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 […]
Iran: The Struggle, the Shah’s Son, and the Screaming Economy
Under the veil of an almost complete Internet blackout, the situation on the ground in Iran is impossible to meaningfully engage with at this moment. The mass protests seem to have quietened, though they will surely be sparked again in the near future, as the conditions that triggered them remain. The exact number of the […]
Free Palestine! The Protest Movement in Aotearoa
It has been nearly two years since 7 October 2023, and the subsequent genocidal onslaught against Palestinians; two years of mass murder being broadcast around the world. The majority of people can see what’s going on and are outraged, not only by the actions of Israel, but by the inaction of our own “representatives”. Despite […]
Hands Off Iran!
Following failed attempts to convince Palestinians to turn on Hamas by arming opportunist gangs in Gaza and inflating Gaza’s anti-leadership sentiment (and finding no shortage of support in Western media outlets, backed by political cowards who equate the roles of Israel and Hamas), the state of Israel is now trying to do the same in […]
The Student Protest Movement for Palestine
“It has been a little less than a year since I started attending these protests […] At first I marked them out by numbers: the first protest, the second. Then by location: Tauranga, Palmerston North, The Embassy, Parliament. Still more passed and they started becoming milestones: the first time I led the chants, the time […]
Palestine – No Rest Until Liberation
At the time of writing, a ceasefire deal has finally been agreed to between Hamas and the Israeli government. This in and of itself is welcome of course, and frankly the deal is much better for Hamas than it is for Israel. Israeli journalist Yossi Yehoshua asserts “There’s no need to sugarcoat the reality: the […]
Processes versus People: The Clocktower Protest for Palestine
On Wednesday 9 October around 200 students, staff, and members of the Dunedin public marched from the Otago Museum Reserve, through the Link (the University of Otago’s primary ‘hub’) and to the University of Otago Clocktower, singing and chanting as they went – calling for Boycott, Divestment and Sanction action against Israel. The action was […]
Strawberries, Olives, Oranges: Israel’s War as Ecocide
North Gaza is famous for its strawberries. Harvest season, in the northern hemisphere, is from December through to March. Normally thousands would be employed gathering the fruit to bring it to market across Palestine. This year, as they were killing thousands of Palestinian civilians in their ongoing attacks, Israeli forces also used bulldozers and heavy […]
