Child Maltreatment, Iranian Coup 53', Wagner group and Russia's future

Wednesday Breakfast

Sunehra speaks with Professor Daryl Higgins the Director of the Institute of Child Protection Studies at Australian Catholic University and the author of The Australian Child Maltreatment Study about the impacts and proposed solutions to prevent child maltreatment in Australia.You can find out more about the Australian Child Maltreatment Study at https://www.acms.au/ We listen to the second part of the Democracy Now Episode about the documentary film Coup 53. The film is about the coupdetat against the former President of Iran Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953, and how the overthrowing of Mossadegh to return Mohammad Reza Shah as Iran’s leader dominoed into Iran’s anti shah sentiments and the Islamic Revolution. The latter of which the country is still dealing with today. The film, Coup 53 directed by Taghi Amirani explores the involvement of US and UK forces in driving the coup. Amy Goodman from Democracy Now talks to Amirani and Iranian historian Ervand Abrahamian about the less publicised involvement of England. We are joined by Sal, an Iranian Union activist in Australia who also elaborated more on the American British and Governments in the coup along with the Soviet policy toward Mosaddegh and the role that Tudeh party, Iran's main communist party at the time in supporting the nationalist government of Mosaddegh. Sal also talks about the effects of the coup today as we are approaching the anniversary of the “Woman, life, freedom” uprising. Patrick speaks to Dr Matthew Sussex, who is Associate Professor of the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University discussing Russia's future and what the future holds for the Wagner Group with the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin occurring. Music:To Tragoudi Tou Kairou - Happy Day by Kostas DoxasSee by Test their Logik