Episode 59: The Party Line on Socialists Vs One Nation in Victoria
This week Omar is sick with “not some nothing virus”. So Anneke and Jordy take us through the good news: Andrew Tate is in jail, the news: The coalition has overtaken Labor in Victoria, and the bad news: capitalism sucks.
We then discuss the incredible launch of the Victorian Socialists election campaign. 800 people squeezed into the Aboriginal Advancement League in Thornbury, to hear from our secretary, Corey Oakley and candidates Kath Larkin, Jasmine Duff, and Brendan Laws. We sold out of our Socialist Manifestos and got ready to take on the massive campaign we are undertaking to get socialists elected into parliament.
One Nation has launched their upper house candidates. Who would have guessed this, but it includes cops, army vets, HR managers and rich people! We talk about the media’s incompetence and the fact that the rich and powerful are major backers of One Nation’s campaigns.
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