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Four cities inspiring Minto's Auckland - Pictures
On Sunday John Minto launched his campaign for the Auckland mayoralty naming his four key policies - free and frequent public transport, a living wage, building 20,000 council houses and "Robin Hood"...
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Why we support Minto for Mayor
Four Socialist Aotearoa activists explain why they are supporting the Minto for Mayor campaign.I support the Minto for Mayor campaign because he has the conviction and the mana to make a positive...
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The struggle against mining Coromandel
This past weekend saw the re-emergence of direct action in the Coromandel. A group of activists from Coromandel Watchdog and their supporters hiked into the Parakiwai Valley behind Whangamata and shut...
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Making sense of The Pakeha Party
In just a day of publicity the Pakeha Party has achieved over 42,000 likes on Facebook giving it a greater social media reach than the combined forces of all other New Zealand political...
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Supermarkets: Super profits and hidden costs
Supermarket corporations continue to make extremely high profits through exorbitant mark ups on the price of food, especially fresh fruit and vegetables. At the same time international charities are...
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Banks: The four Australian-owned banks in NZ
New Zealand’s retail banking system is dominated by four Australian owned banks,which between 2004 and 2011 sucked $28.5 billion in profits out of New Zealand.These profits are made out of the savings,...
View ArticleNZFF - Six films for socialists
The Auckland leg of the New Zealand International Film Festival starts tomorrow. Here's our six picks for socialists.The Spirit of '45Dirty WarsWe Steal SecretsValentine RoadValentine Road (presented...
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Surveillance power and the war on terror
Since 2004 United States imperialism has been stretched beyond breaking point as the besieged empire attempts to maintain its control over Iraqi oil fields and over the Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline...
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No justice for Trayvon Martin in America
We should be getting used to the Onion reporting news articles concerning the USA more accurately than most media organisations. But somehow it still just doesn’t feel right, and it is still a...
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MANA Movement rising in the polls
MANA polled 1.5% in the last Roy Morgan poll, its best ever result in that poll. And John Minto polled 6.7% in a recent Horizon Poll on the Auckland mayoral candidates.The results come just weeks after...
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Superfund profits from the torture of Palestinian children
According to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign,Today, Israel has outsourced security for prisons where Palestinians are held to G4S. Along with the Israeli Prison Service, G4S is responsible for the...
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Omar - A tale of resistance
Omar is a gripping and thrilling tale of resistance that explores the motives and lives behind the Palestinian fight against Israeli occupation of their homeland. Shot in the West Bank, the film...
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We Steal Secrets - A timely call to arms
Alex Gibney’s recent documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, currently playing at the New Zealand International Film Festival, is one of the most relevant documentaries of the year. The...
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X-Factor highlights unemployment in NZ
On Monday night Jackie Thomas, a 22-year-old unemployed woman from Greymouth beat out Whenua Patuwai, an 18-year-old Maori lad from Gisborne to be crowned New Zealand's first X-Factor championThe...
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Dirty Wars - The world is a battlefield
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill's film Dirty Wars is an extraordinary and emotional journey behind the scenes of the US empire's war on terror.The film's subject - the secret US wars against...
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Anonymous takes down 13 National Party websites
Thirteen National Party websites including JohnKey.co.nz have been taken offline by internet hacktivists Anonymous NZ.
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Brazilian activist - "Young people have the mindset for change"
The recent uprising in Brazil triggered solidarity protests around the world by Brazilian expat communities. One of the organisers of Auckland's 1000-strong march down Queen Street was Milton Menezes....
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Know Drones
On the recent anti-GCSB march, Kim Dotcom highlighted the role NZ plays in supporting America's illegal drone strikes and collateral murder of civilians. "The GCSB is a subsidiary of the NSA. It is...
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