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A program by and about women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.

Free Burma!

On today’s program, we look at the worsening humanitarian crisis and civil war in Myanmar. Since the military coup against Aung San Suu Kyi’s National...
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Palestine's Great Escape

On 6 September, 6 Palestinian prisoners escaped from the heavily fortified Gilboa prison in Israel, sparking a wide scale man hunt and eventual captur...
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Workers Action in South Korea

Amidst South Koreas fourth wave of COVID, spurred on by the Delta variant, the Korean workers have upped their industrial action in opposition to the ...
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My Body! My Choice!

The Texas state law, passed last May, imposes the so-called “fetal heartbeat” rule adopted by half a dozen states previously, which effectively prohib...
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Malaysia in Crisis

Malaysia's new Prime Minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, was sworn in on Saturday 21 August, after the resignation of the former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Y...
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The Collapse of Afghanistan

On Tuesday 17 August, the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the U.S. was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-de...
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PART 3: Resistance in Palestine

This is our concluding episode - Budour Hassan is Palestinian socialist feminist and journalist and a legal researcher for the Jerusalem Center for Le...
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PART 2: Resistance in Palestine

Budour Hassan is Palestinian socialist feminist and journalist and a legal researcher for the Jerusalem Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights. She tal...
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PART 1: Resistance in Palestine

Budour Hassan is Palestinian socialist feminist and journalist and a legal researcher for the Jerusalem Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights. She tal...
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