Tomorrow Movement, Environment Victoria, Worker Womens' Strength & Struggles, She Matters: Stop Killing Women rally, Post-elections Singapore
7.15 am// Desiree Cai from Tomorrow Movement on Australia's post-electionDesiree Cai is National Director at Tomorrow Movement, building a movement of young people powerful enough to win ambitious solutions to the climate and economic crises. Formerly President of the National Union of Students, and organiser at GetUp, Desiree has run youth-led campaigns on economic justice, education, and climate justice. Desiree joins us on the show this morning to speak about their work at Tomorrow Movement, the issues they were concerned with leading up to the federal election, and what action they'd like to see from the Labor party in their second term. You can find out more about the movement by going to https://tomorrowmovement.com/ or on Instagram at @tomorrowmvmt. 7.30 am// Hayley Sestokas from Environment VictoriaHayley Sestokas, Senior Community Organiser with Environment Victoria, played a key coordinating role in bringing together the Nuclear Free Gippsland Alliance, which campaigned against Nuclear in Victoria/at Loy Yang/Latrobe Valley. Hayley joins us on the show this morning to share her reflections on the pre-election fight against nuclear energy in the Gippsland region, and speak about the importance of campaigning for renewable energy. For more information, go to https://environmentvictoria.org.au/ 7.45 am// Worker Womens' Strength & Struggles: Elba CruzAs part of 3CR's special May Day broadcast this year, Mercedes from A Friday Rave and Uprise Radio presented a special episode called Worker Womens' Strength & Struggles. The episode featured two segments and we're going to play one of them for you today. We're going to hear from Elba Cruz, who tells her story as part of the great ACT laundry strike of 1987. This recording was produced by Tanya McConvell. as part of the NEMBC (The National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters’ Council) project Migrant Women in the Workforce, 2001. 8.00 am// Julie Saylor-Briggs at She Matters: Stop Killing Women rallyA mural on Hosier Lane dedicated to women killed by domestic violence was vandalised recently, with the phrase 'War on Men' painted across the faces of the women depicted in the memorial. Volunteers gathered on Saturday to reaplce the damaged pictures and apply graffiti protection paint to prevent further damage. As of yesterday, the mural has already been vandalised again. We will now listen to a speech from Torres Strait and Yorta Yorta woman, Julie Saylor-Briggs, recorded during the 'She Matters: Stop Killing Women' rally that was held in Geelong on the 15th of March. Listeners are adviced that there will be mention of colonial and institutional violence against women. For support, contact 13YARN, that's 13 92 76, or 1800 Respect at 1800 737 732. 8.15 am// Elijah Tay from Transformative Justice Collective SingaporeBesides Australia, last Saturday the 3rd of May also saw Singaporeans at the polling booth, voting in the 14th general election since Singapore gained independence in 1965. This was the first election since 2001 that did not feature Lee Hsien Loong as Prime Minister, with Lawrence Won having taken over that position as of May last year. To discuss the latest election and post-election sentiments, we're joined today by Elijah Tay from Transformative Justice Collective. Elijah Tay is a student and community organiser in Singapore. With their comrades, they support, educate, agitate, and mobilise people on the ground through various campaigns like #StopTheKilling, an anti-death penalty movement led by the Transformative Justice Collective, improved financial aid for their lower-income schoolmates via NTU Financial Aid Friends, and calling for universities to divest from Israel via Students for Palestine. For more on their work, check out @transformjustice.sg and @sgacadboycott on instagram SongLest We Forget (The Resistance) - Super Tart
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