7.15am David Johnson spoke with Jessie about the work of Australian GP Claire Weeks on her patient-focused work on anxiety. The second part of this interview will be broadcast next week. 7.30am Les Thomas spoke about his new single The Firing Line which deals with the subject of genocide in Gaza, and the backfire against attempted censorship by Northcote venue the Wesley Anne, which has since issued an apology for cancelling the single launch. The single will now be launched at The Curtin, at 3pm on Sunday 31 August, after the weekly solidarity March for Palestine. 7.45am Margaret Beavis from Medical Association for the Prevention of War spoke on the 80th anniversary of the horrific nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, spoke about events happening across Naarm and urged listeners to sign a petition for the Australian government to join the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty (link below).https://icanw.org.au/ 8am Andy Bottriell from Cohealth spoke about the growing homelessness crisis, and the Homelessness Cup happening today from 11.30am at JJ Holland Park, corner of Kensington Road & Childers St in Kensington. 8.15am Alison Thorne from Freedom Socialist Party about the first Australian publication from the party, The Fight against Fascism and the Far Right: Voices from the front line. The book is available from 113 Spring St, Reservoir, or email freedom.socialist.party.australia@gmail.com, or visit socialism.com.

 7.15am Eugene Doyle spoke on the upcoming anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, in the context of the genocide in Gaza, and the pressure put on Japan in response to the 'snub' to Israel in 2024. The 80th anniversary of the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony, to be held on August 9th commemorates the atomic bombing of Nagasaki by United States Military in 1945, which killed an estimated 74,000 people and is meant to honor the victims, express a wish for lasting world peace, and advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Eugene publishes regularly at solidarity.co.nz 7.30am Dr Scott Bennett senior lecturer in marine ecology at University of Tasmania spoke on the algal blooms off the coast of South Australia, their ongoing impact and prospects for the futureMore information at https://greatsouthernreef.com/ 7.50am Roscoe Lee Brown from Radio Rata gave an update both on the 'independence' referendum in Kanaky, and on the proceedings at the International Seabed Authority meeting, which finished on 25 July.https://www.instagram.com/rata_so_called_syd 8.10am Harry Darner gave a quick update on the pickets against tower demolition and latest developments.https://www.savepublichousing.com/ 8.20 am Discussion in light of the recent twelve day war between Israel and Iran with two Iranian Activists Axel, a freelance geopolitics analyst and an anonymous Iranian activist. In this final part of a 4 part series, we discuss the potential of negotiations between Iran and the other world powers and what would need to happen to try to stop something like this happening again

1, Discussion in light of the recent twelve day war between Israel and Iran with two Iranian Activists Axel, a freelance geopolitics analyst and an anonymous Iranian activist. In this second part of a 4 part series, we discuss whether the balance of power has shifted following the 12 day war 2, Roscoe Lee Brown of Radio RATA will join us in the studio to discuss RATA News, Kanaky and Indigenous Liberation news from the Oceana region and beyond. 3, Market Forces on fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, and the people funding it. 4, Kelly Flanagan, a Wiradjuri woman, recently released from Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s maximum security prison. 5, Clare Hanson from Save Public Housing Collective, on towers and upcoming rally.

//Discussion on Kenyan protests with Nita // Interview with Roscoe Lee Brown of Radio Rata on Indigenous liberation struggles in the Asia-Pacifichttps://www.instagram.com/resisdance_radio/// Interview with Berlin Guerrero regarding Vice President of the Phillipines and daughter of Rodrigo Duterte Sara Duterte's visit to Melbourne last weekFind out more about the movement for the people of the Phillippines:https://linktr.ee/bayanaustralia

// Segment 1Greg Barns - Erosion of international law concerning Israel/US attack on Iran // Segment 2 Eugene Doyle - Geopolitical situation Globally concerning Iran // Segment 3Ally from Elbit out of Vic concerning week of action this week // Segment 4Gem Romuld from ICAN concerning nuclear weapons and Iran

Radiothon Show Guests: 7.10 - Jamali7.15 - Allison7:25 - Roscoe7:35 - Cheryl7:45 - Paulie Stewart7:55 - Tony Biggs8:05 - Van Walker8:15 - Iris Thank you to all the contributors for this Radiothon edition

 - Kathy Reid, PhD School of Cybernetics on AI and Privacy - Thomas Sankara Centre in Burkina Fasohttps://www.patreon.com/BurkinaBooks - Clayton from VS regarding the stunt at Northland Shopping Centre and upcoming action this Saturday - Jane Morton from XR regarding gas North West Shelf Expansionhttps://ausrebellion.earth/events 

7.15am Kathy Reid, a PhD candidate at the School of Cybernetics at ANU, has been at the forefront of the open source community in Australia, having spent several years on the board of Linux Australia, including 2 years as President, formulating and executing their strategic plan. Prior to that, she spent several years as Platforms and Operations Manager at Deakin University, working as a technical lead on web platforms and operationalising emerging technology such as videoconferencing and digital signage. She spoke with Zoe about AI and Privacy - this was Part 1 of two parts. 7.30am Roscoe Lee Brown from Radio RATA, a professional journalist with decades of experience, is currently tasked through RATA along with Uncle Coco Wharton in Brisbane to unite the sovereign autochton families of resistance through the pacici in the struggle to decolonise and achieve liberation freedom and restitution. Roscoe works closely with the Brisbane Aboriginal sovereign embassy, Treaty Before Sports and Woomera Sovereign Union and Kanaky.https://www.instagram.com/radio__rata/ 7.45am Chloe Fragas from the National Justice Project spoke about the developments in their Alternative First Responders campaign.https://www.justice.org.au/https://alternativefirstresponders.com.au/ 8am Earlier this week we spoke to Keiran Stewart-Assheton, a traditional owner and sovereign Blak man from Wandi-Wandian Country in the Yuin Nation. Keiran is the founder of the Black Peoples Union, to speak about the aftermath of the failed voice referendum to parliament which was held in October 2023. https://www.3cr.org.au/yillamin

//Segment 1Excerpt from Community Voices on Community Radio Northern Beaches regarding australia's increasing secrecy on decisions regarding national security. //Segment 2Discussion with Roscoe Lee Rata concerning Kanaky and Indigenous Liberation globally

7.15am Maia from Yung Prodigy talking about the impact of the prison system on young family members. The love letter mentioned in the show is published on abouttime.org.au.https://yungprodigy.org/ 7.35am The use of copyrighted works to train AI systems remains contested legal territory. AI companies argue their use of copyrighted works for training purposes is transformative while they don’t pay money for using data which is used for training of machines. Dr Agata Mrva Montoya spoke to us about Meta and using pirated books to train AI.https://theconversation.com/meta-allegedly-used-pirated-books-to-train-ai-australian-authors-have-objected-but-us-courts-may-decide-if-this-is-fair-use-253105 8am Lastly, we broadcast coverage from MUA + Union Aid Abroad fundraiser for Timor Leste, held on the afternoon of the May Day rally. The day featured live entertainment from the Painters & Dockers.

HEADLINES // Palestine and remembering FRELIMO revolutionary Josina Machel 7:15AM //  Final part of interview with Sasha Gillies-Lekakis on History of CubaSasha Gillies Lekakis is a familiar voice on 3CR, in addition to co hosting Latin American Update and the Unitarian Half Hour, Sasha is a regular contributor to Tuesday Hometime and a host of other programs here on 3cr. Sasha is a PhD researcher in the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics (Spanish and Latin American Studies) at the University of Melbourne where his research focusses on Cuba-Pacific Islands cooperation in education and healthcare, development in the Global South, and South-South cooperation. He has travelled extensively throughout Cuba, Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Tonga for research and institutional collaborations, with a focus on fostering exchanges between Pacific Island Countries and Cuba..Sasha an incredible mind on all things Cuba, Latin America and beyond and an extremely gracious and geneours person. In this recording we speak about the history of Cuba, focusing on the colonisation by Spain and the subsequent independence wars 7:45AM // Interview with Zena Cumpston Zena Cumpston speaks to Zoe about indigenous food sovereignty on this continent. Zena is a Barkandji woman with Ancestral and familial belonging to Wilcannia, Menindee and Broken Hill in western New South Wales. She mostly works as a researcher, writer, artist and storyteller. Zena’s multidisciplinary practice is centred around protecting and celebrating Country. Through diverse adventures in storytelling she seeks to illuminate the innovation of her people, particularly focussing on plant knowledge. 8:00AM //  Interview with Dr. Raffale Ciriello ِDr Raffaele Ciriello is a tenured Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems at The University of Sydney Business School. He specialises in compassionate digital innovation and the ethical implications of emerging technologies including AI, blockchain and Web3. A dedicated mentor and educator, Raffaele draws upon his global academic background, industry collaborations, and fluency in multiple languages to enrich his teaching and research. His work aims to build understanding of the societal impact of digital advancements.8:15AM // Poem Samia Mikhail - I Am the Pain and Nothing Else, My Son Told e MI am Depressed SONGS// Viva Viva a FRELIMO 

 Welcome To Country News headlines Segment 1: IWD recording from 2023 on history of women's movement in Australia Segment 2:  Cyndi Makabory, a West Papuan-born activist and lawyer from the tribes of Waropen & Biak, currently living in Naarm on West Parpuan independence https://www.instagram.com/freewestpapua.australia/ Segment 3: Recording from Done by Law "Screenshot This" on social media law education project using Instagram Segment 4: Interview with Debbie Stothard book Women's Voices from the Revolution on Burma revolutionhttps://events.humanitix.com/book-launch-women-s-voices-from-the-revolution Event Announcements:IWD March 5.30pm Thursday at the State libraryDissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day 4 - 5.30pm Music:Cruel Sea Straight into the sunMiriam Makeba - Pata PataPenny Ikinger - Ride on Cowboy  

Part 2 of 2 of an Interview with Kim Sampson, the president of the Victorian branch of the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Society. This is the second part of the two-part interview following the series with the Victorian branch of the Australia-China Friendship Society. In this second part we discuss Vietnam politics and economy and end with what's on for the future of AVFSwww.avfs.org.auInterview with The Soil Podcast producer Jess Hamilton including Film/ticket giveaway: Common Ground, from the directors of the documentary film Kiss The Ground. Common Ground focuses on regenerative models of agriculture, and screens at Kino on Feb 26, The screening is a fundraiser for the six-part podcast Soil.www.thesoilpodcast.comhttps://www.pozible.com/profile/the-story-of-soilOxfam interview on article published in January 2025 showing Australia’s 47 billionaires take home on average $67,000 an hour, over 1300 times more than the average Australian, new Oxfam analysis reveals, as the anti-poverty organisation calls for the major parties to tax the fortunes of the super-rich to tackle rampant inequality.https://media.oxfam.org.au/2025/01/australian-billionaires-each-made-67000-an-hour-1300-times-more-than-the-average-australian/Takers Not Makers: How Billionaires Profit While Billions Struggle  | Oxfam Australia 14182-Crisis-Profits-Report-FINAL_MK_Digi-1.pdf Sign the petition: Make Tax Fair | Oxfam Australia

7.15am Kim Sampson, the president of the Victorian branch of the Australia Vietnam Friendship Society spoke about the AVFS, its beginnings, purpose and heads into discussions of Vietnam politics and economy. 7.45am Julian Cribb an Australian author and science writer about the continuing and emerging debate about whether COVID 19 had its origins in a laboratory, in so called gain of function experiments.https://johnmenadue.com/did-a-us-funded-biotechnology-experiment-ignite-the-worst-pandemic-of-modern-times/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372946677_Open_Letter_To_Nature_Medicinehttps://usrtk.org/covid-19-origins/timeline-the-proximal-origin-of-sars-cov-2/https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/t335agp59fnltwp4te9zggsta6rmc8https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Final-Report-7.pdf 8.10am Gamilaroi and Dharug man Travis De Vries, founder and managing director of Awesome Black, a creative agency and foundation, which tells stories, makes cool sh*t happen and helps individual creatives and organisations execute meaningful, authentic and professionally awesome projects.https://awesomeblack.studio/https://awesomeblack.org/shows/frontier-war-stories/https://www.instagram.com/awesomeblackfoundation/ SongsJess Hitchcock - Homeward BoundAndrew Gurruwiwi Band - Yaa Djamarrkuli

Debbie Brennan from Radical Women spoke about the probability of revolution and the Radical Women Manifesto reading group that starts this Saturday 8 Feb, at Solidarity Salon. To join email rw.aus@radicalwomen.org President of the Australia China Friendship Society Victoria Branch Lev Lafayette discusses the economic history and achievements of the nation, the BRI and why the country is so often characterised as a threat in our media.www.acfs-vic.org Krautungalung Elder Bunjilenee Uncle Robbie delivering an eviction notice in front of Parliament House where an "Australia Day" flag raising ceremony was due to be taking place. Following Uncle Robbie's speech, we hear from First Nations activists Uncle Claude, Black People people's union secretary Jasper Cohen Hunter and Mini Miller AKA RaceRage an activist and musician. Julian Cribb, science writer, spoke about the continuing and emerging debate about whether the SARS cov-2 virus or COVID 19 as its more commonly called, had its origins in  nature or whether it had its origins in a laboratory,  in so called gain of function experiments (part one). Further reading:https://johnmenadue.com/did-a-us-funded-biotechnology-experiment-ignite-the-worst-pandemic-of-modern-times/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372946677_Open_Letter_To_Nature_Medicinehttps://usrtk.org/covid-19-origins/timeline-the-proximal-origin-of-sars-cov-2/https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/t335agp59fnltwp4te9zggsta6rmc8https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Final-Report-7.pdf 

Acknowledgement of CountryNews HeadlinesLev Lafayette, Part 2 of the interview with the president of the Australia China Friendship Society Victoria on the first day of the Lunar New YearRapper Philly performing at the Abolish Australia event held on 25th of January - Language warning for this musical performanceDr. Mariano Heyden - Potential impacts of second Trump presidency on the Australian business landscapeSasha Gillies-Lekakis - USA-Cuba policy backflip concerning the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism

7.15am Cheryl from the Indigenous Social Justice Association spoke about deaths in custody and the campaigns of ISJA in the context of the upcoming Invasion Day.http://www.isjamelbourne.com/ 7.30am Dr Saffiyah Abbas from the Medical Association for the Prevention of War spoke about the impact of the incarceration of Palestinian healthworkers on Gaza - part of commemorating the week of action for Palestinian 'prisoners'.https://samidoun.net/2025/01/free-ahmad-saadat-and-all-palestinian-prisoners-week-of-action-january-15-22-2025/https://www.instagram.com/healthcareworkerswatch/https://action.amnesty.org.au/act-now/release-paediatrician-and-hospital-director-dr-hussam-abu-safiya 7.45am Lev Lafayette from the Australia China Friendship Society 8am Kat Lucas-Healey senior climate & energy advisor at Environment Victoria talking about the need to buttress the getting off gas initiatives by the Victorian state government in the face of push-back by the large gas companies.https://environmentvictoria.org.au/2025/01/21/write-a-submission-and-help-slash-gas-pollution/ SongsGillian Welch - Everything Is FreeEmily Wurramarra - Lady Blue

Madison Moffat & Sasja Sydek introducing their new collective, Trans Justice Alliance Victoria, and their urgent public letter of demand to VicPol to stop attending Midsumma Festival.You can listen to Madison and Sasja on Queering The Air on 3CR every Sunday from 3-4pm, or head to 3cr.org.au/queeringtheair for all their previous episodes. Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker & Samantha Floreani on Digital Rights under Surveillance Capitalism: We listen to an episode of Women on the Line that was first aired in 2022 named Digital Rights under Surveillance Capitalism which was conducted by Priya Kunjan . This episode is ever relevant in the era of chat gpt. Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker is a Nyungar technologist and digital rights activist who serves on the board of Electronic Frontiers Australia. Samantha Floreani is a digital rights activist and writer living on unceded Wurundjeri land.  You can listen to the full talk here: https://www.3cr.org.au/womenontheline/episode/digital-rights-under-surveillance-capitalism   Bree Ahrens from Environmental Centre NT speaking about the effects of Fracking in the Betaloo Basin. You can learn more about ECNT's work here : https://www.ecnt.org.au/  Songs:Gotta be strong by Warumpi BandPrembeshwa by Trio MioRedfern Girl by Glen Skuthorpe

Welcome To Country On Marty Caught up with Sara Saleh, writer, poet & People United Against Genocide delegate, spoke about the action in Canberra to implore politicians to do more to stop the genocide in Gaza.On 30 October 2024, Sonia spoke with Tim Breidis researcher into radical student histories spoke about his research and the podcast he co-hosts, A People's History of Australiahttp://www.peopleshistory.com.au/On 13 November, we spoke to Mariota from the Refugee Action Collective. She spoke to us about the work RAC are doing in the ongoing campaign for refugee rights in Australia including what's next now that the Naarm encampment at the Department of Home Affairs has wrapped up after 100 consecutive days of 24/7 protest. Mariota spoek to us about Labour's Deportation - the latest in a series of punitive measures targeting the small group of people released from indefinite detention since November 2023. The new measures seek to drastically expand the Government’s powers, allowing it to warehouse people in third countries, reverse protection findings made for refugees, and continue to impose punitive visa conditions on those who remainMarty caught up with Davey Heller and Axel. Davey is an activist, journalist and unionist joined us to discuss his recent article published on class conscious about Syria. Axel is a freelance researcher in geopolitical economy and economic development.

 Welcome To Country We played the speeches from the Coburg Town Hall Event on 23 November, Voice from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis. Speakers were: 1. Kirsty Howey, Executive Director of Environment Centre NT2. Aunt Miliwanga Wurrben, Rembarrnga Traditional Owner, healer & artist3. Adam Gaston, Mangarrayi man and advocate for country4. Mililma May, Danggalaba Kulumbirigin Tiwi community organiser5. Dr Louise Woodward, NT PaediatricianSongsPacific artists for Climate Justice - This is Our HOmeNo Fixed Address - We have survived