Episode 20 - The Party Line on Hanson’s Invasion day antics and the Minneapolis uprising against ICE

Bullshit has been confirmed as an essential part of the pod by popular acclaim, and so this ep begins with a healthy serving. So we start by exploring Omar’s first experience of Jordan’s fame, the quality of flooring in the office, and other essential issues facing the nation. The headlines take another look at US imperialism in relation to both Venezuela and Iran, before looking at the unholy alliance of Coles and The Australian, and the impending collapse of the Nationals. The first of our main segments looks at the massive Invasion day demos around the country, the much smaller fascist mobilisations, and the literal bomb thrown at the Invasion day protest in Perth. We then look at the inspirational resistance to ICE in Minneapolis, where 3000 thugs have confronted tens of thousands of students, workers and activists standing against the violent deportations of migrants. The general strike on January 23 was a clear turning point, leading businesses to complain about the disruption and Trump to lead (a partial but much welcomed) RETREAT! As of now the struggle remains ongoing and we send our full solidarity to the people of Minneapolis.

Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman, and special guest editor Auley Ryan.

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If you like what you hear, please rate, subscribe and share with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline. 

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(The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.) 

This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism.

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Episode 19 - The Party Line on the murder of Kumanjayi Walker: A conversation with Kate Wild, author of The Red House

This special episode of The Party Line features award winning journalist and author Kate Wild talking about her new book, The Red House: Kumanjayi Walker and Zachary Rolfe. Together we explore the fatal 2019 shooting of Warlpiri teenager Kumanjayi Walker by Constable Zachary Rolfe in Yuendumu, examining the event's connection to Australia's history of structural, institutional  racism. We look at the systematic violence of the criminal justice system, and how it punishes Indigenous people generally, and Indigenous youth in particular, for being poor and Black. 

We encourage our readers to grab a copy of the book to learn more about the horrific events surrounding the killing of Kumanjayi Walker. We also recommend The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper as a similarly enraging and moving account of an earlier black death in custody.

Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman, and special guest editor Auley Ryan.

While we will always release our content for free, please support us on patreon if you can.

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This is a podcast by members of the Socialist Party in Naarm (Melbourne). We hope to bring a radical perspective to a podcast landscape dominated by insipid liberalism (looking at you, The Daily). The pod will come out weekly, and aims to breakdown news and current events from a socialist point of view. While a lot of what’s going on in the world is fairly bleak, The Party Line will try and highlight voices of resistance and struggle.

If you like what you hear, please rate, subscribe and share with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline. 

If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers.

(The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.) 

This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism.

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Episode 18 - The party line on Invasion day, deaths in custody, and creeping fascism

Omar made his glorious return this week, though quickly made it clear he hadn’t bothered listening to the last ep. (Probably for the best, he was easily replaced.) This ep is an Invasion day special, and looks at the past present and future of Aboriginal oppression and resistance in Australia. To help us go through it all, we invited Indigenous socialist Oskar Martin on to the pod (and we thought he was pretty excellent). We begin discussing the roots of Indigenous oppression, including the frontier wars, the massacres, and why stealing the land was so important to the early Australian capitalists. We then look at the sordid history of stolen generations and the genocidal intentions behind the plans to disrupt and dislocate Aboriginal people from their lands, communities and cultures. Finally, we look at the incredible resistance of Aboriginal people backed up by socialists and trade unionists, a proud history that is often glossed over by liberals today. To wrap things up we take a brief look at the appalling new hate speech laws passed by Parliament this week, and their chilling implications for freedom of speech and assembly, and the right to criticise Israel. 

Content

Headlines: 

After Renee Good’s Killing, Some Conservatives Scorn Liberal Women

ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court 

The exchange of messages between Norway's prime minister and President Trump

“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America…… Thank you! President DJT”

Trump's Gaza Board of Peace Aims to Rival UN, Charter Shows

Albanese to consider Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ invitation

Wanted to give you guys a snapshot of what the main departments of the US empire have been posting about in the last few days: 

War Dept video: Hegseth working out with Japanese Defence minister 

Health Dept video: Drink whole milk

Ed Dept video: Weird cult of personality thing, anti-trans, pro-states' rights messages 

State Dept image: Tariffs helped us stop 8 wars  

FBI Director: Raiding and arresting journalists for WaPo

Dept of Labor: 250 Years of One White Nation Under God

DHS tweet: We'll have our home again 

DHS image: One of ours, all of yours

Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman.

While we will always release our content for free, please support us on patreon if you can.

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This is a podcast by members of the Socialist Party in Naarm (Melbourne). We hope to bring a radical perspective to a podcast landscape dominated by insipid liberalism (looking at you, The Daily). The pod will come out weekly, and aims to breakdown news and current events from a socialist point of view. While a lot of what’s going on in the world is fairly bleak, The Party Line will try and highlight voices of resistance and struggle.

If you like what you hear, please rate, subscribe and share with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline. 

If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers.

(The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.) 

This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism.

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Episode 17 - The party line on ICE, Adelaide Writers Week and Hate Speech

This week the gang voted Omar off the Island. Producers had a surprise up their sleeves, with Josh Lees as a special guest. We discussed the violent killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents, and the full throated support for the murderer from JD Vance, Trump and the US regime. We then discussed the fallout from the removal of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from Adelaide Writers’ Week, and the solidarity she received from 180+ other guests and writers. The ruling class offensive against the Palestine movement continues, with the Royal Commission announced, plus the introduction of hate speech laws that give the Attorney General the powers to prohibit organisations, and punishment of 15 years for people who support them. 

Content

Why we must oppose a royal commission | Red Flag

Liberals’ hate speech hypocrisy after Bondi | Red Flag

I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide writers’ week

Sacked for Israeli flag: How Sydney Uni handled pro-Palestine encampment

The march to the Bondi massacre began at Sydney Town Hall

An inconvenient truth: Anti-Semitism flourishes in mainstream progressive politics and some Islamic cultures

Headlines: 

Trump’s Gold Card Already Passed $1.3 Billion In Sales. Is This The Future Of Immigration?

New UKIP logo slated over 'similarities to Nazi symbol' | The National

'I'm baffled': Viral TikTok video sparks debate over act of removing energy stickers 

Details of Labor's new hate speech and gun laws revealed - ABC News

Splits emerging within Coalition over hate speech bill

Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce use Gina Rinehart’s private jet to visit flooded parts of Queensland | One Nation | The Guardian

Gina Rinehart and fellow billionaires add record $3.3trn in wealth:     

Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman.

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This is a podcast by members of the Socialist Party in Naarm (Melbourne). We hope to bring a radical perspective to a podcast landscape dominated by insipid liberalism (looking at you, The Daily). The pod will come out weekly, and aims to breakdown news and current events from a socialist point of view. While a lot of what’s going on in the world is fairly bleak, The Party Line will try and highlight voices of resistance and struggle.

If you like what you hear, please rate, subscribe and share with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline. 

If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers.

(The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.) 

This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism.

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Episode 16 - The party line on the Bondi Royal Commission, Venezuela and Iran

A big one this week. The unhinged attacks on the Palestine movement and Anthony Albanese have continued for another week, and so your faithful hosts do their duty to take up the cudgels against the lies once again. Our highlight is a Canberra Times editorial calling for “rabble rousers” to be forcibly brought before a House of un-Israelian Activities Committee. It takes us some time to respond to a bunch of the rubbish being put forward to justify this McCarthyist witch hunt by some of the most racist scum in Australia. But once that’s done, we take a look at Trump’s appalling aggression against Venezuela and what it says about international politics at the moment, before wrapping up with a look at the heroic protest and strike wave sweeping Iran right now with Iranian socialist Bella Beiraghi.

Content

Why we must oppose a royal commission | Red Flag

Calls for royal commission on anti-Semitism grow | The Canberra Times

Socialist Party statement on US imperialist banditry in Venezuela 

A timeline of CIA operations in Latin America | Al Jazeera

Iran on fire: rebellion returns to the streets | Red Flag

Energy Workers Join Strikes as Security Forces Retreat in Major Cities | NCRI

Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman.

While we will always release our content for free, please support us on patreon if you can.

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This is a podcast by members of the Socialist Party in Naarm (Melbourne). We hope to bring a radical perspective to a podcast landscape dominated by insipid liberalism (looking at you, The Daily). The pod will come out weekly, and aims to breakdown news and current events from a socialist point of view. While a lot of what’s going on in the world is fairly bleak, The Party Line will try and highlight voices of resistance and struggle.

If you like what you hear, please rate, subscribe and share with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline. 

If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers.

(The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.) 

This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism.

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Episode 15 - The party line on how Bondi is being weaponised against Palestine ft Amy Remeikis

As the dust settles on the horrific Bondi shooting, the nature of the bigoted onslaught has become clearer. This episode starts by looking at the tirade of lies and far-right propaganda spread by The Australian and other media outlets. Given Jillian Segal’s prominence, we do a little digging into her family’s history as managers of hyper-exploitative diamond mining companies in Apartheid South Africa as well as her links with racist lobby group, Advance Australia. To get a deeper look at the media landscape of the backlash we interview journalist Amy Remeikis on the media response to Bondi and how they have normalised racism and anti-Palestinian politics. We then take a look at the appalling attacks on rights going on in the UK, where the government has banned Palestine Action and has sought to criminalise support for the Palestinian people and their resistance to genocide, a direction that Australian state and federal governments appear to be moving in. NSW Premier Chris Minns gets a particular shout-out, as a key protagonist in the moves to censor pro-Palestine speech and increase authoritarianism and anti-protest laws in Australia. Finally, we explore the tensions in the ALP around this issue and why Albanese has invited the Israeli President, Isaac “no innocent civilians in Gaza” Herzog, to visit Australia. 

Content

Israel's propaganda machine endangers every Jew on the planet - including me | Middle East Eye

Politicising a Terror Attack | Michael West

Jillian Segal's plan to combat antisemitism straight from lobby group wish-list | Tom Tanuki

Black South Africans mine-workers [including employees of the Segal family] under Apartheid | The CJPME Foundation

Massacre as political theatre: our shameful national response to Bonde | Amy Remeikis

Chabad Picks a Side: The Ben-Gvir Alliance | Shomrim

Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman.

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If you like what you hear, please rate, subscribe and share with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline. 

If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers.

(The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.) 

This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism.

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Episode 14 - The Party Line Christmas Special

This episode begins with a rambling exploration of Christmas-themed inanities including the merits of home alone 2, papal bulls, and the crucial question of whether or not Jesus was a communist. We then (finally) respond to your listener questions! Merry Xmas and happy holidays from the team at The Party Line.

Content:

When the guns fell silent for Christmas during WWI | Red Flag 

https://www.montfort.org.br/eng/documentos/decretos/anticomunismo/https://www.montfort.org.br/eng/documentos/decretos/anticomunismo/ 

Divini Redemptoris (March 19, 1937) 

Rerum Novarum (May 15, 1891) 

Pope Francis: questions remain over his role during Argentina's dictatorship 

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church, and Argentina’s “Dirty War” - Freedom Socialist Party 

The contradictions of Christianity | Red Flag 

Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman.

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This is a podcast by members of the Socialist Party in Naarm (Melbourne). We hope to bring a radical perspective to a podcast landscape dominated by insipid liberalism (looking at you, The Daily). The pod will come out weekly, and aims to breakdown news and current events from a socialist point of view. While a lot of what’s going on in the world is fairly bleak, The Party Line will try and highlight voices of resistance and struggle.

If you like what you hear, please rate, subscribe and share with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline. 

If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers.

(The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.) 

This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism.

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Episode 13 - The Bondi massacre and the right-wing backlash 

The massacre in Bondi struck the heart of decent people across Australia. It was shocking to see the murder of 15 Jewish people by suspected gunmen with links to ISIS. This special episode was recorded in the first days after the event, and tries to unpack the first responses by the media, the ALP, LNP, Pauline Hanson and Bob Katter.  In general, the horror of the attack has been amplified by the racist and anti-Palestinian response, which seeks to manipulate the tragedy for political ends. Benjamin Netanyahu’s absurd claim that Australia’s recognition of Palestinian statehood is somehow to blame was typical of this reactionary tidal wave. Also significant has been NSW Premier Chris Minn’s decision to rush through even more anti-protest laws under the guise of solidarity with the Jewish community.

Content

Don’t Listen to the Ghouls Exploiting the Tragedy of Bondi Beach | The Nation

Shame on those using the Bondi massacre to slander Palestine solidarity | Red Flag

May our flames be a recommitment | Jewish Voices for Peace 

Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman.

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This is a podcast by members of the Socialist Party in Naarm (Melbourne). We hope to bring a radical perspective to a podcast landscape dominated by insipid liberalism (looking at you, The Daily). The pod will come out weekly, and aims to breakdown news and current events from a socialist point of view. While a lot of what’s going on in the world is fairly bleak, The Party Line will try and highlight voices of resistance and struggle.

If you like what you hear, please rate, subscribe and share with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline. 

If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers.

(The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.) 

This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism.

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Episode 12 - The Party Line on Venezuela, US Imperialism, and NUS

Big news this week: Anneke has been adopted! By her big sister that is. We discuss all that before moving on to headlines, including what the Annika Wells expense scandal reveals about the culture of entitlement that runs through Parliament. The main breaking story that was unfolding as we were recording was the US hijacking of a Venezuelan oil tanker, which follows months of deadly strikes on boats that have killed nearly 100 civilians.  This leads on to a chat about Trump’s new National Security Strategy, which declares his intent to see the US engage in aggressive operations throughout Latin America to reassert US hegemony over the ‘western hemisphere’, while also promoting the great replacement theory and other fascist ideas and organisations throughout Europe. We wrap up with some goss from the National Union of Students National Conference in Ballarat, which saw Labor Party members try (and fail) to lock out socialist party members from national office.

Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman.

Content

Australia’s senior politicians can claim ‘unlimited’ travel expenses for their spouse, watchdog rules say | The Guardian 

Venezuela decries ‘act of piracy’ after US forces seize oil tanker off country’s coast | The Guardian

Trump’s Looming “Forever War” | Tempest 

Headlines: 

Australian employers cut back on diversity and inclusion programs amid US ‘anti-woke’ backlash

At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke

Albanese digs in on MPs entitlements saga as more Wells spending comes to light

From Tim Tam to Four’N Twenty: Aussie icons enjoy government sweeteners

Renters need $300,000 more superannuation in retirement than home owners, report finds

Australia has recorded the highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody since 1979

marxismconference.org.au 

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This is a podcast by members of the Socialist Party in Naarm (Melbourne). We hope to bring a radical perspective to a podcast landscape dominated by insipid liberalism (looking at you, The Daily). The pod will come out weekly, and aims to breakdown news and current events from a socialist point of view. While a lot of what’s going on in the world is fairly bleak, The Party Line will try and highlight voices of resistance and struggle.

If you like what you hear, please subscribe and share it with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline. 

If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers.

(The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.) 

This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism.

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Episode 11 - The Party Line on the NDIS, migration and the Liberals

The team start this ep with a bold marketing ploy: attacking our listeners. We then discuss Jordy’s invitation to attend am allegedly anticapitalist forum hosted by SBS (turns out, it wasn’t). We then discuss the disgraceful comments made by Zack Polanski in relation to migrant workers in the UK, and what it reveals about the limits of liberal anti-racism, before launching into a critique of Labor’s NDIS program and their plan to use AI to further dehumanise and disenfranchise people with disabilities, as well as the workers who support them. The main segment features Chloe Rafferty from Red Flag Radio, our smarter, more sophisticated elder sibling, who led us in a discussion about the current crisis in the Liberal Party, why Sussan Ley is not the answer, why the Teals are no better, and how the growth of the far right will impact Australian politics into the future.

Huge thanks to our tireless editors, Persephone Waxman and Charlie Wardrop.

Content

If ‘ethical consumption’ changed anything, they’d make it illegal | Red Flag

NDIS plans will be computer-generated, with human involvement dramatically cut under sweeping overhaul | The Guardian 

A Marxist analysis of the Liberal Party  

Mistaken Identity by Asad Haider review – the best criticism of identity politics | The Guardian 

Headlines: 

Trump wins his peace prize from Fifa – any chance of a VAR review?   

Is gentle parenting to blame for low attendance rates - The Australian

The CALDA Clinic | Award Winning Premium Rehabilitation

Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply 

marxismconference.org.au 

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This is a podcast by members of the Socialist Party in Naarm (Melbourne). We hope to bring a radical perspective to a podcast landscape dominated by insipid liberalism (looking at you, The Daily). The pod will come out weekly, and aims to breakdown news and current events from a socialist point of view. While a lot of what’s going on in the world is fairly bleak, The Party Line will try and highlight voices of resistance and struggle.

If you like what you hear, please subscribe and share it with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline. 

If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers.

(The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.) 

This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism.

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