# Left After Breakfast Best of the Left commentary and chat. Page: Feed: --- ## [Woody Guthrie](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/woody-guthrie) _2026-05-07 · Susanna Duffy_ Songs of Struggle, the 1930s, Including the latest version of Woody's popular 'All you fascists bound to lose' [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/05/08/0830/202605080830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Anvils and Anthems](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/anvils-and-anthems) _2026-04-30 · Susanna Duffy, BL from the Bush, Paula Pope_ Feel the drum, find the fight. Mayday brass, songs that stir for red rallies [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/05/01/0830/202605010830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Indigenous Valour. Lest we forget](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/indigenous-valour-lest-we-forget) _2026-04-23 · Susanna Duffy_ The uncredited record pf Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who fought as Australian troops overseas. They stand tall, brave to the grave. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/04/24/0830/202604240830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Ballads of the Banished](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/ballads-banished) _2026-04-16 · Susanna Duffy_ Chains and refrains, the felon chorus. Songs of the poor souls transported to the penal settlements of Australia [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/04/17/0830/202604170830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Gone Troppo.](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/gone-troppo) _2026-04-09 · Susanna Duffy_ From Outback to Ocean. Chill to sounds shaped by the warm, coastal environments of the Top End [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/04/10/0830/202604100830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Hear the Courage. Keep the Flame.](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/hear-courage-keep-flame) _2026-04-02 · Susanna Duffy_ Songs from the Easter Rising of 1916. Music does more than accompany history. It preserves it, amplifies it, and sometimes even inspires it. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/04/03/0830/202604030830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Soft Voices, Loud Times. Peter, Paul and Mary](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/soft-voices-loud-times-peter-paul-and-mary) _2026-03-26 · Susanna Duffy_ Strum Stories from Folk Files. In the early 1960s Peter Paul and Mary helped popularise the folk music revival. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/03/27/0830/202603270830_left-after-breakfast_64_0.mp3) ## [Dolores Keane, Candlelight over Connemara](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/dolores-keane-candlelight-over-connemara) _2026-03-19 · Susanna Duffy_ Songs of a singular voice. Her gift brought the beauty of Irish song to the global stage, [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/03/20/0830/202603200830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Shamrock Shakedown](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/shamrock-shakedown) _2026-03-12 · Susanna Duffy_ Halo or Hoax? Legend audit of St Patrick, the fact,the myth ,the marvel. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/03/13/0830/202603130830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [IWD Greetings](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/iwd-greetings) _2026-03-05 · Susanna Duffy, Explore with Lynne_ Greetings for International Womens' Day 2026. Joined by Lynne Schroeder of https://www.youtube.com/@ExploreWithLynne [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/03/06/0830/202603060830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Iirtfh6vboKC) _2026-03-05 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [The Story of Seaman Dan](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/story-seaman-dan) _2026-02-26 · Susanna Duffy_ Seaman Dan’s music combines blues, hula and jazz with the traditional music of his Torres Strait Islander culture. His combination of ‘Ailan’ style music and beautiful baritone voice takes you to a place where you can feel and smell the saltwater breeze. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/03/27/0830/202603270830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [The Legacy of Joe Hill](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/legacy-joe-hill) _2026-02-19 · Susanna Duffy_ Songwriter, itinerant laborer, and union organiser, Joe Hill was well known in hobo jungles, on picket lines and at workers' rallies. Thanks in large part to his songs and to his stirring, well-publicised call to his fellow workers on the eve of his execution—"Don't mourn, organise!"—Hill became, and has remained, the best-known IWW martyr and labour folk hero. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/02/20/0830/202602200830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [The Futility of War with Eric Bogle](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/futility-war-eric-bogle) _2026-02-12 · Susanna Duffy_ Possibly the best Australian song of all time is Bogle's tribute to the soldiers who died in the First World War, and a passionate protest against the whole concept of war. Plus more anti-war songs [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/02/13/0830/202602130830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [In Appreciation of Ewan MacColl](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/appreciation-ewan-maccoll) _2026-02-05 · Susanna Duffy_ On a plaque dedicated to Ewan MacColl in London, the inscription includes: "Presented by his communist friends 25.1.1990 ... Folk Laureate – Singer – Dramatist – Marxist ... in recognition of strength and singleness of purpose of this fighter for Peace and Socialism". [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/02/06/0830/202602060830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Keeping Faith](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/keeping-faith) _2026-01-22 · Susanna Duffy_ Faith Petric (1915 - 2013) was a political radical, musician, mother, and worker who united folk music and activism through almost a century of American social movements. Over her long and purposeful life, she inspired all to take responsibility for social change, for women and elders to defy stereotypes and for everyone she met to sing along. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2026/01/23/0830/202601230830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Ted Egan, True Blue Territorian](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/ted-egan-true-blue-territorian) _2025-12-18 · Susanna Duffy_ Ted Egan - folklorist, raconteur, songwriter and performer - lived in Australia's Northern Territory from 1949 until his death in 2025. After a 25-year career in the Public Service, he worked for the Dept of Aboriginal Affairs and as a teacher in bush schools, he turned to music. Over his career he released 30 albums, his songs celebrating the people, history, and life of the Northern Territory,… [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/12/19/0830/202512190830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Tribute to Alistair Hulett](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/tribute-alistair-hulett) _2025-12-11 · Susanna Duffy_ The music of the late, great Alistair Hulett, singer, songwriter, punk rocker and Co-founder of Socialist Alernative [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/12/12/0830/202512120830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Songs of Eureka](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/songs-eureka) _2025-12-04 · Susanna Duffy_ The story of Eureka in song [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/12/05/0830/202512050830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [The Shearers' Strike of 1891](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/shearers-strike-1891) _2025-11-20 · Susanna Duffy_ The Shearers' Strike of 1891 saw more than 1000 men downing shears to march through the streets of Barcaldine demanding better conditions from graziers and for the 'recognition of unionism'.Lasting four months, the strike ended with 13 of its leaders arrested and sentenced to three years hard labour to be served at St Helena Island prison. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/11/21/0830/202511210830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Ned Kelly, the Legend](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/ned-kelly-legend) _2025-11-06 · Susanna Duffy_ And no man single handedCan hope to break the barsThere's a thousand like Ned KellyWho'll hoist the flag of stars [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/11/07/0830/202511070830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Dissecting Series A Rounds (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/j946f6V3UB42) _2025-11-06 · **Sponsored**_ Two real Series A cases: timelines, investor sequencing, and common founder mistakes. ## [Tribute to Dick Gaughan](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/tribute-dick-gaughan) _2025-10-30 · Susanna Duffy_ Celebration of Dick Gaughan, traditional Scottish singer and passionate social activist [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/10/31/0830/202510310830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Tribute to George Despard](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/tribute-george-despard) _2025-09-25 · Susanna Duffy_ A tribute to George Despard, the gentle warrior [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/09/26/0830/202509260830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Tribute to Robbie Burns](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/tribute-robbie-burns) _2025-09-11 · Susanna Duffy_ Robbie Burns is a name etched into the heart of Scotland’s history. Join me for a select handful of his works. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/09/12/0830/202509120830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Tribute to John Cummins](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/tribute-john-cummins) _2025-08-28 · Susanna Duffy_ A tribute to John Cummins on the anniversary of his death. Reflective comments from various speakers [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/08/29/0830/202508290830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Blockade!](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/blockade) _2025-08-07 · Susanna Duffy_ Short history of the blockades to save our Australian environment [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/08/08/0830/202508080830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Margret Roadknight](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/margret-roadknight) _2025-07-17 · Susanna Duffy_ Music of Melbourne, Marget Roadknight and her career of over six decades [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/07/18/0830/202507180830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Radiothon Edition](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/radiothon-edition) _2025-06-12 · Susanna Duffy_ Radioyhon 2025 [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/06/13/0830/202506130830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Aboriginal Anzacs](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/aboriginal-anzacs) _2025-05-01 · Susanna Duffy_ Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have served in Australia's defense forces. Here are some of them. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/05/02/0830/202505020830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Rollicking Sea Shanties](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/rollicking-sea-shanties) _2025-04-10 · Susanna Duffy_ Working songs of the sea [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/04/11/0830/202504110830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [1891](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/1891) _2025-03-20 · Susanna Duffy_ The price of wool was falling in 1891. Or so they say. The story behind the Shearers' Strike [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/03/21/0830/202503210830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Bp6WQ8ccx7Xp) _2025-03-20 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [Tribute to Auriel Andrew](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/tribute-auriel-andrew) _2025-03-06 · Susanna Duffy_ A tribute to Aurial Andrew, an Arrente woman from the Northern Territory. Auriel was a country music singer with a sweet voice, the first Aboriginal woman to appear on Australian television as an entertainer. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/03/07/0830/202503070830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [AUKUS the Biggest Scam](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/aukus-biggest-scam) _2025-02-20 · Susanna Duffy_ The biggest scam of all time is AUKUS. Plus, let's update the taxation system [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/02/21/0830/202502210830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Racism on the rise](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/racism-rise) _2025-02-06 · Susanna Duffy_ Since the defeat of the Voice referendum, racism has skyrocketed as racists are emboldened. Many of them are in parliament, Senator Nampijinpa Price is one example [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/02/07/0830/202502070830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Peter Dutton looking for votes](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/peter-dutton-looking-votes) _2025-01-30 · Susanna Duffy_ Peter Dutton has entered the battle for the Bro Votes [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/01/31/0830/202501310830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [What a Waste](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/what-waste) _2025-01-23 · Susanna Duffy_ Waste is a vital part of the capitalist system. Is it all just garbage? Plus - USA is the most aggressive and violent country in recorded history [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2025/01/24/0830/202501240830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [From the Blockades](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/blockades) _2024-10-31 · Susanna Duffy_ Looking back at the Blockades from the 1970s to now, and the music they i nspired [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/11/01/0830/202411010830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Songs of Solidarity - Alistair Hulitt](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/songs-solidarity-alistair-hulitt) _2024-08-22 · Susanna Duffy_ A tribute to Alistair Hulitt, singer, songwriter and international socialist [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/08/23/0830/202408230830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Dare to Struggle - Memories of Cummo](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/dare-struggle-memories-cummo) _2024-07-11 · Susanna Duffy_ Dare to struggle, dare to win. Memories of John Cummins ## [Roy Bailey Tribute part two](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/roy-bailey-tribute-part-two) _2024-06-27 · Susanna Duffy_ Part Two of the tribute to Roy Bailey, sociologist, socialist and musician. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/06/28/0830/202406280830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Tax Money, Church Money](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/tax-money-church-money) _2024-06-20 · Susanna Duffy_ Lies are shamelessly commonplace in politics. Churches must pay tax [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/06/21/0830/202406210830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Peaceful Melodies: Anti-War Songs of the 60s](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/peaceful-melodies-anti-war-songs-60s) _2024-05-09 · Susanna Duffy_ War No More: Exploring Anti-War Songs of the Sixties/ Part 1 [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/05/17/0830/202405170830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Our Indigenous Soldiers](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/our-indigenous-soldiers) _2024-05-02 · Susanna Duffy_ A brief look at some of our indigenous soldiers. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/05/03/0830/202405030830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Anzac and Jingoism](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/anzac-and-jingoism) _2024-04-25 · Susanna Duffy, Comrade Natasha_ War shouldn’t be glorified through discourse of patriotism and the Aussie way. [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/04/26/0830/202404260830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Tune Union](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/tune-union) _2024-03-28 · Susanna Duffy_ Union Music Singalong [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/03/29/0830/202403290830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Australia a Republic, we don't need the British Royals](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/australia-republic-we-dont-need-british-royals) _2024-03-21 · Susanna Duffy_ Whi cares about photoshopping a family happy snap, we should care about the whole parasitical family [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/03/22/0830/202403220830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Tribute to Roy Bailey](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/tribute-roy-bailey) _2024-03-14 · Susanna Duffy_ A tribute to Roy Bailey, (20 October 1935 – 20 November 2018), English Socialist Folk Singer [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/03/15/0830/202403150830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Talking to Women](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/talking-women) _2024-03-07 · Susanna Duffy_ Women talk about their experiences in 1980s and 70s. Poetry from Comrade Natasha [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/03/08/0830/202403080830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Scott has Left the Building](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/scott-has-left-building) _2024-02-29 · Susanna Duffy_ The exit of former disgraced PM, Morrison, after 2 years of sitting on the back bench, [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/03/01/0830/202403010830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [Right Wing Group spends thousands on Facebook](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/right-wing-group-spends-thousands-facebook) _2024-02-15 · Susanna Duffy_ Bizarre Barnaby, Right wing lobby group spending thousands on Fecebook and emboldened racists now attacking Traditional Heritage Rights [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/02/16/0830/202402160830_left-after-breakfast_64.mp3) ## [The funding of the Voice defeat](https://www.3cr.org.au/leftafterbreakfast/episode/funding-voice-defeat) _2024-02-08 · Susanna Duffy_ Who paid for the anti-Voice campaign and why Australia is a racist country. Also, review of the Palace Letters [Listen](https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/left-after-breakfast/2024/02/09/0830/202402090830_left-after-breakfast_64_0.mp3)