Capitalism, land rights, and Aboriginal resistance
Aboriginal land rights have been articulated and fought for by generations of Aboriginal freedom fighters, activists, unionists, campaigners, community groups and their supporters for more than 200 years. Why did land become a central battleground? Why is the suppression of Aboriginal resistance still a priority for government and industry? How can the struggle win? A […]
We have a right to be in the streets for Freddie
PROTESTERS IN Baltimore erupted in fury over the murder of Freddie Gray, who died in the hospital on April 19, days after his voice box was crushed and spine nearly severed while in police custody. Throughout the week that followed, protesters filled the streets demanding accountability and expressing anger at the killing of another unarmed […]
Solidarity with Unite Union! Condemn this attack
UNITE union headquarters has been smashed into and ransacked in what seems to be a politically motivated attack. UNITE have lead the charge in organising the recent Global Day of Fast Food Action in Aotearoa, organising marches in Auckland and Wellington, and other centres. They have got the fast food bosses running with their campaign […]
The rivalries tearing the Middle East apart
ON A single day in late March, the U.S. began a new bombing campaign in its air war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), targeting ISIS positions in the Iraqi city of Tikrit–while 1,500 miles away, Saudi Arabia launched its first air strikes in Yemen in a bid to halt the advance […]
Northland: No Win for Workers
The preliminary election result excluding special votes yet to be counted give Winston Peters a commanding win: 15, 359 votes (54% of the vote) over National’s Mark Osborne’s 11, 347 (39.9%). Labour’s Willow-Jean Prime received 1, 315 votes (just 4.6% of the vote), and no other candidate scored more than 107 votes. Northland and its […]
Wellington Super-City Stumbles
One strand of the neo-liberal policy of the Key government is an anti-democratic deform of local government in an effort to inhibit the public service role of local councils. This role, inasmuch as collective provision is made for services, has a social-democratic character that has often been dubbed “municipal socialism.” Many public services are delivered […]
Dairy Millionaires and the “Monster that hit Vanuatu”
Dairy has been the fastest growing sector of the NZ economy in the last 20 years, making millions for a handful of farmers but also methane – a climate change gas. Vanuatu has just been smashed by Cyclone Pam. These things are connected. Vanuatu president Baldwin Lonsdale has described Cyclone Pam as “the monster that […]
What’s wrong with capitalism?
Josh O’Sullivan gave this talk to the Tamaki Makaurau branch of the ISO in March. Capitalism is a uniquely dynamic system, the basis for its dynamism is the complete revolution of production – how we make the world we live in. As time has marched on, our lives have changed dramatically, the creation of all […]
A Letter from the Inside (I)
We received this submission from Socialist Review reader RWK, currently a prisoner in the Otago Correctional Facility. We’re proud to print it here. Socialist Review subscriptions are available free to all prisoners on request. Back in ’95, when I started coming to jail, prison officers were more confident in their role as wardens. Nearly all […]
After the Elections: Political Perspectives in Japan
In-depth post-election perspectives from Japanese socialist Tsutomu Teramoto. Teramoto is a member of the Japan Revolutionary Communist League. As expected, the general election of December 14, 2014 gave an absolute majority of the seats again to the ruling coalition of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komei Party. LDP got 291 seats and Komei Party got […]
