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Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Paul Le Blanc on COVID-19, Bernie Sanders and the future of socialism
This episode of Green Left is a recording of an online forum with long time revolutionary socialist and historian Paul Le Blanc, who is based in the United States. Le Blanc addresses the character of the COVID-19 disaster under late capitalism, Bernie Sanders' campaign for preselection as the Democratic presidential candidate and the future of socialism in the US. The forum took place on April 26 and was organised by Green Left & Socialist Alliance.
Paul Le Blanc has been a member of the Socialist Workers Party (US) and the International Socialist Organisation, among other organisations. He is the author of various books including Lenin and the Revolutionary Party and editor of Rosa Luxemburg: Reflections and Writing.
Hosted by Alex Bainbridge.
Produced by Jacob Andrewartha.
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Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
The Tertiary Education sector is in crisis with the federal government signalling that it is prepared to allow the wholesale destruction of most of the higher education sectors, worse the NTEU national leadership have caused an uproar amongst NTEU members by indicating they were prepared to make concessions on pay and working conditions rather than lead a fight.
This episode of Green Left features an important discussion with Jonathan Strauss and Helen Masterman-smith both NTEU Branch Presidents with their respective universities and members of Socialist Alliance about these issues in Tertiary Education and what kind of politics and fight is needed to save our universities.
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Hosted by Jacob Andrewartha, Meghan Street, Zane Alcorn Produced by Zebedee Parkes
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Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
This episode features a recording from a online forum that was organised by Green Left titled "Covid-19 and the Global South" on April 11th and features front-line socialists from countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, India & Iraq.
The second part includes recordings of the following speeches by
Kavita Krishnan, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPI-ML) and All India Progressive Women's Association
Dr Hawzhin Azeez is a Kurdish academic and feminist who specializes in gender and Middle Eastern studies and is currently teaching in the American University in Iraq.
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Hosted by Jacob Andrewartha, Produced by Zebedee Parkes
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Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
This episode features a recording from a online forum that was organised by Green Left titled "Covid-19 and the Global South" on April 11th and features front-line socialists from countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, India & Iraq.
The first part includes recordings of the following speeches by
Reihana Mohideen from the Party of Labouring Masses (Phillipines) speaking about the impact of COVID-19 in the Philippines and what the left is doing in response.
Dr Kumar Jeyakumar, the ‘red’ medical doctor, from the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) speaking about the implications of the COVID-19 crisis for the politics of Malaysia and what the left is doing in response.
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Hosted by Jacob Andrewartha, Produced by Zebedee Parkes
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Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Jacob Andrewartha from Green Left has a discussion with Peter Boyle a member of the National Executive from Socialist Alliance about the lessons that Socialists can draw from the COVID-19 crisis. What are the limitations of what Capitalist governments have done in response, what are the solutions and practical measures that Socialists should be advocating, and what opportunities does the crisis present for the left as a whole.
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Hosted by Jacob Andrewartha, Produced by Zebedee Parkes
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Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
In February, Green Left's Alex Bainbridge travelled to Turkey, where he spoke with Hişyar Özsoy, a member of parliament for the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), representing Diyarbakır, the "unofficial capital" of Kurdistan. Özsoy is also a foreign relations spokesperson for the HDP.