Tuesday Breakfast

7:12am / Hana Assafiri from Moroccan Soup Bar speaks about her memoir Hana: the audacity to be free – covering humour, education, working in womens refuges (Part 1) 7:30am / Elise West, Executive Officer at the Medical Association for the Prevention of War as well as Director at Teachers for Peace is back on the show to talk about the ever increasing influence of weapons in school's programs and why it is crucial that we ban weapons from classrooms. You can follow the work of both organisations www.mapw.org and www.teachersforpeace.com.au respectively.  7:40am / Hana Assafiri from Moroccan Soup Bar speaks about her memoir Hana: the audacity to be free – covering Moroccan Soup Bar and how it was run, Speed Date a Muslim and the importance of open dialogue (Part 2) 8:00am / Serena Joyner is the CEO of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action - an advocacy group founded and led by people impacted by climate-fueled bushfires. Living in the Blue Mountains with her volunteer firefighter husband she has witnessed the i

This episode Phuong and Ivka speak to friends of the show, hear from co-presenters Kannagi and Frances, talk about the power of community radio and play songs from a list of tracks curated by former and current Tuesday Breakfast presenters. Guests on the show: Nat, Rach Hocking, Madison GriffithsSongs played on the show: The Opener by Camp CopeNatural Woman by Kaiit Talking About a Revolution by Tracy ChapmanWildfires by Sault Ditto by NewJeansNamesake by NonameNext 2 U - KehlaniI Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free by Nina SimoneSomos by Ana Tijoux Donate to our show here!

Rohen from Pride in Protest spoke about the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras's decision to bar politicians from attending Mardi Gras if they oppose the Equality Bill. This Equality Bill would expand rights of trans and gender diverse people in NSW. Instagram: @pride.in.protest As the 1-year anniversary of the rally to demand permanent accessible tram stops along Sydney Road approaches, Farida Iqbal joins us to give an update on the ongoing campaign and to tell us about the 1st year anniversary rally that will take place on 22 June. Farida is an activist with long Covid who struggles to use the tram network in Melbourne.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SATScampaignInstagram: @sats_campaign Excerpt from Narrm’s Free Palestine Rally on 2 June – first, a song in Arabic by Aseel Tayah, Palestinian Artist and Activist, followed by a speech by Tami Gadir, Lecturer, NTEU member, and Anti-Zionist Jew. Nat, organiser for Disrupt Wars about the National Day of Action on Friday 31st of May, against the Labor Party’s c

Headlines// 7.15: Rathi Barthlote, a Tamil refugee and co-founder of Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality, and Samantha Ratnam, former leader of the Victorian Greens and current Greens Candidate for Wills, speaking at the Remembering Mullivaikkal Rally held at the State Library of Victoria Sunday 19 May to mark the 15th anniversary of the end to the state sponsored genocide against Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka. Recording by Annie McLoughlin. 7.30: 15-year-old Palestinian, May Mourad, speaking at the Free Palestine Melbourne rally on Sunday 26 May 2024, about Western media perpetuating the dehumanisation of Palestinians and the urgency of standing up, speaking up to fight the Zionist project and join the struggle for a Free Palestine.  7.45: Nacira Guénif, professor at University Paris 8, who researches the French colonial present from a gender, race and class cross-perspective, on the current tensions in Kanaky/New Caledonia, the historical context and decolonial process, and the resistance of the Kanak people

Headlines// 7.15: Tasnim Sammak, Palestinian organiser, speaking at the Nakba Rally on Wednesday 15th May, following the debate on the Victorian Labor Government’s partnership with Elbit Systems.// 7.30: Hannah Dickinson, Principal Solicitor at the ASRC, on the High Court decision on 10 May 2024 in ASF17 v Commonwealth [2024] HCA 19 unanimously dismissing the appeal brought by ASF17 seeking his release from immigration detention, and Labor’s Migration Amendment Bill.// 7.45: Dana Al-Shaer, Palestinian organiser with Unimelb for Palestine, speaking at the Free Palestine Melbourne rally on Sunday 19th May, calling out the University's complicity in Israel's genocide against Palestinians and the strength and power of students to hold these institutions to account.//  8.00:Trish Hepworth, Deputy CEO for the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Dr Sarah Mokrzycki, Academic in children's literature and creative writing at Victoria University, on the Cumberland city council’s ban of same-sex par

7.15: Dr Laura Whitburn, Senior Lecturer and Anatomy Discipline Lead at La Trobe University, on the Midwifery Group Practice model of maternity care, and its success at Dhelkaya Health in Castlemaine.// 7.30: Brenda Tait, a climate activist with Extinction Rebellion, on the dangers of the Future Gas Strategy announced by the Australian Government last week.//7.45: Michelle Coleman of Mums for Palestine, an inclusive action group, brings us voices from this Sunday’s Free Palestine Melbourne rally on Mother’s Day. Vox pop edited by Brendan Bonsack.//8.00: Dr Sarah Abdo, a specialist doctor and an advocate for a free Palestine, speaks at the Free Palestine Rally in Sydney on 4 May. Recording provided by Vivien Langford of 3CR’s Climate Action Show.//8.15: Kathleen Maltzahn, CEO of Sexual Assault Services Victoria (SASVic), the peak body for Victoria’s specialist sexual assault and harmful sexual behaviour services, responding to the recent Victorian government budget and calling for action to address sexual viol

Headlines// 7.15: Emily Duyen Dang, Vietnamese-Australian researcher from Monash University’s Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre completing her PhD in Sociology, on her exhibition called Overcoming this Grief: Stories from Vietnamese women surviving family violence in Australia//7.30: Dr Emma Russell, Australian Research Council researcher and Senior Lecturer in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies at La Trobe University, on the recent calls for bail law reform as a response to family violence and how this will adversely affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and women experiencing homelessness// 7.45: Grace from Wednesday Breakfast speaks with Rasha Tayeh, a Palestinian artist, researcher, herbalist, nutritionist, and founder of Beit e’ Shai teahouse about food sovereignty and the ways that the colonial project and Zionist state of Israel violently prevents Palestinians from foraging and harvesting food// 8.00: Dr Stephanie Wescott, feminist researcher and lecturer at the Monash Unive

Headlines// 7.15: Human rights activist Khadija Gbla on their experiences living at the intersections of disability, neurodivergence, queerness and Blackness, their activism in these spaces, and their hopes for young people like themselves. Listen to the full episode on Women on the Line, which first aired on Monday 29 April//7.30: Victorian leader of the Greens Samantha Ratnam speaking at a rally on 15 April at the Parliament steps as part of the campaign to Get Elbit Out of Victoria and the A15 global economic blockade in support of Palestine//7.45: Social Sciences lecturer Dr Kristen Davis and international social work student Ramesh on the "Future Fed" cuts proposal at Federation Uni and how staff, students and union members are fighting back//8.00: Professor Suzanne Nielsen, opioid expert and Deputy Director of the Monash Addiction Research Centre, on the Victorian government's rejection of a second safe injecting room in Melbourne CBD and its impacts on the community. Read the report here//8.15: Varisha

Headlines// 7.15: Activist Nat Farah speaking at the A15 rally on 15 April for the A15 Global Action aimed at disrupting economic systems in solidarity with Palestine. Follow A15 on Instagram: @a15actions//7.30: Laura John, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, on the Senate Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024. The inquiry will report with its findings and recommendations on 7th May 2024. Follow the Human Rights Law Centre on Instagram @humanrightslawcentre//7.45: UNSW Professor Heidi Norman, researcher in Aboriginal political history, on the report Coming to terms with the past? Identifying barriers and enablers to truth-telling in so-called Australia//8.00: Professor Sandy O'Sullivan, Wiradjuri transgender/non-binary person and professor in the Department of Critical Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University, on the issues and new Our Watch guidelines around reporting on violence against transgender and gender diverse communities//8.15: Gem Walsh, Jewish comm

Headlines// 7.15: Katelyn Butterss, CEO of the Victorian Public Tenants Association speaks to Jennifer Borrell on 3CR's Think Again about the difference between community, public and social housing and what we know and don't know about the Victorian Government's plan to demolish the public housing towers. The full interview aired on Think Again on Friday 12th April 2024, listen here// 7.30: Naarm-based Italian performance artist and scholar Dr Angela Viora on her current exhibition at CO.AS.IT entitled THE P.R.OMISED LAND: New Italians in Australia. Follow Angela on Instagram @viora_et_labora// 7.45: General Manager of The Community Grocer Georgia Savage on running a not-for-profit social enterprise offering fresh produce markets and programs to increase social, economic and physical access to fresh food as well as launching a pop up store in Flemington on 20 April. Follow them on Instagram @thecommunitygrocer// 8.00: Nina Springle, member of Mums for Palestine, a community action group for people who identif

Headlines// 7.15: Extracts from a webinar on Pine Gap and Gaza from 27 March that asked the question: What is Pine gap doing right now to First Nations people and to the people of Palestine. The first is a short speech from Yuwaalaayi/Gamilaraay woman and activist Barbara Flick on the history of First Nations protest at Pine Gap and the second is Alyawarre woman, scholar and academic activist Associate Professor Kathryn Gilbey on the surveillance of First Nations people in the NT today and its connections to the surveillance we're seeing in Gaza// 7.30: Senior Lecturer in Youth Work and Youth Studies Kathryn Daley on the dangers of ankle bracelet monitoring for young people and how we can better support the youth, particularly First Nations youth, through community support and systemic change// 7.45: Everybody's Home's National Spokesperson Maiy Azize talking to us about their People's Commission into the Housing Crisis. Find out more or make a submission// 8.00: Mel McGlensey, multi-award winning writer, com

7:15 & 7:30  We replay Samah Sabawi's speech from when she spoke to educators at the Teachers for Palestine forum on 22nd January 2024 called ‘Why There’s No ‘Neutrality’ on Genocide’ which was organised by Teachers and School Staff for Palestine Victoria. Samah Sabawi Palestinian award-winning author, playwright and poet, and in Part 1 Samah provides context to the erasure of Palestinian history, culture and stories from the school curriculum and how this act of disappearing Palestinian voices has an impact on the ongoing genocide. In Part 2, Samah talks about the importance of teaching Palestine in schools. This speech was first played on Women on the Line on 18th March 2024.  7:45 We listen back to Merri-Bek Councillor's Sue Bolton's speech at the Land Day Free Palestine rally on 31 March 2024. Sue speaks about Israel's ongoing war crimes, the complicity of the Australian government and the importance of local and state-wide actions to keep the pressure on and to demand an end to partnerships with weapons

Headlines// 7.15: Dacia Abela, lawyer and program manager at Naarm-based Community Legal Centre WEstjustice, on economic abuse in the context of family violence. Listen to the full Women on the Line episode here//7.30: Kathryn Kelly, convener of Independent Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) ACT, on the latest regarding the AUKUS deal between Australia, the US and the UK and the ongoing anti-AUKUS rallies in so-called Australia//7.45: Steph Thuesen, Projects and Political Liaison at the Health and Community Services Union (HACSU), speaking at the Free Palestine Palm Sunday rally. Revisit speeches from Free Palestine rallies and other events on 3CR//8.00: Fiona McCormack, Victoria’s Victims of Crime Commissioner, on the way the criminal justice system traumatises victims. The report and details about the Victims Charter including how to make complaints to Victoria's Victims of Crime Commissioner can be found here//8.15: Hiba, student at the University of Melbourne and organising member for Unimelb for Palestine

Headlines// 7.15: Actor and improviser Alannah Parkin on the open letter to major festivals to reverse their decision to remove a pro-Palestine comedian from Australian arts festivals. You can read the full letter via @comedy4pal on Instagram// World Social Work Day special segment -7.30: Lawyer, social worker and senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne Dr Jennifer Davidson on World Social Work Day, the importance of grassroots led work in the profession and ideas of health justice//-7.40: Social and community development worker Charlotte Lynch on social work within the family violence sector and divesting from policing and prisons//-7.50: Social worker Chloe Span on engaging with families affected by alcohol and drug use and the role of social work in this field// 8.00: Camp Sovereignty update 8.05: Founder/Director of Grassroots Research Studio Myfan Jordan on workplace cultures in the pandemic and her new book Women's Work in the Pandemic Economy: The Unbearable Hazard of Hierarchy. Myfan is speakin

Headlines// 7.15: Noura Mansour's speech at last week's International Working Women's Day rally in Naarm calling for an end to imperial feminism, an end to the silence about the genocide (particularly among women's organisations) and an end to the Zionist occupation of Palestine// 7.30: Environmental educator, campaigner and regenerative farmer Greta Carroll on the incredible community and grassroots organising that has been taking place to fight for an end to seismic blasting on Gunditjmara Sea Country// 7.45: Photographer and visual artist Pia Johnson on her upcoming exhibition Re-Orient showing at the Immigration Museum from 16 March - 11 August with a meet and greet session on 17 March. Follow @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram for updates// 8.00: Camp Sovereignty update 8.05: Melanie Joosten, author of the novels Berlin Syndrome and Gravity Well and the essay collection A Long Time Coming, on her most recent novel Like Fire-Hearted Suns// 8.15: Catherine Stong from Extinction Rebellion speaks to Annie M

Headlines// 7.15: Solidarity Breakfast’s Annie McLoughlin speaks with Kimba Thompson from Blak Dot Galleries and artist Peta Clancy about the exhibition at Counihan Gallery in Brunswick called Future River - an indigenous perception of the river and watercourses across Naarm//7.30: Elise West, Director at Teachers for Peace and Executive Officer at the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, and Elspeth Blunt from Teachers and School Staff for Palestine, on the launch of a national boycott of STEM education programs associated with weapons companies. Follow @teachers4palestine_vic on Instagram for updates//7.45: Solidarity Breakfast’s Annie McLoughlin speaks with Dr Michelle Maloney from the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to creating Earth-centred systems change, by increasing the understanding and practical implementation of Earth-centred governance//8.00: Associate Professor Ronli Sifris from Monash University's Faculty of Law on reproductive rights glo

Headlines// René Hà, Vietnamese queer migrant based in Gadigal Land & Project Coordinator of Stamped Zine, on this project and the complexities of the migrant experience in so-called Australia. Follow @stampedzine on Instagram for updates//Camp Sovereignty update//WIRE CEO Jade Blakkarly on WIRE Great Debate – WIRE's International Women's Day events//Year 12 student and staunch social activist Gisele Nayef on School Students for Palestine's strike this Thursday. Follow @schoolstudents4palestine on Instagram for updates// SongsOut of Luck - Tkay Maidza, Lolo Zouaï, Amber MarkSpace Between - Jem Cassar-Daley

Headlines// 7.15: Stella Swain from Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK speaks to Vivien Langford about the Boycotting of Barclays Bank and their complicity in funding Israeli military at rally in Sydney on 9 February. This conversation first aired on Solidarity Breakfast on 10 February//7.30: Chloe DS, refugee rights activist, green left journalist, and fellow 3CR presenter, on the 10-year anniversary of the murder of Reza Barati at the detention centre on Manus Island//7.45: Community lawyer and ASU member Michal on the ASU walk out for Palestine for social and community sector workers happening this Thursday the 22nd of February at 1pm. Follow @asu_actionforpalestine on Instagram for updates//8.00: Camp Sovereignty update//8.05: Cara from City of Melbourne Council 4 Palestine on tonight's rally calling for action and solidarity with Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories outside the Melbourne Town Hall at 5pm. Follow @melbourne_for_palestine on Instagram for updates//8.15: Georgia Mulholland, Director

Headlines// 7.15: Jan Bartlett speaking with Dr Helen McCue about her work with Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad, also known as Union Aid Abroad, and her continued advocacy for refugee and women's rights. Listen to the full episode on 3CR Tuesday Hometime// 7.30: Sarah Baarini and Shirley Winton from Hobsons Bay 4 Palestine on mobilising to advocate for a Free Palestine and the community rally happening tonight at 6pm at the Hobsons Bay Civic Centre. Follow them on Instagram: @hobsonsbay4palestine// 7.45: Elena Pererya from BikeWest and Angela Ashley-Chiew from Better Streets for the West on an upcoming event organised with Critical Mass Melbourne advocating for safer speeds, footpaths and pedestrian crossings in Footscray at the state library at 5:30pm on 23 February. Follow @bike_west and @criticalmassmelb on Instagram for updates// 8.00: Elena Lopez of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) on cross-border worker solidarity in the face of job offshoring. Listen to the ful

Headlines// 7.15: Part 1 of Solidarity Breakfast’s Annie McLoughlin and Kristin O’Connell from the Anti Poverty Centre's conversation about the changes to the Stage 3 tax cuts recently announced by the Albanese Government// 7.30: Laniyuk, Larrakia, Kungarakan, Gurindji and French political creative and performer about the sacred lands of the Larrakia people, which are currently under threat of being destroyed by Defence Housing Australia, and returning Lee Point to the Larrakia people. Sign the petition here and follow @laniyuk on Instagram for updates// 7.45: Dr Kathomi Gatwiri, Associate Professor and award-winning researcher at Southern Cross University, president of the peak body Australian Women & Gender studies Association and co-founder of Femicide Count Kenya, on running an organisation that 'counts, names, and puts human stories to women and girls whose lives have been ended through violence'// 8.00: Aruna Venkatachalam from Young Change Agents on Lighting the Spark - a program designed for and by Fi