Podcasts by Asia Pacific Currents

Supporting the Eco-Socialism Conference from 2023-12-12T20:15:10.150823

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We interview Jacob Andrewartha from Socialist Alliance and Green Left Weekly, the hosting organisations for the upcoming Eco Socialism conferenc...

Stop Red Tagging in the Philippines! from 2023-12-12T20:15:10.138180

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We interview Benjamin Velasco from Partido Mangagawa in the Philippines about the ongoing targetting of trade unionists, a practice known as Red...

Public Meeting on Stop Red Tagging from 2023-12-12T20:15:10.107639

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We hear the keynote address of Alexia Fuentes, chairperson of Bayan Australia, about the ongoing campaign in the Philippines to stop red tagging...

The Rojava Revolution and the Uprisings in Iran from 2023-12-12T20:15:10.094126

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We hear the keynote address of Nilüfer Koç, Executive Council member and spokesperson for the Commission on Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan N...

Understanding the election results in Thailand from 2023-08-26T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We speak with Junya Lek Yimprasert, founder of ACT4DEM - Action for Democracy on Thailand, about the recent machinations in Thai politics follow...

Fascism and India's Modi Government from 2023-08-19T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We hear the keynote address of Clifton D'Rozario of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation is a campaigner for Dalit rights in Karnat...

News from Around The Region from 2023-08-12T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker L...

Saving India’s Hasdeo Forest from 2023-07-29T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We hear the keynote address of Ruchira Talukdar, about India's Modi Government and its threat to climate change, specifically in relation to the...

Talisman Sabre Military Games from 2023-07-22T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We interview Jacob Grech, AAWL campaign co-ordinator, anti-militarisation commentator and producer of 3CR's A Friday Rave, about the upcoming Ta...

The Yoon Govt's attacks on the South Korean union movement from 2023-07-15T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We interview Joon Shik Shin, a Korean trade union and peace activist, about the current Yoon government's attacks on the trade union movement in...

Asia Pacific Solidarity with Ukraine from 2023-06-24T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We hear from Jeonom kim from the People's solidarity for social progress in South Korea and Arora from New Bloom and Taiwan Stands With Ukraine....

Radiothon!!!! from 2023-06-17T09:00

This week is our annual Radiothon show!!!

Election results in Turkey and implications for the labour movement from 2023-06-10T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We interview Kivanc Eliacik, the international officer of DISK, the militant Turkish Labour Movement Federation. He talked to us about the recen...

Move Forward wins Thai elections from 2023-05-27T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We interview Thai activist, Junya Lek Yimprasert, who still remains in exile in Finland, about the unexpected victory of the Move Forward party ...

All power to the Anganwadi Workers from 2022-05-04T03:12:14.425379

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The Anganwadi are pre and post natal workers – the equivalent of Australia’s midwives, early maternal healthcare nurses and early natal healthca...

IWD in the Philippines from 2022-03-12T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.An interview with Kristine Lawrence from Gabriela Australia about IWD in the Philippines and how women there took, and are taking action for wom...

Asia Pacific Currents 4 April 2015 from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.979842

Labour updates from Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, India and Yemen.Interview with Daniel and Sarinah from the Altenative Media and Education for Workers organisation in Indonesia on the st...

Organising migrant workers on the Thai-Burma border and in Malaysia from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.901257

Labour updates from New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Burma, Pakistan, Syria, Iraq and Palestine.Interview with Pranom Bee Somwong from Workers Hub for Change on organising migrant workers in Thail...

Unions organising in Papua New Guinea and solidarity needs from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.894494

Labour updates from the Australia, Indonesia, China, South Korea, Bangladesh and Palestine.Interview with Daniel Matthews from the Maritime and Transport union of Papua New Guinea on the workers mo...

Far right and fascists movements in the Asia Pacific region from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.886437

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Discussion about far right and fascists movements in the Asia Pacific region and its significance to labour movements.Asia Pacific Currents is a program ...

The fight for refugee rights in Australia - the Tamil situation from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.879801

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Aran Mylvaganam from Tamil Voice about the plight of asylum seekers in Australia and the dangers of forced deportations to Tamil people.As...

Japanese people get organised against nuclear industry and militarism from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.871276

Labour updates from the historic general strike in India, refugees in Europe and West Asia wars, public transport strike Melbourne, Indonesian labour demonstrations, and ongoing labour problems at ...

Workers in South Korea fighting back against government and company's offensive from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.857834

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Mikyung Riu, International Relations Officer with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, on workers resistance in South Korea to attack...

Cambodian workers and fighting for better rights from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.843846

Labour updates of workers struggles around the Asia Pacific region and local events.Interview with Yon Sineat from the Cambodian Food and Service Workers’ Federation on labour issues in Cambodia an...

The fight for refugee rights in Australia continues from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.801441

Labour updates of workers'struggles from countries in the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Chris Breen from the Refugee Action Collective in Victoria, Australia, about the continuing campaign to ...

Human rights abuses under military rule in Fiji from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.787882

Labour updates of workers'struggles from China, Thailand, Pakistan, South Korea, Iran and the region.Interview with Aman Ravindra Singh, a human rights lawyer, on the human rights abuses in Fiji by...

Fighting to free jailed workers in India - The Pricol 8 from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.765449

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Agnitra Ghosh, Executive Council Member, All India Central Council of Trade Union (AICCTU).He talks about the backgro...

The fight for civil rights by Polynesians in New Zealand from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.741552

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Will Ilolahia, a co-founder of the civil rights New Zealand organisation the Polynesian Panthers, on racism and human...

Palestine - a one state solution to the present impasse? from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.695819

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Ali Abunimah, author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli Palestinian Impasse, and co-founder and direc...

Workers stand against the new Labour Law in Cambodia from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.683675

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Sineat Yon, labour activist and founder of a workers co-operative for garment workers, on the reasons why workers in ...

The unfinished business of Aboriginal justice in Australia from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.672382

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Celeste Little, organiser with the National Tertiay Education Union, on the Recognise campaign in Australia and the o...

Iranian workers taking up the fight to the government of Iran from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.663112

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Farid Partovi, spokesperson from the International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI), on the repression ...

Baba Jan jailing and repression in Pakistan from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.659266

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Farooq Tariq, from the Awami Workers Party, on the reasons and political significance of the sentencing of Baba Jan ...

Death squads kills hundreds in working class communities in the Philippines from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.651455

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Arnel, International Relations Officer of the Labour Party of the Philippines, on the murder of hundreds of working c...

International solidarity and the global picketline concept from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.638383

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Manrico Moro, vice president AAWL, on how the global picketline concept can make international solidarity between wor...

South Korean workers stage massive strikes against both employers and government from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.591726

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Kim Yong-Nam, union member from the Railways Union in South Korea, on the current mass strikes in South Korea and the...

Major Honda strike in northern India continuing from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.587513

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Shivani, a union organiser with Bigul Mazdoor Basta, about the ongoing strike, protests and hunger strike by Honda mo...

Petrol tank drivers strike in Jakarta, Indonesia from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.574317

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Guruh Riyanto from the Media and Campaign Department of Indonesian Confederation of United Workers (KPBI), about the ...

Workers and unions against racism in Australia from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.566007

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Matt Kunkel, Project organiser with the Victorian Trades Hall Council, on the union organised rally and Global Street...

Workers in Australia battle global dairy giant from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.496663

Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Damian King, Electrical Trades Union organiser in Echuca - Victoria, on the lock out of workers by the global dairy gia...

Workers organising in Bangladesh and human rights from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.487615

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Kalpona Akter, former child garment worker and prominent union organiser and labour rights activist from Bangladesh.Asia Pacific Currents ...

Arrests not stopping the Maruti Suzuki workers struggle from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.485235

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Extended interview with Jitenda Kumar, member of the Maruti Suzuki union Provisional Committee, on the ongoing Maruti Suzuki struggle in the Gurgaon regi...

Opposing Duterte's brutal War on Drugs in the Philippines from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.470494

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Catherine Scerri, spokesperson from the Network Against Killings in the Philippines, on the effects of President Duterte's murderous War o...

The dangers of martial law in the Philippines from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.456887

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Berlin Guerro, from The Philippine Caucus for Peace, on the implications of the recent declaration of martial law in the southern island o...

Indonesian workers organising and international solidarity from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.446663

Indonesian workers are still recovering from the mass murders and repression of the 1965-67 period which totally destroyed their organisations and wiped out a whole generation of labour activists.B...

Aboriginal workers fighting against slave like exploitation from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.443784

Aboriginal people in Australia have a history of being exploited as workers since the first years of colonisation. This ranged from being made to work for only food and tobacco to having their wage...

Health and safety still an issue for Bangladeshi garment workers from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.435648

The garment sector in Bangladesh competes in the world via a brutal'Race to the Bottom'where wages and OHS are depressed as much as possible.In conjunction with the widespread repression of labour ...

Human rights still not guaranteed in Indonesia from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.393550

Since the overthrow of the dictator Soeharto in the late 1990's, Indonesia has been a formal democracy with a number of elections being successfully held.Nevertheless for working class communities,...

Philippines airline workers still fighting after six years from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.388990

Philippines Airlines (PAL) tried to outsource its workforce in 2011 by terminating 2,600 workers. The workers, organised by the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) fought back and org...

Documenting the unfolding disaster of the Rohingya people from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.379274

While the Rohingya people in Western Burma have suffered discrimination in the past, the current disaster is of unprecedented proportions.We talk to Mahi Ramakrishnan, a blogger and documentary fil...

Fight against Australia's inhumane refugee policies continue from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.366746

Since 1989, the Australian Government's policies and actions against asylum seekers and refugees have increasingly become xenophobic, nationalist and repressive.On top of turning back boats in acts...

Gas workers in south eastern Australia still fighting after five months from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.357534

The large gas and oil sectors in Australia are dominated by global companies. In the last few years, they have launched an offensive against workers in Australia to slash wages and conditions.Longf...

South Korean metro workers taking action against global company from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.352502

Workers in South Korea have managed to overcome the offensives against them in the last few years from governments and companies.Nevertheless, even after ousting the former President Park, they fac...

Iranian workers mass protests undermine governments authority from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.348677

Welcome to the first program of APC of 2018.The explosion of working class protests in Iran in late December 2017 caught many people by surprise. The reality thought has been that inequality and po...

Massacres by government forces in Syria continue from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.341464

The uprising against the government of Syria, headed by the dictatorship of Bashar Hafez al-Assad, began in 2011 as part of the broader Arab Spring that saw millions of people rise up in North Afri...

The Great Return March from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.297119

Israeli troops killed at least 15 Palestinians and injured more than 1,400 on Friday 30 March, during demonstrations along Gaza’s border and in cities throughout the Palestinian enclave. The demons...

The Malaysian elections - part 2 on the results from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.281915

The elections two weeks ago in Malaysia saw the Barisan Nasional lose power after 61 years. One of the more surprising facets was the comeback of the 92 year old former Prime Minister, Mohamed Maha...

Working class protests in Iran continue from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.279298

Since late last year, Iran has witnessed a wave of strikes and demonstrations on a scale unprecedented since the revolutionary days of the late 1970s. While the Iranian government likes to portray ...

NAIDOC Week 2018 and Aboriginal struggles from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.198138

NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.While this week's activities are a c...

Migrant workers facing repression in Malaysia from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.188428

Malaysia has relied heavily on migrant workers over the last decades to power its economic growth.The complicated visa system in that country puts millions of these workers in very insecure conditi...

Health and safety win for Korean workers at Samsung from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.181575

 The South Korean company Samsung Electronics is one of the giant global corporations in the world of electronics. Samsung since its founding in the late 1930's, the company has been ferociously an...

Where to now for the new government in Malaysia from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.178899

The elections earlier this year in May saw the Barisan Nasional lose power after 61 years. One of the more surprising facets was the comeback of the 92 year old former Prime Minister, Mohamed Mahat...

Massive truck drivers strike shakes Iranian government from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.167302

The current Islamic for of government has been ruling Iran since the 1979 revolution that overthrew the dictatorship of the Shah. After almost 40 years, the economic and social situation for the ma...

Bosses making billions underpaying migrant workers from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.159986

The use of workers on temporary visas has increased in Australia over the last twenty years. Temporary migrant workers are very vulnerable due to the precarious nature of their work visa.Employers ...

The struggle by workers at new Istanbul airport from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.153185

Turkish workers have a proud history of organising and fighting for better conditions. Unfortunately, the last few years under the Presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdo?an have seen conditions deteriorat...

Chinese government increases pressure on workers from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.145298

While China is still the world's factory, it is also increasing its labour force in areas of health, education and welfare.Since the Tiananmen protest of 1989, workers have been tightly controlled ...

No pride in genocide - Invasion Day 2019 from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.140992

Welcome to all APC listerners to the first program of 2019.The 26th of January in Australia is a public holiday marking Australia Day. It celebrates the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First...

Korean workers say no to outsourcing death from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.104179

Outsourcing and sub contracting is a scourge for workers all around the world with companies using these methods to increase profits and cutting costs by shifting responsibity and dangers to worker...

Social activist disappeared in southern India Copper plant dispute from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.094694

India is fast becoming a global industrial power as it intergrates further into the global economy. Attracted by a low wage, educated workforce and lax environmental regulations companies are keen ...

International Women Day from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.091983

The origins of International Women's Day (IWD) go back to 1909 when tens of thousands of women garment workers, the majority of whom were migrants, went out on strike in New York, USA demanding equ...

Chinese workers and the long road to organise from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.080672

The massive Tianjiayi Chemical factory explosion in eastern Jiangsu province in late March, where at least 78 workers were killed, and many hundreds injured, is another tragic example of the weak O...

More repression to come after Philippines elections from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.074907

The mid term elections in mid May were seen by everyone as a test for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his authoritarian rule and policies. Human rights and labour activists were hoping tha...

What do the Indonesian elections mean? from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.072627

As Indonesia is the largest country in South East Asia and the most populous Islamic country in the world, elections are closely followed.The recent elections saw the incumbent Jokowi defeat the ex...

Iran - Usa tension amid the ongoing Arab Spring from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.065266

The recent tensions and threats of war between the USA and Iran have roots to the origins of the Islamic Republic following the 1979 Revolution that overthrew the despotic dictatorship of the Shah....

Nuclear war is still a threat from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.048186

The Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were both devastated in August 1945 by atomic bombs dropped by the USA military. The devastation these bombs caused shocked the world.In the decades af...

Workers regionally meet up in Taiwan from 2022-03-07T00:51:53.039479

East Asia is one of the industrial hubs of the world with countries like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China producing and exporting goods all around the world. The working class in these countrie...

Tensions in West Asia continue to simmer from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.995013

The increasing tensions between Iran and the USA/Saudi Arabia may have been triggered by events associated with the war in Yemen, but the issues are deeper than that with both historical roots goin...

Where is the workers movement in Australia at? from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.984837

The strenght of the labour movement in every country goes up and down depending on economic conditions and the level of repression it is facing.While in part of Asia we are seeing huge working clas...

Freeing Julian Assange is a worker's issue from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.979876

Repression against journalists, researchers and writers unfortunately occurs around the world as governments and organisations try to suppress information from being publicised.Julian Assange, the ...

Looking back at 2019 working class issues in the region from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.967504

We usually do the year's round up of stories and issues affecting workers in the Asia Pacific region on our last program of the year but this year we did it a week earlier because of interviewing s...

Invasion Day protests mark National Holiday in Australia from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.897476

Australia’s national holiday, 26 January, is Invasion Day. It commemorates the start of the British invasion in 1788 and the dispossession and genocide of that land’s First Nations peoples. Aborigi...

Fighting back against state terror in the Philippines from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.889581

The last three years of the Government of Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines is increasingly bringing back memories of the Marcos dictatorship in the 1970's and 80's. Pres Duterte has unleashed a t...

The fight for women's rights continues - IWD 2020 from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.879113

International Women's Day (IWD) has been commemorated since 1908. It has always been a movement for women to gain rights and achieve equality in the economic, social and political fields. It is mar...

Remembering Rana Plaza from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.873015

On the morning of 24 April 2013, over 1100 workers at Rana Plaza died when the building they worked in collapsed. The day before the building collapse, workers complained of clear cracks in the wal...

May Day crack down in the Philippines from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.870311

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Cristina Palabay from Karapatan in the Philippines about the recent crack down on May Day activities there.Asia Pacific Currents is a prog...

Update on protest movement in Iraq from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.853443

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Sami Adnan Co-founder of Workers against Sectarianism in Iraq on the continuing popular uprising in central and south Iraq.Asia Pacific Cu...

India and Kashmir from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.843534

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Shivani Kaul from the Revolutionary Workers Party of India, one of the organisations organising in India, in this time of economic crisis ...

Anti Terror Laws in the Philippines from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.837921

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with May Kotsakis from Philippines Australia Solidarity Association about the recent passing of AntiTerror Laws in the Philippines.Asia Pacific...

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.807538

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Jacob Grech, stalwart antiwar, peace activist, and coordinator of AAWLs anti-arms industry campaign.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of ...

Protests in Iraq and Lebanon from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.786867

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Joseph Daher, academic and activist in Middle Eastern issues speaking about the current Iraq and Lebanon protests.Asia Pacific Currents is...

Indonesian Omnibus Law from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.773309

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Dian Septi – labour activist with the Indonesian Workers Unite Federation, speaking about the passing of the omnibus laws in Indonesia and the workers’ r...

Day of Action for workers in the Philippines from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.767887

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Elmer Labog, Chairperson of the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) about the International Day of Action for the rights of Philippines workers.Asia P...

The fight for Indigenous rights in Australia continues from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.762265

January 26 in Australia is a controversial day as it is commemorated as both'Australia Day'as the founding of the country and as'Invasion Day'as the commencement of the dispossession and genocide o...

The women's movement in the Philippines and IWD from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.747207

The government of President Duterte in the Philippines has been one of the most repressive and murderous in that country's history. This has had a devastating effect on working class communities an...

THe Kurdish liberation struggle in West Asia from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.738513

News and labour updates from the region.Discussion of the issues facing the Kurdish people in the 4 countries in West Asia that they are located in and the upcoming public meeting and online webina...

May Day and organising from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.689850

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.May Day is the workers day all around the world. Its been celecrated on the 1st of May for well over a century. In Melbourne, over the last deca...

Discussion of Tamil Genocide Day from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.687018

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The military campaign by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil Tigers in April 2009 ended in a massacre of civilians as the military close...

The new Israeli government and the Palestinian struggle from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.678131

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Discussion of the newly formed Israeli government and what it will mean for the Palestinian struggle.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of l...

Fighting for Ansell workers in Sri Lanka and regionally from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.664980

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.A group of labour activists dismissed by Ansell in Sri Lanka have been fighting to get their jobs back for almost ten years. There is now an int...

The Struggle for democracy in Indonesia from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.655203

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Recorded presentation of Asfinawati - Chair of Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation - who spoke at the recent international online meeting entitled'Th...

The Covid 19 political crisis in Malaysia from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.647074

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The Covid pandemic in Malaysia not only has had serious effects on working class communities, but has now precipitated a political crisis. We ta...

The Palestinian prisoners Great Escape from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.598411

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Six Palestinian prisoners escaped from the heavily fortified Gilboa prison in Israel in early September. Despite their eventual capture and tort...

Analysis of the expanding civil war in Myanmar from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.594990

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The resistance to the February military coup in Myanmar has not been defeated over the last 8 months of military repression. While strikes, demn...

What does the new AUKUS alliance means in the region from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.584450

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The new military alliance sought by the Australian government with the USA and UK, known as AUKUS, is an attempt to strenghten Australia's milit...

The struggle for West Papuan independence continues from 2022-03-07T00:51:52.574925

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.This week marks the 60th anniversary of the raising of the Morning Star flag as a symbol of the struggle for independence for West Papua - curre...

Surviving COVID in Iran from 2022-02-26T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Our speaker today is Sona Kazemi – a research fellow of Migration Studies, Disability Studies, and Medical Humanities at the Ohio State Universi...

Tamil Oppression Day from 2022-02-19T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The Sri Lankan government celebrated the 74th anniversary of the country’s independence from the British empire on 4 February. But for Tamil spe...

Myanmar Coup, One Year On from 2022-02-12T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.It has been one year since the military coup in Myanmar. So what are the prospects for democracy in a country whose economy is in freefall, wher...

Latest labour updates and the year in review from 2021-12-18T09:00

Latest news and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region for the week.Review of labour news and events for 2021 looking at some of the main issues that have affected the labour movement in the A...

Solidarity with Ansell workers globally from 2021-12-11T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Excerpts of speeches from the trade union solidarity rally in Melbourne, Australia, outside the headquarters of Ansell. Ansell is a global manuf...

Upcoming referendum for independence in New Caledonia from 2021-11-27T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The upcoming independence referendum in New Caledonia is the third vote, and supposedly last, of a process that was set up to decide the status ...

One step forward in the fight against deaths in custody from 2021-11-20T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.There have been changes to prison legislation in South Australia that will hopefully lead to a decrease Aboriginal deaths in custody in Australi...

Analysing the Palestine struggle from 2021-11-13T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Repeat of previous interview.Budour Hassan is a Palestinian socialist feminist and journalist. Hassan is a legal researcher for the Jerusalem Ce...

Climate change, workers and the Glasgow Summit from 2021-10-30T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The 26th Conference of the Parties, or COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland will happen in early November. It is a major opportunity to stop further clim...

Looking at the situation for workers in the Philippines from 2021-10-23T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The registration for candidates for the Presidential election in the Philippines for next year is generating a lot of political activity and deb...

Palestine - how do we win? from 2021-10-16T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The liberation struggle by Palestinians has been going on for many decades. The Israeli state continues to be strong and surrounded by reactiona...

The situation for workers in the Philippines from 2021-09-25T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Berlin Guerrero, Chairperson of Bayan Australia, on the upcoming Presidential elections, the possible investigation by the Intern...

Focusing on the big issues facing workers in the region from 2021-09-18T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.In depth analysis of the new Security military alliance between Australia, UK and USA; the impact and fightback against subcontracting in Sth Ko...

South Korean trade union leader arrested from 2021-09-11T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Last week, Yang Kyung-soo, president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) was arrested in a pre dawn raid by police. Yang has now ...

Covid 19 and its effects on workers in the region from 2021-08-28T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Discussion on the ongoing effects of the Covid 19 pandemic to workers in the region and the roll out of the vaccine.Asia Pacific Currents provid...

Analysing the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban's victory from 2021-08-21T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We talk to Farkhondeh Akbar, a human rights activist and researcher who has investigated human rights violation by armed parties in Afghanistan,...

France's continuing colonial influence in the Pacific and the nuclear issue from 2021-07-31T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.France has retained influence in the Pacific region by holding on to a number of islands and archipelagos in the Pacific region. In the last wee...

Women's role in the Palestinian struggle from 2021-07-24T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Budour Hassan is a Palestinian socialist feminist and journalist. Hassan is a legal researcher for the Jerusalem Center for Legal Aid and Human ...

Fighting against Deaths in Custody from 2021-07-17T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Aboriginal deaths in custody are still happening in Australia at an alarming rate despite numerous enquiries and hundreds of recommendations. We...

Working class round up of major issues and struggles for this week from 2021-07-10T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Commentary on major incidents and struggles of our class.3CR Radiothon is the time for you to support the station that supports you, your strugg...

Fight for the Tamil refugee family in Australia continues from 2021-06-26T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.The repression and hounding of the Murugappan family, a Tamil family residing in the Queensland town of Biloela, by the Australian government ha...

Donate to 3CR Radio - 2021 Radiothon from 2021-06-19T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.3CR Radiothon is the time for you to support the station that supports you, your struggles, your organsations and your communities.To donate, cl...

Covid 19 effects on the Indian working class from 2021-06-12T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Sujata, a social justice and labour movement activist in the Mumbai region, on the ongoing impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on wor...

The fight against Aboriginal Death in Custody continues from 2021-05-29T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Aboriginal deaths in custody are still happening in Australia at an alarming rate despite numerous enquiries and hundreds of recommendations. We...

What can we expect from the elections in Iran? from 2021-05-22T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.In Iran, national elections are tightly controlled events. We talk to James Barry about the process of the upcoming elections, what is their leg...

Nakba Day and current uprising in Palestine from 2021-05-15T09:00

 News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Today is Nakba Day for Palestinians. This year the whole of Palestine has been engulfed in protests, resistance, war and repression as Palestin...

Rana Plaza 8 years on and garment workers in Bangladesh from 2021-04-24T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.In 2013, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building led to the death of more than 1,100 garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The perpertrators of ...

Organising against the monarchy and military in Thailand from 2021-04-17T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Recorded presentation of Waaddao, activist in the current anti government youth movement and a leader in a local Thai LGBTIQ group.The full reco...

Myanmar workers fighting back against military coup from 2021-04-10T09:00

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Recorded presentation of Debbie Stoddard, a Malaysian activist living in THailand, about working class resistance to the military coup in Myanma...

The Israeli election and significance for the Palestinians from 2021-03-27T09:00

The Israeli election was held last week. The result was another unclear outcome with many parties now trying to form a new government.We discuss the results and their implications for the struggle ...

Fight against mining company Lynas continues in Malaysia from 2021-03-20T09:00

Lynas is an Australian mining company that mines rare earths at Mt Weld in Western Australia that ships many of these minerals to a processing plant just outside Kunatan in Malaysia.Since 2011 ther...

IWD and repression in Azerbaijan from 2021-03-13T09:00

Marchers and actions for International Women's Day were held all around the world last week on March 8. Unfortunately many of these were repressend by government and paramilitary forces.We talk to ...

The anti government resistance in Thailand from 2021-02-27T09:00

In depth interview with long time Thai activist and organiser Junya Lek Yimprasert about the pro democracy movement in Thailand, its objectives, its tactics and how it is dealing with the ongoing r...

The massive farmers protests in India explained from 2021-02-20T09:00

Indian political life in the last few months has been upended by a massive and prolonged demonstration and blockade by tens of thousands of farmers in India. Their blockade of New Delhi has been an...

The links between the struggles in Myanmar and Thailand from 2021-02-13T09:00

With the recent military coup in Myanmar, there are a lot of similarities of structures and issues between Myanmar and Thailand.We talk to'Rick', a community activist who lives in Thailand, and has...

Last show of the year! from 2020-12-19T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Jiselle&Pier wrap up 2020 – it’s our last show for the year!Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links. 

Asia Pacific Currents - Episode 202012120900 from 2020-12-12T09:00

How War Shapes Healthcare in Syria and the Region from 2020-11-28T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Speech by Aula Abbara, co-chair of the Syria Public Health Network a group which brings together academics, NGOs, policy makers and international organis...

Understanding the events in Thailand from 2020-11-14T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Jiselle&Pier discuss the street protests and student movement in Thaland.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

How War Shapes Healthcare in Syria from 2020-10-31T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Speech by Khuloud Saba, a PhD candidate in Social Policy, at the University of Edinburgh.  Her research focuses on social and political determinants of h...

Another coup in Thailand? from 2020-10-17T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Jiselle&Pier discuss the possible 14th Thai military coup.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

What's happening in Armenia and Azerbaijan? from 2020-10-10T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with James Barry, academic and research at the Alfred Deakin Institute, focussing on religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East.  James...

Cambodia - Workers'rights and COVID from 2020-09-26T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Tepphalin Ou, the President of the Cambodian Food and Service Workers’ Federation (CFSWF), speaking about the current situation in Cambodi...

Sri Lankan Elections from 2020-09-19T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Lionel Bopage, long time labour activist from Sri Lanka and executive member of AAWL, speaking about the current situation in Sri Lanka fo...

UAE recognises Palestine from 2020-09-12T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Samah Sabawi, Palestinian playwright, author, academic and activist – about the UAE’s peace agreement and acknowledgement of Israel, and t...

Malaysian hospital cleaning workers dispute from 2020-08-22T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Saras from the Socialist Party of Malaysia and the Ipoh Hospital Cleaning Workers Union about a dispute between the cleaning workers in th...

Thai Protest Wave from 2020-08-15T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Ji Ungpakorn, exiled Thai activist, currently living in the UK, about the current protest wave in Thailand.Asia Pacific Currents is a prog...

Surviving COVID-19 in Cambodia from 2020-07-18T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Tharo Khun from CENTRAL in Cambodia about garment industry workers surving COVID-19.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia W...

Press Freedom in the Philippines from 2020-06-27T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Maria Ressa from Rappler media, in relation to her recent guilty verdict for the crime of “cyberlibel” in the PhilippinesAsia Pacific Curr...

Asia Pacific Currents from 2020-05-30T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

COVID-19 in Myanmar and Indonesia from 2020-05-23T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Speech by Sri Wulandari, Myanmar Country Officer for APHEDA, speaking about workers responding to the economic crisis caused by COVID-19.Asia Pacific Cur...

May Day crackdowns in Iran from 2020-05-16T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Hassan from the Association in Defence of Freedom in Iran. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Resistance continues in Turkey from 2020-03-21T09:00

The Gezi Park protests in Istanbul in 2013 were the catalyst for the human rights and labour movements to come out and protest against the repressive policies of the President Erdogan. There have b...

Filipino workers continue to resist from 2020-03-14T09:00

The Philippine working class has a history of militant actions and resistance against repressive governments and exploitative working conditions. The last three years under the Presidency of Rodrig...

Fascist thugs rampage in New Delhi, India from 2020-02-29T09:00

This week, the ongoing tensions over the government Citizenship Act, in conjunction with the nationalistic fervour unleashed by USA President Trump’s visit, spilled over in mass acts of violence th...

Rebuilding workers organisations in Cambodia from 2020-02-22T09:00

Trade union repression is a global problem that affects all workers. In some countries, the repression is via beatings, arrests and murders. In other countries, it is via sackings, fines and anti u...

Palestinians continue to fight against new deal from 2020-02-15T09:00

The long awaited'deal of the century'by the current USA administration to resolve the Palestinian issue is nothing of the sort and is just a continuation of the ongoing dispossession of Palestinian...

Where to for the working class uprising in Iraq? from 2019-12-14T09:00

For the last two and a half months Iraq has experienced mass protests against corruption, exploitation and poverty by millions of people from working class communities. Notwithstanding heavy repres...

Australian maritime workers battling global stevedoring companies from 2019-11-30T09:00

The shipping industry around the world is one of the most globalised sectors on the world economy, dominated by global companies that have terminals in multiple countries. It is characterised by a ...

Honda workers in India fight against precarious work from 2019-11-23T09:00

Over the last two decades, the Indian economy has fully integrated intp the global capitalist economy. This has led to the growth of huge industrial zones where companies seek to take advantage of ...

Repression against labour activists intensifies in the Philippines from 2019-11-16T09:00

On October 31st, police and military personnel arrested 61 labour and human rights activists belonging to Bayan Muna, Gabriela, Kadamay, and the National Federation of Sugar Workers in a series of ...

The workers movement in Hong Kong and China from 2019-10-26T09:00

The Chinese working class movement is probably the largest in the world, it is constrained in its ability to organise and form independent unions. The ongoing mass protests in Hong Kong have focuse...

Working class communities rise up in Iraq from 2019-10-19T09:00

The country of Iraq has had a very turbulent history since the USA military invasion of 2003 that overthrew the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. The invasion led to a series of social and military c...

Taking on Australian mining companies around the world from 2019-10-12T09:00

Global mining companies are not only one of the most important and strategic pillars of the capitalist system, but their are also some of the most predatory companies in the world, leaving a trail ...

Labour activists increasingly being targeted in the Philippines from 2019-09-28T09:00

It has been a bit over three years since President Duterte was elected as President of the Philippines. President Duterte administration authoritarian and repressive policies have surpassed those o...

Refugee Tamil family battles government repression from 2019-09-21T09:00

Ever since the infamous Tampa Affair in 2001, Australia asylum seekers and refugee policies has been marked by xenophobia, cruelty and government intransigence. Even thought there has been a mass m...

The politics of the Hong Kong protests from 2019-09-14T09:00

In early June, massive protests exploded in the city state of Hong Kong against the local government's proposal to introduce a bill allowing the extradition of people to mainland China. The demonst...

Kashmir under siege from Indian Government from 2019-08-31T09:00

While the political situation in Kashmir has always been tense, with India and Pakistan engaging in military conflicts a number of times over this disputed territory, the recent India's government ...

The fight against Indonesian occupation in West Papua continues from 2019-08-24T09:00

Ever since the sham Act of Free Choice in 1969 when the Indonesian Government engineered a vote for West Papuans to join up within the Indonesian state, conflict has never stopped.The Indonesian go...

Fight against repression in Thailand continues from 2019-08-17T09:00

Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, a long time union and democracy activist in Thailand, was jailed for 11 years in 2011 under the repressive Lese Majeste Law - Article 112. He was pardoned in 2018 after servi...

Organising workers in Malaysia from 2019-08-10T09:00

The trade union movement in Malaysia was destroyed decades ago in a combination of outright repression and slow strangulation by restrictive laws.While workers have continued to organise in this pe...

South Korean workers fighting hard on multiple fronts from 2019-07-27T09:00

Low wages, outsourcing and sub contracting are a scourge for workers all around the world with companies using these methods to 1) increase profits and 2) cut costs by shifting responsibity and dan...

The ongoing war in Yemen explained from 2019-07-13T09:00

Yemen is often described as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. The country was already one of the poorest in the region and years of war have ravaged the countryThe origings of the current...

Workers bracing for tough times after Indian election from 2019-06-29T09:00

India is the world's biggest democracies and its elections campaings are huge undertakings. This year's election saw the chrismatic leader, Narendra Modhi, of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claim...

Massive protest shake up politics in Hong Kong from 2019-06-22T09:00

Hong Kong is a special administrative of China with its own set of laws and regulations separate from most of mainland China. Hong Kong is in a transition period following the withdrawal of the UK ...

Power Radical Radio - Radiothon 2019 from 2019-06-15T09:00

3CR Radio was started in 1976 by working class communities to provide an avenue for workers, their families and their communities to tell their stories and struggles in their own voices.The radio i...

Another Nakba Day for Palestinians from 2019-05-25T09:00

The APC team apologises for the recent 6 weeks interruption of APC podcasts This was due to issues beyond our control.We are now back :-) It has been 71 years since the founding of the state of Isr...

Indonesian dock workers link up internationally to fight together from 2019-03-30T09:00

Hutchinson is a Hong Kong based global stevedoring giant with a network of port operations that comprise 319 berths in 52 ports, spanning 26 countries throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Euro...

Indian workers fighting back from 2019-03-23T09:00

The BJP government of India, headed by President Modi is the most right wing Indian government since Independence. It has quite clear fascist expressions and has unleashed an unrelenting attack on ...

How free are the upcoming Thai elections? from 2019-03-16T09:00

The modern history of Thailand has seen a constant struggle by civil forces of society to try and break the power and wealth of the established ruling elites and the Monarchy.This struggle has seen...

Journalists under attack in the Philippines from 2019-02-23T09:00

The last two and a half year of the Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte has seen massive violations of human rights in the Philippines.While the most publicised issue has been his murderous War on Drugs,...

The importance of safety at work - Sth Korea from 2019-02-16T09:00

Due to a last minute technical problem, we are replaying an interview from last year about OHS in South Korea.Labour updates from the region are current news.(Supporters for the Health And Rights o...

Workers will now get compensation from Samsung Electronics from 2018-12-15T09:00

Samsung Corporation is one of the biggest companies in South Korea. It has a vicious anti union stance and of repressing any independent worker activity at its factoriesFor over ten years, OHS acti...

Resistance continues to grow against government terror in the Philippines from 2018-11-24T09:00

President Rodrigo Duterte's'War on Drugs'has been going on for more than three years. During this time there has been a normalisation of extra judicial killings, impunity for death squads, vilifica...

Changes afoot in New Caledonia and Fiji from 2018-11-17T09:00

In this week's program, independent journalist and long time human rights activist Nick Mclellan, talks about the recently held independence referendum in New Caledonia and the national elections i...

What lessons for the left in Syria? from 2018-11-10T09:00

The Arab Spring that swept across north Africa and West Asia promised a new beginning for working class communities. The reality has been one of broken promises, repression and war.Syria has probab...

Australian workers taking to the street from 2018-10-27T09:00

As with many other countries in the Asia Pacific region, Australian workers are also facing rising rates of job insecurity, wages that are not keeping up with the cost of living, and harsh laws tha...

Banana workers defy company, police and military from 2018-10-20T09:00

Bananas are one of the big agricultural export items of the Philippines. Rural regions of the Philippines have always seen some of the worst instances of semi feudal exploitation and human rights a...

Anti imperialism or class struggle - the Iranian scenario from 2018-10-13T09:00

The popular uprising in Syria in the last few years has created a big debate among the left around whether activists should prioritise anti imperialist work, especially against the USA war machine,...

Organising in New Zealand and in Australia from 2018-09-29T09:00

Australia and New Zealand have similar histories, both being settler societies and imperial outposts of the British Empire.They share similar laws and industrial landscape, though organising the wo...

Fighting against tyranny in the Philippines from 2018-09-22T09:00

President Rodrigo Duterte's'War on Drugs'has been going on for over two years. His death squads have murdered over 20,000 people. During this time there has been a normalisation of extra judicial k...

Holding on to working class politics from 2018-09-15T09:00

Working class struggle is hard, with many activists not only facing isolation and victimisation from management at their workplaces but also running the risk of being beaten, jailed or killed by a ...

Organising migrant workers in Australia from 2018-08-25T09:00

The working class is under attack in Australia from many sides. One of the ways that capitalists and governments try to undermine workers organisations and conditions is by bringing in temporary mi...

Remembering the horrors of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan from 2018-08-18T09:00

In early August 1945, the USA military dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians.The global arsenal of atomic weapons has onl...

How to counter racism dividing the working class from 2018-08-11T09:00

In every country, capitalists and their allies use racism as one of the ways to divide and weaken the working class. In Australia, the issue of the colonialism and dispossession of the Indigenous p...

Will New Caledonia become Kanaky Nouvelle-Caledonie on November 20? from 2018-07-28T09:00

The island of New Caledonia has been a colony for the 164 years and is one of France's last colonies in the world.The indigenous inhabitants, the Kanaks, have waged a long struggle for independence...

ACTU national congress report back from 2018-07-21T09:00

The Australian Confederation of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the peak body for unions in Australia. It recently held its national conference in Brisbane, Queensland.Close to 1,000 unionists came together...

Workers go on the offensive in South Korea from 2018-07-14T09:00

The mass protest movement of 2015 and 2016 in South Korea against corruption and abuse of power were able to bring down the President - Park Geun-hye. The working class, headed by the Korean Confed...

Sri Lankan family fights deportation from Australia from 2018-06-30T09:00

The situation for refugees and asylum seekers in Australia is becoming progressively worse as the Government continues its crackdown.In the last few weeks, the desperate situation of the family of ...

Workers in the Philippines continue to fight from 2018-06-23T09:00

 While the Philippines is a country that is often talked about in terms of the damage that natural disasters cause to its infrastructure and population, it is also a country where the working class...

Radiothon 2018 program from 2018-06-16T09:00

This week is a special Radiothon program to keep 3CR Radio on air.You can donate in person, by phone, by mail or via the internet.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and camp...

Special show on Aboriginal workers in Australia from 2018-05-26T09:00

The 26th of May each year in Australia is known as National Sorry Day. The day is to acknowledge and recognise members of the Stolen Generations. It has been marked since 1997, the day the recommen...

What will the Malaysian elections results mean? from 2018-05-19T09:00

The recent elections in Malaysia have seen the Barisan Nasional lose power after 61 years. One of the more surprising facets was the comeback of the 92 year old former Prime Minister, Mohamed Mahat...

New Trade Union Law Cambodia from 2018-04-21T09:00

The Cambodian Food and Service Workers’ Federation has a newly elected President – a woman who was formerly herself a beer promotions worker. Listeners might recall the major campaign run back in 2...

Stolenwealth Games from 2018-04-14T09:00

The British Empire is again celebrating it’s world wide colonial conquests in the form of the Commonwealth Games, currently underway on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Indigenous activists and their ...

The struggle for refugee rights in Australia continues from 2018-03-24T09:00

Due to ongoing economic and political crisis around the world, the number of asylum seekers and refugees continues to grow.Successive Australian governments have been at the forefront international...

Women continue to unite internationally from 2018-03-17T09:00

The origins of International Women's Day are to be found in the working class struggles of working women in the late 19th century.Over 100 hundreds years later, while there has been much progress, ...

The reasons behind anti Muslim pogroms in Sri Lanka from 2018-03-10T09:00

After the victory of the Sri Lankan government over the Tamil Tigers in 2009, many working class Sri Lankans expected that the'peace dividend'was going to lead to an improvement in their lives.Unfo...

The continuing importance of International Women's Day from 2018-02-24T09:00

International Women's Day (IWD) has a history going back to the early 20th century when urbanised and working class workers started to organise and demand their rights.While there has been a lot of...

Invasion Day - Resistance to colonisation in Australia from 2018-02-17T09:00

The first officially recorded protest by Aboriginal people against Australia Day, the day that commemorates the United Kingdom colonisation of the Australian landmass, occurred in 1938 in conjuncti...

New port company attacks workers in PNG and beyond from 2018-02-10T09:00

With the continued globalisation of the economy, companies all around the world are expanding their operations in many different countries.In the last few years, a Filipino based company, Internati...

Electronics workers take on company for the right to organise from 2017-12-16T09:00

Export processing zones are used by countries around the world as areas of extremely cheap labour for companies to use as union organising is severely repressed.Hundreds of mainly women workers in ...

South Korean workers fighting for their rights from 2017-11-25T09:00

The labour movement in South Korea is one of the strongest in the Asia Pacific region with its roots in the anti dictatorship protests of the 1960's and 1970's.In the last few years it has come und...

Fighting against trade union repression from 2017-11-18T09:00

Workers all around the world face pressures and repression as capitalists try to increase their profits by spending less on workers welfare and making them work faster, longer and harder for less p...

Demonetisation, economic reforms and workers protests in India from 2017-11-11T09:00

The current BJP Government in India, headed by Prime Minister Modi, has been in power for over three years.His government has been one of the most pro business governments in Indian history. Modi h...

Setbacks and advances for the Kurdish struggle in West Asia from 2017-10-28T09:00

While the wars in Iraq and Syria have offered a historical opportunity for Kurdish forces to advance their right to autonomy and independence, there are also major dangers.The recent advances by Ku...

Will Palestine unity help the struggle? from 2017-10-21T09:00

Last week, the two biggest Palestinian political factions, announced that they signed an initial unity agreement. This deal was announced by both sides as a ‘a declaration of the end to division an...

Streets ice cream workers battle global giant from 2017-10-14T09:00

Around 150 workers in the Australian city of Sydney have been in a brutal struggle from last August against their employer, Streets Ice Cream, a subsidiary of the global giant Unilever, over a new ...

The fight against militarism in the Asia Pacific region from 2017-09-30T09:00

With tensions rising in the Asia Pacific region, there are many organisations and groups that have campaigned for a long time against the hegemony of the USA military in the region.New Zealand has ...

Opposition to war in the Korean Peninsula grows from 2017-09-23T09:00

The escalating war of words between the USA President Trump and the North Korean Chairman Kim, is dangerously increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Given the destruction that the USA military...

Pacific workers facing issues on many fronts from 2017-09-16T09:00

Workers from the Pacific Islands have been used, and exploited, by the Australian state and companies, since the late 1800's.This relationship has not changed in the 21st century with Pacific worke...

Fresh arrests hit human right activists in Hong Kong from 2017-08-26T09:00

This week sixteen human right activists were sentenced to up to 18 months in jail for taking part in protests during the'yellow umbrella'protest movement in 2014.Thirteen activists were jailed for ...

Death squads terrorising working class communities in the Philippines from 2017-08-19T09:00

President Rodrigo Duterte's'War on Drugs'is now almost a year old. His death squads have murdered almost 10,000 people.We interview Ellecer'Budit'Carlos, spokeperson for In Defense of Human Rights ...

Anganwadi women health workers fighting for their rights in India from 2017-08-12T09:00

There are hundreds of thousands of rural health workers in India, called Anganwadi, that monitor and support the health and welfare of mothers and their children.While they are implementing governm...

Organising workers internationally - The Global Picket Line from 2017-07-29T09:00

In our globally interconnected world, companies are now structured at a global level where they integrate their production, storage, transport and retail arms over many different countries in a nev...

Al-Aqsa Mosque violence - a symptom of the Palestinian crisis from 2017-07-22T09:00

While the latest upsurge in violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem was sparked by an armed attack by Palestinians, the level of unrest points to deeper issues.We interviewed Reem Yunis, Palest...

Cambodian beer workers resist global giant's offensive from 2017-07-15T09:00

In relation to labour issues, Cambodia is often seen through the context of the exploitation of workers in its garment sector. Cambodia also has an expanding tourism industry with increasing number...

Workers organising in the Auto sector in northern India from 2017-06-24T09:00

Updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Shivani Kaul, labour organiser with Bigul Mazdoor Dasta and legal advisor with the Automobile Industry Contract...

Overview and special Radiothon program from 2017-06-17T09:00

Labour updates on the struggles and campaigns by workers in the Asia Pacific region.Special fundraising Radiothon program. Radiothon target AUS $1,500.00.To donate, click here.Asia Pacific Currents...

Organising women workers in Cambodia from 2017-06-10T09:00

Labour updates on the struggles and campaigns by workers in the Asia Pacific region.Extended interview with woman labour organiser on the issues and difficulties of organising women in the construc...

Aboriginal recognition and change in Australia from 2017-05-27T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Sam Watson, Aboriginal activist and member of Socialist Alliance, on the 50th anniversary of the Constitutional Referendum on Aboriginal r...

New President in South Korea and workers health from 2017-05-20T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Dr. Jeong-ok Kong, Spokesperson from SHARPS (Supporters of Health and Rights of People in Semiconductor Industry), ab...

Huge Palestinian prisoner hunger strike - a fight for justice from 2017-05-13T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Hasan Barghouti, Director of the Democracy and Workers Rights Centre in Palestine, on the continuing hunger strike by...

Organising in Pakistan in the face of Blasphemy and Terrorism laws from 2017-04-29T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Sonia Qadir, member of the Awami Workers Party and Feminist Collective, on how Blashemy and Anti Terrorism laws are u...

The history of workers struggle in India from 2017-04-22T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Recorded talk by Dipankar Bhattacharya, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, on the deve...

Syrian revolution continues despite massacres and bombings from 2017-04-15T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific regionInterview with Joseph Daher, Syrian commentator and activist, on the latest chemical attack in Syria, the USA bombing of the air base, and the prospects f...

South Korean workers win against President Park from 2017-03-25T09:00

Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Mikyung Ryu, International Relations Officer of the Korean Confederation of Trade Union (KCTU), on workers involvement ...

Opposition struggling against military rule in Thailand from 2017-03-18T09:00

Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Ji Ungpakorn, a Thai exile, on the transition to a new king in Thailand and the state of opposition against the ruling ...

Workers organising in Myanmar from 2017-03-11T09:00

Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region with specific reference to the court decisions on President Park's impeachment in South Korea and the 117 Maruti Suzuki workers in nor...

Women workers in Sri Lanka from 2017-02-25T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Apologies as the first two APC programs for 2017 are not available as podcasts.Interview with Dr. Sepali Kottegoda who is the Execut...

How the labour movement fared in 2016 from 2016-12-10T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Overview of the year and discussion of the wins, the highlights, the losses and the battles that the labour movement has had in 2016...

Workers struggle in India - report back from 2016-11-26T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Jiselle Hanna from Australia Asia Worker Links (AAWL) reporting back on her solidarity trip to New Delhi and Mumbai a...

Massacre of workers at the Gadani shipbreaking yards in Pakistan from 2016-11-19T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Nasir Mansoor, Deputy General Secretary of the National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) of Pakistan, on the recent expl...

CUB brewery dispute in Melbourne, Australia set to escalate from 2016-11-12T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Steve Diston, organiser with Electrical Trades Union Victoria Branch, on the ongoing battle against union busting and...

The Global Day of Action against trade union repression from 2016-10-29T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Piergiorgio Moro, from Australia Asia Worker Links, about the upcoming Global Day of Action against trade union repr...

The effects of deaths squads in the Philippines War on Drugs from 2016-10-22T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Arnel, spokesperson of the Labor Party of the Philippines, on the effects of the continuing War on Drugs is having on...

Truck workers also stage nationwide strike in South Korea from 2016-10-15T09:00

 Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Wol-san Liem, Director of International and Korean Peninsula Affairs, Korean Public Service and Transport Workers'Un...

More Bangladesh workers die in factory fire but keep fighting from 2016-09-24T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Moniruzzaman Masum, Co-ordinator of the Comrade Rubel Workers Centre, on the recent fire at a packaging/foil factory ...

Gender issues in the garment sector in Indonesia from 2016-09-17T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Dian and Jumasi, labour activists in the garment industry in Indonesia, on gender and LGBTI issues facing workersAsia...

180,000,000 Indian workers go on general strike from 2016-09-10T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Nambiath Vasudevan, President, New Trade Union Initiative - a federation of Indian trade unions, belonging to formal ...

The ongoing crisis for the uprising in Syria and solidarity from 2016-08-27T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Joe Daher, actvist from Syria Freedom Forever, about the current situation in Syria, the state of the popular uprisin...

The CUB dispute in Melbourne and Fiji nuclear fallout documentary from 2016-08-20T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.First interview is with Steve Diston, organiser with the Electrical Trades Union of Victoria, on the continuing dispute at the CUB b...

More scandals hit Australia's concentration camp in Nauru from 2016-08-13T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Chris Breen, from Refugee Action Collective, on the latest scandal to hit Nauru's concentration camp and what the rel...

Migrant powerline workers in Australia left unprotected by Thiess and the courts from 2016-07-30T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Matthew Boyd, organiser with the Electrical Trades Union of Victoria, on how Filipino migrant workers were told not t...

The effects of the latest political murder in Cambodia on workers from 2016-07-23T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Mora Sar, president of the Cambodia Food Workers’ Association, on the recent murder of political activist Kem Ley and...

Repression of labour activists in South Korea intensifies with jail sentences from 2016-07-16T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Mikyung Ryu, International Relations Officer with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), on the 5 year jail...

Workers fight against outsourcing at Australian brewery from 2016-06-25T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Steve Diston, organiser with the Electrical Trades Union, on the fight by 50 workers to oppose outsourcing at the gia...

Why it is important to support radical radio from 2016-06-18T09:00

Asia Pacific Currents (APC) is a unique program that brings you labour struggles from the Asia Pacific region from the worker's perspectives.APC can be heard on independent and radical 3CR Radio. 3...

Political cartoonist facing Sedition Law charges in Malaysia from 2016-06-11T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Zulkiflie Anwar Haque, known as Zunar, a political cartoonist in Malaysia who is facing 43 years in jail under the Se...

Organising in Malaysia against constant government repression from 2016-05-28T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) General Secretary Sivarajan Arumugam on the state of workers organisation in Malays...

International solidarity at the LabourStart Conference from 2016-05-21T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Piergiorgio Moro, AAWL Secretary, on his presentation of the Global PicketLine concept at the LabourStart conference ...

Workers take on electronics company in the Philippines from 2016-05-14T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Arnel from the Labour Party of the Philippines on the importance of the struggle by Sytic Electronic workers in the C...

The fight for health and safety at Samsung in South Korea from 2016-04-30T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, India and Bangladesh.Interview with Dr. Jeong-ok Kong, spokesperson of SHARPS (Supporters of Health And Right of Peopl...

The Rana Plaza collapse - 3 years on and still no justice for murdered workers from 2016-04-23T09:00

Labour updates from Ausralia, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Palestine, the upcoming International Workers Memorial Day, and May Day.Interview with Josh Cullinan, Secretary of the Australia Bangladesh Solidarity...

The fight by Aboriginal people against the NT Intervention and the Basic Card from 2016-04-16T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Arrernte, Alyawerr woman from Central Australia, on the terrible consequences of the NT Interven...

The Syrian civil war - perspectives from the region from 2016-03-26T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Farah Kobaissy, member of Socialist Forum in Lebanon, on the Syrian civil war and local perspectives.Asia Pacific Cur...

Refugees are workers - Let Them Stay from 2016-03-19T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Amanda Zifcik from the Refugee Action Collective about the Let Them Stay campaignAsia Pacific Currents is a program o...

Women rights and the struggle for equality in the Philippines from 2016-03-12T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Lisa Maza, spokesperson of Gabriela, a feminist women's organisation in the Philippines on the struggle for gender eq...

Apologies - no podcast available this week from 2016-02-27T09:00

Repression and resistance under military dictatorship in Thailand from 2016-02-20T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from China, Singapore, Australia, India, Iran, Palestine and Syria.Interview with'Ann', a community activist in Thailand on repression and resistance to the mili...

Gender violence and the USA military in the Philippines from 2016-02-13T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Joms Salvador from the women's organisation of Gabriela on gender violence and the USA military in the PhilippinesAsi...

Cambodian garment workers fight for a living wage from 2015-12-19T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from countries in the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Sineat Yon, unionist and labour activist, on the recent global day of action by garment workers in Cambo...

Workers struggles in the Philippines and regional solidarity from 2015-12-12T09:00

Labour updates of workers'struggles from countries in the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Len Cooper, Communication Workers Union - Telecommunication Division Victoria, on a series of solidarity...

Climate change and the role of the workers movement from 2015-11-28T09:00

Labour updates of workers struggles from countries in the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Colin Long, Secretary of the National Tertiary Education Union of Victoria, on how and why the workers m...

Labour protests against APEC summit in the Philippines from 2015-11-21T09:00

Labour updates of workers struggles from Malaysia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Bahrain and Australia.Interview with Arnel, spokesperson of the Labour Party of the Philippines, on why workers and labour a...

Workers in Iran organising against exploitation and repression from 2015-11-14T09:00

Labour updates of workers struggles from Thailand, Bangladesh, India and Australia.Interview with Farid Partovi from the International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI) on the situatio...

Indian workers struggles at Bridgestone, Maruti Suzuki and Ssangyong from 2015-10-31T09:00

Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Abhinav Sinha and Shivani Kaul from Dasta Bigul Mazdoor, an Indian labour organisation, on the recent industrial strugg...

The struggle in Palestine - where to now? from 2015-10-24T09:00

Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Reem Yunis, Melbourne based Palestinian and socialist activist, on the current state of the Palestinian struggle and it...

Sedition Act used in Malaysia to suppress dissent from 2015-10-17T09:00

Labour updates from China, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Pakistan, Turkey and Palestine.Interview with S. Arutchelvan, General Secretary of the Malaysian Socialist Party, on the arrest of Khalid I...

Fight against casualisation at Philippines Airlines starts up again from 2015-10-10T09:00

Labour updates from Syria, Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Iran, Australia and Palestine.Interview with with Alnem Pretencio, spokeperson of PALEA union, on the renewed struggle against casualisation an...

Corruption and popular protests in Malaysia from 2015-09-26T09:00

Labour updates from Syria, Iran, Bangladesh, Thailand, Korea, Japan and AustraliaInterview with S. Arutchelvan, Secretary of the Malaysian Socialist Party, on the growing corruption scandal engulfi...

The great Indian general strike in September 2015: Part two from 2015-09-19T09:00

Labour updates from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Korea, Japan, The Philippines and AustraliaInterview with Abhinav Sinha, member of the workers organisation Bigul Mazdoor Dasta, ...

The great Indian general strike September 2015 - Part 1 from 2015-09-12T09:00

Labour updates from Australia, South Korea, Pakistan, Iran and the wars and repression in West Asia.Interview with Nambiath Vasudevan, President, New Trade Union Initiative - a federation of Indian...

Workers organising in Sri Lanka free trade zones and Ansell campaign from 2015-08-29T09:00

Labour updates and events from the Asia Pacific region.Interview withAnton Marcus, General Secretary of the Free Trade Zones&General Services Employees Union in Sri Lanka about organising workers i...

Workers organising in the Asia Pacific region from 2015-08-22T09:00

Analyses of the Tianjin warehouse disaster in China, update on the Migrant Trade Union in South Korea, Sri Lankan labour solidarity in Australia, upcoming democracy demonstrations in Malaysia and n...

Workers organising internationally - The Global Picketline from 2015-07-11T09:00

Regional labour updates.Discussion of the Global Picketline concept and how workers can use this to organise at an international level.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Li...

Organising workers in East Timor from 2015-06-27T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Elmurio Vila Nova, General Secretary of the General Workers Union of East Timor.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worke...

Conditions for workers in Cambodia and organising efforts from 2015-06-20T09:00

Labour updates from the Australia, China and Afghanistan.Extended interviews with San Mora and Yon Sineat from the Cambodian Food and Services Workers Federation on organising workers in Cambodia a...

Organising workers in Iran and international solidarity from 2015-05-30T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Farid C. Partovi from the International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran on the workers movement in Iran and how best to work togeth...

Protests against the GST in Malaysia and the use of repressive legislation from 2015-04-25T09:00

Labour updates from Australia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Taiwan, Pakistan, South Korea, and international days of OHS and May Day.Interview with S. Arutchelvan (Arul), General Secretary of the Socialis...

Aboriginal activist continues fight for justice for Palm Island community in Australia from 2015-04-18T09:00

Labour updates from Australia, The Philippines, South Korea, South Asia, Turkey, Israel and international days of OHS and May Day.Interview with Lex Wotton, Australian Aboriginal activist on his fi...

Asia Pacific Currents 28 March 2015 from 2015-03-28T09:00

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Joseph Daher from Revolutionary Left in Syria on the civil war in Syria and the state of the workers movement and progressive politics in ...

Update on the Syrian uprising and review of major labour issues of 2014 from 2014-12-13T09:00

Interview with Joe Daher from the Revolutionary Left Current on the situation in Syria and Iraq. End of year review of labour issues in the Asia Pacific region. This is the last program of APC for ...