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The Party Line Podcast

The Party Line Podcast

Written by: Victorian Socialists
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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 on whatever podcast service you use, and share it with your friends, colleagues and comrades. We will always release our shows for free, to make sure everyone who wants to listen can do so. But if you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline.


If you find yourself agreeing with the pod more often than not, please consider signing up to join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement in this country, one that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers such as Albanese.


The Party Line is definitely NOT authorised by C Oakley, PO Box 243 Canberra. (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 - always was, always will be.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Victorian Socialists
Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • The Party Line May Day Special on the Pilbara Strike ft. Oskar Martin
    May 1 2026

    Oskar and Anneke discuss the nature of modern Indigenous oppression and the rich history of the Pilbara strike, including what lessons we can draw from Australia's longest industrial action.


    Hosted by Jordan van den Lamb (@purplepingers), Anneke Demanuele and Omar Hassan. Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman, and our content editor Charlotte Tavan.


    While we will always release our content for free, please support us on https://www.patreon.com/cw/ThePartyLine 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 https://www.patreon.com/cw/ThePartyLine.


    If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at https://www.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 for more information.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • The Party Line on Labor's Savage NDIS Cuts
    Apr 28 2026

    Episode 40 - The Party Line on Labor’s savage NDIS cuts


    This week we are joined by friend of the pod Simone, who has been a social worker for 25 years to discuss the savage cuts to NDIS Labor has announced this week. The NDIS ushered in a pro-market perspective on health. The market operates in the disability sector, meaning people with disabilities are shunted around and providers make bank. Labor has money for war budgets but won’t spend money on people with needs.


    We also discuss Collingwood’s anti-war stance (crushing Essendon) and the support shown for Ben Roberts Smith at the dawn service.


    Readings:

    People with disabilities need free universal health care, not the NDIS

    NDIS falls victim to familiar scare tactics – while untouchables roll on | The Point

    Victorian Liberals to preference One Nation at state election

    The manosphere is obsessed with Pilates. It’s about far more than fitness


    Hosted by Jordan van den Lamb (@purplepingers), Anneke Demanuele and Omar Hassan. Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman, and our content editor Charlotte Tavan.


    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.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • The Party Line on how Pauline Hanson is not a populist
    Apr 21 2026
    Episode 39 - The Party Line on how Pauline Hanson is not a populist We don’t like Pauline Hanson. Like, really really really don’t like her. In fact, we think she’s scum. So this ep goes through some of her statements on migrants, muslims, Indigenous people, unions, and welfare. TLDR; she’s terrible on all of it. So we discuss all that and why, given those facts, she still gets described as a populist. We also have a chat with one of the people arrested for saying From the River to the Sea in Queensland. Headlines:A father’s sword and a mother’s love: The unwavering support of the Roberts-SmithsBen Roberts-Smith’s comrades say he ordered them to execute unarmed civilians, court documents show US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret | Microsoft | The GuardianChalmers’ 5 budget tax changes explained (and our verdict) Pete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction during a Pentagon sermonChris Minns’ anti-protest laws struck down. Again! Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’ Hosted by Jordan van den Lamb (@purplepingers), Anneke Demanuele and Omar Hassan. Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman, and our content editor Charlotte Tavan.While we will always release our content 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 for more information.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
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