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19th December, 2020 Schedule for this week’s broadcast: 3m    Opening 7m    2020 - year of Covid disaster and Tory failures 19m  News 26m  Climate justice explained 40m  Pick Of The Strikes 49m  Poverty and inequality during the pandemic - what can be done? 1h02  Direct Action 1h13 Chesterfield send off of Care4Calais refugee aid 1h23 Red Guide 1h27 Speech by Claire Moseley of Care4Calais, at Sheffield LMHR refugee fundraiser (12/12) 1h41 "Political Climate" - weather forecast 1h47 Speech by Helen O'Connor of the GMB union, at  DPAC online meeting on Deaf and Disabled people's Resistance (3/12) 1h53 Sign off and contact details Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

12th December, 2020 Schedule for this week’s broadcast: 4m    Opening 9m    Tory racism and coming action for refugees 18m  News 24m  Tory Covid disaster and bosses threats to jobs and pay, incl speech by Doctors In Unite rep  PBP online meeting (1/12) 36m  Pick Of The Strikes 46m  Brighton University strike, incl speech by Mark Abel of Brighton UCU  PBP online meeting (1/12) 59m  Direct Action 1h09 French protests against global security law 1h19 Red Guide 1h27 Speech by Dave Allen of the TUC Disabled Workers Committee, at DPAC online meeting on Deaf and Disabled people's Resistance (3/12) 1h36 "Political Climate" - weather forecast 1h41 Tina Hogg explains history of DPAC, at  DPAC online meeting on Deaf and Disabled people's Resistance (3/12) 1h48 Sign off and contact details Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

5th December, 2020 Schedule for this week’s broadcast: 4m   Opening 8m  People Before Profit - Covid Activists online meeting (1/12) on Fight Job Losses, Fight The Virus, No To A Pay Freeze,        speeches by John McDonnell MP (intro to PBP Covid Activists) and Sabby Dhalu, co-chair of Stand Up To Racism 24m  News 34m  PBP online meeting (1/12) - speeches by Mark Porter (Unite, Rolls Royce Barnoldswick), Paul Almond (We Are With You) and Clayton Clive (RMT Manchester South) 47m  Pick Of The Strikes 56m Strikes in India rock the far-right BJP government 1h12 Direct Action 1h22 PBP online meeting (1/12) - speech by Manchester University rent striker and occupier, Izzy Smithman 1h29 Red Guide 1h38 Press release from SWP about Facebook bans for left wing activists 1h44 "Political Climate" - weather forecast 1h51 Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics, speaks about the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (at online meeting on CEE bill, 10/11) 2h06 Sign off and contact details Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

29th November, 2020 Schedule for this week’s broadcast: 2m   Opening 6m  Public sector pay freeze, minimum wage rise reduced, benefit rises a pittance 17m  News 24m  Tories "Green Industrial Revolution" too little too late 35m  Pick Of The Strikes 42m Building unions in hard to organise workplaces 55m Direct Action 1h05 Priti Patel and the politics of bullying 1h16 Red Guide 1h23 Polish teacher Agniezka talks about fight for abortion rights in Poland, at Chesterfield SW Forum (26/11) 1h38 "Political Climate" - weather forecast 1h48 Tim Jackson speaks about the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (at online meeting on CEE bill, 10/11) 1h59 Sign off and contact details Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

21st November, 2020 Schedule for this week’s broadcast: 4m   Opening - chat about public sector pay freeze 10m  Covid vaccine 18m  News 24m  Yorkshire Ripper dead and Police failures 32m  Pick Of The Strikes 39m Student occupations and rent strikes 48m Direct Action 55m Polish fascists fail as pro-choice demonstrators oppose them 1h02 Red Guide 1h08 Kimi Naidoo of Africans Rising speaks about the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (at online meeting on CEE bill, 10/11) 1h26 "Political Climate" - weather forecast 1h31 Starforce FM remembered, with recording of "DJ Comrade" doing "Communist Rap" 1h40 Sign off and contact details Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

14th November, 2020 Schedule for this week’s broadcast: 3m   Opening - solidarity not charity 6m  US election - good riddance to Trump, but keep fighting under Biden 18m  News 25m  Covid vaccine, NHS treatment restrictions, job losses and homelessness 33m  Pick Of The Strikes 29m French school strikes over Covid safety 49m Direct Action 57m Manchester students tear down barriers 1h05 Red Guide 1h10 Green MP Caroline Lucas speaks about the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (at online meeting on CEE bill, 10/11) 1h24 "Political Climate" - weather forecast 1h31 Mohammed Asif of Afghan Human Rights Foundation (at SUTR international conference Refugees Welcome workshop, 17/10) 1h46 Sign off and contact details Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

7th November, 2020 Schedule for this week’s broadcast: 7m   Opening - Trump loses US election 11m  Coronavirus second lockdown - Too little too late 19m  News 26m  US election 36m  Pick Of The Strikes 43m Suzanne Jeffries, of CACC, talks about Green New Deal (at Chesterfield TUC meeting, 2/11) 1h04 Direct Action 1h19 Poland pro-choice protests 1h30 Red Guide 1h39 Hostile environment to immigrants, solidarity vs charity, and speech by Claire Moseley of Care4Calais             (at SUTR International Conference - Refugees Welcome workshop, 17.10) 1h50 "Political Climate" - weather forecast 1h57 Speeches from Halloween protests against ending of Furlough (from PBP - Covid Activists online meeting, 31/10) 2h22 Sign off and contact details Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

31st October, 2020 Schedule for this week’s broadcast: 3m   Opening chat 9m   Tories vote against free school holiday meals for poor kids 15m News 25m Gail Bradbrook describes the Money Rebellion, at XR Chesterfield meeting (20/10) 49m Pick Of The Strikes 56m David Rosenberg of the Jewish Socialist Group speaks at SUTR / TUC Midlands anti racism conference (3/10) 1h06 Direct Action 1h19 School students' protests against racism 1h31 Red Guide 1h38 Daniella Abraham of Sinti and Roma Holocaust Memorial Trust speaks at Refugees Welcome workshop, at SUTR International Conference (17/10) 1h49 “Political Climate” - weather forecast for Chesterfield 1h56 Weyman Bennett of SUTR speaks at BLM vs Police workshop, at SUTR / TUC Midlands anti racism conference (3/10) 2h10 Radio Resistance contact details Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

24th October, 2020 Schedule for this week’s broadcast: 3m   Opening chat - Tories vote against free holiday meals for poor kids 9m   Covid, Tory failures and what should be done 17m News 25m Brendan Woodhouse of SeaWatch speaks at Refugees Welcome workshop, at SUTR International Conference (17/10) 36m Pick Of The Strikes 44m NHS worker Salma Yaqoub speaks at SUTR / TUC Midlands anti racism conference (3/10) 55m Direct Action 1h08 Extinction Rebellion action outside Chesterfield branch of Barclays Bank 1h16 Red Guide 1h23 Conversation starter: Libertarianism and toxic individualism 1h36 “Political Climate” - weather forecast for Chesterfield 1h41 Jeremy Corbyn speaks at BLM vs Trump rally, at SUTR International Conference (17/10) 2h01 Radio Resistance contact details Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

17th October, 2020 Schedule for this week’s broadcast: 8m   New COVID restrictions - how did we get here? 25m News 30m Despina Karayianni speaks on Greece and Golden Dawn, at Chesterfield SUTR meeting (12/10) 40m Pick Of The Strikes 48m CWU secretary Jane Loftus speaks at Chesterfield TUC meeting on People Before Profit emergency programme (5/10) 1h08 Direct Action 1h25 HS2 protests continue to build 1h29 Red Guide 1h39 Glen Shaw, school student exam protester, speaks at People Before Profit Covid Activists launch of emergency programme (29/9) 1h48 “Political Climate” - weather forecast for Chesterfield 1h57 Poem “Don’t You Get It” recited at Midlands TUC / SUTR conference (3/10) Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

10th October, 2020 What's in this week's broadcast: 6m     Chesterfield TUC meeting on An Emergency Programme for Jobs, Services and Safety (5/10),           including speech by Karen Reissman of Unison 23m   News from Socialist Worker 29m   Midlands TUC / SUTR conference (3/10) speech by Coventry South MP Zara Sultana 45m   Pick Of The Strikes 53m   Speech by Susan Jeffery of the Campaign Against Climate Change, at An Emergency Programme for Jobs, Services and Safety (29/9) 1h05  Direct Action - round up of protests and demonstrations 1h16  Coming activity on protecting jobs, pay and safery, by NHS fair pay campaigner Matt Tacey            at Chesterfield TUC meeting on An Emergency Programme for Jobs, Services and Safety (5/10) 1h30 Red Guide - coming meetings and events 1h38 Speech by Paula Peters of Disabled People Against Cuts, at An Emergency Programme for Jobs, Services and Safety (29/9) 1h46 "Political Climate" - weather for Chesterfield area 1h54 Midlands TUC / SUTR conference (3/10) workshop on Black Lives Matter and Police racism, speech by Camilla Mngaza 2h16 Radio Resistance contact details Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

3rd October, 2020 What's in this week's broadcast: 8m     People Before Profit - Covid Activists online launch of An Emergency Programme for Jobs, Services and Safety (29/9),           including speech by John McDonnell MP 26m   News from Socialist Worker 33m   Extinction Rebellion and anti racists' demo for refugees, outside Home Office (4/9) 50m   Pick Of The Strikes 56m   Speech by PCS Tate Gallery striker at An Emergency Programme for Jobs, Services and Safety (29/9) 1h06  Direct Action - round up of protests and demonstrations 1h16  Extinction Rebellion We Want To Live - Saturday 5/9 and Sunday 6/9, including Flood Alert action 1h36 Red Guide - coming meetings and events 1h44 Speech by Glasgow University student at An Emergency Programme for Jobs, Services and Safety (29/9) 1h52 "Political Climate" - weather for Chesterfield area 1h57 Extinction Rebellion's Walk of Shame (4/9) - speech outside Lloyds of London 2h16 Feedback Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

26th September, 2020 What's in this week's broadcast: 6m     Chancellor Sunak's Furlough replacement scheme 20m   News from Socialist Worker 25m   Extinction Rebellion and Climate and Ecological Emergency bill, with speech from Tulisi Hogarth of XR Scientists 44m   Pick Of The Strikes 54m   How you can support arrestees 1h06  Direct Action - round up of protests and demonstrations 1h15  Chesterfield rally for refugees 1h37 Red Guide - coming meetings and events 1h40 Know Your Enemy: QAnon 1h55 "Political Climate" - weather for Chesterfield area 2h01 Extinction Rebellion's Walk of Shame   Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

19th September, 2020 What's in this week's broadcast: 4m     Opening and introduction 9m     Covid rules and Tory hypocrisy 19m   News from Socialist Worker 26m   Extinction Rebellion 's newspapers action and the media under capitalism 36m   Pick Of The Strikes 44m   Unemployment wave and what we can do about it, incl speech by Steve Hedley (RMT) at NHS workers' solidarity meeting (11/9) 1h01  Direct Action - round up of protests and demonstrations 1h14  Extinction Rebellion - Parliament Square tree camp against HS2, incl speech by tree rebels 1h35 Red Guide - coming meetings and events 1h42 Advice for when arrested 1h58 "Political Climate" - weather for Chesterfield area 2h03 Black Lives Matter Chesterfield court demo (11/9) - speech by Alf   Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

13th September, 2020 Radio Resistance returns this week, having missed last week's broadcast as I was in London. (Apologies for further delays, due to technical issues to do with recording). In response to public demand, now listing approximate times, into the broadcast, of reports and features: 3m     Opening and listener feedback 8m     Covid second wave - Tories, not young people, are to blame 17m   News from Socialist Worker 27m   Extinction Rebellion "We Want To Live" - London focus 48m   Pick Of The Strikes 55m   NHS Fair Pay campaign online meeting, with speeches by Phil Turner and Rebecca Bryson 1h12  Direct Action - round up of protests and demonstrations 1h20  Extinction Rebellion "We Want To Live" - outside London, including locally 1h29 Red Guide - coming meetings and events 1h33 Black Lives Matter solidarity demo outside Chesterfield magistrates' court 1h55 "Political Climate" - weather for Chesterfield area 2h00 Extinction Rebellion's "Highways To Hell" action outside the Department for Transport, in London 2h20 Ray Holmes obituary   Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

29th August, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Tories' school re-opening risks second Covid 19 wave - Extracts from Chesterfield Socialist Worker forum on the environment, by Suzanne Jeffries - Stalinism, Communism and Trade Unions - Protests in Thailand against dictatorship - Speech from Chesterfield NHS workers' pay demo (8/8) by Joe Ponds - Report from Nottingham counter-demo against fascists, plus poetry by Manjit Sahota Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

22nd August, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Exam regrading fiasco hits poor workers hardest, sparking protests - Know Your Enemy: Racism, including "Great Replacement Theory" - Belarus strikes and protests following rigged election, and origins of the regime - Extract from XR meeting on HS2 (4/8) - why it won't significantly reduce travel time - Speech by health worker Rebecca Bryson at Chesterfield NHS workers' pay justice demo (8/8) - Poetry by Melissa at Chesterfield's Black Lives Matter Party In The Park (9/8) Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

15th August, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - As Tories want to send Navy against refugee boats, why we say Refugees Are Welcome Here - Climate change, including extracts from Extinction Rebellion's "The Time Is Now" - Demos for NHS workers' pay justice, focus on Chesterfield demo, including speech by Unite health workers' rep Dean Collins - Beirut explosion, why it was no accident, and protests against Lebanon's government - Speech by nurse Donna Hales at Chesterfield NHS workers' pay justice demo (8/8) - Speech by Hassan at Chesterfield's Black Lives Matter Party In The Park (9/8) Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

7th August, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Pay Our Health Workers online solidarity meeting, organised by People Before Profit (1st August) - Covid Worker Action Group,   speeches by NHS workers Mark Boothroyd and Libby Nolan - Know your enemy - deniers and apologists - Peoples Assembly online meeting on The Future of Industry, Jobs and Workers Rights (25th July),   speech by Cad Jones of the Institute of Employment Rights - Extract from Extinction Rebellion Chesterfield meeting on HS2 - Pay Our Health Workers online solidarity meeting, organised by People Before Profit (1st August) - Covid Worker Action Group,   speeches by MPs Claudia Webbe (Leicester) and John McDonnell Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

1st August, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Johnson's fat shaming, racism, and Covid 19 blame deflection - extract from Peoples Assembly meeting on The Future of Industry, Jobs and Rights at Work (25/7) - Know Your Enemy - Anti-Political Correctness - US McStriker Betty Douglas speech at Peoples Assembly solidarity matter for Strike For Black Lives (19/7) - Last weekend's Extinction Rebellion protests in London, and HS2 protests - Chesterfield Black Lives Matter demo outside Gilbert Heathcote School -  poetry reading at PSC Nakba Rally (15/5) by Allan Kolsk Horwitz Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

25th July, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Tories' miserly "reward" for key workers    including, from the Wednesday 15th July online meeting on From Job Cuts to Covid Outbreaks, organised by People Before profit - Health Worker Covid Activists,    Ian Hodson of the BFAWU union - Know Your Enemy - Incels - Monday's Strike for Black Lives,   including intro from Sunday's solidarity rally by UK McStriker Rebekah - Extinction Rebellion's London action in September (from XR website) - From the Wednesday 15th July online meeting on From Job Cuts to Covid Outbreaks, organised by People Before profit - Health Worker Covid Activists,    Glyn Robbins ofg Homes 4 All - Athlete A, competitive sport, and capitalism's abuses Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

18th July, 2020 This week's broadcast features: From the Wednesday 15th July online meeting on From Job Cuts to Covid Outbreaks, organised by People Before profit - Health Worker Covid Activists; - Claudia Webbe, Leicester labour MP - Muade Hafiq, McStrike activist in the BFAWU union Know Your Enemy - the Alt Right. A report on Friday's climate vigil outside Chesterfield Town Hall, targeting Chesterfield Borough Council's inaction on climate change. Extracts from the SWP online meeting on Marxism, Gender and Trans Liberation (Sunday 12/7), by Laura Miles Extracts from the online Durham Miners Gala, on Saturday 11th July, by - Jeremy Corbyn MP - Matt Wrack of the FBU - Ricky Tomlinson Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

10th July, 2020 This week's broadcast features: From the Monday 6th July online meeting on Easing Lockdown - Workers must not pay the price, organised by Chesterfield Trades Union Council; - Gareth Lane, of the BFAWU union, on unsafe workplaces and what we can do about them - Colin Hampton, of Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre, about Universal Credit and the fight against it - Morag, of Tower Hamlets Unison, on the strike there against the council's attack on workers A report on Wednesday's climate vigil at Wingerworth on Wednesday, targeting North East Derbyshire District Council's inaction on climate change, and coming actions by Extinction Rebellion From the Friday 3rd July online meeting on Anti-racism - where now? organised by Stand Up To racism - Weyman Bennett, of Stand Up To Racism - Rev Jesse Jackson, US civil rights activist Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

4th July, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - SWP online meeting on Israel's annexation of Palestine and Labour leader Keir Starmer's attack on the left for criticising Israel (30/6)   with Palestinian student activist Layla Assam, and Charlie Kimber from the SWP - Charlotte Hughes on Universal Credit, at DPAC meeting on why we must fight to stop and scrap UC (18/6) - Chesterfield Stand Up to Racism meeting on Decolonising Education (29/6), with Moyra Samuels of Justice 4 Grenfell - Rebecca Johnson of ICANN at XR Peace online meeting on What Is Real Security ? (17/6) - Angela Davis speech from 1970s and Esme Choonara on Davis' views today, at SWP meeting on Angela Davis (21/6) Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

26th June, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Black Lives Matter rally in Chesterfield, Wednesday 24/6; James Eaden (Chesterfield Trades Council) and Laura Allfolk (ACCA) - DPAC Stop and Scrap Universal Credit online meeting, Thursday 18/6; Gail Ward (DPAC North East) - XR Chesterfield Inaction=Death event, Thursday 25/6 - delivery of letter to Toby Perkins MP's office - Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign virtual rally, Saturday 20/6 - Kevin Horne (arrested at Orgreave) - SWP online meeting on Angela Davis, Sunday 21/6 Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

19th June, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Black Lives Matter protests, including speech by Diane Abbott MP at Stand Up To Racism's BLM - We Demand Change meeting (7/6) - Speech by Joseph Choonara at SWP's Covid 19 and Global Struggle online meeting (14/6) - Angie Zelter explains XR Peace at What Is Real Security? online meeting (17/6) - Slavery - Speech by Iannis Delatola, from the USA, at SWP's Covid 19 and Global Struggle online meeting (14/6) - Extract from Stand Up To Racism and Unison online meeting on Soul Music and the Civil Rights Movement, with Yuri Prassad (17/6) Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

12th June, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Speech by Bell Rebeira-Addy at Stand Up To Racism's Black Lives Matter - We Demand Change meeting (7/6) - Speech by Arundhati Roy at Stop The War's Coronavirus, War and Empire meeting (6/6) - Introduction by Suzanne Jeffery at Campaign Against Climate Change's meeting on the Green New Deal (25/5) - Speech by Victor Sylvester (cousin of Roger Sylvester) at Stand Up To Racism's Black Lives Matter - We Demand Change meeting (7/6) - CND meeting on Killer Robots (30/5) - Marjit Sahota of Poets Against Racism, at Bookmarks book shop's Lock Down Rock Down poetry evening (15/5) Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

5th June, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Police racism and the George Floyd murder,    incl speech from SUTR meeting on the subject (31/5) by Weyman Bennett - Speech by Fran Mannings of the NEU union, on Dominic Cummings, at the SWP's Establishment, Class and Coronavirus online meeting (30/5) - Speech by Angela McCormick, on Tory plans to re-open schools, at the SWP's Establishment, Class and Coronavirus online meeting (30/5) - Eric Fretz, from the US, at the Chesterfield SW forum on police racism and the murder of George Floyd (4/6) - John McDonnell speech at the Campaign Against Climate Change meeting on the Green New Deal (25/5) - Chip of Poets from the Picket Line, at Bookmarks book shop's Lock Down Rock Down poetry evening (15/5) Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

29th May, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Why we must not return to unsafe schools and work,    with speeches by Wales health worker Libby Nolan, Louise Regan of the NEU, and Karen Weissman    (Health Worker Coronavirus Action Group meetings, 20/5 and 27/5) - Lisa Tunnell's Chesterfield SW forum on Is Another Education Possible? - Talah Ahmed on the Covid crisis in India (SWP meeting 23/5) - Sean Vernell of UCU, on the Green New Deal (CACC meeting 25/5) - Palestine Solidarity Campaign Nakba Rally (15/5), music and speech by Janna Jihad - Black Lives Matter inspired poetry at Bookmarks book shop's Lock Down Rock Down poetry evening (15/5) by Evita Colon Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

22nd May, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Speech by Amanda Martin of the NEU, at People Before Profit Coronavirus Health Action Group online meeting on No Return to Unsafe Work (20/5) - Speech by Diane Abbott at Stand Up To Racism online meeting on the effect of easing lockdown on the BAME community (19/5) - Speech by Mona Kamal, a mental health doctor, at the Stop The War online meeting on Cut War Not Healthcare (16/5) - Speech by Ellen Clifford, of Disabled People Against Cuts, at the SWP's online meeting on mental distress in lockdown and pandemic (9/5) - Speech by Jeremy Corbyn at People Before Profit Coronavirus Health Action Group online meeting on No Return to Unsafe Work (20/5) - Environmental poetry at Bookmarks book shop's Lock Down Rock Down poetry evening (15/5) by Heidi Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

15th May, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Speech by Kevin Courtney, NEU general secretary, at No Return to Unsafe Work online meeting (6/5) - Speech by Kambiz from Tower Hamlets, at Chesterfield Stand Up To Racism public meeting on BAME Covid 19 deaths (11/5) - Speech by Kati Taunt at online meeting on Mental Distress in time of Pandemic (9/5) - Speech by Tim Dawson of the NUJ, at online meeting ny Stop The War, against the extradition of Julian Assange (6/5) - Speech by Martin Empson at the Bookmarks bookshop's online discussion of "System Change Not Climate Change" (8/5) - Poetry by Owen Collins and The Repeat Beat Poet at the WSO Isolation Fest Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

8th May, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Speech by John McDonnell MP at No Return to Unsafe Work online meeting (6/5) - Speech by Janet Newsham of the Hazards Campaign, at No Return to Unsafe Work online meeting (6/5) - Speech by John Bellamy Foster at online meeting on Marxism and Ecology in time of pandemic (18/4) - Speech by Dr Megan Parsons at online meeting on Race, Class and Coronavirus (2/5) - Speech by Phyllis Bennis of Jewish Voice for Labour, at Stop The War's Case For A Global Ceasefire online meeting (28/4) - Chesterfield May Day Online (2/5) Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

1st May, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Speech by Sarah Bates at Women and Coronavirus online meeting (25/4) - Speech by Amy Leather at online meeting on Marxism and Ecology in time of pandemic (18/4) - Speech by Mark Serwotka, general secretary of PCS union,, at Solidarity with our NHS online rally (8/4) - Speech by Dr Siema Iqbal at Stand Up to Racism online meeting on why Covid 19 is causing so many deaths of people in ethnic minorities - Speech by Sam Mason at CND's Ventilators Not Exterminators online meeting (25/4) - Kev Titterton poem at We Shall Overcome Isolation Fest Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

25th April, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - After Coronavirus - no return to Business As Usual ! - Coronavirus, civil liberties and the state - Speech by Claire Dixon, a London health worker, at Solidarity with our NHS online rally (8/4) - Martin Empson speech at SWP's Marxism and Ecology in the age of Coronavirus online meeting (18/4) - Speech by Greek anti racist Petros Constantinou, at SUTR's Coronavirus and the Hostile Environment online meeting (2/4) - Graham Rhodes poem at We Shall Overcome Isolation Fest Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

17th April, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Speech at Coronavirus Q&A online meeting (4/4) by Karen Weissman - Eugenics explained - Speech by Sonia Adizera of Keep Our NHS Public, at Solidarity with our NHS online rally (8/4) - Part 2 of Extinction Rebellion's Ask A Scientist online meeting on environmental destruction and diseases - Speech by paramedic Esme Choonara at SUTR's Coronavirus and the Hostile Environment online meeting (2/4) - Janine Booth poem "Clap For Carers" at We Shall Overcome Isolation Fest Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

10th April, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Speech at Coronavirus Q&A online meeting (4/4) by Dr Lee Humber - The case for and against charity - Speech by Libby Nolan at Solidarity with our NHS online rally (8/4) - Extract from Extinction Rebellion online meeting on environmental destruction and diseases - Speech by Kate Hudson at CND "You Can't Nuke A Virus" online meeting (4/4) - Speech by Sabby Dhalu at SUTR online rally (21/3) Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

4th April, 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Coronavirus - why Tories and bosses can't keep us safe - Social model of disability explained - Coronavirus - international political situation - Meat, coronavirus and climate chaos - Weyman Bennett (SUTR) speaking at online rally against racism (21/3) - Attila the Stockbroker poem Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

28th March 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Coronavirus - all in it together? - Coronavirus - why are non essential workplaces still open? - Video speech from Australia, at the Sheffield Climate Emergency Conference - Speech by Brendon Woodhouse, of SeaWatch, at the Matlock Stand Up To Racism meeting - Zoom video meetings Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

21st March 2020 This week's broadcast features: - Extracts from Wednesday night's SWP online meeting about coronavirus Covid 19 - Speech at the Stand Up To Racism public meeting in Matlock, by Muslim anti-racist campaigner Nahella Ashraf (Part 2) - Speech from the Sheffield Climate Emergency Conference by Patrick Wakefield of UK Schools Climate Network - A brief history of disability Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

14th March 2020 - Return Broadcast This week's return broadcast features: - Chesterfield SW forum on the Coronavirus Covid 19 epidemic, by Rebecca B - Speech at the Stand Up To Racism public meeting in Matlock, by Muslim anti-racist campaigner Nahella Ashraf (Part 1) - Report on the Sheffield Climate Emergency Conference, - plus speech there by Martin Meyer of Sheffield Trade Union Council Listen Live (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

8th February 2020 - Part 1 of this week's broadcast features: - 10 good reasons to join a trade union - New Tory terror laws will trash civil rights but not stop terror Listen Live (Part 1) (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link) Part 2 of this week's broadcast features: - Food and the environment - Socialist Worker forum on: Why did Labour lose the December 12th election (continued) Listen Live (Part 2) (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

1st February 2020 - Part 1 of this week's broadcast features: - Leave or Remain, we must fight racism - Chesterfield Socialist Worker forum on: Why do some workers vote Tory? (Part 1) - Health and Safety - how can unions help? Listen Live (Part 1) (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link) Part 2 of this week's broadcast features: - Renewable energy explained - Obituary to Barry Johnson - Holocaust Memorial Day in Chesterfield Listen Live (Part 2) (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

25th January 2020 Part 1 of this week's broadcast features: - How and why the World Economic Forum in Davos offers no solutions to world's problems - Is disability prejudice caused by human nature? - Will Brexit lead to a bonfire of workers' rights? Listen Live (Part 1) (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link) Part 2 of this week's broadcast features: - Climate chaos and transport - Excuses for nuclear weapons debunked - Extract from Thursday night's Socialist Worker forum on Iran and Imperialism (Speaker: James Eaden) Listen Live (Part 2) (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

18th January 2020 - New Year, New Fightback! Part 1 of this week's broadcast features: - Refugee families stay divided, as refugee children prevented from reaching UK by Tory government - How do we define disability? - Precarious workers - how can unions help? Listen Live (Part 1) (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link) Part 2 of this week's broadcast features: - Why are greenhouse gas emissions still increasing? - Nuclear weapons explained - Extract from Thursday night's Socialist Worker forum on France In Revolt (Speaker: John Ross) Listen Live (Part 2) (To download to listen later, or transfer to an mp3 player, right click on this link)

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