Perth Indymedia

Michael Roberts is an economist and author of The Long Depression: Marxism and the Global Crisis of Capitalism. He joined Alex Whisson to discuss the possibility we may be on the precipice of a global recession.

Jeff Sparrow is the former editor of the Overland literary journal, a regular columnist for the Guardian, and the author of many books, including Killing: Misadventures in Violence, Money Shot: A Journey into Porn and Censorship, and No Way But This: In Search of Paul Robeson. His latest work, published by Scribe, is Fascists Among Us: Online Hate and the Christchurch Massacre.

29-year-old Yamatji woman Joyce Clarke was killed by a police officer in Geraldton on September 17th last year. She had only just been released from Royal Perth Hospital and was in desperate need of mental heath care. The officer responsible for her death, whose name has not been released, was charged last Thursday with her murder. Jesse Noakes spoke to Joyce's older sister Bernadatte.

Doug Henwood is an author, commentator, broadcaster, and contributing editor of the Nation.  He joined Alex Whisson to discuss the 2020 US Presidential primaries.

We speak to local activist Sam Wainwright about a newly formed coalition for climate justice and an upcoming Australian national day of action on February 22nd.

We hear from two of the speakers at the Perth Invasion Day Rally, Corina Hayden-Howard and Marianne Mackay.

Raymond Grenfell speaks to Chilean journalist Sarah about the developing protests in Chile and the broader politics of the movement.

Jesse Noakes spoke to local elder Mingli Wanjurri McGlade to get her thoughts on invasion day and the rallies held around the country on the weekend.

We speak to local social justice activist Sam Wainwright about the incredible wave of strike action currently taking place in France.

We speak to New South Wales firefighter, union-activist and environmentalist Jim Casey about the tragic fires sweeping the east coast and the political response.

We speak to long-time social justice activist Mark Goudkamp about the implications of the US assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

We speak to Anton Troy from the Save Our Donnelly campaign to discuss plans to dam the Donnelly and the potential implications for the local ecology.

We speak to organiser and academic Jimmy Yang at Melbourne University regarding a recent action that aimed to highlight the effects of casualisation and wage theft on workers rights and education at Melbourne Uni.

Joy Ming King of the Lausan Collective joins Alex Whisson to discuss the Hong Kong protests.

As the massive demonstrations in Chile continue we speak to independent journalist Juan Toro from Santiago about the implications of the social movement and the political repression from the state.

The Tarkine in the north west of Tasmania is once again under threat from logging and mining. We speak to Jenny Webber from the Bob Brown Foundation who is currently at the blockade to #SaveTheTarkine

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.