Perth Indymedia

Members of Perth's Kurdish community spoke to Alex Whisson at last Saturday's emergency rally to Save Rojava and Stand With the Kurds in Syria.

We speak to Bambang Warinto from the Alliance of Independent Journalists in Indonesia regarding the dangerous implications of President Joko Widodo's new coalition government and the proposed changes to the penal code.

The previous Ecuadorian government under Rafael Carreo was broadly seen as a progressive one, part of the so-called pink tide of left wing governments in Latin America. Among many other things Carreo famously offered political asylum to Julian Assange, and rejected the economic diktats of the International Monetary Fund. Lenin Moreno then took office as President in May 2017. Alex Whisson began his conversation with Buenos Aires-based freelance journalist Denis Rogatyuk by asking what changed under the new administration.

West Papuan student activist Porobibi Bibiporo spoke to Alex Whisson from Melbourne.

Indonesian student activist Nailendra spoke to Alex Whisson from Yogyakarta about the ongoing anti-government protests.

Liz Humphrys is a political economist at the University of Technology Sydney and the author of How Labour Built Neoliberalism: Australia’s Accord, the Labour Movement and the Neoliberal Project. She spoke to Alex Whisson.

Tommy-John Herbert is a wharfie and rank-and-file unionist who recently spoke at the School Strike for Climate in Sydney. He spoke to Alex Whisson.

We speak to activist and comedian Tom Tanuki about the direct action, anti-fascist and anti-racist phenomena known as Yelling At Racist Dogs.

We speak to the chief director of the Aboriginal Legal Service, Dennis Egginton, about the tragic death of Joyce Clarke.

Maritime Union of Australia State Secretary Christy Cain joins Alex Whisson to discuss recent divisions within the Labor Party and the Western Australian labour movement.

Adrian Lowe is both a proud communist and a Balga ward candidate for the upcoming City of Stirling elections. He joined Alex Whisson to discuss his campaign.

Year 11 North Albany Senior High School student and climate activist Kaelin Abrahams joined Sara Morrison and Alex Whisson to discuss the local plans for the 20th September school strike for climate action.

Author, commentator and activist John Rees spoke to Alex Whisson about the latest twists and turns in the saga that is Britain's attempt to leave the European Union.

Brian Mier is an author, journalist and co-editor of the news site Brasil Wire. He recently returned from Rondonia, one of the Amazonian states in Brazil most affected by the devastating fires that have shocked the world.

West Papuan activist Wiwince Pigome joined Alex Whisson to discuss the recent escalation of pro-independence protests in the Indonesian province, and the repression meted out by the Widodo government.

Mark Goudkamp is an activist with the Refugee Action Coalition in Sydney, and a founding member of Teachers for Refugees. He spoke to Alex Whisson.

We speak to Aran Mylvaganam from the Tamil Refugee Council concerning the attempted deportation of a Tamil family from rural Queensland.

We speak to Professor Damien Kingsbury regarding the declassification of US Intelligence documents connected to the 1999 East Timorese Independence.

We speak to Jennifer Kaeshagen, the director of First Nations Homelessness Project and Vachel Spirason, the Community Legal Education Coordinator for Tenancy WA about issues facing people in public housing in WA.

We speak to Jane Hammond from Lock The Gate Alliance regarding the WA Labor government's lifting of the ban on fracking.