The dissatisfaction with our present set of political parties and their policies has been highlighted by the number of people who did not pa...
AN AMERICAN VIEW OF THE LABOUR PARTY
What does the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) think of the New Zealand Labour Party?
THE 2026 GENERAL ELECTION: A REJECTION OF THE NEOLIBERAL CONSENSUS
The 2026 General Election has seen the electorate issue a sharp rebuke to the status quo. But are the politicians listening? AFTER A year ...
A LACKLUSTRE ELECTION CAMPAIGN, OFFERING NOTHING BUT MORE OF THE SAME
A lacklustre election campaign will not provide New Zealanders with the government they want. When the majority of New Zealanders are demand...
WHO'S AFRAID OF CHLOE SWARBRICK?
Chloe Swarbrick with economist Thomas Piketty. According to the National Party, it would be a 'disaster' if Green Party co-leader Ch...
US MIDTERM ELECTIONS:THE END OF TRUMPISM, THE END OF CENTRISM
This week's midterm US elections might mark the beginning of the end for Trumpism, but they will also mark the beginning of the end for ...
IT'S THE END OF CENTRISM, BUT CHRIS HIPKINS HASN'T NOTICED
The Labour Party should draw inspiration from the stunning victories for the left in Brazil and Serbia, but not for the reasons that former ...
THE HYPOCRISY OF THE RIGHT
The attack on Kerrin Leoni was little more than an attempt to reinforce existing prejudices against Labour and the Green's. But the righ...
ISRAELI WAR CRIMINALS MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
The local Zionist lobby continues to defend Israel's genocidal rampage in Gaza which has killed over 74,000 people. In addition to the v...
DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?
Protests that began over conditions in a Paris high school have grown into nationwide protests about the cost of living, inequality, cuts ...
LABOUR AND NATIONAL'S LOW POLLING IS ABOUT MORE THAN A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP
According to Stuff's Jenna Lynch, Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins 'deserve to be polling in the twenties, and their parties dese...
NEW ZEALAND DOESN'T HAVE A DEBT PROBLEM
New Zealand doesn't have a debt problem but the claim that New Zealand's debt is dangerously high is being used to justify the conti...
NATIONAL RETURNS TO BENEFICIARY BASHING
With its polling numbers underwater, National has returned to beneficiary bashing in a desperate attempt to shore up its electoral support. ...
HIPKINS AND LUXON: DEFENDING THE BILLIONAIRES CLUB
AOC: 'No-one makes a billion dollars.' During the Leaders Debate Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins shared common political ground ...
WARNING: AN UNINSPIRING SHOWDOWN ON THE HORIZON
The Leaders debate (Television One, Tuesday, 7pm) will again reveal all that is wrong with New Zealand politics. ON TUESDAY NIGHT Telev...
THE OPPORTUNITY PARTY: SPREADSHEET POLITICS
The Opportunity Party want to fix the system's rough edges, not overthrow it. ACCORDING TO the charter of the Opportunity Party, one...
THE GREEN'S DON'T OWE LABOUR ANY FAVOURS
Chis Hipkins says that Chloe Swarbrick will never be finance minister in a Labour-led government. Swarbrick says that's not Hipkins deci...
DIRTY WORK: SHINING A LIGHT ON THE MACHINERY OF CONSERVATIVE POLITICS
The strength of Dirty Work is that it pulls back the curtain to reveal those who prefer to operate in the shadows. And now they're sc...
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