Asia Pacific Currents
By Jiselle Hanna and Pier Moro
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Stories and issues from the Asia Pacific region with a labour and grassroots perspective. Regular interviews with activists from countries in the Asia Pacific region. Produced by Australia-Asia Worker Links.
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CleanOrganising migrant workers in Australia | The working class is under attack in Australia from many sides. One of the ways that capitalists and governments try to undermine workers organisations and conditions is by bringing in temporary migrant workers.These workers are especially prone to exploitation due to the temporary status of their working visas as well as their unfamiliarity of the laws and culture in Australia. While some unions have been successful at organising these groups of workers, many migrant workers face terrible working conditions.The Migrant Workers Centre was recently set up in Melbourne, Australia to help these groups of workers. Asia Pacific Currents spoke with Matt Kunkel, the Director of the Migrant Workers Centre, about the work that they have been doing.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 | 24 8 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRemembering the horrors of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan | In early August 1945, the USA military dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians.The global arsenal of atomic weapons has only grown since then. The fight to outlaw these weapons of mass destruction continues.The Asia Pacific Currents program spoke to Shomi Yoon, a member of the International Socialist Organisation in Aeteoroa/New Zealand on the international campaign against nuclear weapons.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 | 17 8 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to counter racism dividing the working class | In every country, capitalists and their allies use racism as one of the ways to divide and weaken the working class. In Australia, the issue of the colonialism and dispossession of the Indigenous people is central when discussing and resisting racism in Australia.The show will focus on two anti racist forums that were held in Melbourne in the past week and examine how they looked at racism but also the best ways to build working class solidarity in our work as labour and anti racists activists.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 | 10 8 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMigrant workers facing repression in Malaysia | Malaysia has relied heavily on migrant workers over the last decades to power its economic growth.The complicated visa system in that country puts millions of these workers in very insecure conditions, leading to widespread exploitation. In addition, these workers face regular waves of repression from government agencies.We interviewed Adrian Pereira, Director of North South Initiative, a human rights organisation that works on labour rights issues in Malaysia, about the current situation and the stance of the new 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 | 3 8 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWill New Caledonia become Kanaky Nouvelle-Caledonie on November 20? | The island of New Caledonia has been a colony for the 164 years and is one of France's last colonies in the world.The indigenous inhabitants, the Kanaks, have waged a long struggle for independence. This coming November 20 an independence referendum will be held in New Caledonia to decide its status.We caught up recently in Melbourne, Australia with Daniel Goa, spokesperson for the independence movement Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS), at a community function. We asked Daniel about the prospects for the Kanaky people in the upcoming referendum. The voice of the interpreter is that of Ms. Sophie Dutertre.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 | 27 7 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanACTU national congress report back | The Australian Confederation of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the peak body for unions in Australia. It recently held its national conference in Brisbane, Queensland.Close to 1,000 unionists came together to discuss the situation for workers in Australia and the 'Change the Rules' campaign.Piergiorgio Moro took part in the conference as a delegate for the Australian Services Union A&S VicTas Branch. Pier talks with Jiselle about the main themes of this conference.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 | 20 7 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers go on the offensive in South Korea | The mass protest movement of 2015 and 2016 in South Korea against corruption and abuse of power were able to bring down the President - Park Geun-hye. The working class, headed by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions were central in organising this movement.The KCTU paid a high price for their succeess with two of their leaders, Han Sang gyun and Lee Young joo both jailed. In addition, many workers had expectations that the new government headed by President Moon Jae-in was going to be more worker friendly than past Presidents. This unfortunately has not happened.We caught up with Ms Lee earlier in the week to discuss the state of the workers movement in South Korea under the new government of President Moon Jae-in. The interview was conducted through an interpreter and the voice that you hear translating Ms Lee’s answers is that of Mikyung Ryu, the KCTU International Director.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 | 13 7 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNAIDOC Week 2018 and Aboriginal struggles | NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.While this week's activities are a celebration, the past and current struggles faced by the Indigenous people of Australia are not forgotten.This week we replay an interview by Lalitha Chelliah from Friday Breakfast show with Gunnai-Kurnai Gunditjmara woman and Greens MP Lidia Thorpe on the current fight to save close to 300 trees sacred to the Djap Wurrung peoples in Western Victoria under threat from a planned Highway upgrade projectAsia 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 | 6 7 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSri Lankan family fights deportation from Australia | The situation for refugees and asylum seekers in Australia is becoming progressively worse as the Government continues its crackdown.In the last few weeks, the desperate situation of the family of Priya and Nadesalingam has become national news. The family is hanging on to its hopes to remain in Australia with support from their town of Biloela and thousands of supporter around Australia while the government sends its armed border units to arrest and detain the family.We speak to Aran Mylvaganam, spokesman for theTamil Refugee Council on the circumstances surrounding the desperate situation of Priya's family and the continuing resistance to the Australian governments inhumanity. 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 | 29 6 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers in the Philippines continue to fight | While the Philippines is a country that is often talked about in terms of the damage that natural disasters cause to its infrastructure and population, it is also a country where the working class movement has a very proud and militant history. Unfortunately, it has declined in strenght in the last years which has put Filipino workers in a much more vulnerable position.We talk to Steph Rabusa, a member of Migrante Melbourne, about the state of the workers movement in the Philippines especially in light of the ever more repressive policies of President Duterte.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 | 22 6 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRadiothon 2018 program | This week is a special Radiothon program to keep 3CR Radio on air.You can donate in person, by phone, by mail or via the internet.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 | 15 6 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorking class protests in Iran continue | Since late last year, Iran has witnessed a wave of strikes and demonstrations on a scale unprecedented since the revolutionary days of the late 1970s. While the Iranian government likes to portray these protests as imperialist plots from the USA and Israel to overthrow the Iranian government, the reality is that the causes of these protests are to be found in workers' anger at corruption, exploitation, repression and poverty. We speak to Bahman Yusufi, an Iranian independent labour activist, who gives some background to these protests and how workers are able to organise in an environment where independent unions are effectively repressed and non-existent. Next week is a special 3CR Radiothon program.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 | 8 6 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Malaysian elections - part 2 on the results | The elections two weeks ago in Malaysia saw the Barisan Nasional lose power after 61 years. One of the more surprising facets was the comeback of the 92 year old former Prime Minister, Mohamed Mahathir, who had come out in retirement to lead the opposition.During his reign as Prime Minister, between 1981 and 2004, Mahathir routinely cracked down on labour and human rights activists via the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA) as well as running a government based on economic and political patronage.For our second part on our analysis on what these election results mean, we talk to Sonia Randhawa, a long time human rights activist and co- organiser of the Bersih (the coalition for clean and fair elections) 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 | 1 6 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSpecial show on Aboriginal workers in Australia | The 26th of May each year in Australia is known as National Sorry Day. The day is to acknowledge and recognise members of the Stolen Generations. It has been marked since 1997, the day the recommendation from the Bringing Them Home report was tabled in the Australian Federal Parliament highlighting the decades of mistreatment of Aboriginal families by the state and its institutions. To talk about what this day means, its significance to Aboriginal people, and the current struggles by Aboriginal workers in Australia, we talked to Kara Keys, the Australian Confederation of Trade Unions Indigenous Officer. 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 | 25 5 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat will the Malaysian elections results mean? | The recent elections in Malaysia have seen the Barisan Nasional lose power after 61 years. One of the more surprising facets was the comeback of the 92 year old former Prime Minister, Mohamed Mahathir, who had come out in retirement to lead the opposition.During his reign as Prime Minister, between 1981 and 2004, Mahathir routinely cracked down on labour and human rights activists via the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA) as well as running a government based on economic and political patronage.We talk to Irene Xavier, a long time activist who herself was jailed under the ISA by Mahathir, on why Mahathir is now seen as a democratic reformer and was co-opted to lead the opposition.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 | 18 5 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNew Trade Union Law Cambodia | The Cambodian Food and Service Workers’ Federation has a newly elected President – a woman who was formerly herself a beer promotions worker. Listeners might recall the major campaign run back in 2016, in defence of women in teh beer promotions industry in Cambodia – this is where women are required to encourage tourists in night clubs to keep drinking, and are compelled to drink themselves, putting them in very dangerous situations.The Cambodian Food and Service Workers’ Federation represents workers across a very broad range of industries from beer promotions, to karaoke workers, to workers at Chevron. This newly elected president is Ou Tep Phallin, and she was in Australia in March this year as a guest of APHEDA and the International Food Workers Union. | 20 4 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanStolenwealth Games | The British Empire is again celebrating it’s world wide colonial conquests in the form of the Commonwealth Games, currently underway on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Indigenous activists and their supporters are conducting a protest campaign against the Commonwealth Games, under the title of the “Stolenwealth Games”. They are demanding land rights and recognition that Aboriginal sovereignty has never been ceded. | 13 4 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Great Return March | Israeli troops killed at least 15 Palestinians and injured more than 1,400 on Friday 30 March, during demonstrations along Gaza’s border and in cities throughout the Palestinian enclave. The demonstrations were scheduled to take place for six weeks along the border of Gaza, and have been called the “Great Return March”. This area has been subject to an 11 year illegal blockade by Israel and Egypt. The demonstrations were planned to continue until May 15, the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the state of Israel, al Nakba (Catastrophe) Day. On today’s program, we speak with visiting Palestinian activist and militant, Huwaida Arraf. Huwaida is in Australia as a guest of the annual international Marxism conference organised by Socialist Alternative and held in Melbourne Australia every Easter.Plus, our regular round up of news from around the region.Asia Pacific Currents is a show of Australia Asia Worker Links | 6 4 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe struggle for refugee rights in Australia continues | Due to ongoing economic and political crisis around the world, the number of asylum seekers and refugees continues to grow.Successive Australian governments have been at the forefront internationally in devising and implementing increasingly repressive and harsher policies against ayslum seekers and refugees.We talk to Umesh Perinpanayagam, from the Tamil Refugee Council, about the situation for Tamil refugees in Australia and the ongoing political fight for the rights of all asylum seekers and refugees in 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 | 23 3 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWomen continue to unite internationally | The origins of International Women's Day are to be found in the working class struggles of working women in the late 19th century.Over 100 hundreds years later, while there has been much progress, there are still many areas before women achieve equality.We listen to two short speeches by Kim Bullimore and Dita Nur at this year's Melbourne IWD rally on how women's liberation is part of other working class struggles against oppression, repression and inequality.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 | 16 3 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe reasons behind anti Muslim pogroms in Sri Lanka | After the victory of the Sri Lankan government over the Tamil Tigers in 2009, many working class Sri Lankans expected that the 'peace dividend' was going to lead to an improvement in their lives.Unfortunately this has not proved the case with corruption, repression and inequality still prevalent in the country. Ethnic and communal issues are also being stoked up by powerful sections of the ruling class and far right groups like the far-right Buddhist group Bodu Bala Sena (Buddhist Power Force).We talk to Lionel Boapge, a long time labour and human rights activist, on the reasons and dynamics behind the current anti-Muslim pogroms in Sri Lanka.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 | 9 3 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMassacres by government forces in Syria continue | The uprising against the government of Syria, headed by the dictatorship of Bashar Hafez al-Assad, began in 2011 as part of the broader Arab Spring that saw millions of people rise up in North Africa and West Asia against repression, exploitation and corruption.The Syrian government responded by shooting at the civilian demonstrators. This militarised the conflict and soon various regional and imperialist powers got involved in a bid to squash the uprising and gain influence.After 7 years, the government, with massive Russian and Iranian military aid, has regained the upper hand. Currently one of the most brutal battles is happening in East Ghouta, just outside Damascus. We spoke to Monther Alhamdoosh, a Syrian activist with the Australian Syrian Association Victoria on the conflict and the desperate situation for civilians.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 | 2 3 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe continuing importance of International Women's Day | International Women's Day (IWD) has a history going back to the early 20th century when urbanised and working class workers started to organise and demand their rights.While there has been a lot of progress in the last century, much remains to be done, especially for working class women in poorer countries. We speak to Jiselle Hanna, one of the main organisers of the IWD rally in Melbourne, Australia, about the demands of IWD and the central role of working class women in advocating and campaining for better rights.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 | 23 2 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanInvasion Day - Resistance to colonisation in Australia | The first officially recorded protest by Aboriginal people against Australia Day, the day that commemorates the United Kingdom colonisation of the Australian landmass, occurred in 1938 in conjunction with the 150th year celebrations.Aboriginal people have continued to resist and protest against this day as it symbolises colonialisation, invasion and dispossession. They have renamed it 'Invasion Day'.This year, the Invasion Day protests were the biggest in recent years, with the one in Melbourne attracting over 40,000 people. We talk to Celeste Liddle, the Indigenous liaison officer with the National Tertiary Education Union, a social commentator and one of the organiser of the Melbourne rally, on some of the main demands of this demonstration.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 | 16 2 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNew port company attacks workers in PNG and beyond | With the continued globalisation of the economy, companies all around the world are expanding their operations in many different countries.In the last few years, a Filipino based company, International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), has aggressively undertaken to expand in the Australasian region to become a major global company in the maritime industry.ICTSI has a strong anti union stance looking to establish union free, or at least company union, workplaces. We talk to Katie Hepworth, from the International Transport Federation Asia Pacific Campaign Centre, on how ICTSI in Papua New Guinea has sought to stop workers from organising.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 | 9 2 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIranian workers mass protests undermine governments authority | Welcome to the first program of APC of 2018.The explosion of working class protests in Iran in late December 2017 caught many people by surprise. The reality thought has been that inequality and poverty have been increasing in Iran for many years.Even though independent unions are not allowed and labour protests are often heavily repressed, Iranian workers have continued to organise and demand better working conditions and a right to organise.We interview Bahman Yusufi, an Iranian labour solidarity activist living in Melbourne, Australia, about how working class people are central to these protests, how the protests are organised and what we can expect for the rest of 2018.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 | 2 2 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanElectronics workers take on company for the right to organise | Export processing zones are used by countries around the world as areas of extremely cheap labour for companies to use as union organising is severely repressed.Hundreds of mainly women workers in the Cavite Export Processing Zone just north of Manila, The Philippines, have gone out on strike in protest at the dismissal of union organiser at their factory.We talk to Arnel, spokesperson of the Labor Party of the Philippines, on the dispute at the Lakepower Converter electronics factory and the determination of the workers to stay on the picket line even in the face of repeated attacks by thugs.This is the last program podcast for Asia Pacific Currents for 2017. We will be taking a summer break. Our first program for 2018 will be Saturday the 3rd of February 2018. The APC team wishes a safe and relaxing break to all our listerners.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 | 15 12 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSouth Korean metro workers taking action against global company | Workers in South Korea have managed to overcome the offensives against them in the last few years from governments and companies.Nevertheless, even after ousting the former President Park, they face many hurdles in improving their wages and conditions.This week we talk to Wolsan Liem, Director of International and Korean Peninsula Affairs of the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union (KPTU), about the strike by Seoul metro workers and the issues that they are facing.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 | 8 12 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGas workers in south eastern Australia still fighting after five months | The large gas and oil sectors in Australia are dominated by global companies. In the last few years, they have launched an offensive against workers in Australia to slash wages and conditions.Longford in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria is the latest flashpoint of this battle. Esso is trying to force its maintenance workers to be employed by a shelf company which would pay them up to 40% less in wages and introduce brutal shifts that would see workers working up to 4 weeks straight.We talk to Dane Colman, a maintenance workers with the Electrical Trades Union of Victoria, about their 5 months long community assembly and the dynamics and impacts of their struggle.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 | 1 12 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSouth Korean workers fighting for their rights | The labour movement in South Korea is one of the strongest in the Asia Pacific region with its roots in the anti dictatorship protests of the 1960's and 1970's.In the last few years it has come under sustained attack from successive Government administrations. Its Secretary, Han Sang-gyun is still currently in jail for the crime of organising demonstrations.We talk to Mikyung Ryu, the International Relation Director of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), about the latest worker mobilisations and the issues that the Korean labour movement is currently facing.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 | 24 11 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFighting against trade union repression | Workers all around the world face pressures and repression as capitalists try to increase their profits by spending less on workers welfare and making them work faster, longer and harder for less pay.The Global Day to stop the repression against unionists was initiated in 2014 as a joint project by a number of labour organisations in the Asia Pacific region. This Day is to support workers rights, to call for the end of repression against our brothers and sisters, and to stand together united around the world as a class.Piergiorgio Moro, as AAWL's co-ordinator of this day, talks about the significance of this event and the actions and events that take place around the world to mark this occasion.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 | 17 11 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDemonetisation, economic reforms and workers protests in India | The current BJP Government in India, headed by Prime Minister Modi, has been in power for over three years.His government has been one of the most pro business governments in Indian history. Modi has set our to free up the hand of capitalists in India while at the same time undermining the power of workers to organise. The demonetisation program that was unveiled last year has only worsened conditions for many workers.We talk to Vusudevan Nambiath, labour leader with the New Trade Union Initiative in Mumbai, about the current labour protests occurring in New Delhi, see video.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 | 10 11 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFight against Australia's inhumane refugee policies continue | Since 1989, the Australian Government's policies and actions against asylum seekers and refugees have increasingly become xenophobic, nationalist and repressive.On top of turning back boats in acts of piracy on the high seas, deporting refugees back to dangers in countries they escaped from, Australia has created a series of concentration camps for refugees both onshore and offshore.Currently, the camp at Manus Island is closing, leaving hundreds of refugees in a desperate situation. We talk to Tamil Refugee Council spokesperson Aran Mylvaganam about the latest situation on Manus Island.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 | 3 11 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSetbacks and advances for the Kurdish struggle in West Asia | While the wars in Iraq and Syria have offered a historical opportunity for Kurdish forces to advance their right to autonomy and independence, there are also major dangers.The recent advances by Kurdish forces in northern Syria in taking Raqqa and their capitulation and losses in northern Iraq examplify the difficulties and uneven situation that Kurdish groups face in West Asia.We talk to Mahmut Kahraman, spokesperson for the Kurdish Democratic Community Centre of Victoria, Australia, on the significance of these recent developments.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 | 27 10 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWill Palestine unity help the struggle? | Last week, the two biggest Palestinian political factions, announced that they signed an initial unity agreement. This deal was announced by both sides as a ‘a declaration of the end to division and a return to national Palestinian unity’.While this is a positive steps, there are many big issues to resolve between the two organisations, including the ongoing occupation, a crackdown on independent Palestinian media and the repression and jailing of Palestinian activists by Israel.We interviewed interviewed Reem Yunis, Palestinian and socialist activist in Melbourne Australia, on the reasons of this latest unity agreement and possible outcomes for Palestinian people.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 | 20 10 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanStreets ice cream workers battle global giant | Around 150 workers in the Australian city of Sydney have been in a brutal struggle from last August against their employer, Streets Ice Cream, a subsidiary of the global giant Unilever, over a new enterprise agreement. The company wants to reduce workers’ wages by over 40%, as well as cuts to overtime and redundancy payments.Matt Kunkel from 3CR Radio's Stick Together program interviews Steve Murphy, the NSW Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) State Secretary, on the workers struggle and the attempts by Streets management to silence them.While a boycott of Streets Ice Cream has been proposed, co-ordinated industrial actions at other Unilever sites around the world would be much more effective in maximising workers’ power.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 | 13 10 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDocumenting the unfolding disaster of the Rohingya people | While the Rohingya people in Western Burma have suffered discrimination in the past, the current disaster is of unprecedented proportions.We talk to Mahi Ramakrishnan, a blogger and documentary film maker from Malaysia, who has made three documentaries about the Rohingya people about the current campaign of ethnic cleansing by the Myanmar Government.Mahi also talks about some of the possible ways forward to resolve this humanitarian and political crisis.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 | 6 10 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe fight against militarism in the Asia Pacific region | With tensions rising in the Asia Pacific region, there are many organisations and groups that have campaigned for a long time against the hegemony of the USA military in the region.New Zealand has been one of the leading countries that have tried to create a less militarised region.We play a recording of the speech of Murray Horton, spokesperson for the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (New Zealand), at the recent Australian conference of The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) about the ongoing campaign in Aotearoa against the military industrial complexes and the threat of wars.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 | 29 9 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOpposition to war in the Korean Peninsula grows | The escalating war of words between the USA President Trump and the North Korean Chairman Kim, is dangerously increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Given the destruction that the USA military caused in North Korea during the war in the early 1950’s, and its use of nuclear weapons on Japan in 1945, there is widespread fear among working class communities that another devastating war could break out.We talk to Wolsan Liem, Director of International and Korean Peninsula Affairs of the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union (KPTU), about the increasingly tense situation and how working class organisations are reacting to this and working against the outbreak of a new conflictAsia 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 | 22 9 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPacific workers facing issues on many fronts | Workers from the Pacific Islands have been used, and exploited, by the Australian state and companies, since the late 1800's.This relationship has not changed in the 21st century with Pacific workers being exploited via new work programs that seek to take advantage of the widespread poverty present in many Pacific Islands.We talk to Nic Maclellan, a human rights activist and independent journalist, on some of the ways that Pacific workers are trying to protect themselves while working in Australia, as well as the continuing threat of climate change to many Pacific island communities.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 | 15 9 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPhilippines airline workers still fighting after six years | Philippines Airlines (PAL) tried to outsource its workforce in 2011 by terminating 2,600 workers. The workers, organised by the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) fought back and organised an indefinite picket line.We talk to Alnem Pretencio, spokeperson from PALEA, about how they had thought they had won their incredibly struggle in 2013, but PAL has used every trick at its disposal to delay the reinstatement of the workers in an attempt to break their commitment and the union.This struggle is only one of many in the airlines industry woldwide as companies continue to cut workers conditions via contracting out, casualisation and flexibility arrangements. Workers are now organising internationally via a global picketline arrangement to co-ordinate demands and actions at a global level.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 | 8 9 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHuman rights still not guaranteed in Indonesia | Since the overthrow of the dictator Soeharto in the late 1990's, Indonesia has been a formal democracy with a number of elections being successfully held.Nevertheless for working class communities, both in the rural and urban areas, gaining justice and having their human rights respected is not just about the law.We talk to Herlambang Wiratraman, Director at the Centre of Human Rights Law Studies (HRLS), Faculty of Law, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia, at the systematic and structural barriers that exist in Indonesia that favour powerful interests and prevent human rights abuses, some dating back 40 years, from being addressed.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 | 1 9 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFresh arrests hit human right activists in Hong Kong | This week sixteen human right activists were sentenced to up to 18 months in jail for taking part in protests during the 'yellow umbrella' protest movement in 2014.Thirteen activists were jailed for protesting in the Legislative Council against a proposed multi millior dollar development in the New Territories, while in a separate case, three leaders of the umbrella movement were jailed for participating in an unlawful assembly.We talk to Shek Pui Yin, a student leader and activist in the Umbrella protest movement, what the implications of these latest court sentence are to the human rights and democracy movements in Hong Kong, and how the movement will react to this latest wave of repression.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 | 25 8 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDeath squads terrorising working class communities in the Philippines | President Rodrigo Duterte's 'War on Drugs' is now almost a year old. His death squads have murdered almost 10,000 people.We interview Ellecer 'Budit' Carlos, spokeperson for In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND), on the normalisation of extra judicial killings, the impunity of death squads, the vilification of human rights defenders, and the effects this has had on urban, working class communities in the Philippines.Budit also comments on the reasons why Duterte still seems to be so popular despite these killings and his general anti workers policies, including the targeting 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 | 18 8 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAnganwadi women health workers fighting for their rights in India | There are hundreds of thousands of rural health workers in India, called Anganwadi, that monitor and support the health and welfare of mothers and their children.While they are implementing government programs, they are not employed directly by the government, but are treated as volunteers and given an honorarium instead of wages.Tens of thousands of Anganwadi women have being on strike for over 45 days, demonstrating in New Delhi, demanding that they be employed as regular workers and receive the benefits that they are entitled to. Interview is conducted with an Anganwadi labour activist, who preferred to remain anonymous, and the interpreting is done by Vrishali Shruti.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. | 11 8 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOrganising workers internationally - The Global Picket Line | In our globally interconnected world, companies are now structured at a global level where they integrate their production, storage, transport and retail arms over many different countries in a never ending quest for the highest profits.Workers have had difficulty in countering this strategy by companies and also organising at a global level. The Global Picket Line is a new concept that aims to overcome this weakness.We interviewed Manrico Moro, vice-president of AAWL and a campaign co-ordinator on the International Committee of the Global Picket Line, on how this concept and framework came about, and how it can be used to strenghten workers power around the world.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 | 28 7 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAl-Aqsa Mosque violence - a symptom of the Palestinian crisis | While the latest upsurge in violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem was sparked by an armed attack by Palestinians, the level of unrest points to deeper issues.We interviewed Reem Yunis, Palestinian and socialist activist in Melbourne Australia, on how the recent events are part of the ongoing effects of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the struggle for liberation by Palestinians.Only via the ending of Israeli occupation will the status of Jerusalem ever be resolved and for human rights to be respected.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 | 21 7 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCambodian beer workers resist global giant's offensive | In relation to labour issues, Cambodia is often seen through the context of the exploitation of workers in its garment sector. Cambodia also has an expanding tourism industry with increasing numbers of workers employed in these sector.We talk to Sar Mora, President of Cambodian Food and Service Workers' Federation (CFSWF), about the disputes workers are engaged in against Cambrew, a local beer producer that is part of the global giant Carslberg.In addition to the issues of organising workers in a resource poor environment, the union is now facing legal action by the company in an attempt to bankrupt and destroy the CFSWF.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. | 14 7 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAboriginal workers fighting against slave like exploitation | Aboriginal people in Australia have a history of being exploited as workers since the first years of colonisation. This ranged from being made to work for only food and tobacco to having their wages kept by governments - now known as the Stolen Wages.Currently over 30,000 indigenous workers, mainly from remote communities, are being forced to work in a state sponsored programme called Community Development Program (CDP) for around 60% of the minimum wage with no rights to leave, OHS or legal protection.We talk to Lara Watson, the Indigenous Officer at the Australian Council of Trade Unions, about their new initiative to organise and support these workers via the creation of the First Nations Workers Alliance.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. | 7 7 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIndonesian workers organising and international solidarity | Indonesian workers are still recovering from the mass murders and repression of the 1965-67 period which totally destroyed their organisations and wiped out a whole generation of labour activists.Bob Carnegie, Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Secretary of the Queensland Branch, recently went to Indonesia on a solidarity visit with another labour actvist, Jeff Rickertt. Bob describes how the Indonesian workers are organising their union in a very resource poor environment amid an environment characterised by causalisation, precarious employment, victimisation by employers and violence from police and thugs.Bob also describes the International Dockworkers Council (IDC), a new international federation for dockworkers around the world, as a new attempt to implement international solidarity among workers globally. The IDC sees that an injury to one is an injury to all and that in a global environment, workers need to organise across regions and countries.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. | 30 6 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers organising in the Auto sector in northern India | Updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Shivani Kaul, labour organiser with Bigul Mazdoor Dasta and legal advisor with the Automobile Industry Contract Workers group, on the situation with workers in the auto workers in the industrial belts of northern India.Shivani talks about the the campaign to free the imprisoned Maruti Suzuki workers and the difficulties that this campaign faces.The ongoing struggle at the Aisin Automobile factory is also analysed in the context of the ongoing struggles by workers to form independent unions.Lastly, Shivani gives an assessment of the working class movement in these industrial belts and the effects of ongoing repression by the state and companies on workers ability to organise.Asia Pacific Currents is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links. Asia Pacific Currents is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links. 0Asia Pacific CurrentsSaturday 9:00am to 9:30amStories and issues from the Asia Pacific region with a labour and grassroots perspective. Regular interviews with activists from countries in the Asia Pacific region. Produced by Australia-Asia Worker Links.PresenterJiselle Hanna and Pier MoroTopicCurrent affairsEpisodesOverview and special Radiothon program17 Jun 2017Listen | DownloadOrganising women workers in Cambodia10 Jun 2017Listen | DownloadThe dangers of martial law in the Philippines3 Jun 2017Listen | DownloadAboriginal recognition and change in Australia27 May 2017Listen | DownloadAsia Pacific Currents is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links. 0Asia Pacific CurrentsSaturday 9:00am to 9:30amStories and issues from the Asia Pacific region with a labour and grassroots perspective. Regular interviews with activists from countries in the Asia Pacific region. Produced by Australia-Asia Worker Links.PresenterJiselle Hanna and Pier MoroTopicCurrent affairsEpisodesOverview and special Radiothon program17 Jun 2017Listen | DownloadOrganising women workers in Cambodia10 Jun 2017Listen | DownloadThe dangers of martial law in the Philippines3 Jun 2017Listen | DownloadAboriginal recognition and change in Australia27 May 2017Listen | Download | 23 6 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOverview and special Radiothon program | Labour updates on the struggles and campaigns by workers in the Asia Pacific region.Special fundraising Radiothon program. Radiothon target AUS $1,500.00.To donate, click here.Asia Pacific Currents is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links. | 16 6 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOrganising women workers in Cambodia | Labour updates on the struggles and campaigns by workers in the Asia Pacific region.Extended interview with woman labour organiser on the issues and difficulties of organising women in the construction, entertainment and sex industries in Cambodia.She also talks about the ongoing campaign to ban asbestos in Cambodia.Asia Pacific Currents is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links. | 9 6 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe dangers of martial law in the Philippines | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Berlin Guerro, from The Philippine Caucus for Peace, on the implications of the recent declaration of martial law in the southern island of Mindanao.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 2 6 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAboriginal recognition and change in Australia | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Sam Watson, Aboriginal activist and member of Socialist Alliance, on the 50th anniversary of the Constitutional Referendum on Aboriginal recognition and the present national Aboriginal convention at Uluru.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 26 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNew President in South Korea and workers health | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Dr. Jeong-ok Kong, Spokesperson from SHARPS (Supporters of Health and Rights of People in Semiconductor Industry), about the prospects for workers health at Samsung electronics under the new President.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 19 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHuge Palestinian prisoner hunger strike - a fight for justice | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Hasan Barghouti, Director of the Democracy and Workers Rights Centre in Palestine, on the continuing hunger strike by over 1,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 12 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOpposing Duterte's brutal War on Drugs in the Philippines | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Catherine Scerri, spokesperson from the Network Against Killings in the Philippines, on the effects of President Duterte's murderous War on Drugs on poor working class communities in the Philippines.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 5 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOrganising in Pakistan in the face of Blasphemy and Terrorism laws | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Sonia Qadir, member of the Awami Workers Party and Feminist Collective, on how Blashemy and Anti Terrorism laws are used to stifle workers organising, especially its effects on women.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.APC is produced in the Melbourne studios of 3CR Radio. | 28 4 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe history of workers struggle in India | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Recorded talk by Dipankar Bhattacharya, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, on the development and struggles of the working class in India. Talk was recorded at Marxism 2017 Conference in Melbourne.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 21 4 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSyrian revolution continues despite massacres and bombings | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific regionInterview with Joseph Daher, Syrian commentator and activist, on the latest chemical attack in Syria, the USA bombing of the air base, and the prospects for the popular revolution in Syria.Asia Pacific Currents is the program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 14 4 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanArrests not stopping the Maruti Suzuki workers struggle | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Extended interview with Jitenda Kumar, member of the Maruti Suzuki union Provisional Committee, on the ongoing Maruti Suzuki struggle in the Gurgaon region of northern India. Interpreting carried out by Nayan Jyoti, labour activist and member of Maruti Suzuki support group.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 7 4 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers organising in Bangladesh and human rights | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Kalpona Akter, former child garment worker and prominent union organiser and labour rights activist from Bangladesh.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 31 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSouth Korean workers win against President Park | Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Mikyung Ryu, International Relations Officer of the Korean Confederation of Trade Union (KCTU), on workers involvement in the popular movement to impeach President Park, their objectives and what next now that Pres. Park has been removed from office.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 24 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOpposition struggling against military rule in Thailand | Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Ji Ungpakorn, a Thai exile, on the transition to a new king in Thailand and the state of opposition against the ruling military dictatorship in Thailand.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 17 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers organising in Myanmar | Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region with specific reference to the court decisions on President Park's impeachment in South Korea and the 117 Maruti Suzuki workers in northern India.Interview with Alex Moodie, Research Officer with the Myanmar human rights organisation Progressive Voice, on the situation for workers in Myanmar and especially in the expanding garment sectors.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 10 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers in Australia battle global dairy giant | Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Damian King, Electrical Trades Union organiser in Echuca - Victoria, on the lock out of workers by the global dairy giant Parmalat as it tries to cut workers wages and conditions.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 3 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWomen workers in Sri Lanka | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Apologies as the first two APC programs for 2017 are not available as podcasts.Interview with Dr. Sepali Kottegoda who is the Executive Director for the Women and Media Collective and a Founding Coordinator of the Sri Lanka Women’s NGO Forum. Dr. Sepali spoke about the reasons for the visit of their delegation to Australia and the situation for women workers in Sri Lanka.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 24 2 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow the labour movement fared in 2016 | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Overview of the year and discussion of the wins, the highlights, the losses and the battles that the labour movement has had in 2016.Asia Pacific Currents will be going on a summer break for 6 weeks.The first programme in 2017 will be on Saturday the 4th of February 2017.The APC radio group would like to wish to all our listerners a safe and happy end of 2016.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 9 12 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers and unions against racism in Australia | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Matt Kunkel, Project organiser with the Victorian Trades Hall Council, on the union organised rally and Global Street Party in Melbourne, Australia, and why workers need to come out and show opposition to racism and for multiculturalism.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 2 12 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers struggle in India - report back | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Jiselle Hanna from Australia Asia Worker Links (AAWL) reporting back on her solidarity trip to New Delhi and Mumbai and the state of workers organising and struggle in northern India.Next Saturday the 3rd of December is International Disability Day. 3CR Radio will have special programming on that day, so there will be no APC program that Saturday.APC will return on Saturday the 10th of DecemberAsia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 25 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMassacre of workers at the Gadani shipbreaking yards in Pakistan | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Nasir Mansoor, Deputy General Secretary of the National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) of Pakistan, on the recent explosion and massacre of workers at the Gadani shipbreaking yards and the ongoing fight to win better wages and conditions.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 18 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCUB brewery dispute in Melbourne, Australia set to escalate | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Steve Diston, organiser with Electrical Trades Union Victoria Branch, on the ongoing battle against union busting and precarious work at the CUB Brewery in Melbourne, Australia.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 11 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPetrol tank drivers strike in Jakarta, Indonesia | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Guruh Riyanto from the Media and Campaign Department of Indonesian Confederation of United Workers (KPBI), about the petrol tanker drivers strike in the greater Jakarta metropolitan area, East Indonesia, against casualisation and unpaid overtime.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 4 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Global Day of Action against trade union repression | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Piergiorgio Moro, from Australia Asia Worker Links, about the upcoming Global Day of Action against trade union repression on the 16th of November and how internationally workers are repressed by companies and governments. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 28 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe effects of deaths squads in the Philippines War on Drugs | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Arnel, spokesperson of the Labor Party of the Philippines, on the effects of the continuing War on Drugs is having on working class communities in the Philippines.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker LinksAsia Pacific Currents is produced at the studios of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia. | 21 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTruck workers also stage nationwide strike in South Korea | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Wol-san Liem, Director of International and Korean Peninsula Affairs, Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union (KPTU), on why truck drivers have also gone out on an indefinite strike in South Korea.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 14 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMajor Honda strike in northern India continuing | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Shivani, a union organiser with Bigul Mazdoor Basta, about the ongoing strike, protests and hunger strike by Honda motor workers in New Delhi.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 7 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSouth Korean workers stage massive strikes against both employers and government | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Kim Yong-Nam, union member from the Railways Union in South Korea, on the current mass strikes in South Korea and the issues that South Korean workers are facing.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 30 9 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMore Bangladesh workers die in factory fire but keep fighting | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Moniruzzaman Masum, Co-ordinator of the Comrade Rubel Workers Centre, on the recent fire at a packaging/foil factory that killed 34 workers. Also discussed was the state of workers organising in Bangladesh and prospect for the future.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 23 9 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGender issues in the garment sector in Indonesia | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Dian and Jumasi, labour activists in the garment industry in Indonesia, on gender and LGBTI issues facing workersAsia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 16 9 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean180,000,000 Indian workers go on general strike | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Nambiath Vasudevan, President, New Trade Union Initiative - a federation of Indian trade unions, belonging to formal and informal sectors - and convenor, Trade Union Solidarity Committee, Mumbai, on the massive general strike in India on September 2nd that saw 180 million workers participate.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 9 9 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanInternational solidarity and the global picketline concept | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Manrico Moro, vice president AAWL, on how the global picketline concept can make international solidarity between workers much more powerful.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 2 9 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe ongoing crisis for the uprising in Syria and solidarity | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Joe Daher, actvist from Syria Freedom Forever, about the current situation in Syria, the state of the popular uprising, and the need for concrete solidarity to stop the war.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 26 8 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe CUB dispute in Melbourne and Fiji nuclear fallout documentary | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.First interview is with Steve Diston, organiser with the Electrical Trades Union of Victoria, on the continuing dispute at the CUB brewery against outsourcing and its international links and significance.Second interview is with Nick McLellan, journalist and long time activist, and the production of a documentary, titled Kirisimasi, on the continuing issue of radiation exposure and sickness among Fiji service personnel from the UK atomic tests.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 19 8 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMore scandals hit Australia's concentration camp in Nauru | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Chris Breen, from Refugee Action Collective, on the latest scandal to hit Nauru's concentration camp and what the release of these latest files on Nauru incidents will mean for the fight for refugee rights in Australia.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 12 8 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDeath squads kills hundreds in working class communities in the Philippines | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Arnel, International Relations Officer of the Labour Party of the Philippines, on the murder of hundreds of working class people by death squads as part of Philippines President Duterte campaign against drugs.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 5 8 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMigrant powerline workers in Australia left unprotected by Thiess and the courts | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Matthew Boyd, organiser with the Electrical Trades Union of Victoria, on how Filipino migrant workers were told not to join a union by the giant engineering company Thiess, and the difficulty of obtaining justice for migrant workers in Australia .Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 29 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe effects of the latest political murder in Cambodia on workers | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Mora Sar, president of the Cambodia Food Workers’ Association, on the recent murder of political activist Kem Ley and its significance for workers and labour organising in Cambodia.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 22 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRepression of labour activists in South Korea intensifies with jail sentences | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Mikyung Ryu, International Relations Officer with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), on the 5 year jail sentence given to Han Sang-gyun, KCTU President, the detention and arrests of other prominent labour leaders, and the significance of this crakdown on the working class movement in South Korea.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 15 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBaba Jan jailing and repression in Pakistan | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Farooq Tariq, from the Awami Workers Party, on the reasons and political significance of the sentencing of Baba Jan and 11 of his fellow activists to 40 years in jail. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 8 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIranian workers taking up the fight to the government of Iran | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Farid Partovi, spokesperson from the International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI), on the repression that workers in Iran face, how they organise against it, hunger strikes in prison, and the value of international solidarity.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 1 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers fight against outsourcing at Australian brewery | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Steve Diston, organiser with the Electrical Trades Union, on the fight by 50 workers to oppose outsourcing at the giant Carlton United Brewery Company in Melbourne, Australia.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 24 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy it is important to support radical radio | Asia Pacific Currents (APC) is a unique program that brings you labour struggles from the Asia Pacific region from the worker's perspectives.APC can be heard on independent and radical 3CR Radio. 3CR Radio is self funded and needs your support to stay on air.To donate to 3CR RadioAsia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 17 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPolitical cartoonist facing Sedition Law charges in Malaysia | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Zulkiflie Anwar Haque, known as Zunar, a political cartoonist in Malaysia who is facing 43 years in jail under the Sedition Law because of his work exposing corruption and censorship in Malaysia.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 10 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe unfinished business of Aboriginal justice in Australia | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Celeste Little, organiser with the National Tertiay Education Union, on the Recognise campaign in Australia and the ongoing campaign for justice for Aboriginal people in Australia.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 3 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOrganising in Malaysia against constant government repression | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) General Secretary Sivarajan Arumugam on the state of workers organisation in Malaysia and recent mobilisations against corruption and repression.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 27 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanInternational solidarity at the LabourStart Conference | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Piergiorgio Moro, AAWL Secretary, on his presentation of the Global PicketLine concept at the LabourStart conference held earlier in May in Toronto, Canada.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 20 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers take on electronics company in the Philippines | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Arnel from the Labour Party of the Philippines on the importance of the struggle by Sytic Electronic workers in the Cavite export processing zoneAsia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 13 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers stand against the new Labour Law in Cambodia | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Sineat Yon, labour activist and founder of a workers co-operative for garment workers, on the reasons why workers in Cambodia are against the new Labour Law.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 6 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe fight for health and safety at Samsung in South Korea | Labour updates of workers' struggles from Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, India and Bangladesh.Interview with Dr. Jeong-ok Kong, spokesperson of SHARPS (Supporters of Health And Right of People in Semiconductor Industry) on the continuing fight to protect workers employed by the giant Samsung Corporation in South Korea.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 29 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Rana Plaza collapse - 3 years on and still no justice for murdered workers | Labour updates from Ausralia, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Palestine, the upcoming International Workers Memorial Day, and May Day.Interview with Josh Cullinan, Secretary of the Australia Bangladesh Solidarity Network (ABSN), on the Rana Plaza collapse in Dhaka - Bangladesh in 2013, the aftermath of this mass murder of workers, and upcoming commemoration this Sunday in Melbourne, Australia.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links | 22 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe fight by Aboriginal people against the NT Intervention and the Basic Card | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Arrernte, Alyawerr woman from Central Australia, on the terrible consequences of the NT Intervention on Aboriginal people and how the Basic Card is literally starving people.To support, you can donate at:WESTPAC BANKAccount Name: Alekerre First Nations Culture Trust (ABN 72898026672)Account Type: Community Solutions AccountHome Branch: Alice Springs BSB/Account No: 035303 / 391168 Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 15 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPalestine - a one state solution to the present impasse? | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Ali Abunimah, author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli Palestinian Impasse, and co-founder and director of the The Electronic Intifada on the way forward for the Palestinian struggle.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 8 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe fight for civil rights by Polynesians in New Zealand | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Will Ilolahia, a co-founder of the civil rights New Zealand organisation the Polynesian Panthers, on racism and human rights in New Zealand.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 1 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Syrian civil war - perspectives from the region | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Farah Kobaissy, member of Socialist Forum in Lebanon, on the Syrian civil war and local perspectives.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 25 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRefugees are workers - Let Them Stay | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Amanda Zifcik from the Refugee Action Collective about the Let Them Stay campaignAsia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 18 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWomen rights and the struggle for equality in the Philippines | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Lisa Maza, spokesperson of Gabriela, a feminist women's organisation in the Philippines on the struggle for gender equality in the Philippines.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 11 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFighting to free jailed workers in India - The Pricol 8 | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Agnitra Ghosh, Executive Council Member, All India Central Council of Trade Union (AICCTU).He talks about the background and reasons for the sentencing of 8 workers from the Pricol automotive assembly company in Tamil Nadu. India, to double life sentences in jail.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 4 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRepression and resistance under military dictatorship in Thailand | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region and interview with anti military activist in Thailand | 19 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGender violence and the USA military in the Philippines | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the region and interview on gender violence and the USA military in the Philippines | 12 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHuman rights abuses under military rule in Fiji | Human rights abuses continue in Fiji under military rule and labour updates from around the region | 5 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCambodian garment workers fight for a living wage | Update on labour struggles in the region and interview with Sineat Yon on ongoing campaign by garment workers in Cambodia | 18 12 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers struggles in the Philippines and regional solidarity | Labour updates of workers' struggles from countries in the Asia-Pacific region and interview with Len Cooper on workers struggles in the Philippines | 11 12 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe fight for refugee rights in Australia continues | Labour updates from workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region and interview with Chris Breen on refugee rights in Australia | 4 12 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanClimate change and the role of the workers movement | Labour updates of workers struggles from the Asia Pacific region and why climate change is a workers issue | 27 11 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLabour protests against APEC summit in the Philippines | Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region and opposition to the APEC summit in the Philippines | 20 11 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers in Iran organising against exploitation and repression | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region and interview with Farid Partovi from IASWI on Iranian workers | 13 11 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCambodian workers and fighting for better rights | Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region and interview with Sineat Yon - unionist from Cambodia | 6 11 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIndian workers struggles at Bridgestone, Maruti Suzuki and Ssangyong | Labour updates and in depth coverage of recent industrial disputes in northern India around casualisation and independent unionism | 30 10 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe struggle in Palestine - where to now? | Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region and interview with Reem Yunis on the current state of the Palestinian struggle | 23 10 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSedition Act used in Malaysia to suppress dissent | Updates on Asia Pacific workers struggles and how the Sedition Act used in Malaysia to suppress dissent | 16 10 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFight against casualisation at Philippines Airlines starts up again | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region and interview with Alnem Pretencio from the PALEA union | 9 10 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers in South Korea fighting back against government and company's offensive | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region and the South Korean labour movement | 2 10 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCorruption and popular protests in Malaysia | Anti government mobilisations in Malaysia and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region | 25 9 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe great Indian general strike in September 2015: Part two | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region and further analysis of the historic Indian general strike | 18 9 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe great Indian general strike September 2015 - Part 1 | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region and analysis of the huge general strike in India this September | 11 9 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJapanese people get organised against nuclear industry and militarism | Labour updates including world's biggest strike in India and the growing movement in Japan against war and militarism | 4 9 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers organising in Sri Lanka free trade zones and Ansell campaign | Labour updates in the Asia Pacific region and workers Ansell campaign in Sri Lanka and Australia | 28 8 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers organising in the Asia Pacific region | Labour updates from Australia, Malaysia, South Korea, China, India and Iraq | 21 8 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe fight for refugee rights in Australia - the Tamil situation | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific and anti deportation actions in Australia | 7 8 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorkers organising internationally - The Global Picketline | Regional labour updates and the Global Picketline concept for international solidarity | 10 7 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFar right and fascists movements in the Asia Pacific region | Regional labour updates and discussion about far right and fascists movements in the Asia Pacific region | 3 7 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOrganising workers in East Timor | Regional labour updates and interview with Elmurio Vila Nova, General Secretary of the General Workers Union of East Timor | 26 6 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanConditions for workers in Cambodia and organising efforts | Regional labour updates and interviews with Cambodian unionists | 19 6 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanUnions organising in Papua New Guinea and solidarity needs | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region and interview on organising workers in PNG | 5 6 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOrganising workers in Iran and international solidarity | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region and interview on organising workers in Iran | 29 5 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOrganising migrant workers on the Thai-Burma border and in Malaysia | Regional labour updates and Organising migrant workers on the Thai-Burma border and in Malaysia | 8 5 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanProtests against the GST in Malaysia and the use of repressive legislation | Regional updates and interview with Arul, general secretary of Socialist Party of Malaysia, on arrests, repression and the GST in Malaysia | 24 4 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAboriginal activist continues fight for justice for Palm Island community in Australia | Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region and interview with Lex Wotton on the ongoing fight for justice of Aboriginal people | 17 4 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAsia Pacific Currents 4 April 2015 | Regional labour updates and analysis of the workers movement in Indonesia | 3 4 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAsia Pacific Currents 28 March 2015 | Labour news from Asia Pacific and update on workers movement in Syria's civil war | 27 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanUpdate on the Syrian uprising and review of major labour issues of 2014 | Interview with Joe Daher from the Revolutionary Left Current on the situation in Syria and Iraq. End of year review of labour issues in the Asia Pacific region. This is the last program of APC for 2014. The first program for 2015 will be the first Saturday in February. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. | 12 12 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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