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Sadie Simmonds, a member of Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU), was formally the Aldi Keilor Downs health and safety representative, was sacked by management for raising safety concerns. She joins the program to discuss the campaign to reinstate her and for Aldi to take workers' safety seriously.

This interview was recorded live on Green Left Radio on 3CR on July 18.

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Jonathan Strauss, a member of the Socialist Alliance national executive discuses why Jillian Segal's proposed measures to combat anti-semitism willl make it harder for pro-palestine activists to oppose the genocide and zionism, and that it represents a fundamental attack on our civil liberties.

This interview was recorded live on Green Left Radio on 3CR on July 18.

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Palestine solidarity activists from across the country converged on Canberra over July 20–22 to demand the Anthony Albanese government sanction Israel over its ongoing genocide in Gaza. 

During the convergence, Green Left’s Riley Breen spoke to Hala Shanableh and Amin Abbas from Boycott Caltex Australia about the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign and why it is a critical part of the campaign to end Israel’s genocide ...

This is a recording of a panel from the Socialism 2025 conference in Chicago, held over July 3–6. It examines Putin’s repression of critical voices, those who have publicly opposed his war of aggression against Ukraine.

Boris Kagarlitsky, the well-known Marxist critic of Putin's regime, is currently serving a five year sentence in a penal colony for "justifying terrorism" – a charge stemming from a satirical comment about the Crime...

Isaac Nellist speaks to Victorian teacher unionist Adam Bremner on the Green Left Show about why teachers are campaigning for better pay and more resources for schools.

Watch online at: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-62-give-schools-resources-they-need

We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our res...

Environment groups are calling on New South Wales Labor not to implement the federal Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) scheme as part of the Improved Native Forest Management plan.

Virginia Young, Wilderness Australia Director, told Green Left that carbon offset schemes have been used to delay real action on climate and that “We need to actually reduce emissions, not offset them”.

Make a submission here: https://www.wildernessau...

Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary has been celebrated by the left around the world as a spark of hope since the election of Donald Trump last year.

Isaac Nellist spoke to Winnie Marion — a Democratic Socialists of America member — about the campaign and its broader implications for politics in the United States and internationally.

We acknowledge that this video was produced on stolen Aboriginal l...

Greens spokesperson for foreign affairs, peace and nuclear disarmament, David Shoebridge, speaks to Green Left's Suzanne James.

They discuss the nuclear and geopolitical implications of Australia's support of the recent attacks against Iran by Israel and the US, Australia's US alliance and ongoing support of Israel's genocide in Gaza, as well as the role in these conflicts of the joint US / Australian spy facility at Pine Gap near ...

This episode of the Green Left Show features Socialist Alliance national co-convenor Sam Wainwright speaking about the US and Israeli attacks on Iran and support for these violations of international law by Australian government figures like foreign minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

View this episode online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-60-end-labors-support-us-military-aggression

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United States President Donald Trump sent the National Guard and US Marines to quell big community protests in Los Angeles, California against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency’s forced deportations of immigrants. 

LA-based socialist Thomas Malone, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America Bread and Roses Caucus and organiser with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), has been participating i...

Drew Pendergrass, climate scientist, ecosocialist and co-author of Half-Earth Socialism: A Plan to Save the Future From Extinction discusses the main ideas of his book and how we can win a democratic future that sustains the earth. 

This interview was recorded live on Green Left Radio on 3CR on May 16.

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Muayad Ali, a Palestinian activist, reflects on the 77 years of al Nakba (Catastrophe), it's legacy and why the right of return is such an important demand for Palestinians around the world.

This interview was recorded live on Green Left Radio on 3CR on May 16.

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As Israel continues its genocide in Gaza, threatening to take over the Strip and complete its ethnic cleansing campaign, Labor has consistently repeated the lie that 'Australia does not supply weapons to Israel'.

Anti-Zionist researcher and journalist Yaakov Aharon joined Isaac Nellist on the Green Left Show to discuss the key relationships between Australian arms manufacturers, the Israeli Defense Forces, Zionist lobbyists and the...

Ammar Ali Jan of the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party (HKP) speaks to Green Left's Isaac Nellist about the risk of further confrontations between India and Pakistan and the pathway to justice for Kashmir, Pakistan and India.

Ammar Ali Jan will be speaking via zoom at this May 30 forum: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/forum-no-new-india-pakistan-war

And in person at the Ecosocialism 2025 conference: https://ecosocialism.org.au/

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Peter Boyle, Socialist Alliance candidate for the NSW Senate, joins the Green Left Show to discuss the result of the May 3 federal election, in which Labor won a landslide victory after a disastrous result for Peter Dutton and the Coalition.

0:00 Intro 1:06 What is behind the result? 8:26 The Greens 9:49 Socialist vote rises 12:26 What demands on Labor 15:52 Final comments 16:46 Outro

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Victorian senate candidate Jordan van dem Lamb, also known as Purple Pingers, speaks to Green Left about: how he got involved in housing activism; what are the solutions to the housing crisis; answering the scaremongering about squatting; and the benefits of having a socialist voice in parliament.

We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nati...

This is a recording of a recent meeting of the Global Ecosocialist Network presenting the new book, 'Climate Change is a Class Issue', by Sarah Glynn and John Clarke.

Find out more about the book and the authors here: https://climateandclass.net/the-authors/

This discussion is presented by Paul Le Blanc, an activist and acclaimed US historian who has written extensively on labour and social movements in the US and Europe. He is al...

Residents of public housing estates in Waterloo and Waterloo South have been resisting the demolition of their homes for almost 10 years.

Green Left spoke to Karyn Brown, a Waterloo public housing tenant and campaigner who has been leading the campaign to Save Waterloo and push for more public housing to address the housing crisis.

Join the Save Waterloo protest on April 12: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/save-waterloo-no-evi...

Socialist Alliance national co-convenor Sam Wainwright explains why the Alliance is campaigning at this election to cut military spending in half.

He spoke to Alex Bainbridge on the Green Left Show the day after treasurer Jim Chalmers presented the federal budget which is going in the exact opposite direction, promising to increase military spending both in absolute terms and as a proportion of GDP.

They also discuss the Greens pol...