Socialism from Below
Socialist Aotearoa is a revolutionary socialist network active in movements against capitalism, racism and war. We are affiliated to the International Socialist Tendency.
Latest Articles
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Final Fascist President
Will the French Have a Fascist President Next May?And Other Questions and Answers Concerning the Far Right in France Today. John Mullen, 22.09.2026 The upcoming French presidential election next May carries weight far beyond France’s borders. A victory for fascist candidate Marine Le Pen—in a major world economy—would embolden far-right movements globally while dealing a… Read more
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Election 2026 – The Socialist Way Forward
Who will win the 2026 NZ/Aotearoa Election? And what should the attitude of socialists be to those in the running? That is, behind all the posturing and promises, which party / coalition of parties is truly going to deliver something for working-class Kiwis? At this stage the result is too tight to call, but here’s… Read more
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Global Activation for Palestine Aotearoa
We will gather at 2pm on Saturday 10th October at Te Komititanga Britomart square (Waitemata Station) Auckland CBD. We are mobilising because Israel’s systematic genocide against the Palestinian people has not stopped for the last three years and has not slowed. Hollow international statements have not protected Palestinian life. A so-called ceasefire has not ended… Read more
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What would a truly socialist Labour government do for disabled people and carers?
A Policy Programme for Disability Rights and Access Housing · Income Support · Transport · Workforce · Emergency Preparedness · Rights Introduction Seventeen percent of New Zealanders are disabled. Add to that everyone who has experienced restricted access to the world, through pregnancy, raising young children, ageing, illness, or injury and it becomes clear that… Read more
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Solidarity with Iranians against Imperial Sabotage
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What would a truly socialist Labour government do?
As Labour parties internationally accepted the limits of neoliberal politics, parties to their Left have grown and emerged. From the Democratic Socialists of America to the Green Party in England, left wing candidates are winning elections promising real, substansial reforms to working class people. Yet here we are in Aotearoa a few months out from… Read more
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The Ruling Ideas, Reproduced by Machine. Bot Swarms and the New Means of Mental Production.
In The German Ideology (1846), Marx and Engels made a claim that still rings true: “The ideas of the ruling class are, in every epoch, the ruling ideas.” Whoever controls the means of material production including the factories, the land, the raw materials and the capital will come to control the means of mental production… Read more
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Solidarity from Below
In recent times we have heard Winston Peters use the word “retarded” repeatedly, most recently to criticise the Green Party’s proposal to halt the consenting of new large-scale data centres for one year due to concerns surrounding escalating electricity demand and rising power prices. By using a word that’s widely considered offensive and refusing to… Read more
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Off With His Portfolio!!
Socialist Aotearoa interview with Anu Kaloti In the wake of the political hand-wringing and media storm over the Migrant Workers Association’s (MWA) mock guillotining of Winston Peters, MWA’s Anu Kaloti brings the focus back where it belongs – on Peters’ long history of racism and xenophobia. The recent protest – where you cut the head… Read more
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We got the Guillotine? Democracy’s birth and Winston Peters
“The outrage over the Migrant Workers Association’s mock guillotine misunderstands one ofthe oldest traditions in Western democracy: symbolic public political theatre.” “It has no place in a democracy.”That was the unmistakable message behind much of the reaction to the Migrant WorkersAssociation of Aotearoa’s symbolic guillotining of Winston Peters. Peters reportedlysuggested those responsible should be arrested.… Read more
Where do we stand?
The two richest men in Aotearoa own as much wealth as the bottom 1.4 million people. Wages in this country have been stagnant for 30 years. Public services are at breaking point. We have the worst housing crisis of any OECD country. Our government, whether National or Labour, sets policies — from tax cuts to trade deals — which always favour the rich.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Quality education and healthcare; fair pay; dignity at work; homes for life: these things should not be luxuries, they should be human rights. We could live in a society which favoured working people rather than a tiny corporate elite…
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