The Red Scare Today: New Zealand and the FBI
On July 16, US secretary of state Marco Rubio gathered officials from over 65 countries – including New Zealand – to launch an “unprecedented global offensive against the transnational threat of Radical Left terrorism.” Warning of a supposed upsurge in left-wing violence, Rubio conjured images of a vast international network spreading propaganda, technology, training materials, […]
The Colonial Reality of Palestine (and the Two-State Solution)
There are truths that societies often find difficult to confront, and among the most elusive is the recognition of oneself as a coloniser. Throughout history, colonialism has rarely been perceived as such by those who practiced it. It was cloaked in the language of civilising missions, divine promises, or national rebirths. Yet the patterns repeat: the arrival of settlers, the displacement of Indigenous peoples, and the claiming of land under foreign notions of entitlement.
Refugees: Spotlight on Capitalism
“Say It Loud, Say It Clear, Refugees Are Welcome Here!” The rallying call has been heard from Wellington to Sydney to Ottawa to London: a statement of invitation that goes beyond simple acceptance to suggest a real potential for sharing living spaces, resources, and experiences. Such a call touches at the edges of a long-dreamt […]
Borderlands: Internationalism in a Time of ICE and Fire
At the University of Auckland, right next to the city campus library, is a large stone wall. At eighty-five meters long, the stretch of basalt rock is the remnants of the Albert Barracks, a British military installation constructed by Waikato Māori and British engineers during the late 1840s and finished in 1852 to assuage Auckland’s […]
One Nation, Pauline Hanson, and the Rise of the Far Right
In a May poll, One Nation rode a global wave of support for the far Right, surging ahead of all other Australian parties. What is One Nation? Who is its leader Pauline Hanson? How can we compare this to Aotearoa New Zealand? And what can socialists do to fight the rise of the far Right? […]
International Declaration: Long Live the Workers’, Peasants’, and Indigenous Rebellion in Bolivia! Down with the Austerity Government of Rodrigo Paz!
The below is a republication of a declaration from Current for Permanent Revolution – Fourth International (CPR-FI), originally published in Spanish on June 6 in La Izquierda Diario, and translated for Left Voice The popular rebellion against the government of Rodrigo Paz has lasted for over a month, with tens of thousands of workers, residents, union members, transport […]
The Economy, the War, and a Coming Employers’ Offensive
The world economy was already in trouble before the US and Israel attack on Iran commencing February 2026. Writing in May, the nature of the conflict may well have changed by the time these words are read. In any event, however, the restrictions so far on shipping through the Straits of Hormuz will have effects […]
Hands Off Cuba
Ever since the victory of the 26th of July Movement, a struggle for the national liberation of Cuba led primarily by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, the sovereign state of Cuba has been a thorn in the side of US-led imperialism. Revolutionary Cuba’s unforgivable original sin, in the eyes of the US state, was the […]
Mutually Assured Destruction
War, and consequent death of both soldiers and non-combatants, has been a miserable feature of much of human history. It’s only relatively late in our history, however, that we have faced the possibility of such conflicts bringing about our complete demise as a species. And even if anyone were to survive global war, regardless, we […]
The Capitalist Drive to War
As of late April 2026, the mountain of bodies victim to imperialist war is growing taller. Gaza is being bombed; southern Lebanon is under Israeli invasion and occupation; intense fighting between Iran, the US, Israel, and their regional allies has only just lulled amid talks; the Russia–Ukraine war rages on; horrific wars continue in the […]
