Australian News:Chelsea Manning ends hunger strike after winning key demand for gender surgery; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/chelsea-manning-ends-hunger-strike-after-winning-key-demand-gender-surgeryDiscussion of RTBU campaign to bring metro operation back into public hands; http://www.rtbuvic.com.au/metro-franchise-campaign-the-year-ahead/ Save The Children not saving anyone; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/save-children-not-saving-anyoneReports from Joe Romm / think progress on alarming global warming 'jump' and renew economy report on Lib+Lab voting to strip $500million from ARENA the renewable energy agency International News:Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman faces arrest over anti-pipeline protest coverage: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/democracy-now-host-amy-goodman-faces-arrest-over-anti-pipeline-protest-coverageDiscussion of French protests against regressive new labour laws; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/france-new-mobilisations-called-campaign-steps-defend-workers%E2%80%99-rightsInterviews:We talk with Bronte Scott Listen here. about the Sydney College of the Arts occupation which is enjoying strong union and community support and has had an initial victory; https://www.greenleft.org.au/taxonomy/term/10190Interview with Rebecca Sanders Listen here on the campaign for public toilets in Melbourne which coincided with the suffrage movement in the late 19th and early 20th century; https://historycreative.wordpress.com/ We talk with Moreland councillor Sue Bolton about her approach to using her position as a way of empowering residents and helping them wage their own campaigns to further and / or defend their own interests. Bolton is campaigning for re-election in October. Listen here. 

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