Jun 16, 2014
- Check your economic privilege at GlobalRichList.com - What you HAVENT learnt from the media this week: ABC radio obsesses over electoral politics in Australia (including recently revealing that Malcolm Turnbull had dinner with Clive Palmer and that he ordered a soup), while neglecting important international issues like the violence in the Central African Republic. - (Not so) alternative media recommendation: The Guardian who have had lots of coverage of the crisis in the Central African Republic. - Katies interview with Michael Hayworth Crisis Response Coordinator for Amnesty International Australia. Michael discusses the war crimes occurring in the Central African Republic, similarities to the genocide in Rwanda, and Amnestys campaign against these human rights abuses. - Coggos speech from outside the UK embassy this was part of the record breaking protest that we covered on episode 57. - Further discussion on the Central African Republic and what you can do to assist the people there. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2014/06/17/car/