Breaking up the Webb Dock picket, extra-judicial killings of unionists in the Philippines, and the benefits of pill testing

Monday Breakfast

In this week's jampacked show Rob and Grace bring you segments covering the Webb Dock picket and policing of it, how pill testing could reduce harm, as well as extra-judicial killings of unionists in the Philippines. We start off with Stick Together's Jiselle Hanna interview with Elmer Labog, General Secretary of the Kilusang Mayo Uno, the militant union federation in the Philippines, about trade unionists in the Philippines that are being targeted by the Marcos Jr administration and are being extra-judicially executed in order to prevent their organising attempts. To listen to the interview and other Stick Together content, click here.Grace then speaks with Dr Adrian Farrugia, Senior Research Fellow in the Drugs, Gender and Sexuality program at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University. We discuss whether pill testing is the answer to reducing harm of drug use and Australian youth drug education.Sophie, a legal observer from Melbourne Activist Legal Support (MALS), speaks with Rob about the statement of concern published by MALS regarding the policing at the Webb Dock picket. After several days of picketing the Webb Dock to stop a Zim container ship in solidarity with Palestine, the picket was broken up by police using pepper spray and other coercive methods. The Melbourne Activist Legal Support's full statement of concern can be found on their website.Lastly, we heard Thursday Breakfast's Inez Winters' discussion with Declan Furber Gillick, an Aboriginal writer, political organiser and representative of the Black Peoples Union about the Webb Dock picket. The picket successfully stopped Israeli shipping company Zim’s vessel Ganges from docking for multiple days before it was broken up by police last Monday evening. Only part of this interview is played. You can listen to the full interview here.Songs: 1. Perfect Home - Diana Wolfe2. Poltergeist - Den3. Inter View - Den 4. We become what we create - Bait