Perth Indymedia

Alex Whisson analyses what Donald Trump's extraordinary triumph in the 2024 U.S. Presidential election will mean for workers in the United States and around the world.

Tone Wheeler is a Sydney based-architect, the president of the Australian Architechture Association and has extensive knowledge about public housing in Australia. Last week he spoke with Indymedia's Jack Prendergast to discuss public housing's history and the compounding economic effects of not providing housing for all.

Jordan Van Den Lamb, AKA Purplepingers, has been steadfast in his advocacy for a paradigm shift in Australia's housing system. Here he talks with Indymedia's Jack Prendergast about what he hopes for in his bid for the national senate, adverse possession laws and the importance of organising with your friends to fight the power imbalance at the heart of our housing crisis.

Doug Henwood is an author, commentator, contributing editor at The Nation, and host of Behind the News on KPFA Radio, part of the Pacifica Radio Network. As we finally reach the end of what has seemed like the longest campaign in modern political history, he joined Alex Whisson to discuss the perils, pitfalls and possibilities of the American Presidential election.

Since its formation during the early uneasiness of the first lockdowns, the Renters And Housing Union (RAHU) have developed a reputation for their uncompromising defense of tenant's rights. A recent expansion to WA sees Ben Millward (General Secretary) and Sadie Ward (WA delegate) in conversation with Jack Prendergast.

Philip Chilton is a historian at Curtin University and a rank-and-file activist with the National Tertiary Education Union. He has an academic interest in studying various forms of political extremism and it’s in that context he joined Alex Whisson to discuss yesterday's Christian Zionist rally on the steps of the State Parliament.

Na Mon from AMSWAG (Asian Migrant Sex Worker Advisory Group) chats to Joni Boyd about a south east Asian trans woman who had her visa cancelled by Border Force and has spent the last ten weeks in male detention at Villawood. There, the woman has been sexually assaulted, isolated, intimidated and denied medical treatment. Na Mon also goes into the profiling of south east Asian women under 30 being disproportionately targeted by border force and AMSWAG's campaign to end profiling, border turn backs and mandatory detention for migrants awaiting visa outcomes.

We speak to Professor Neville Bruce about the WA Grandparents for Climate Action's bike ride from Perth to Canberra, protesting WA's gas expansion.

As Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinian people continues unabated, and as Netanyahu's campaign of terror expands to Lebanon and the wider region, Alex Whisson spoke to Mustafa, chair of the Palestinian Community of WA, to discuss an upcoming charity event, the Run for Palestine.

Richard Hamilton from Victims of Nicheliving joins Alex Whisson once again to discuss the latest twists and turns in the long-running saga.

Lebanese-Australian and education leader for Mums for Palestine, Yasmin Roz, joined Alex Whisson to discuss Israel's ongoing atrocities in Lebanon.

In the midst of Israeli atrocities in Lebanon, and as the genocide in Gaza continues unabated, Alex Whisson spoke to Gamel Kheir, Secretary of the Lebanese Muslim Association in NSW.

After the a second death of a child in custody in ten months - Boorloo Justice and the Justice for Cleveland Dodd campaign rallied at Parliament House on Thursday to call on the state government to close Unit 18 and overhaul WA's youth justice system. Indymedia's Joni Boyd reports. Broadcast on 23/09/2024

We speak to one of the organisers from Disrupt Land Forces in Melbourne about the protests, reportage and state repression.

Joni follows up on last week's chat with Disrupt Land Forces about the beginning of the mobilisation against the massive arms expo. She's joined by Louis who gives an update on the truth telling circle that launched the campaign, the disruption of roads into the convention centre and the tank escorted into the venue by a $500,000 police presence.

We speak to Nathalie, an organiser for Disrupt Land Forces, about the upcoming protests in Melbourne in opposition to the Land Forces International Defence Exposition.

After construction company Nicheliving failed to have its building license renewed in July, hundreds of home builders were in line for insurance claims and therefore the possible completion of their homes. Now, however, the State Administative Tribunal has approved a stay on that order, allowing the conpany to continue its operations for the time being, and once again leaving dozens of families in the lurch, with seemingly no one to support them. RIchard Hamilton joined Alex Whisson to discuss the implications of the SAT's ruling, and where matters might proceed from here in this long-running saga.

In another edition of Fieldnotes on the road to global war, Alex Whisson presents a brief summary of the global situation across multiple theatres and potential theatres of war.

The United States has declared Venezuelan right wing opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez the winner of July's Presidential election, with Joe Biden citing "overwhelming evidence" for the claim. Did Nicolas Maduro win the election fairly and squarely? And is there another Washington-led coup attempt underway?

Long suffering home builder Richard Hamilton joined Alex Whisson to discuss the latest chapter in the Nicheliving saga, the construction company which has become a byword for everything wrong with the Western Australian housing industry.