Green Left Show #42: Australia's colonial 'big stick' politics in the Pacific

September 6, 2024
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Peter Boyle conducts a guest interview for the Green Left Show with Epeli Lesuma, Nuclear Justice Campaigner with the Fiji-based Pacific Network on Globalisation. They discuss: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's "hot mic" slip where he revealed Australia's imperialist intentions in the Pacific, the nature of AUKUS, the goal of a nuclear free & independent Pacific, and the role of China.

The discussion covered: 1:20 Albanese's "hot mic" slipup; 3:53 Is there a problem with China?; 7:13 Australia: climate criminal; 11:09 For a nuclear free Pacific; and 15:54 Kanaky independence.

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