a nation.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Alnem Pretencio from Partido Mangagawa, updates us on the recent elections at Philippines Airlines Employees Association.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Nic MClellan, independent expert on the Asia Pacific region joins us to provide an update on the unrest in New Caledonia in the context of a deepening crisis in France.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.3CR Thursday Breakfast's Priya Kunjan interviews Michelle Fahy, independent journalist, about Australia's place in the global supply chain of Lockheed Martin's F35 combat aircraft, which the Israeli army is using to bomb Gaza.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We hear a speech delivered by Isis Gur from Combatants For Peace, which is made up of former Israeli Defence Force combatants, and former Palestinian combatants, who now work together for peace in Palestine.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Jacob Grech,  AAWL's Peace is Union Business campaign co-ordinator about the historic release of Julian Assange.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We listen to the speech delivered by Reem Yunis, Palestinian socialist and activist, at the Docks Rally on 25 May.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Apolinar Dong Tolentino, Asia Region co-ordinator for the Building Workers International, about regional issues in the construction industry.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We hear a speech delivered by Mai Saif, Palestinian activist, delivered at the 25 May Docks Rally.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Abbas Saidavi from Voice of Revolution, Iran, about the death of President Raisi in a helicopter accident.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Nic Mclellan about the current unrest in New Caledonia.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.May 1st May Day rally in Melbourne Australia - speeches include Cindy Makaboray from West Papua, and Abbas Sidavi from Voice of Revolution, Iran,Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Erima Dall, rank n file member of the MUA, about union solidarity with Palestine and Trade Unionists for Palestine.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Taslima Akhter from Garment Workers Solidarity in Bangladesh, about the current garment industry uprisings and their struggle for a minimum wage.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.An anonymous Armenian activist was interviewed by Priya Kunan of Thursday Breakfast, about the relationship between Armenian and Palestinian genocide.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Veronica Koman was interviewed by Priya Kunan of Thursday Breakfast at 3CR, about human rights violations perpetrated in West Papua.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.An interview by Indian based solidarity organisation, Workers Unity with Dr Ashok Kumar of Birkbeck University, about Water Transport Workers Federation of India's refusal to load and unload weapons and armaments bound for Israel.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Joseph Daher, socialist and academic activist about Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the ongoing siege on Gaza.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Kunta Sith, keynote speaker at the Myanmar People's summit, as a part of the ASEAN People's summit. This event was organised by APHEDA and the ACTU.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

Alexia Fuentes from Anak Bayan, a Filipino youth organisation, speaks about Marcos Bong Bong Junior's visit to Australia, addressing the Australian Parliament, and about Australia hosting the ASEAN summit.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We listen to a speech delivered by AAWL and Socialist Alternative's Jerome Small, at the Free Palestine rally held in Melbourne Australia.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

Nasser provides updates on the continued diplacement of Palestinians in Gaza, despite a four-day ceasefire and the release of 300 Palestinian prisoner hostages by the Israeli government. Nasser then has a discussion with Jiselle Hanna of Asia Pacific Currents, about colonisation, capitalism, and collective struggle.Free Palestine Melbourne rally every Sunday 12pm at State Library Victoria. More info.The Sit-Intifada at Parliament of Victoria, every day 9am - 9pm.Free Palestine petition via Change.org, sign here.Contact you MP. Info via apan.org.au/israel_stop. 

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We speak with Junya Lek Yimprasert, founder of ACT4DEM - Action for Democracy on Thailand, about the recent machinations in Thai politics following the prevention of the Move Forward Party taking government.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We hear the keynote address of Clifton D'Rozario of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation is a campaigner for Dalit rights in Karnataka state (India). He discusses the Modi Government's fascistic links and politics, and this keynote address was delivered at the ecosocialism conference hosted by Green Left Weekly and Socialist Alliance on the weekend of 1 & 2 of July.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We interview Jacob Grech, AAWL campaign co-ordinator, anti-militarisation commentator and producer of 3CR's A Friday Rave, about the upcoming Talisman Sabre military games.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We interview Joon Shik Shin, a Korean trade union and peace activist, about the current Yoon government's attacks on the trade union movement in South Korea.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We hear the keynote address of Alexia Fuentes, chairperson of Bayan Australia, about the ongoing campaign in the Philippines to stop red tagging of trade unionists.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We interview Benjamin Velasco from Partido Mangagawa in the Philippines about the ongoing targetting of trade unionists, a practice known as Red Tagging.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We hear from Jeonom kim from the People's solidarity for social progress in South Korea and Arora from New Bloom and Taiwan Stands With Ukraine. Every month the Global Network in Solidarity with Ukraine meets to exchange information about the activities of left-wing solidarity groups, and create a space to discuss what progressive solidarity with Ukraine looks like in different regions of the world.  In May, they hosted a discussion focusing on the Asia Pacific Region.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We interview Kivanc Eliacik, the international officer of DISK, the militant Turkish Labour Movement Federation. He talked to us about the recent election results in Turkey and what this means for the Turkish labour movement.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We interview Thai activist, Junya Lek Yimprasert, who still remains in exile in Finland, about the unexpected victory of the Move Forward party in the Thai elections. Lek is the founder of ACT4DEM - Action for Democracy in Thailand.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia. 

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We interview Nasser Mashni, Palestinian activist and presenter of Palestine Remembered, about the 75 year commemoration of Al-Nakba, the Great Palestinian Catastrophe.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.