The Party Line Podcast

The Party Line on how Capitalism Ruins the World Cup

This ep features Roz Ward, enemy #1 of the Murdoch Press circa 2016, the Antoinette Lattouf of her era. We talk about the recent polling about One Nation, as well as the important anti-Hanson actions that took place over the weekend (and respond to some of the criticisms from tiny groups of sectarians). We then take a bit of a deep dive into the World Cup, looking at how Trump, FIFA, and capitalism have made this event a profiteering disgrace that marginalises working class people and undermines the beauty of the one truly world game. Reading: https://marxist.com/fifa-world-cup-2026-capitalism-is-ruining-sports.htm Hosted by Jordan van den Lamb (@purplepingers), Anneke Demanuele and Omar Hassan. Huge thanks to our tireless editor Charlie Wardrop, our graphic designer James Plested, and our occasional content producer Charlotte Tavan. While we will always release our material for free, please support us on patreon if you can. ***************** 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. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Party Line on how socialism hit the mainstream in Argentina

The Party Line on how socialism hit the mainstream in Argentina The crew are finally back together again, and start by reflecting on some of the listener feedback about the last episode with Jono Srinanganathan discussing the differences between the Greens and the Socialist Party. We then discuss the news, which is filled with mediocrity: Charlie Pickering chatting to a Nazi, Richard Marles celebrating second-hand submarines, and the Block’s Scott Cam complaining about only having $25 million bucks to pass on to his privileged spawn. The US-Israeli war in the Middle East is still continuing, and so we unpack some of the latest news about Israel’s appalling occupation of Lebanese and Palestinian territory, under the cover of a series of sham ‘ceasefires’. The rise and rise of Hanson in Australian politics is another talking point, with the new poll putting One Nation and Liberals way above Labor, as well as stories about Nazis getting gifted mansions by their millionaire mates.  The substance of the episode is about the rise of the FIT-U, a radical socialist coalition in Argentina which has shot to prominence over the last 12 months or so. From winning around 2.5% nationally, they’re now at 10-15%, with their main leader being the most popular politician in the entire country. We ask Jordan Humphreys, who just returned from a trip to the country, to fill us in about how this happened and to draw out lessons for socialists in Australia. Reading: The Left Front in Argentina grows in popularity [https://redflag.org.au/article/the-left-front-in-argentina-grows-in-popularity/]  Hosted by Jordan van den Lamb (@purplepingers), Anneke Demanuele and Omar Hassan. Huge thanks to our tireless editor Charlie Wardrop, our graphic designer James Plested, and our occasional content producer Charlotte Tavan. While we will always release our material for free, please support us on patreon [http://www.patreon.com/cw/ThePartyLine] if you can. ***************** 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 [http://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 [http://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. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Party Line on the Victorian Teachers' Rebellion Against their Union Bosses

This episode is a special interview with two Victorian teachers and trade unionists about the state of play regarding their negotiations with the government. We talk about the fact that Victorian schools are the least funded in the country, despite nearly 26 years of Labor governments, and what that means for the conditions for both staff and students.  Reading Victorian teachers betrayed by union agreement with government [https://redflag.org.au/article/victorian-teachers-betrayed-by-union-agreement-with-government/]  Rebellion in the AEU: officials prevent debate as vote approaches on terrible deal [https://redflag.org.au/article/rebellion-in-the-aeu-officials-prevent-debate-as-vote-approaches-on-terrible-deal/]  Hosted by Jordan van den Lamb (@purplepingers), Anneke Demanuele and Omar Hassan. Huge thanks to our tireless editor Charlie Wardrop, our graphic designer James Plested, and our occasional content producer Charlotte Tavan. While we will always release our material for free, please support us on patreon [http://www.patreon.com/cw/ThePartyLine] if you can. ***************** 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 [http://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 [http://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. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Party Line on Socialists, Greens and the Australian Left ft Jono Sriranganathan

The Party Line on Socialists, Greens and the Australian Left ft Jono Sriranganathan  This special episode is a response to an article written by former Greens councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan comparing the Queensland Socialists to the Greens. So we invited him on to discuss and debate strategies for taking the left forward. We discuss the role of election campaigns in relationship to broader social movements, how left parties should and would discipline its MPs, why the Greens have found themselves wedged by Labor and the political establishment, and how their tendency to vote for ALP legislation has tended to foreclose struggles around climate and housing rather than expand them. We also take a look at a bunch of headlines about how the Australian rich are getting richer based on the Oxfam report, including why Gina Rinehart is investing in the arms industry, and the pathetic minimum wage increase, and why the AFR thinks that the billionaires should run Australia. Also Barnaby Joyce is promoting anti-abortion bigots. Screw that guy. Readings:  Greens vs Socialists: a response to Jonathan Sriranganathan [https://redflag.org.au/article/greens-vs-socialists-a-response-to-jonathan-sriranganathan/] Queensland Greens vs the new Queensland Socialists: How different are they? [https://www.jonathansri.com/socialistsvsgreens/]    Australia’s 178 billionaires are $25.7bn richer than last year as 3.7 million live in poverty [https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/02/australian-billionaires-richer-than-last-year] How to Sell a Genocide exposes the double standards of reporting on Gaza [https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-how-to-sell-a-genocide-exposes-the-double-standards-of-reporting-on-gaza-281223] Hosted by Jordan van den Lamb (@purplepingers), Anneke Demanuele and Omar Hassan. Huge thanks to our tireless editor Charlie Wardrop, our graphic designer James Plested, and our occasional content producer Charlotte Tavan. While we will always release our material for free, please support us on patreon [http://www.patreon.com/cw/ThePartyLine] if you can. ***************** 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 [http://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 [http://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. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Party Line on Israel's Sadistic Treatment of the Sumud Flotilla ft. Sam Woripa Watson

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 [http://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 [http://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. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.