20 years since the Invasion of Iraq || Fighting Transphobia || Save Barak Beacon

Green Left Weekly Radio

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Zane Alcorn, Arie HuygbregtsNewsreportsDiscussion on the NSW State Elections which took place on March 25 drawing on The Political Cost of Labor's small target strategy from Green Left.Discussion on the upcoming elections in Turkey reporting on the attempts by Erdoğan to ban pro-Kurdish party ahead of snap poll.Interviews and DiscussionsAlex Bainbridge, member of Socialist Alliance with a long-time involvement in the anti-war movement speaks to Green Left Radio on the 20th Anniversary of the invasion of Iraq about how people were completely right to oppose the war and why we need to build a mass peace movement today to avoid further wars. You can listen to the individual interview here.Amy Sargeant, queer and trans activist based in Meanjin/Brisbane speaks to Green Left Radio on how we can fight back against transphobia in wake of recent events with the presence of the far-right at anti-trans rallies and the attacks on LGBTIQ activists in Sydney. You can listen to the individual interview here.Margaret Kelly, a resident at the Barak Beacon public housing estate in Melbourne which is facing the threat of demolition by the Victorian State government, speaks to Green Left Radio on why she is opposing the demolition and why she won't leave despite threats from the Department of Housing. You can listen to the individual interview here.