H is for Home
The ABCs of Socialism is a series of short articles on key socialist concepts. Women are grossly exploited under capitalism. Central to this is the burden of the double shift – the shift at work in which women are paid their wages, and the unpaid domestic work and childcare that women and other marginalised groups […]
Reject ANZAC Day – Speech at the 2025 Peace Picnic
On 25 April ISO member Jasper Auld gave this speech at the 2025 Peace Picnic – organised by Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition. Kia ora, I’m Jasper from the International Socialists. I’d like to talk about what ANZAC Day currently serves as: A day for our colonial state to hide its atrocities in emotional propaganda and outright […]
The United States of America – On the Road to Fascism?
The ISO has not yet adopted a position on whether the USA can be labelled fascist. This personal contribution, written on 11 April 2025, sets out an argument that the USA has not crossed that threshold, but that the conditions for its emergence are in place. In recent years, I’ve been skeptical of claims that […]
A Socialist Response to USA Fascism
The ISO has not yet adopted a position on whether the USA can be labelled fascist. This personal contribution sets out an argument that the USA has crossed that threshold. This article was first given as a short introductory talk at ISO Whanganui-a-Tara branch meeting, a recording of which is on our YouTube channel. What’s […]
G for Gravediggers
“We see no difference between the aspirations of Māori people and the desire of workers in their struggles. We seek the support of workers and organisations, as the only viable bodies which have sympathy and understanding of the Māori people and their desires. The people who are oppressing the workers are the same who are […]
The Parallel Struggle Against Zionism and Anti-Semitism
“Apparently, I’m a Zionist AND a Nazi” quips Elon Musk, implying that this is an absurd contradiction in terms. After all, surely one stands for Jewish safety and the other calls for Jewish genocide? This superficial reasoning rests on a rotten assumption: that Israel is the natural home of all Jews. This assumption is a […]
F for Freedom from Oppression
While the socialist project involves transforming our economy into one that serves human need rather than profit, socialism is not just about “economics” in a narrow sense. Socialists want a liberated society where people can flourish. At the heart of the socialist project is a fight against oppression and a recognition that, while all workers […]
The United Front: A Contested Policy
Introduction In an article published last August, A reflection on the French legislative elections 2024, I recounted how the fascist Rassemblement National (RN, formerly Front National) was pushed back.[i] After coming top in the June European Parliament elections, the RN was expected to win the June-July French legislative elections and get into government. Mass anti-fascist […]
E for Environment
The ABCs of Socialism is a series of short articles on key socialist concepts. In this issue we look at the environment, and the profound crisis that is facing us today. At the heart of this ongoing crisis is the inescapable interdependence between human society and the wider environment, and the way that this fundamental […]
D is for Democracy
Welcome to the ABCs of Socialism, a series of short articles on key socialist concepts. An important principle of socialist politics is democracy; the concept of people having self-determination and the ability to make collective decisions to shape our world. On any given day, decisions are being made that impact the lives of billions. We […]
