Democracy For Sale
Many adjectives have been used this week for the unfolding saga between Simon Bridges and Jami Lee Ross in the National Party – racist, ugly, disgraceful, corrupt, jihadi Jami…
Solidarity With All Immigrants
Just as you don’t have to be Palestinian to understand the brutality of Israeli policy in Gaza and the West Bank, or gay to feel the horror the cleansing in Chechnya, so you don’t have to be a parent to be outraged at what is happening on the US border. But it helps.
Migrant Workers Fight Back
By the Migrant Workers’ Association Migrant workers are among the most vulnerable and exploited sections of the working class. The system and its laws conspire to put them in a position where they are easy targets, often too afraid to take on exploitative bosses for fear of losing even their meagre income. They are frequently used as slave labour, and it’s common for them to be bonded to a particular company for the duration of their visas. But recently a…
Bring Them Here
By Maria Hoyle — Socialist Aotearoa “In the West there was panic when the migrants multiplied on the highways. Men of property were terrified for their property. Men who had never been hungry saw the eyes of the hungry. Men who had never wanted anything very much saw the flare of want in the eyes of the migrants. And the mean of the towns and of the soft suburban country gathered to defend themselves; and they reassured themselves that they…
The Mettle of Metiria
By Joe Carolan — co-founder of Socialist Aotearoa Metiria stood with the Indian Students fighting exploitation and deportation in the sanctuary of the Unitarian Church. Metiria stood in solidarity with Unite Union workers who took strike action to defeat zero hours contracts. She has been subjected to a vicious avalanche of manufactured outrage from media pundits, vilified by the rabid right wing and betrayed by opportunists within the left. Her crime: to fight for the unemployed, beneficiaries and the poor….
Five Fingers for a Fist: Founding Principles of Socialist Aotearoa
1. One Solution, Revolution! Socialist Aotearoa is a revolutionary, socialist, anti capitalist group. We fight for socialism from below, system change not climate change, and Rosa Luxemburg’s battle cry that “Revolutionaries are those who fight the hardest for reforms in the here and now!”. 2. Workers of the World, Unite. Socialist Aotearoa is an international socialist group. We oppose all imperialist wars and occupations, and support all genuine national liberation struggles for independence. We demand the immediate withdrawal of New…