Perth Indymedia

Indymedia's Ray Grenfell speaks to Robert Borba from the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) in the USA about why they are demonstrating at the #G20 summit in Hamburg.

Indymedia's Ray Grenfell speaks to organizer Andreas Blechschmidt about the anti-capitalist movements who are taking direct action against #G20 in Hamburg. https://g20tohell.blackblogs.org/international-anticapitalist-demonstration/

Indymedia's Ray Grenfell speaks to Jana, an organizer with the Block G20 demonstration that aims to shut down the city and creatively but militantly stop delegates arriving to the G20 conference in Hamburg. www.blockg20.org

Indymedia's Ray Grenfell speaks to Max from sea rescue organization Sea Watch. The group engage in direct action to rescue refugees and migrants in the mediterranean sea. Max discussed the relevance of G20 and why the organization are demonstrating in the protests. More about Sea Watch: Since the year 2000 more than 23.000 people died trying to reach Europe’s shores. After the end of the Mare Nostrum operation in the Mediterranean Sea three business partners from Germany decided to found the nonprofit NGO Sea-Watch. https://sea-watch.org/en/

Indymedia's Ray Grenfell speaks to Britta who is organizing one of the camps at the global G20 summit in Germany. There has been heavy police repression of camping in the city with police removing protesters from established camping spots. Ray spoke to Britta as they were building a new camp in the grounds of a church.

Karun Cowper spoke to Sally Hunter, human rights activist and member of the magnificent WACA (Whistleblowers Activist Citizens Alliance) about their action on Friday hanging a banner reading “Border Force Tortures Refugees - Deportations = Death” off the Channel 7 building in Melbourne’s Docklands precinct. The building was in a direct line of sight of the Border Force headquarters in Customs House, where operational matters in Manus Island and Nauru refugee detention camps are managed. WACA spokesperson Zianna Fuad said on Friday “The federal government and its refugee detention industry contractors have again sought to avoid being held to account with their proposal to settle the Manus class action compensation case out of court. WACA has staged this action to call on the Federal Government to repeal the Border Force Act, evacuate the camps immediately, bring them here and end the illegal indefinite detention of refugees”.

In a week where Treasurer Scott Morrison has been accused of blackmailing his state and territory counterparts after threatening to cut their GST share for placing restrictions on fracking, Karun Cowper spoke to local Lock the Gate regional campaigner Simone Van Hattem. Apart from these very concerning noises on a federal level, there are some equally concerning developments from the newly elected WA Labor government on the fracking front. To stay in touch with the Lock the Gate campaign here in WA head to http://www.frackfreefuture.org.au/.

Last weekend a group of concerned citizens conducted a tour of US/Australia military facilities in WA such as the spy base near Geraldton, in order to raise awareness of the role these facilities play in US hegemony. The trip coincided with a National Day of Action to ban nuclear weapons ahead of UN negotiations to develop a ban treaty. Indymedia's Karun Cowper joined the group who travelled over the weekend to visit the US/Australia spy base. On location, in close proximity of the base, he spoke to local veteran anti nuclear and peace activists Mia Pepper, Bilbo Taylor, Marcus Atkinson and K A.

Indymedia's Raymond Grenfell chats to filipino activist Noel regarding their infoshop and the community mutual aid taking place after the typhoon in the Philippines. More info: http://greenhouseinfoshop.blogspot.com.au/

Peer-to-Peer theorist and activist Michel Bauwens is a leading figure in P2P and commons oriented thinking and a swiftly emerging alternative post-capitalist world. Indymedia's Karun Cowper spoke to Michel about this emergence and what hope and tangible solutions it provides in the Trump era.

Jaz, an organizer of the annual Students of Sustainability conference speaks to Indymedia's Raymond Grenfell re the conference and movements for environmental and social justice in Australia.

Aboriginal Gumbainggir activist, academic, writer and actor Gary Foley speaks to Indymedia's Aleesha Hanczakowski and Raymond Grenfell regarding the governments Recognise campaign and the future of struggles for Aboriginal self-determination.

Psychiatrist, author and social commentator Dr Tad Tietze speaks to Alex Whisson about the social and political roots of the Manchester atrocity.

The Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission last week began hearings for the State Wage Case which will set the wages for some of the lowest paid working people in WA, those on the WA Minimum Wage and state awards. Around 100,000 people rely on this decision to determine their wages. Again, this year the peak employer body, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA, have recommended that the lowest-paid working people get no increase at all. Indymedia's Karun Cowper spoke to Meredith Hammat, Secretary, UnionsWA to get her response to the hearings.

Felicity Ruby is a Doctoral candidate at the University of Sydney and former political adviser to Senator Scott Ludlam. Her research is focused on transnational political movements resisting mass surveillance. Indymedia's Karun Cowper spoke to Felicity about her PhD dissertation entitled "The Fourth Eye: Australia’s Role in the Five Eyes before and after Snowden". Even in the age of the Trump presidency, Australia's political leaders and media maintain their unquestioned subservience to our US masters...

Indymedia's Raymond Grenfell speaks to Valerie Farfalla from the AUWU regarding federal government plans to trial the mandatory drug testing of welfare recipients.

Jess Beckering speaks to Indymedia's Raymond Grenfell on the on-going campaign to protect native forests in WA's south-west.

Indymedia's Raymond Grenfell speaks to Road To Rail convenor, Sam Wainwright about the state government's announcement of over two billion dollars worth of road and rail infrastructure, including $1.6 billion dollars of federal funding previously ear-marked for the Perth Freight Link.

Dr Sandra Bloom is an American mental health activist, psychiatrist and Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University. She is the creator of the "Sanctuary model" of therapeutic care which is now a prevalent approach to mental health in the USA, Australia and around the world. "A traumatic experience impacts the entire person – the way we think, the way we learn, the way we remember things, the way we feel about ourselves, the way we feel about other people, and the way we make sense of the world..." The Sanctuary model is an approach to mental health care which promotes safety and recovery from adversity through the active creation of a trauma-informed community. A recognition that trauma is pervasive in the experience of human beings forms the basis for the Sanctuary Model's focus not only on the people who seek treatment, but equally on the people and systems who provide that treatment. Karun Cowper spoke to Dr Bloom about the unfolding paradigm shift in our understanding and

Indymedia's Raymond Grenfell speaks to Julien Vincent from Market Forces regarding Westpac's decision to not fund new coal, including Adani's Carmichael project. A project that, if built, would be the largest coal mine in the southern hemisphere.