The Party Line on who the F*#k is Matt Canavan? + Queensland Thought Crime Arrests by Anneke Demanuele, Omar Sherrife & Jordan van den Lamb withLiam Parry

 Click on Anneke, Omar and Jordan Episode 31 - The Party Line on who the F*#k is Matt Canavan? + Queensland Thought Crime Arrests ft. Liam Parry

Anneke is back, baby! And she brings with her a certain sniffly charm and a week of pent up bullshit (including a review of Louis Theroux’s new documentary about the manosphere). Headlines look at Canavan’s call for (white) women to have more babies, the interminable and predictable racism of the Queensland police force, and how One Nation candidates are being drawn and funded from the political and economic elite, including in Tookak and Woolhara. We then speak to Liam Parry, a palestine activist and member of Queensland Socialists who was arrested at a demonstration on the weekend for saying the words “from the (Jordan) River to the (Mediterranean) Sea”. He talks about the new laws, their plan for resistance, and why the attack on free speech and the Palestine movement should be a focus for people across the country. We then wrap up the episode by looking at Matt Canavan’s appalling political stances and history, and reveal that in fact he had nothing to do with the arrest of Liam Parry.

Timestamps: 00:25 - 9:35 welcome back Anneke! 9:40 - 19:31 Headlines 19:36 - 42:03 Who the f#ck is Matt Canavan? 42:07 - 1:02:16 Interview with Liam Parry RE the new QLD 'hate speech' laws

The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: Lebanon, Iran, Gaza - Battle for the Middle East by Antony Loewenstein

 Click on Antony Loewenstein 'In this podcast, Antony Loewenstein examines a Middle East engulfed in war, from Lebanon and Iran to Gaza and Palestine. He explores the forces driving chaos, the profiteering around conflict, and the global politics shaping the region at this pivotal moment.'

An unfiltered dose of independent journalism that cuts through the noise.

ABC's 'National Forum' verdict | Quitting ChatGPT | Queensland bans words| PornHub blocks with Antoinette Lattouf and Jan Fran

Click on Antoninette and Jan 'In this episode, Jan Fran and Antoinette ask whether the TV panel show as a modern “town square” can be revived - or whether the format has finally run out of road.

After ABC hosts its first National Forum, the pair unpack a night that tried to feel like a live and urgent discussion but often felt like a host walking on eggshells - with topics and trauma that may be too complex for the format to handle. Meanwhile at SBS, a panel on social cohesion delivers some truly wild opinions… while skirting around the elephant in the room. Also this week: the escalating standoff between the government and Pornhub over age-verification laws, and how the Queensland Government managed to distract the media cycle while passing legislation banning the slogans “globalise the intifada” and “from the river to the sea.” There’s also a shout out to the AI authoritarianism slapdown with the QuitGPT movement and brands turning away from social media influencers.' 0:00 Intro: What’s on the show 2:17 Calling Out News.com.au 8:26 It’s A No: Queensland Bans “Globalise the Intifada” & “From the River to the Sea” 14:38 Exclusive: Evidence of a Chilling Effect in Queensland 17:03 It’s A No: Pornhub Blocks Australian Users 23:17 Can Panel TV Shows Be Saved? 23:29 Inside the ABC National Forum Experiment 39:20 SBS tackles immigration 46:30 Social Cohesion Special — What Went Wrong? 50:02 Who Actually Watches Panel TV Anymore? 54:53 It’s A Yes: Tucker Carlson & the Rise of Value-Aligned Ads 1:00:22 It’s A Yes: The QuitGPT Movement

Israel Forced The US To Attack Iran Admits Marco Rubio by Owen Jones

 Click on Owen Jones 'He just went and said the quiet part out loud. This is absolutely astonishing from the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He just declared that the US attacked Iran because Israel bounced the US into it. Just listen to what he says here and let's discuss the implications as well as the signs that the illegal war on Iran is proving to be a disaster for the belligerents.

'Did you tell me that there was an imminent? Marco Rubio'There absolutely was an imminent threat. And the imminent threat was that we knew that if Iran was attacked and we believed they would be attacked that they would immediately come after us. And we were not going to sit sit there and absorb a blow before we responded because the Department of War assessed that if we did that, if we waited for them to hit us first after they were attacked and by someone else,

Israel attacked them, they hit us first  and we waited for them to hit us, we would suffer more casualties and more deaths. We went proactively in a defensive way to prevent them from  inflicting higher damage. Had we not done so, there would have been hearings on Capitol Hill about how we knew that this was going to happen and we didn't act preemptively to prevent more casualties and more loss of life'.

I beg your pardon. The claim here is that the US knew Israel was going to attack Iran that this would mean Iran would strike back at the US and so the US struck preemptively. A few basic points here. 

Israel is in no position to attack Iran without US support. It is entirely dependent on the US militarily in terms of aid more broadly as well as well as for diplomatic and political support. If the US told Israel it would not take part in such a war, then the war would not happen. How do we know this? Not just because of the basic facts that Israel is militarily dependent on the US, but because Israel has been agitating for this war for decades. And despite previous presidents presiding over such criminal disasters as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, even they were not stupid enough to get dragged into a war with Iran. 

They had no ideological opposition to such a war, no moral opposition. They just believed quite rationally it would prove a strategic disaster for the US. And in any case, Donald Trump and his administration decided to commit to the biggest buildup in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. They repeatedly made clear that the US intended to attack Iran for its own reasons. That's what they said. During the protest in January, Trump declared, "Help is on its way." And on the 23rd of January, Trump posted that a massive armada is heading to Iran, declaring that time is running out. It is truly of the essence, demanding Iran make a deal, and warning that the next attack will be far worse than last year. So, we're stuck with a couple of possibilities. One is that Marco Rubio has admitted that Israel has bounced the US into a war with Iran against his will. So muchfor America first. So much for Trump renewing US strength. Making America great again. What Rubio is admittingthere is Israel first. What else is there to say? Well, Marco Rubio thinksthis whole illegal war is clearly a disaster and he's making excuses. They made us do it. Or maybe it's a combination of the two....'

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The Party Line Live, On Trump's ILLeagal US War Against Iran by Anneke Demanuele, Omar Sherrife & Jordan van den Lamb

Click on Anneke Demanuele, Omar Sherrife & Jordanvan den Lamb 'The Party Line's first ever live show was all set to go, packed with hilarity, interactivity and lots and lots of bullshit, before it was rudely interrupted by a brazen act of US and Israeli imperialism. As such we spent the first half of the ep discussing the very non-funny war, and how the left should oppose the US aggression without becoming defenders of a reactionary theocratic monarchy (sorry tankie morons). So it starts with heavy stuff, including pointing out the hypocrisy of Vance and Trump's so-called 'isolationism' and hostility to 'forever wars', and we're grateful for our audience for sticking with us. The second half of the show was more interactive, with our editor Charlie hosting a 'Reverse Albo' segment (where Grace Tame was called difficult once again), a look at some unbelievable headlines from the last few weeks, as well as some special guest appearances.'

Banned, Sanctioned and Targeted — Francesca Albanese SPEAKS OUT with Mehdi Hasan

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"Israel is getting rid of the Palestinians in the most sadistic way this century could afford. And, it's shocking that no one stops it."

In this Zeteo town hall, Mehdi Hasan sits down with UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese who’s had a disinformation campaign waged against her by pro-Israel groups. The smear campaign against Albanese came in the form of a doctored video spread by pro-Israel groups trying to paint her antisemitic. They also discuss Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace,’ her life as a sanctioned official and the link between Jeffrey Epstein and the collapse of multilateralism. This Zeteo town hall published last week on zeteo.com. If you want early, exclusive access to this kind of independent, unfiltered journalism — subscribe to our Substack here: https://zeteo.com/subscribe

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CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 01:31 Smear campaign 06:47 French government 09:51 Is the genocide over? 14:34 Gaza death toll 17:26 Getting attacked 22:14 Will the ‘Board of Peace’ fail? 25:26 UN Security Council 29:54 International law 33:16 Holding tech companies accountable

BREAKING: US & Israel Bomb Iran!!! by Lowkey

Why US & Israel REALLY Bombed Iran
War on Iran has officially begun

Click on Lowkey 'President Donald Trump just bombed Iran on behalf of Israel. Make America Great again actually means make the Middle East Greater Israel. The president of the United States is captured by Israel, compromised by an Israeli Kompromat Building Project by Jeffrey Epstein. What exactly does Israel have on the US President Donald Trump? Are you really willing to die for the paedophile president captured by Epstein's Israel? If you think that Iraq was a tough war for US soldiers to handle, coming homein coffins draped in US flags, then Iran is a whole different kettle of fish. It is three times the size of Iraq and has a military which has been preparing for this moment for five decades. This war will not benefit the US in any way, shape, or form. Not only will it lead to greater authoritarianism at home, but it will lead to the US throwing everything it can into not only resources directed towards the military, but humans directed towards the US military. US veterans have a far higher rate of suicide than other members of the society. More US soldiers werekilled by suicide in Vietnam than killed by the war itself. This war is in no one's interest but a wafer thin section of the billionaire tax haven Epstein class. The idea being banded about by client journalists is that somehow Iran would target Europe with a nuclear weapon. Iran has shown no indication of anything of the sort. However, what we do know is that Israel has been developing nuclear weapons for a very long time. US President John F. Kennedy said that the inspection of Israeli nuclear facilities in Dimona was a necessity. That didn't happen and JFK was killed the very same year he suggested the idea. However, what does exist within military doctrine for the Israelis is something called the Samson option, it is the use of nuclear weaponsagainst any state anywhere at any point. It seems that recently Israel may have carried out new nuclear tests. If anybody is crazy enough to drop nuclear weapons, it would be Benjamin Netanyahu....'

Greens CRUSH Labour And Reform In Gorton And Denton - Political TSUNAMI by Owen Jones

English Socialist and Journalist Click on Owen Jones, explains the political impact of the Green Party’s 40% Win in the English Northern De-Industralised City of Manchester in the Gorton and Denton by-election on the British political system.This is a win for the Left and Palestine Solidarity Movement.

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Grace Tame -- You cannot buy the truth. Her speech at the Gadigal/Sydney Protest Against The War Criminal Israel President Isacc Herzog on 9-2-26

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I heard Grace Tame's speech at Sydney Town Hall. It was one of the greatest speeches I've ever heard. She cut through the bullshit of the horror time that we are living in.

John Tognolini

'After calling her "difficult", Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has now described Grace Tame, former Australian of the Year, as "a strong advocate for others". His indecision no doubt relates to the speech she delivered on February 9 on the occasion of Israeli President Issac Herzog's visit. It divided Australia, perhaps between those who actually heard it in full, and those who didn't.'

Consortium News 

Grace Tame at Gadigal/Sydney Protest Against Herzog. 

BBC’s baffling BAFTA censorship | Trump’s alien files | Premier Jacinta Allan vs a journalist by Antoinette Lattouf and Jan Fran

Click on Jan and Antoinette examine why the BBC cut out a BAFTA winner’s acceptance speech on human rights but kept in the moment the n-word was yelled across the stage. They also chuckle at the slew of actors squirming when asked about politics at the Berlin Film Festival. Plus, Donald Trump says he’ll release classified documents about aliens and Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan low-key bullies a reporter when pressed on the CFMEU scandal. Jan’s It’s A Yes From Me goes to Dropsite News for its detailed reporting on Jeffrey Epstein’s links to powerful people and places. 

Antoinette’s pick is Crikey’s Cut Through podcast for its clear-eyed, news-breaking investigation into Palantir, data surveillance, and how Australian government money continues to back the company despite links to unlawful ICE raids and AI-assisted attacks in Gaza. Support Ette Media by becoming a subscriber here. If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full here. 

0:00 Why this show needs your support 2:07 What we’re covering today 4:50 It’s a No: Jacinta Allen melts down over CFMEU question 15:05 It’s a No: Trump’s alien files dead cat 23:45 BAFTAs censor “Free Palestine” in speech 26:03 The part the BBC edited out 29:45 BBC leaves racial slur in broadcast 31:45 Berlinale’s selective politics problem 33:46 Celebs stumbling at Berlinale press conference 38:53 Should celebrities speak on fascism and genocide? 43:23 Artists with most to lose speak out 49:19 Why should we care what celebs think? 51:39 It’s a Yes: Dropsite News on Epstein and Israel 55:39 It’s a Yes: Crikey’s Cut Through on Palantir 59:30 Tell us: longer episodes or tighter cuts?

Israel’s Surveillance for Epstein, Isis Brides and Andrew got jailed | Scam of the week by Michael West

Click on Michael West'Prince Andrew finally gets arrested, or at least the story is being sold that way, and the media instantly does what it always does, turns a system story into a celebrity spectacle. Meanwhile, back in Australia, we have offshore property being marketed here, alleged illegal land sales dressed up as aspiration, and regulators who suddenly develop selective hearing. And then there are the ISIS brides, the perfect panic headline, deployed like a smoke bomb right when you might start asking harder questions about power, money, influence, and who really gets protected. This is Scam of the Week.' 

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Hate Speech Laws Are Here, And They’re Already Being Weaponised |The West Report by Michael West

Click on Michael West 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. What is art, and what is hate? Just ask the police! Free speech, hate speech, and a brand new set of laws that look a lot less like “social cohesion” and a lot more like State Powers to Hammer Thy Enemies.  This week alone, three flashpoints lit up at once, a satirical tweet lands a bloke in jail, a far right agitator is prosecuted, and Canberra police raid a cafe over protest art on the wall.   So who decides what counts as “hate”, police on the spot, politicians in Canberra, or the courts, and why do some voices cop the full force of the state while others skate on national television.'

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The Party Line on how the Palestine movement turned the table on Herzog and Albanese by Anneke Demanuele, Omar Sherrife & Jordan van den Lamb with Jasmine Duff

Click on Episode 25 -The Party Line on how the Palestine movement turned the tables on Herzog and Albanese The gang brought Jasmine Duff back on to talk about the incredible week of protest that we’ve just had. Anthony Albanese, Penny Wong and co thought they could tour around the President of Israel as if he hadn’t just been involved in a genocide, but they were proven wrong, thanks to the actions of tens of thousands of people across Australia, who took to the streets in big numbers. We discuss the national spread, the aftermath of the police riot in Sydney, the despicable commentary of Karl Stefanovic (Australia’s answer to Tucker Carlson), and how people refused to be intimidated out of protesting this monster. Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman. While we will always release our content for free, please support us on   / 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   / thepartyline  . If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at https://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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