Derek Wall is current Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales as well as an environmental and social activist, academic and writer whose work concentrates on eco-socialism and the relationship between Marxism and the environment. Wall keeps a regular blog, Another Green World. Wikipedia entry on Ecosocialism function FlashRequest(command, args) {} Popout Original audio source

Labour Day in Brisbane is the largest annual mobilisation of workers in Australia. On May 7th, 40,00 workers and their families marched through Brisbane to celebrate the unity of labour. ALP leader Kevin Rudd was there to offer them all " a fair go". 14:03 function FlashRequest(command, args) {} Popout Original audio source Speakers: ALP leader, Kevin RuddMargaret GleesonPaul BenedekAmelia Taylor

LeftCast #2, January 31st, 2007 Mp3 A major victory has been won by the Aboriginal movement in Australia. The Queensland attorney-general’s department has decided that Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley will be charged with manslaughter over the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee. Mulrunji, an Aboriginal man, died in police custody on Palm Island in 2004. Hurley's charge was announced by Andrew Boe, Palm Island council’s legal adviser, to the 700 people who had gathered at Brisbane’s annual Invasion Day...

Mp3 download Queensland's deputy state coroner, Christine Clements in a damning report has criticized the initial investigation into the 2004 Palm Island death in custody of Mulrunji saying that it failed to meet appropriate guidelines. Clements also found that Senior Sergeant Christopher Hurley caused Mulrunji’s death, and accused the police of failing to investigate his death fully. Mulrunji, 36, was found dead on the cement floor of his cell about 11am on November 19, 2004. Since the...

Mp3 Download Brisbane:On October 10th members of Queensland's indigenous community and their supporters marched on the Queensland state parliament.The protest had been called to demand justice for Palm Islander Mulrinji, killed in police custody in November 2004. The intention was to present petitions collected throughout the state which demanded that the police officer found responsible in the recent coroners report for Mulrinji’s death be sacked. The police officer named, Chris Hurley, had...

mp3 The decision by Queensland Dept of Public Prosecutions not to proceed with any charges against police officer Chris Hurley has led a to a massive outcry of protest and anger from among the local Murri community and their supporters. An earlier coronial inquest had ruled that Hurley was responsible for the death in custody of Mulrunji Doomagee on Palm Island in November 2004. [See background audio and references here] A leading activist in the campaign around Mulrunji's death has been...

SamWatson Mp3 In this episode of LeftCast we speak to Indigenous activist, Sam Watson. Mulrunji death in police custody Two years ago Mulrunji Doomagee, an aboriginal man, died in police custody on Palm Island -- an indigenous community on the Central Queensland Coast. His death has galvanized a new and strong sense of anger and protest amongst Indigenous Australians, particularly Qld Murris . On this episode of LeftCast we talk to Sam Watson -- a leading indigenous activist from Brisbane....

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre www.imemc.org  for Monday August 14th, 2006. Three Palestinians including a child were killed in an Israeli air strike in Beit Hanoun, displaced Lebanese left their shelters in an attempt to return to their homes, and the army continues to take prisoners in the West Bank. 5.8mb / mono / powered by ODEO Click here to Download MP3 file 5.8 MB Email RRN Tour the Ratbag Radio Network Send RRN an audio comment

Audio: Mike Davis is the author of many books on the urban environment and how that formats our political and social existence. His recent published work -- Planet of Slums -- is a shocking review of how the other half is forced to live. Here is an interview with Davis conducted by the CBC. Mp3 download. 23:00. This global problem is of massive proportions: From Planet of Slums “What is clear is that the contemporary mega-slum poses unique problems of imperial order and social control that...

KPFA:Voices of the Middle East and North Africa http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=15554 Four weeks ago, the U.S. funded and armed Israeli military launched a full-scale war against Lebanon, its infrastructure, its social fabric and its people. On this week's program, Dr. Azmi Beshara will be in conversation with Dr. Samara Esmeir about the destructive political operations of the war, the alignments within Israel that gave birth to this war, the regional and the global state of...