Troops out now: End the occupation of Afghanistan
On the 7th of October 2001, The United States, the United Kingdom and their Afghan allies, ‘the Northern alliance’ began the brutal military conquest of Afghanistan in an action which they pompously dubbed ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’. As of June last year, a full decade after the initial invasion, this has become the longest war in […]
Low paid women in revolt: Nationalise Oceania!
Low paid aged care workers at Oceania homes have been driven to revolt. Members of the Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota and nurses in the NZNO first struck on 1st March, and again on 7th. Stopwork meetings took place on 14th March and strikes on the 19th and again on 5th April. […]
Current local struggles
Police shootings, brutality cases in Rotorua Police brutality was in the spotlight again in early April after it was admitted that police shot Napier man Lachlan Kelly-Tumarae not once as was originally asserted, but at least eight and as many as fifteen times, fatally wounding the 19-year old. Questions were also asked of another case […]
War to the knife: Meat workers fight back
Multi-millionaire Kiwi capitalists the Talley family have launched an attack on freezing workers they employ at AFFCO plants in the North Island. Talley’s control a huge chunk of New Zealand’s food production and make fat profits. The freezing workers they employ are willing to fight for the right to a union contract. And that’s why […]
Abortion: A Woman’s Right to Choose
Women have been terminating pregnancies for as long as they have been getting pregnant. There are records of abortion in all societies we have knowledge about, and abortions occur regardless of whether they are legal and safe or not. So this debate is not really so much about whether you are ‘pro’ or ‘anti’ abortion […]
What’s abhorrent? John Key, whaling, and racism
John Key is engaging in a bout of populist moralising, describing killing whales as ‘abhorrent’ in response to South Korea’s indication that they may resume whaling. The hypocrisy is staggering – this same week National has announced further concessions to New Zealand’s dirty and polluting farming industry. If the concept of killing whales is ‘abhorrent’, what about farming […]
What is Socialism?
The world today seems pretty messed up. Everywhere you look, there are wars going on, people are being ripped off by companies and governments the world over. Racism and sexism is as alive today as it was 20 or 50 or 100 years ago and your average person on the street has absolutely no control […]
ACT: a pre-emptive autopsy
Maori-bashing millionaire Louis Crimp is hammering the last nails into Act’s coffin; but his outburst will encourage Act’s heir apparent, the Conservative Party, as well as the growth of real fascist forces. In an extraordinary outburst, Crimp rehashed mainstream right wing views that blame Maori for being imprisoned and unemployed and lambasted funding of Maori […]
Free Taame Iti and Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara!
Free Taame Iti and Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara! Taame Iti and Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara have been sentenced to 2 and a-half years jail for possession of unlicensed firearms and Molotov cocktails. Urs Signer and Emily Bailey’s adjurned sentencing – and the suggestion of home detention – suggests further injustice to come. This is a shameful end to […]
Reflections on the Ports of Auckland dispute
The Ports of Auckland company (POAL) is wholly owned by Auckland Council, run by Labour Party member Mayor Len Brown and Labour-led City Vision ticket councilors. In base treachery these council leaders have been overseeing an attempted re-run of the 1951 defeat of the Auckland wharfies. Labour Party leader David Shearer first struck a pose […]
