Local Communities

Earth Matters Postcard

That's over 1000 stories and 500 hours of radio from the frontlines of environmental struggles in Australia and around the world. From Jabiluka to Goolengook, West Papua to Palestine, and everywhere in-between. So what can you expect from our 1000th show?

3CR WOTL and Anarchist Bookfair WAR and RAC discussion panel.

3CR's Women on the Line and Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair recently facilitated a conversation between two staunch women about decolonisation and the free movement of people. Meriki Onus from Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance and Lucy Honan of the Refugee Action Collective discuss the parallels between their struggles that challenge the border, the nation state, and the violence used to uphold them. Listen to the Women on the Line program produced by Nicole Curby.

Green Left Radio Launch

3CR's new Green Left Radio show is radio for the 99%. It's proudly independent, anti-racist, anti-homophobic, feminist, environmentalist, socialist, internationalist. Join us for the launch at Kindred Studios of this new wing of the people's media on Friday 21 August 7pm.

Join the Gardening Show this Sunday for their annual Radiothon Show. There are hundreds of gardening goodies for you to get including books, gardening tools, soil, compost, gift vouchers, seeds, vouchers, magazine subscriptions and much more! Tune in this Sunday, 21 June, from 7.30 - 10am and support great gardening radio on 3CR.

Friday 7:00am to 8:30am
A weekly source of alternative information which aims to inspire action and organisation to put people and the environment first. Covering international political issues and struggles against the exploitation of the people and exposing the bias in mainstream media that preferences the power brokers and denies access to information.
Rally for workers rights

Tune in from 7am til 12 noon for news and views from local and international workers, as well as all the details on events happening this May Day.  Live crosses from the rally and march in the afternoon from 4pm til 6.30pm to Stop Western Australia closures, and support the call for decolonization and sovereignty for First Nation people.

Armenian woman and child in deportations 1915 Armin T Wegner Collection

On air Friday 24 April 9.30am - or listen now. In this centenary year, ANZAC commemorations have reached a fever pitch. How much history is lost in the carnival of commemoration? 24 April 2015 marks another day of mourning.

Tuesday 10:00pm to 11:00pm
Bringing you news from the social movements of Greece in English and Greek, the anti-fascist and anti-racist front and news of actions and political initiatives from below.
Breakfast at Friends of the Earth - live on air

The Sustainable Breakfast Series is on again following on from last year's delicious success with radical radio, a delicious free breakie and live local music. Join the live audience and hear discussions from 3CR breakfast presenters on local sustainability issues, from setting up cheap renewable energy and workers co-operatives to urban agriculture and building resilient communities in the Yarra area from Monday-Friday, March 23-27, 7am-8:30am.

Summer Specials
Thursday 9:30am to 10:00am
January
A feast of shorts, docos, features and specialist music from 3CR broadcasters and our community radio family.