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The Party Line Podcast

The Party Line Podcast

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.

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Episodes
  • The Party Line on the Mamdani-Trump meetup, social media ban (with Channel 6’s Leo Puglisi) and Pauline Hanson

    The Party Line on the Mamdani-Trump meetup, social media ban (with Channel 6’s Leo Puglisi) and Pauline Hanson
    Nov 26 2025

    Episode 9 - The Party Line on the Mamdani-Trump meetup, social media ban (with Channel 6’s Leo Puglisi) and Pauline Hanson


    Anneke kicks off the episode with a sad story about alleged police harassment - and the risk of not paying fines promptly. We then examine the decision by Vic Pol to designate the entire CBD and surrounds as a zone where they can stop and search anyone without reason, for an incredible six months. This is especially dangerous in light of a recent report which shows that Indigenous and African people are massively more likely to be searched, harassed, tasered and so on by police. We chat next about Hanson’s racist stunt in Parliament and her broader rise to prominence in Australian politics. We wrap up with an interview with Channel Six’s Leo Puglisi about his successful efforts to establish an alternative media project as a school-aged journalist, the coming social media ban, and why young people should be able to vote.


    Content

    After the surreal Trump-Mamdani summit

    ‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months | Melbourne

    How we beat Pauline Hanson in the 1990s

    Check out Leo’s work at 6 News Australia | Independent & unbiased journalism


    Headlines:

    Cotality Housing Affordability Report shows 'extraordinary rise' in home values

    Hastie knows Libs could die if they lose this fight

    Why governments should stop raising the minimum wage

    Body-cam footage shows police coaching a father who murdered his family. As a psychologist, I’m enraged

    The exceptional thing about the battle of the bobs? It’s not exceptional

    Hospitalised and told to send the kids to foster care: Tenants’ VCAT woes revealed

    Indigenous, African men endure rampant police profiling

    Immigrant crime: Trump administration orders US embassy to collect data from Australia


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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 land that was never ceded, 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 23 mins
  • The Party Line on Socialist Unity, Epstein, and Gough Whitlam

    The Party Line on Socialist Unity, Epstein, and Gough Whitlam
    Nov 19 2025
    Episode 8 - The Party Line on Socialist Unity, Epstein, and Gough WhitlamInspired by last week’s detour into pop culture, this ep starts with a debate about the relative virtues of Monchichi’s vs Labubu’s. We then take a quick look into AI, the Epstein files, and a bunch of fairly insane headlines (see below). Anneke explains what’s been going on with the interstate Socialist Party conferences, and we discuss the prospects of (re)uniting with the Socialist Alliance. We wrap by taking a belated look at the Whitlam dismissal and the past, present and future of the Labor Party via an interview with socialist historian and Labour history professor Diane Fieldes. Note: We barely mention Epstein but please indulge our cynical attempt to manipulate the search engine optimisation algorithm.ContentThe Jeffrey Epstein scandal Is a stain on both parties | JacobinNow is the time for socialists to unite | Victorian SocialistsThe ALP: what class of party | Marxist Left Review The Labor Party: A Marxist analysis Headlines:Dangerous week to be a Liberal leader as killing season kicks offLiberal leadership: The participation award for everyone in classUS government shutdown is over, and the US Department of Education hits us with a very cool tweet‘Deeply ashamed’ Larry Summers steps back from public life over Epstein linksSouth African man detained in pre-dawn immigration raid after attending Sydney neo-Nazi rallyFrom the extreme to the luxurious, toilets occupy my mind when travelling | The Age Germany lifts weapons freeze on Israel in response to Gaza ceasefireTrump says he will approve sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi ArabiaScaramooch! Scaramooch! What’s it like in Mar-a-Lago? | The Age ‘Things happen’: Trump downplays journalist’s murder as he hosts Saudi leaderAsylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • The Party Line on Oasis, Remembrance Day and locking up kids for life

    The Party Line on Oasis, Remembrance Day and locking up kids for life
    Nov 13 2025
    We kick off this week on a theoretical note, exploring the dialectic relationship between the Gallagher brothers being pricks and yet making such brilliant music. The team then takes a quick look at a few major headlines from the week, including Coles’ plan to play classical music to deter shop lifting. Then we welcome Anticop activist Tom Raue onto the platform to discuss Victorian Labor’s decision to try 14 year old kids in adult courts, including the possibility that they will be given life sentences. We conclude by examining the pro-war commemorations of Remembrance Day, the conservative, strike-breaking organisation that is the RSL, and how class struggle destroyed conscription, led to revolution, and ended WW1.Serious contentRobert Bollard on WW1 and Anti-conscription campaignsRSL: Footsoldiers of capital Review: The real history of WWIHow WW1 led to class warOasis - Champagne SupernovaAC/DC - Hells Bells Silly Headlines:Welcome to Barangaroo! We graciously provide affordable housing but you’re not allowed to enjoy itNandy says BBC must uphold highest standardsZendaya and Sydney Sweeney are in a “bitter feud” over differences in their political beliefsInvestor cleans up on first home buyer surge in $700,000 saleWill a 50-Year Mortgage Make Homes More Affordable? Here’s How It Would Work.CBA posts $2.6b quarterly profit but sheds 6.6pc in valueCost of hosting COP summit could reach $2bCompanions and Pets Party Rename Themselves Melbourne Coles’ bold strategy to stop surge in in-store thefts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 1 min
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