Healthcare Workers for Palestine, Life with type 1 diabetes, Australian mass media and Israeli bias, "Knock the Top Off: A People's History of Alcohol

Wednesday Breakfast

Pippa speaks with Isabella Magee, a Type 1 Diabetic who is currently an ambassador for Diabetes Australia to tell people about her journey with Type 1 There are currently 1,500,000 people living with Diabetes in Australia.If you want to find out more information about Diabetes you can head to https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/ and check out their online resources. // Associate Professor Jake Lynch from Sydney University and the unholy alliance between Australian mass media and the Australian Jewish press. Lynch discusses the processes by which this mainstream media, in line with major establishment parties demonise or threaten journalists to avoid contextualising the October 7th conflict as an episode in the 75-year occupation of Palestine. This discussion was first aired on Tuesday Hometime on the 14th of November You can listen to Jan Bartlett on Tuesday Hometime every Tuesday 4:00pm to 6:00pm. // Sunehra speaks with nurse and midwife, Gabrielle Bennett who is a member of ANMF (Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation). Gabrielle talks about Healthcare Workers for Palestine Victoria who are a group of healthcare workers organising collectively to have unions take a public position demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, as well as to show support and stand in solidarity with Palestinian healthcare workers.To help healthcare workers and civilians in Gaza, you can donate to:https://www.msf.org/palestinehttps://www.redcross.org.au/iopt/// Annie McLoughlin of Solidarity Breakfast interviews co-editor Alex Etling of the publication "Knock the Top Off: A People's History of Alcohol". The book is described as "an intoxicating journey through Australia's relationship with alcohol". It features short expositions and deep dives into incidents, eras, groups and individuals, and provides an alternative history of Australian society and culture from the bottom up. You can listen to Solidarity Breakfast every Saturday 7:30am to 9:00amYou can purchase Alex Etling's book here: https://www.thebookshop.com.au/new-forthcoming/forthcoming/knocking-the-top-off-a-peoples-history-of-alcohol-in-australia// Songs:Morning Star by Paul Ah CheeThulumaay Gii by Thelma Plum