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Labour’s Fatally Flawed Philosophy

The Maxim Institute’s Real Issues quotes from and comments on, Michael Cullen’s speech at the Labour Party’s recent annual conference. After outlining his priorities for…

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Grant Morgan- the Lenin of Mangere Bridge

Grant Morgan runs NZ’s leading Trotskyist group, , the local body electoral coalition, Resident’s Action Movement and the recently founded Solidarity Union. His partner Robyn…

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Who Is ClimAction?

ClimAction, the group planning to block Auckland’s Queen Street, this Saturday, is essentially a front for NZ’s main Trotskyist group, Socialist Worker. The campaign is…

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Red Robyn to Block Queen Street to Save Planet

Auckland Regional Councillor, Robyn Hughes is determined to save the planet from Global Warming. She’s pretty fired up about our imperilled planet and she’s not…

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Rodney Rubbishes Rates Review

From Rodney Hide’s Blog Local Government Minister Mark Burton is a waste of rations. His Rates Inquiry that he’s spent 10 weeks dreaming up is…

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Rodney Rocks Rakaia, Roy Raps Representation

From Ashburton Online Hat Tip Andrew Falloon The “only South Island party” was how ACT MPs Rodney Hide and Heather Roy lightheartedly described themselves when…

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Red Roger’s Rural Refuge

Roger Gale is a forester. He lives in rural Northland, near the Herekino Forest. In the early ’70s Roger was an Auckland based socialist activist….

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"National Question" Part 10 Race Relations Council

After the success of Tom Poata’s Maori Organisation on Human Rights, NZ Maoists and their friends in the Citizen’s Association for Racial Equality joined forces…

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Funding MPs-Rodney Hide’s Solution

Also from The Letter Even the National MPs are beginning to realise that there are real problems with the Auditor-General’s report. Kevin Brady has ruled…

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Is Don Gone?

Richars Prebble’s latest The Letter, contains a sad, but probably true, assessment of the political future of National leader, Don Brash. National MPs have decided…

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Second Wave of Socialism?

Far from seeing themselves as a dead movement, the world’s communist parties are gearing up for a “second wave” of socialism that will be bigger…

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Will India Join Growing Russo-Chinese Power Bloc?

The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation is a Russo-Chinese led power bloc which was founded in 2001. The SCO emcompasses most of the old Soviet Republics and…

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Capitalism, Racism and Rugby League

I went to Jade Stadium in Christchurch last night, with a couple of mates, to watch the Kiwi Rugby League Team play the Poms. I’d…

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Potaua Biasiny-Tule, a Good Man Gone Astray

New Zealand’s universities today, are full of idealist young Maori, many, the first in their family to enjoy a Tertiary Education. Unfortunately a culture of…

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It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Party

David Farrar on Kiwi Blog sums up Labour’s woes going into their annual conference, in Rotorua, this weekend. It’s not the ideal backdrop to Labour’s…

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