Rob Pyne: Champion of the Underdog!
32 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago -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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Episodes
Chapter 2 - Growing up in Australia
August 13, 2023 22:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBChapter Two of Rob Pyne’s Struggle and Resistance in the Far North, is Growing up in Australia. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
Chapter 1: Far North Queensland
May 07, 2023 02:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBChapter 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 Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #...
UFOs Forever (1 of 3)
January 23, 2023 06:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBUFOs Forever was written by Robert Hunziker and published in Counterpunch. #aliens #ovnis #flyingsaucer #ufosightings #ufologia #extraterrestrials #ufos #ufology #extraterrestrial #ufosighting Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
Australian Unions Need to Stop Pinning Their Hopes on the ALP 5/2
August 29, 2022 09:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBOwen 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. Published in Jacobin. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
Socialist Economist Paul Oboohov talks elections and the left struggle! 4/2
May 23, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBSocialist Economist Paul Oboohov talks elections and the left struggle! Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
Australia’s Conservatives Are Cynically Courting the Far Right
April 11, 2022 08:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBDid 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. Lisbeth can be found @ revitalisinglabour.blogspot.com Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
Elon Musk Is Actually Colonizing South Texas by Abe Asher (2/2)
March 27, 2022 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBOn His Way to Theoretically Colonize Mars, Elon Musk Is Actually Colonizing South Texas By Abe Asher Published in Jacobin Rob Pyne: Champion of the Underdog! w: http://www.robpyne.com.au t: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne f: https://www.facebook.com/RobJPyne/ I: https://www.instagram.com/robjpyne/ Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https:/...
As Long as Capitalism Exists, the Threat of Fascism Exists 1/2
January 23, 2022 04:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBAs Long as Capitalism Exists, the Threat of Fascism Exists, By Pete Dolack. Published on 16 January , 2022 in CounterPunch. Episode 1 Season 2 Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
Socialist Alliance Keeps Up The Fight 20/1
November 28, 2021 06:00 - 14 minutes - 9.91 MBSocialist 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 Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
If we don't get justice Shut it down! 19/1
October 06, 2021 04:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBIf 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/ #ClimateChange #climateemergency #climatecrises #auspol #qldpol #SDGs #GlobalGoals #SDG13 #SDG7 #ClimateAction Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/...
Capitalism is making us Lonely and Sick!
September 17, 2021 06:00 - 9 minutes - 6.36 MBCapitalism 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 Bookmark and Support Jacobin @ https://ja...
Climate Change, AstraZeneca & Risk Analysis - Alan Kohler tells us Straight! 18/1
July 22, 2021 10:00 - 8 minutes - 6.02 MBClimate 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. #ClimateChange #climateemergency #climatecrises #auspol #qldpol #SDGs #GlobalGoals #SDG13 #SDG7 #ClimateAction Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtu...
Six Love, Naomi Osaka: Defying Capitalist Decadence in Sport 17/1
June 20, 2021 04:00 - 11 minutes - 7.93 MBSix 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 [email protected] Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne...
Reading "Earth Abuse and the Next Pandemic" 16/1
April 29, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes - 9.45 MBEarth 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 Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Y...
How a Guaranteed Income Can Solve Inequality 15/1
April 07, 2021 22:00 - 12 minutes - 8.35 MBThis 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. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://t...
Amazon's Dirty 'Union Busting' Tactics Exposed 14/1
February 22, 2021 23:00 - 10 minutes - 7.4 MBThis 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 BY SONALI KOLHATKAR S...
Amazon's Dirty 'Union Busting' Tactics Exposed.
February 22, 2021 23:00 - 10 minutes - 7.4 MBThis 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 BY SONALI KOLHATKAR
Doughnut Economics Boots Capitalism Out 13/1
February 11, 2021 11:00 - 11 minutes - 8.06 MBDoughnut 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 Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
The Nazification of the Republican Party
January 26, 2021 08:00 - 12 minutes - 8.5 MBJANUARY 20, 2021 The Nazification of the Republican Party BY LORETTA J. ROSS Published in Counterpunch: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/01/20/the-nazification-of-the-republican-party/
The Nazification of the Republican Party 12/1
January 26, 2021 08:00 - 12 minutes - 8.5 MBThe Nazification of the Republican Party by LORETTA J. ROSS Published on JANUARY 20, 2021 in Counterpunch: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/01/20/the-nazification-of-the-republican-party/ Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
Absence of Abortion Rights is Depriving Latin America (11/1)
January 19, 2021 07:00 - 12 minutes - 8.82 MBAbsence 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 Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnd...
The Fist (10/1)
January 10, 2021 10:00 - 6 minutes - 4.58 MBRaise 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 Visit https://progressive.org/ Support the show
The Fist (10/1)
January 10, 2021 10:00 - 6 minutes - 4.58 MBRaise 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 Visit https://progressive.org/ Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
Hoping for a return to normal after Trump? That's the last thing we need. by Yanis Varoufakis 9/1
November 11, 2020 06:00 - 10 minutes - 7.32 MBHoping for a return to normal after Trump? That's the last thing we need Yanis Varoufakis published in The Guardian. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
Talking Marx with My Mate Mick (8/1)
October 24, 2020 02:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBTalking Marx with My Mate Mick: I talk about Karl Marx and marxist theory, in a down to earth way, with my good mate Mick. Rob Pyne: Champion of the Underdog is committed to policies that help people in poverty and save the planet from destructive capitalism. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #Cha...
How the rich are burning our future (7/1)
October 16, 2020 02:00 - 7 minutes - 5 MBHow 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. (Episode 7 - Season 1) Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
6/1 Revolutionary Reading of the week, "John Pilger: The Stalinist Trial of Julian Assange".
September 25, 2020 06:00 - 7 minutes - 5.35 MBRevolutionary Reading of the week, "John Pilger: The Stalinist Trial of Julian Assange". Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
Witnessing the unthinkable
August 05, 2020 03:00 - 12 minutes - 8.9 MBWitnessing 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 Follow us: Facebook: ...
Environmentalist, Activist and Champion of the people, Anthony Too.
July 30, 2020 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBCheck out my interview with Environmentalist, Activist and Champion of the people, Anthony Too. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
The Inertia Bugaboo by ROBERT HUNZIKER - Reading of The Week
July 20, 2020 07:00 - 9 minutes - 6.87 MBThe Inertia Bugaboo by ROBERT HUNZIKER is our Reading of The Week. We are facing Climate Change on steroids. More articles by:ROBERT HUNZIKER Robert Hunziker lives in Los Angeles and can be reached at [email protected]. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu
Trump’s Postcard to America From the Shrine of Hypocrisy
July 12, 2020 02:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBTrump’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 Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/champio...
Episode 1 - My Worst Podcast Ever - 3 June 2020
June 03, 2020 08:00 - 10 minutes - 7.1 MBEpisode 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! Occupation: Organiser Employer: World Wide Web Book/Website: Struggle and Resistance in the Far North Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cha...