Rob Pyne: Champion of the Underdog!
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Disabled, Former MP, Councillor and author: A Socialist who wants people to survive and have a better life.
Rob Pyne is the author of, "Struggle and Resistance in the Far North".
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Aug 13, 2023
Chapter 2 - Growing up in Australia
Chapter Two of Rob Pyne’s Struggle and Resistance in the Far North, is *Growing up in Australia. *Support the show
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May 6, 2023
Chapter 1: Far North Queensland
Chapter One of Rob Pyne’s Struggle and Resistance in the Far North, is a glimpse into Far North Queensland politics, history and culture. It is an account of the region’s hidden stories and prominent identities. Rob gives his account in concert with his own personal story.Support the show
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Jan 23, 2023
UFOs Forever (1 of 3)
UFOs Forever was written by Robert Hunziker and published in Counterpunch.
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Aug 29, 2022
Australian Unions Need to Stop Pinning Their Hopes on the ALP 5/2
Owen Bennett is the founding president of the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union. He is currently writing a book for Interventions on trade unions and unemployment in Australia.
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May 23, 2022
Socialist Economist Paul Oboohov talks elections and the left struggle! 4/2
Socialist Economist Paul Oboohov talks elections and the left struggle! Support the show
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Apr 11, 2022
Australia’s Conservatives Are Cynically Courting the Far Right
Did you miss “*Australia’s Conservatives Are Cynically Courting the Far Right — and It’s Starting to Backfire *Lisbeth Latham in Jacobin? Great article, so listen now.
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Mar 27, 2022
Elon Musk Is Actually Colonizing South Texas by Abe Asher (2/2)
On His Way to Theoretically Colonize Mars, Elon Musk Is Actually Colonizing South Texas
By Abe Asher
Published in Jacobin
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Jan 22, 2022
As Long as Capitalism Exists, the Threat of Fascism Exists 1/2
As Long as Capitalism Exists, the Threat of Fascism Exists, By Pete Dolack.
Published on 16 January , 2022 in CounterPunch.
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Nov 28, 2021
Socialist Alliance Keeps Up The Fight 20/1
Socialist Alliance Keeps Up The Fight 20/1
Episode 20 - Season 1
Rob Pyne - Champion of the Underdog reads "Socialist Alliance Keeps Up The Fight' by Peter Boyle from Green Left.Support the show
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Oct 6, 2021
If we don't get justice Shut it down! 19/1
If We Don’t Get Climate Justice, Shut it Down Published in Counterpunch on 28/-9/21 by PATRICK MAZZA
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/28/if-we-dont-get-climate-justice-shut-it-down/
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Sep 17, 2021
Capitalism is making us Lonely and Sick!
Capitalism is making us Lonely and Sick!
Yet more evidence of this is provided from the article Capitalism Is Making You Lonely
BY COLETTE SHADE.
Long before the coronavirus pandemic, we were amid a growing crisis of loneliness. The problem isn’t social media, popular culture, or city living — it’s capitalism.
Source: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/08/capitalism-lonliness-social-evaluation-health-socializing-time?mc_cid=5439cb98be&mc_eid=861e0528cf
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Jul 22, 2021
Climate Change, AstraZeneca & Risk Analysis - Alan Kohler tells us Straight! 18/1
Climate change- What we can learn from our reaction to AstraZeneca by Alan Kohler.
*Alan Kohler writes twice a week for **The New Daily**. He is also editor in chief of **Eureka Report **and finance presenter on ABC news.
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Jun 20, 2021
Six Love, Naomi Osaka: Defying Capitalist Decadence in Sport 17/1
Six Love, Naomi Osaka: Defying Capitalist Decadence in Sport 17/1
By Lekgantshi Console Tleane and published in Counterpunch https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/14/six-love-naomi-osaka-defying-capitalist-decadence-in-sport/
Lekgantshi Console Tleane works for the University of South Africa. He can be reached at console.tleane@gmail.comSupport the show
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Apr 29, 2021
Reading "Earth Abuse and the Next Pandemic" 16/1
Earth Abuse and the Next Pandemic
BY STAN COX
This article was originally published by The Land Institute’s Land Report.
Stan Cox is the author of The Green New Deal and Beyond : Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can (City Lights, May, 2020) and one of the editors of Green Social Thought, where this piece first ran.Support the show
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Apr 7, 2021
How a Guaranteed Income Can Solve Inequality 15/1
This week's progressive reading is The Stockton Experiment: How a Guaranteed Income Can Actually Solve Inequality by Sonali Kolhatkar. Published in CounterPunch.
*Sonali Kolhatkar* is the founder, host and executive producer of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a television and radio show that airs on Free Speech TV (Dish Network, DirecTV, Roku) and Pacifica stations KPFK, KPFA, and affiliates.
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Feb 22, 2021
Amazon's Dirty 'Union Busting' Tactics Exposed 14/1
This article by Sonali Kolhatkar was published in CounterPunch on Feb 15, 2021. It was originally produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute.
*Sonali Kolhatkar* is the founder, host and executive producer of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a television and radio show that airs on Free Speech TV (Dish Network, DirecTV, Roku) and Pacifica stations KPFK, KPFA, and affiliates. Why Amazon Is Fighting So Hard to Stop Warehouse Workers From Unionizing
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Feb 11, 2021
Doughnut Economics Boots Capitalism Out 13/1
Doughnut Economics Boots Capitalism Out
by *Robert Hunziker as published in Counterpunch @ *https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/01/31/doughnut-economics-boots-capitalism-out/
Enjoy this reading Comrades - positive and hopeful. Support the show
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Jan 26, 2021
The Nazification of the Republican Party 12/1
The Nazification of the Republican Party by LORETTA J. ROSS
Published on JANUARY 20, 2021 in Counterpunch:
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Jan 19, 2021
Absence of Abortion Rights is Depriving Latin America (11/1)
Absence of Abortion Rights is Depriving Latin America of Agency and the Right to Thrive
BY TAMARA PEARSON
*Tamara Pearson* is a long time journalist based in Latin America, and author of The Butterfly Prison. Her writings can be found at her blog.Support the show
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Jan 10, 2021
The Fist (10/1)
Raise a Fist of Solidarity!
The time has come for all social progressives to reclaim the fist of solidarity on every occasion we can by Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long
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Nov 11, 2020
Hoping for a return to normal after Trump? That's the last thing we need. by Yanis Varoufakis 9/1
Hoping for a return to normal after Trump? That's the last thing we need
Yanis Varoufakis published in The Guardian.
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Oct 23, 2020
Talking Marx with My Mate Mick (8/1)
Talking Marx with My Mate Mick: I talk about Karl Marx and marxist theory, in a down to earth way, with my good mate Mick.
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Oct 15, 2020
How the rich are burning our future (7/1)
How the rich are burning our future: How the super-rich are exhausting our global carbon budget. Article by *Peter Boyle** in the "Green Left" *October 1, 2020
Issue 1283.
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Sep 25, 2020
6/1 Revolutionary Reading of the week, "John Pilger: The Stalinist Trial of Julian Assange".
Revolutionary Reading of the week, "John Pilger: The Stalinist Trial of Julian Assange".Support the show
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Aug 4, 2020
Witnessing the unthinkable
Witnessing the unthinkable
BY Joëlle Gergis
New climate modelling suggests planetary crisis is coming much sooner than previously thought.
https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2020/july/1593525600/jo-lle-gergis/witnessing-unthinkable?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Briefing%20-%20Wednesday%2022%20July%202020&utm_content=The%20Briefing%20-%20Wednesday%2022%20July%202020+CID_b79dba6d3b40bdb4a90b1b67549a0c97&utm_source=EDM&utm_term=THE%20MONTHLY#mtr Support the show
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Jul 30, 2020
Environmentalist, Activist and Champion of the people, Anthony Too.
Check out my interview with Environmentalist, Activist and Champion of the people, Anthony Too.Support the show
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Jul 20, 2020
The Inertia Bugaboo by ROBERT HUNZIKER - Reading of The Week
The Inertia Bugaboo by ROBERT HUNZIKER is our Reading of The Week.
We are facing Climate Change on steroids.
More articles by:ROBERT HUNZIKER
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Jul 11, 2020
Trump’s Postcard to America From the Shrine of Hypocrisy
Trump’s Postcard to America From the Shrine of Hypocrisy.
*Lynnette Grey Bull* is a candidate for US Congress. Lynnette serves as Vice President of the Global Indigenous Council and is featured in the critically acclaimed Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) documentary, Somebody’s Daughter.
Published in CounterPunch https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/07/10/trumps-postcard-to-america-from-the-shrine-of-hypocrisy/ Support the show
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Jun 3, 2020
Episode 1 - My Worst Podcast Ever - 3 June 2020
Episode 1 - My Worst Podcast Ever - 3 June 2020
My first podcast, recorded with Anthony Too. If you struggle, I am one your side!
Solidarity!
*Rob Pyne: Champion of the Underdog! *
*Disabled, Former MP, Councillor and author: A Socialist who wants people to survive and have a better life. Resist and join the struggle! *
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