The Party Line on how socialism hit the mainstream in Argentina

The Party Line on how socialism hit the mainstream in ArgentinaThe 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 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 for more information.