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Resisting Labor's betrayal on the NDIS | Green Left Show #83

Sat, 02 May 2026 20:29:06 +1000

Graham Matthews joins the Green Left Show to discuss Labor's planned cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - the "largest rollback of disability rights in a generation".

Matthews is the Socialist Alliance national spokesperson on disability rights.

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On The Streets | ANZAC Day and anti-war organising

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:06:01 +1000

On The Streets is a podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

On this episode we discuss anti-war campaigning and international solidarity with Cuba, Iran, Lebanon and Palestine.

Find more upcoming events here.

Subscribe to updates from the Global Sumud Flotilla here.

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ASU campaigns for better wages and conditions | Green Left Radio

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:25:33 +1000

Tash Wark joined Green Left Radio to talk about the industrial campaign to win better wages and conditions for council workers across 8 councils through a multi-employer agreement.

Council workers will be taking 24-hour strike action on May 5 to escalate their campaign.

Wark is the Victorian secretary of the Australian Services Union (ASU). The whole episode can be heard on 3CR here.

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Surviving mental health diagnoses and sexual assault | Green Left Radio

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:55:32 +1000

Brooke Forbes joins Green Left Radio to discuss her new book Survival is an Instinct. The book blends fiction and non-fiction to create a multi-layered portrayal of surviving mental health diagnoses and sexual assault.

Survival is an Instinct asks whether justice can be achieved through the very act of surviving, looks at where the legal system is failing survivors and talks to the exploitation of workplace power dynamics.

Forbes is a lawyer, author and survivor from Muloobinba/Newcastle. The whole episode can be heard on 3CR here.

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On The Streets | Stop violence rallies & Palestinian Prisoners' Day

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:47:29 +1000

On The Streets is a podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

On this episode we discussed the nationwide protests to stop violence against women and children, Palestinian Prisoners' Day and resisting repression of the Palestine solidarity movement.

Find more upcoming events here.

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The ongoing struggle for democratic rights in Indonesia

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:19:52 +1000

Jacob Andrewartha from Green Left speaks to Neysia Novaristia and Rizaldi Ageng Wicaksono, members of Perserikatan Sosialis (Socialist Union) in Indonesia about the ongoing struggle for democratic rights in Indonesia following the crackdown by the Prabowo government on participants in the mass August 2025 protests in Indonesia.

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Free Marwan Barghouti | Green Left Radio

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:40:50 +1000

Muayad Ali joined Green Left Radio on April 10 to discuss the campaign to free Marwan Barghouti, who has unjustly imprisoned for resisting oppression and fighting for the rights of his people for more than 23-years.

Ali is a Palestinian organiser with Free Palestine Melbourne. You can listen to the whole episode on 3CR here.

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On The Streets | Hands off Lebanon, Iran and Palestine

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:32:36 +1000

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

This episode, we discuss protests against Israel's bombardment of Lebanon and the ongoing United States-Israel war on Iran. We also discuss upcoming protests against violence against women and for Palestine Prisoners' Day.

Find more upcoming events here.

Music and editing by Sean Valenzuela/@LittleArcherBeats.

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An Iranian voice about the impacts of war | Green Left Radio

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:45:35 +1000

Ali Keshtkar joined Green Left Radio on April 10 to discuss the impacts of the War on Iran and how socialists can best oppose a war being waged against a regime they're in struggle against.

Keshtkar is an Iranian-Australian writer and political activist based in Naarm/Melbourne. He has lived in exile for over three decades and is a former political prisoner and survivor of the death sentence in Iran.

You can listen to the individual episode on 3CR here.

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National rally against violence | Green Left Radio

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:17:55 +1000

Sarah Williams from What Were you Wearing Australia (WWYW) joined Green Left Radio on April 10 to discuss the upcoming nationwide rallies against domestic and family violence on April 18-19. WWYW is an Indigenous, youth-led charity fighting to end sexual violence in Australia. You can listen to the whole program on 3CR.

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On The Streets | Setting sail for Gaza and defending free speech

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:51:30 +1000

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

This episode, we discuss a range of events held to support the people joining the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is set to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and break Israel's blockade, and a rally opposing anti-free speech laws in Queensland.

Find more upcoming events here.

Music and editing by Sean Valenzuela/@LittleArcherBeats.

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On The Streets: Protests oppose US wars, imperialism

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:10:23 +1100

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

This episode, we discuss anti-war and refugee rights protests on Palm Sunday, Palestine Land Day and Trans Day of Visibility protests.

Find more upcoming events here.

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Resisting transphobia under Trump | Green Left Radio

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:23:11 +1100

Simone Titone, a neuroscientist originally from the United States, joins Green Left Radio to discuss the growing transphobic attacks from the Trump administration and how members of the LGBT community are attempting to escape persecution. You can listen to the whole show on the 3CR website.

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Why you should support the Global Sumud Flotilla | Green Left Show #82

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +1100

The Global Sumud Flotilla is once again preparing to set sail for Gaza to deliver urgent life-saving humanitarian aid and break Israel's illegal siege.

Ethan Floyd and Sam Woripa Watson joined the Green Left Show to discuss why they are joining this year's flotilla.

Support Ethan Floyd sailing with the flotilla: https://chuffed.org/project/170931-support-ethan-floyd-sailing-with-the-flotilla

Support Sam Woripa Watson sailing with the flotilla: https://chuffed.org/project/169135-support-sam-watson-sailing-with-the-flotilla

More info about the flotilla: https://globalsumudflotilla.org/

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On The Streets | Vic teachers’ strike and nationwide march for forests

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:37:25 +1100

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

This episode, we discuss the massive teachers and school staff strike in Victoria, the nationwide marches for forests and protests in solidarity with Cuba.

We highlight upcoming forums on the war on Iran and Palm Sunday protests for peace this weekend.

Find more upcoming events here.

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Helen Yaffe: This is a very serious moment for Cuba | Green Left Show #81

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:35:12 +1100

Latin American political economy professor, Helen Yaffe joins the Green Left Show to discuss the current strangulation policies imposed by the US government against Cuba.

View this episode online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1450/world/green-left-show-81-helen-yaffe-very-serious-moment-cuba

Cuba needs your solidarity now, she says.

This episode covered: 1:47 the current situation in Cuba; 11:09 practical impacts of US strangulation policy; 14:54 oil supplies from Russia, Venezuela and Mexico; 20:23 US-Cuba 'negotiations'; 28:08 the Nuestra América Convoy; 31:36 Cuba as a positive example; 37:38 infant mortality and motherhood in Cuba; and 42:16 why Cuba needs solidarity now!

In the interview she refers to this article she wrote in Jacobin.

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On The Streets | Protesting the US-Israeli war on Iran

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:58:20 +1100

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

This episode, we discuss more protests against the United States-Israeli war on Iran, and Australia's involvement in that illegal war. We also discuss upcoming protests to save our forests, hands off Cuba, ending racial discrimination and Green Left's Ecosocialism Seminar in Sydney.

Find more upcoming events here.

Music and editing by Sean Valenzuela/@LittleArcherBeats.

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Grassroots campaign to save 44 public housing towers | Green Left Radio

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:21:36 +1100

Jackson Payne from Stop the Demo joined Green Left Radio on March 13 to speak about the campaign to oppose the destruction of 44 public housing towers by the state Labor government. You can listen to more from that day's show at 3CR.

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Bombing Iran has nothing to do with supporting democratic rights | Green Left Radio

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:31:19 +1100

Iranian community member Abbas Saeidavi joins Green Left Radio this week on 3CR to discuss a left-wing Iranian response to the US-Israel led war against Iran. The bombing has nothing to do with supporting democratic rights for those in Iran.

Abbas Saeidavi is a member of the Iranian diaspora and part of Voices of Revolution Iran in Naarm/Melbourne

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On The Streets | International Women's Day protests

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:50:24 +1100

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

This episode, we discuss International Women's Day protests, rallies opposing the war on Iran and the crack down on freedom of speech in Queensland.

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Why is Labor criminalising freedom of speech?

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:58:43 +1100

Green Left and Socialist Alliance held this forum on Resisting genocide and police repression — Why is Labor criminalising freedom of speech? at the Resistance Centre in Gadigal Country/Sydney on February 26.

Speakers included Palestinian activist from Gaza Shamikh Badra; Tim Roberts from the NSW Council of Civil Liberties; Grace Street, president of the University of Sydney Student Represenative Council; Yehuda Aharon from Jews Against the Occupation ’48; and Pip Hinman from Socialist Alliance. It was chaired by Isaac Nellist from Socialist Alliance.

They discussed the attacks of civil rights by the Chris Minns Labor government in NSW, particularly in the context of the police violence against people protesting Israeli President Isaac Herzog at Sydney Town Hall on February 9.

They also discussed the current anti-protest laws and how to build the campaign to resist repression and defeat these undemocratic measures.

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0:00 Shamikh Badra

13:23 Tim Roberts

21:54 Grace Street

30:51 Yehuda Aharon

43:39 Pip Hinman

55:23 Mark Gillespie

57:14 Shamikh Badra

1:00:56 Grace Street

1:05:46 Tim Roberts

1:14:49 Pip Hinman

1:20:35 Yehuda Aharon

1:26:34 Rachel Evans

1:28:19 Tim Roberts

1:30:35 Pip Hinman

1:33:00 Yehuda Aharon

1:35:45 Grace Street

1:38:21 Shamikh Badra

Eyewitness report: Cuba under siege

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:51:58 +1100

Marx del Rosario visited Cuba in January 2026 with the Southern Cross Brigade organised by the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society. He spoke to Green Left's Peter Boyle on February 28.

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On The Streets | Hands off Iran protests and Palestine activists barred from Mardi Gras

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:23:46 +1100

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

This episode we discuss protests against the United States and Israel's war on Iran, Pride in Protest being barred from the Mardi Gras parade and rallies in solidarity with Cuba and Venezuela.

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On the Streets | Protesting US bases and imperialism

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:48:44 +1100

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

This episode we discuss the global day of action against military bases and promote upcoming Palestine solidarity protests.

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On The Streets | Demanding justice for TJ and an end to police attacks

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:44:54 +1100

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-size updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

Find more upcoming events here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/events

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On The Streets | Police violence at anti-Herzog protests

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:31:55 +1100

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-size updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

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Trump's war on Venezuela & Latin America

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:39:00 +1100

This is a recording from the public forum 'Trump's War on Venezuela & Latin America', on January 29 in Naarm/Melbourne.

The forum was chaired by Socialist Alliance national co-convenor Sue Bull. The speakers were Federico Fuentes (editor of LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal) and Carlos Eduardo Morreo (Venezuelan anti-colonial activist and member of the Green Institute).

Read and listen to more on the Green Left website.

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On The Streets | War criminal Isaac Herzog not welcome & Kurdish community rallies

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:18:45 +1100

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-size updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

Isaac Herzog rally details: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1446/news/protest-war-criminal-isaac-herzog

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Defend democratic rights, reject Labor's 'hate laws' | Green Left Radio

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:06:25 +1100

Jonathan Strauss joins Green Left Radio on 3CR to discuss Labor’s "Combating Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill". Strauss, who is a member of Socialist Alliance and has written about these laws for Green Left, argues that those who want the right to oppose genocide, or to defend democratic rights should reject these laws.

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On The Streets | Invasion Day protests and protesting Isaac Herzog

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:45:37 +1100

On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-size updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.

This episode we discuss the Invasion Day protests on January 26, solidarity protests with Rojava and promote upcoming forums and rallies.

Naarm/Melbourne Venezuela forum: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026-01/event/venezuela-latin-america-trumps-war-latin-america

Gadigal Country/Sydney Venezuela forum: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026-01/event/forum-trump-out-venezuela-hands-latin-america

Find more upcoming events here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/events

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Stop Trump's colonial assault on Venezuela | Green Left Show #80

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:37:34 +1100

On January 3, the United States carried out a direct military operation against Venezuela. US forces bombed targets in and around Caracas, struck the electrical grid, killed over one hundred people, and abducted Venezuela’s sitting president, Nicolás Maduro, along with his wife and National Assembly deputy Cilia Flores.

Federico Fuentes, socialist journalist, writer for Green Left and editor of Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, joined the Green Left Show to discuss the current situation in Venezuela and how we can build the solidarity movement here in Australia.

Fred is addressing two public forums co-hosted by Green Left and Socialist Alliance on Venezuela next week, in Naarm/Melbourne on Thursday, January 29 and in Gadigal Country/Sydney on Saturday, January 31.

Details here: Naarm/Melbourne: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026-01/event/venezuela-latin-america-trumps-war-latin-america

Gadigal Country/Sydney: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026-01/event/forum-trump-out-venezuela-hands-latin-america

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Rojava Revolution Under Threat | Green Left Radio

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:35:01 +1100

Peter Boyle, Socialist Alliance member and long-time solidarity activist with the Kurdish liberation struggle, joins Green Left Radio on 3CR to discuss the grave situation in Northern Syria and why Rojava demands our solidarity.

Listen to more Green Left podcasts here.

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Organising workers in today’s economy | Ecosocialism 2025

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:06:23 +1100

This is a recording of the session on "Organising workers in today’s economy" at Ecosocialism 2025.

Speakers included: Jiselle Hanna (then newly elected secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) Victorian branch and long-time trade unionist), Jacqueline Kriz (Socialist Alliance member and former President of Geelong Trades Hall) and Kumarr (a labour researcher from Singapore).

See more recordings at: www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1445/analysis/videos-and-podcasts-ecosocialism-2025-conference and find out more about the Ecosocialism conferences at: ecosocialism.org.au.

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Always was, always will be! First Nations fight back for sovereignty | Ecosocialism 2025

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:23:11 +1100

This recording is from the "Always was, always will be! First Nations fight back for sovereignty" panel at Ecosocialism 2025. You can watch a video of this session at: https://www.youtube.com/live/f2rccgsH3fM.

The panel featured: Senator Lidia Thorpe (Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung activist and Independent Senator for Victoria), Celeste Liddle (Celeste Liddle is an Arrernte woman, union organiser, freelance writer and activist), Raelene Cooper (Mardudhunera woman, former Chair of the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation, founder of Save our Songlines), and Arama Rata (Māori researcher, writer, and organiser whose work centres on Indigenous solidarities and Internationalism; anti-colonial methodologies; and liberatory pedagogies).

See more at: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1445/analysis/videos-and-podcasts-ecosocialism-2025-conference

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Does Israel have a right to exist? | Ecosocialism 2025

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:12:26 +1100

This is a recording from Ecosocialism 2025: Ecosocialism not barbarism conference held in Naarm/Melbourne September 5-7, 2025.

The panel featured: Yousef Alreemawi (award-winning Palestinian-Australian musician, thinker, and storyteller), Jordy Silverstein (historian and writer and a member of the Loud Jew Collective) and Markela Panegyres (activist, artist and advocate for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement within the university sector).

More recordings can be found here: www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1445/analysis/videos-and-podcasts-ecosocialism-2025-conference and initial information about the coming Ecosocialism 2026 conference can be found here: ecosocialism.org.au

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01 Opening Panel: Ecosocialism not barbarism | Ecosocialism 2025

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 18:27:15 +1100

This is an audio recording of the opening panel - Ecosocialism not barbarism - at the Ecosocialism 2025 conference held in Naarm/Melbourne September 5-7, 2025.

This panel featured: Sue Bolton (Sue Bolton is a veteran socialist activist, member of Socialist Alliance National Executive, and councillor on Merri-bek City Council), Ammar Ali Jan (Ammar Ali Jan, general secretary of the Haqooq-e-Khalq (Peoples Rights) Party and a member of the Council of Advisors of the Progressive International), Cyn Huang (Cyn Huang is member of the Bread & Roses caucus inside the Democratic Socialists of America).

Recordings of Ecosocialism 2025 can be found here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1445/analysis/videos-and-podcasts-ecosocialism-2025-conference

Ecosocialism 2026 will be held in Magan-djin/Brisbane September 11-13, 2026.

Global Sumud Flotilla activists: 'Keep building the Palestine movement' | Green Left Show #79

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +1100

Surya McEwen and Madeleine Habib both participated in the Global Sumud Flotilla, which aimed to break Israel's blockade of Gaza and deliver urgently needed aid to starving Palestinians. They spoke to the Green Left Show about the impact of the flotilla and how to keep building the Palestine solidarity movement.

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Housing for people not for profit | Green Left Show #78

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:09:02 +1100

Sydney's Inner West Council (IWC) claims its "Fairer Futures" plan will help address the dire housing affordability crisis by building tens of thousands of new homes. But housing campaigners are warning that affordable homes will be demolished to make way for expensive, luxury apartments.

Erina Delinicolas and Duncan Roden are renters at 50–52 Warren Road in Marrickville, the first site slated for demolition under the new plan. They joined the Green Left Show to discuss why the IWC's pro-developer plan is flawed and suggest alternatives that put people before profit.

Both are involved in the Better Future Coalition, a group of Inner West residents who are campaigning against the Fairer Future plan, calling for more affordable and public housing, genuine consultation with residents and a better planning system.

Get involved with the Better Future Coalition by visiting their website: https://betterfutureco.com.au/

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Sam Wainwright: Take back the wealth | Green Left Show #77

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:54:22 +1100

Socialist Alliance senate candidate Sam Wainwright talks to the Green Left Show about the campaign to challenge the big mining companies and to "take back the wealth".

Watch this interview online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1445/analysis/green-left-show-77-take-back-wealth

The interview covered: Take back the wealth (1:00); Wealth inequality, AUKUS & other issues (5:04); Early announcement (6:19); AUKUS and WA (7:46); Socialist Alliance, WA Socialists & the Greens (13:16); Fremantle City Council experience (15:46); Is it possible? (18:33); Socialist vision; (21:54); and How to be involved (23:26).

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Public forum with New York socialist: Next steps for socialists after Mamdani's election

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 01:27:17 +1100

Green Left and Socialist Alliance held a forum discussing the next steps for socialists following the inspiring victory for Zohran Mamdani in New York City.

The forum featured Democratic Socialists of America member Winnie Marion, who spoke about her experience campaigning in New York and the lessons learnt through the campaign.

It also featured Socialist Alliance member Alex Bainbridge, who said socialists in Australia should be drawing inspiration from the Mamdani win. The session was chaired by Socialist Alliance Magan-djin/Brisbane activist Justin.

After these presentations, the floor was opened up to questions from the audience.

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Why the social media ban will harm young people | Green Left Show #76

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:53:49 +1100

Green Left's Alex Bainbridge spoke to Tom Sulston from Digital Rights Watch about the coming social media ban, why it harms young people, what the alternatives would be and other issues related to digital privacy.

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Candice Alisha on Green Left Radio

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:08:12 +1100

Candice Alisha, blues and folk musician based in Naarm/Melbourne joins Green Left Radio on https://www.greenleft.org.au/support

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Dr Shaday Wheatley on the Save Cohealth campaign | Green Left Radio

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:13:02 +1100

Doctor Shaday Wheatley, community health doctor and member of Victorian Socialists joins the Green Left Radio on https://www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1443/analysis/green-left-radio-shaday-wheatley-save-cohealth-campaign

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US socialist: Zohran Mamdani win shows people are hungry for real change | Green Left Show #75

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:57:48 +1100

The election of Zohran Mamdani, member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), as mayor of New York City on November 4 was a kick in the teeth to United States President Donald Trump and his “Make America Great Again” movement, and a beacon of hope for socialists around the world.

Mamdani’s win was built on an exciting campaign that mobilised more than 100,000 volunteers to promote his platform, which included tackling the cost-of-living crisis by freezing rents, implementing free buses and opening publicly owned supermarkets.

Winnie Marion, a DSA member based in NYC, joined the Green Left Show to discuss the campaign, and the next steps for the socialist movement. Marion is speaking (via zoom) at a public forum organised by the Socialist Alliance on November 22, details here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2025-11/event/forum-mamdanis-election-beacon-hope

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Behind Catherine Connolly's historic victory | Green Left Show #74

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:24:22 +1100

Catherine Connolly has won a resounding victory in the Presidential election with the largest percentage and largest total votes of any presidential candidate in history. It is also the first time the left has won a majority of votes in a national election in Ireland.

Connolly did this while up against the political and media establishment, and with a strong left platform that included opposing Israel’s genocide and aspirations for a more just and equal society.

Isaac Nellist spoke to Irish ecosocialist activist Paul Murphy about why Connolly’s campaign was so successful.

Paul is now a member of People Before Profit and is a Teachta Dála (TD, member of the lower house of the Irish Parliament) for the party in Dublin South-West. People Before Profit played a big part in the Connolly campaign.

Paul is a former Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party for Dublin.. He has been active in a number of campaigns including against water charges, against racism, for refugee rights, solidarity with Palestine and against re-armament of Europe and NATO expansion.

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Steve Jolly on the campaign against closure of Cohealth services | Green Left Radio

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:05:59 +1100

Interview with city of Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly about the community campaign opposing the closure of Cohealth services in Collingwood, Fitzroy and Kensington.

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Philippines Gen Z protests: 'This is not an ordinary situation' | Green Left Show #73

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:41:45 +1100

Sonny Melencio, chairperson of the Partido Lakas ng Masa/Party of the Labouring Masses (Philippines), speaks to the Green Left Show about the new wave of youth protests in the Philippines and what this represents as a challenge to the political dynasties in the Philippines.

Watch online here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1442/analysis/green-left-show-philippines-gen-z-protests-not-ordinary-situation

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Solidarity can defeat racist 'March for Australia' | Green Left Show #72

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:35:06 +1100

Green Left journalist and veteran socialist activist Peter Boyle joins the Green Left Show to discuss how solidarity can defeat the racist 'March for Australia' movement and how Labor and the Coalition are exploiting racism to hide their inability to address the housing, cost-of-living, climate and healthcare crises.

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Press on for Palestine - remembering journalists killed in Gaza | Green Left Radio

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 23:38:51 +1100

Gen Townsend, artist of English and Scottish settler heritage with Garage 35 Art Studio, joins Green Left Radio to discuss the Press on for Palestine project. This project commemorates the 288 journalists who have been killed in Gaza since October 7. You can listen to full episode of Green Left Radio on the 3CR website.

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Kurdish activist: The Battle for Kobane remains an inspiration for all people fighting for freedom

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +1100

Baran Sogut, a Sydney-based Kurdish community activist, was part of a delegation from Australia which, in September, visited the Democratic Autonoumous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), the third of Syria liberated by Kurdish freedom fighters from the Bashar al-Assad dictatorship in the Rojava revolution of 2012 and over the following years from the brutal and reactionary Islamic State of Syria (ISIS).

The delegation included Greens Senator David Shoebridge, the first Australian parliamentarian to visit NE Syria, as well as Kurdish Greens Inner West councillor Ismet Tashtan.

Sogut spoke to Green Left's Peter Boyle about the gains and challenges of the Rojava revolution and in particular about his visit to Kobane, the city that was liberated from a siege by several Islamic fundamentalist militias in 2014–15.

The Battle of Kobane was the turning point in an heroic struggle to defeat ISIS.

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