Book review: The Significance of the 1912 Waihi Strike, by Martin Gregory
On the eve of World War One, New Zealand’s labour movement was approaching a crossroads. Down one path lay an end to imperialist slaughter on foreign fields and liberation from colonial capitalist oppression at home. Down the other, government by two alternating parties who differed over how to administer capitalism, but who were equally committed […]
The Neoliberal University Meets Spies and Big Tech
Universities in New Zealand today are well-known to be structurally underfunded, being handed funding shortfalls (in real terms) by consecutive governments. That puts these institutions in a precarious position: balancing staff, student, and alumni interests, while securing funds in a market-driven world. From neoclassical liberal grounding, to Keynesian economy-funded mass institutions, to the neoliberal university, […]
Ecology and Socialism
Capitalism is destroying our planet. Unlike any system before it, capitalism treats the Earth as a “free gift”: something with no value except to be carved up, exploited, and sold no matter the environmental or social cost. Capitalism not only abuses the worker, but also the planet as a whole. This article discusses the socialist […]
COP30: Capitalist Dystopia and Indigenous Resistance
In November 2025, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) took place in Belém, Brazil. The outcome was abject failure, bordering on misery, for anyone hoping for a sustainable “green capitalist” future, and victory, in part, for the 1600 fossil fuel lobbyists – one of the largest delegations to attend COP30. There was some hope […]
The Left in France Under Attack
Note on translation: Information for this article has come primarily from French websites imperfectly translated into English by Google Translate. All quotations from these translated sources are given in the imperfect English form, but supplemented by further information by the author within square brackets. The creep of fascism is advancing over Europe and the United […]
Safe Housing for All!
On Sunday 22 February , justice minister Paul Goldsmith announced plans to amend the Summary Offences Act, giving police further coercive powers against the homeless. The amendment would allow police to give 24-hour “move-on” orders to someone sleeping rough, begging, or being “disorderly, disruptive, threatening or intimidating.” Failing to comply would land any individual as […]
Students and Radical Politics
For as long as there have been calls for radical change, students have been involved in a big way. In the past decade alone, we’ve seen the rise of massive movements led by young people around the world. From global calls to combat climate change and campaigns for a free Palestine to mass protests against […]
Against War: Keep Fighting!
The following is a lightly edited transcript of a speech given at a Peace Action Wellington vigil on 2 March 2026, within days of attacks on Iran by Israel and the USA. A video recording of this speech is available here: https://youtu.be/6LMDO3QA–M Ko Serah tōku ingoa. I’m a member of the International Socialist Organisation and […]
No War with Iran!
The International Socialist Organisation of Aotearoa condemns absolutely the disgusting, warmongering, imperialist aggression against Iran by the genocidal US-Israel alliance. This latest assault, led by an increasingly overtly fascist Trump and wanted war criminal Netanyahu, is being touted by ruling classes across the West-aligned empire as “preventive” or “pre-emptive”. This farce is not only transparent, […]
Hope is the Fire and Solidarity is the Fuel
The following is the transcript of a speech given by ISO member Josiah Fresnel at a Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa rally in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) on 3 January 2026. Kia Ora koutou, ko Josiah tōku ingoa. I am Josiah. I am a student, a communist, an activist, and a member of the International Socialist Organisation […]
