Claire Valdez New Zealand politics is stuck in the quagmire of a suffocating centrism. But it doesn't have to be this way. The political...
Showing posts with label socialism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label socialism. Show all posts
THE NEW ZEALAND LEFT: A FAILURE OF NERVE AND IMAGINATION
Why does the American left, operating in a much more hostile political environment, continue to make far more progress than the New Zealan...
THE WRITE STUFF
US left wing journalist Abby Martin. At a time of reactionary politics and complacent centrism, does left wing journalism still matter? I...
A TALE OF TWO COUNTRIES
While socialist politics is advancing in the United States, it remains largely moribund in New Zealand. Why the difference and what can we...
A NEW SOCIALIST MAYOR IN SEATTLE, BUT WILL THE NEW ZEALAND LEFT TAKE NOTICE?
Seattle’s election of Katie Wilson, a democratic socialist, is another sign that politicians who challenge the status quo and propose genu...
CHRIS HIPKINS: FAUX SOCIALIST
In an interview with RNZ's Guyon Espiner, Labour leader Chris Hipkins said that he's 'comfortable' with being labelled a soc...
ZOHRAN MAMDANI'S ELECTION VICTORY WILL BE A REBUKE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S TIMID POLITICS
The general election for New York mayor happens on Tuesday, November 4. The polls indicate that Zohran Mamdani will be New York's firs...
ZOHRAN MAMDANI: SOCIALIST POLITICS PREVAILS OVER A TIRED AND DISCREDITED CENTRISM
A socialist is the frontrunner to be New York's next mayor, after a stunning victory in the New York Democratic mayoral primary. It re...
MAY 1: SOLIDARITY AND THE STRUGGLE TO OVERCOME TYRANNY
May 1, International Workers' Day, is a powerful reminder of the capacity of solidarity to overcome tyranny, and the slide into barbar...
A NEW PARTY OF THE LEFT?
Over the years, there have been several attempts to establish a new political party to the left of Labour. In the face of a new neoliberal o...
MAORILAND WORKER: THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH
The Maoriland Worker , launched in 1910, was an important voice of the New Zealand labour movement. On January 7, 1920, it published a col...
THE EMPTY AND DISHONEST POLITICS OF CENTRISM
What commentator Shane Te Pou and Labour MP Duncan Webb describe as 'socialism' is the same anaemic centrism that the Minister of F...
R IS FOR ROSA
IN 2021 British journalist and author Paul Mason, in conjunction with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, produced R is for Rosa . This three p...
ANTONIO GRAMSCI : I HATE NEW YEAR'S DAY
In a column published on January 1 1916 in the Italian Socialist Party's official newspaper Avanti! , Antonio Gramsci wrote that he hate...
OCCUPY : WE ARE STILL THE 99 PERCENT
Ten years ago this month, the Occupy movement was born in New York... ABOUT A month or so before the balloon went up, a friend in Californi...
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