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Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen talk to long-time unionist Tim Gooden about the draconian attacks on the Construction Forestry Maritime Employee's Union (CFMEU) and talk to Jordan Armaou-Massoud about the dozens of arrests of anti-war protesters in Victoria. Read more about the stories we discussed on this episode. Music by LittleArcherBeats. People's Blockade of the World's Largest Coal Port | Find rallies for Palestine and Lebanon 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 Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonline YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/greenleftonline TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greenleftonline Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenleftonline/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@greenleftonline Podbean: https://greenleftonline.podbean.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/greenleftonline Podcast available on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Antennapod, Itunes and PodcastAddict.
Tim Gooden, a former Geelong Trades Hall secretary, argues that Labor is complicit in Israel's genocide against Gaza and that unions should be doing more to stop it. Watch online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/video-unions-must-stand-against-genocide-gaza 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 Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonline YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/greenleftonline TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greenleftonline Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenleftonline/ Podbean: https://greenleftonline.podbean.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/greenleftonline Podcast also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Antennapod, Itunes and PodcastAddict.
7am intro and acknowledgement of country7:02am News:- NT Labor announces cops at schools in NT- Morrison gov't announces new private school funding gravy train - Dutton no confidence motion 7:15am Jacob and Zane speak with Tim Gooden, former Geelong Trades and Labour Council secretary and Victorian Socialists Lead candidate for the Western Region upper house seat at the November 24 Victorian election. Key issues include job creation in regional areas, improved healthcare and education, how the State government could support the change the rules campaign, renationalising the energy sector and other privatised services, retooling the old Ford factory for electric Vehicle manufacturing. Crucially, Vic socialists see seats in parliament not as an end in themselves but as a pathway to strengthen people powered campaigns in the street. 7:33am News:- Indie group Band of Montreal joins other acts in pulling out of Israeli music festival- Australian artists back call for boycott of Eurovision song contest which is to be held in Israel, and urge SBS not to participate7:45am Jacob and Zane speak with Tanya Davidge, president of Our City Our Square. The group is spearheading a campaign to prevent the privatisation of a key chunk of Fed square by the Andrews government, who want to hock it off to Apple.7:58am Green Left Weekly announces new supporter model as our people powered activist media model evolves.8;am activist calendar 8:08 News:- Unionists break from Labor over TPP sell out as ALP parliamentary caucus backs TPP free trade deal in direct contravention of party policy voted on by the rank and file.MUA and ACTU speak out against the craven sell out by the party inner circle and Hunter Workers secretary Daniel Wallace quits ALP in response.8:26am Breaking News: AEU condemns Prime Minister Morrison's multibillion dollar handout to elite private schools and flags intention to campaign against Liberals in 18 marginal seats in response
7.00am – Intro and acknowledgement of country7.03 – News from GLW paper Banking sector and reforms; Palestine the strugle continues and worsens;7.15 – recording of DR. Hannah Middleton’s lecture at the Unitarian church re the ANZAC myth7.35 – News from GLW paper - North east link expenditure by the Victorian Government; Justic for Joss - work for the dole scheme under scrutiny; France - the working class mobilises against the government cut bac ks;7.45 – Interview with Adrianne Walter regarding the HRLC about the enquiry and changes to abortion laws in Qld8.00- Activists Calendar8.10 – Interview with Tim Gooden regarding the “Change the Rules; “Campaign and the delegates meeting 8.25 - close of program
Chafta has made its way through Parliament and is on its way to the Senate. The ETU are still fighting for workers jobs and public safety. Kahlani Pyrah who fought the bosses at Grill'd with her fellow workers and won talks at SALT conference; Tim Gooden tells all about the Geelong Major and that sexist T-shirt.
Mega resources corporation Glencore is sacking workers and reducing production at its zinc mine at the McArthur River in the Gulf of Carpentaria and leaving an environmental mess. Is this the future for Australian mining? Unions came out to support Refugees on Sunday Oct 11 and Tim Gooden from the Geelong Trades Hall talks about how he helped secure economic security for a young Tamil Refugee's family after he did not survive the trauma of Immigration Department moves to return him to Sri Lanka.
In this episode, BZE Community radio goes on a listening tour to find out who has done what work in relation to transitioning workers out of carbon heavy jobs. Viv builds on the talk (March 2015) by Bob Massie from Harvard who visited Latrobe and Hunter Valleys as well as the Galilee Basin and found a lot of rehabilitation needs to be done.Join our guests: Amanda Tattersall from Unions NSW, John Parker from Gippsland Trades and Labour Council, Dave Kerrin - Earthworker Co-Operative, Darren Snell, RMIT University, Tim Gooden Geelong Trades hall and John Rainford - A Short History of Social Democracy throw in their two bob’s worth.Here's one idea from Renew Economy (online magazine)